This weeks shot sees my first attempt at split toning/cross processing. I’ve seen lots of photos over the last year that use this effect but just didn’t know how it was achieved, after reading a magazine article on cross processing I finally knew what to look for and so starting hunting out some tutorials. I [...]
Left this one a bit late… I’ve had it easy the last few weeks as I’ve been out getting used to my new Sigma, but this week I’ve mostly been indoors due to the rain and haven’t really felt inspired. This took longer to set up due to the need for lighting and actually arranging [...]
The original plan was to take a suitable shot during a day out at Warwick Castle, however the fact that it’s a tourist attraction pretty much put that idea out of the window straight away. Despite having my new Sigma 10-20mm lens on quote a lot, I wasn’t able to take a tripod with me [...]
This weeks photo was always going to be a landscape shot, as this week I purchased a second hand Sigma 10-20mm f/4-5.6 EX DC HSM lens from MPB Photographic. So far I’ve only taken shots of sunsets, which set the theme for this weeks image quite early on. I’ve been looking out of my window [...]
I’ve had image like this in mind for a while now and so I asked my girlfriend if she’d help me out. I offered to buy her a pair of false lashes and any makeup she needed, so I got a funny comment of a guy on the market when it was me that picked [...]
I decided I need to make an effort and push for soothing a little more this week, so planned a day trip to Flamborough Head for some coastal shots. I went there once on a Geography school trip and remembered that there were some great features such as arches and caves in the rock caused [...]
Trying not to be lazy this week and just paste in the comment from the Flickr upload, but then last weeks posts were a bit of an afterthought. This weeks shot was opportunistic, and was a backup backup shot, just incase the snowdrop pictures I had planned didn’t work out. I’m over snowdrops now, they’re [...]
I did so well 2 weeks ago, and then I go and completely forget to write a blog post for last weeks 52 upload. I’m writing this on Tuesday, 2 days after uploading week 8′s photo, so this is a record for late blogging… oops! Well here it is, it’s the edit I planned, but [...]
I’m actually posting this blog post within 5 minutes of uploading the 52 image!! (First time for everything) Guess what… this isn’t the photo I wanted for this week. It seems my 52 is fast becoming a range of last minute ideas, but I hope the quality isn’t suffering as a result. This week I’d [...]
Another massivly late blog post to accompany the weeks upload… ooops! I really need to get into the habit of writting these posts at the same time as I upload. Problem is that by the time I’ve finished editing the image and written the comments ready for upload, I’m usually feeling a little guilty over [...]
This isn’t the photo I planned to upload this week, but despite that I’m really happy with it. My plan was to take a photo of some railway track with my girlfriend out of focus in the background balancing on the rail. Dangerous? Illegal? Well not not really, as there a section of disused railway [...]
Due to a heavy week at work I’ve not got round to posting the details of week three, although the photo was uploaded on schedule on Sunday the 15th to keep this project on track. I got the photos taken nice and early started work on the edit in the afternoon, but by 11pm I’d [...]
Left this a bit late, must try harder! Over the last year I’ve found a few great projects from people doing 52 or 365 projects consisting primarily of self portraits. I’ve added a couple of these to my contacts on Flickr so that I see see where these projects lead the twisted minds that are [...]
Here goes… Having followed various projects during the last year and spent far too much time thinking about what I could do, I’ve decided to take the plunge. I’ve just viewed the last photo by Mr Flibble in his epic 730 project, so I figure I could at least manage a photo a week for [...]
Work’s been pretty busy lately, so between that and my constant dissatisfaction with the design of my site, I’ve been neglecting my blog and uploads. In my last post Lens Hire I explained that I was awaiting the delivery of a 50-500mm Sigma EX lens. It was fantastic and I WANT ONE! I got some [...]