It's been one of those weeks when it would be good to rewind it and start again...things have just happened rather than planned and photo opportunities have been few and far between...consequently I have been looking back in the archives again and reprocessing images that could have been managed better in the past. This is actually a great idea...creativity changes through time and new techniques are developed...an old image can be changed and turned into something worthwhile...
If you followed my work from the UAE then you may recognise some of the following...this time revisited in my new monochrome conversion...
I really am liking this conversion at the moment...really pleased with the contrast and tones...blacks that are black and whites that are white...
I have also looked at different crops for old images...
In particular I have always been drawn to the square format - in the film days I loved to shoot with an old Rolleicord 6x6 medium format camera - the slides looked stunning on a light box and even better blown up...looking back on that I created the two images above...The girl meditating was originally posted as a long panorama, which I liked but not as much as the square version above...The portrait of Lucy really works as a square image...look out for more of this type here... or here... as I work though my archive...
I did manage to get out briefly onto my local walk this week...one sunny, late summer day...
peacock butterfly - a bit tattered and sluggish after a chilly night...
brown lipped snail...such a delicate colour...
migrant hawker dragonfly enjoying the sun...
wild carrot - still can't resist them...it's the shape...
comma butterfly...fresh and bright - late second generation...
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...these two images are of dock bug - above is the adult, below is a nymph preparing to change into the above...
I have also been doing a bit of experimenting on my iPad - although I wouldn't use it for a commercial shoot it is fun to play around on...any camera is useful regardless of the type...I have already said I will happily use my phone to capture family moments etc...
What I like about this particular app on the iPad are the patterns that can be created out of everyday objects...
...a fireplace...
...my guitar...
...one of my cameras...
..Lucy's running jacket...
...off-cuts of material...
I may even try some more during the week...they usually get posted here...
And that is about it for this week...I continue to sell images via the Dreamstime Picture Agency and shoot insurance images when commissioned...more stock to shoot this week I think...let's get some more uploaded...
Hope you all have a good week and I shall see you back here next time...
TTFN...
If you followed my work from the UAE then you may recognise some of the following...this time revisited in my new monochrome conversion...
I really am liking this conversion at the moment...really pleased with the contrast and tones...blacks that are black and whites that are white...
I have also looked at different crops for old images...
In particular I have always been drawn to the square format - in the film days I loved to shoot with an old Rolleicord 6x6 medium format camera - the slides looked stunning on a light box and even better blown up...looking back on that I created the two images above...The girl meditating was originally posted as a long panorama, which I liked but not as much as the square version above...The portrait of Lucy really works as a square image...look out for more of this type here... or here... as I work though my archive...
I did manage to get out briefly onto my local walk this week...one sunny, late summer day...
peacock butterfly - a bit tattered and sluggish after a chilly night...
brown lipped snail...such a delicate colour...
migrant hawker dragonfly enjoying the sun...
wild carrot - still can't resist them...it's the shape...
comma butterfly...fresh and bright - late second generation...
...these two images are of dock bug - above is the adult, below is a nymph preparing to change into the above...
I have also been doing a bit of experimenting on my iPad - although I wouldn't use it for a commercial shoot it is fun to play around on...any camera is useful regardless of the type...I have already said I will happily use my phone to capture family moments etc...
What I like about this particular app on the iPad are the patterns that can be created out of everyday objects...
...a fireplace...
...my guitar...
...one of my cameras...
..Lucy's running jacket...
...off-cuts of material...
I may even try some more during the week...they usually get posted here...
And that is about it for this week...I continue to sell images via the Dreamstime Picture Agency and shoot insurance images when commissioned...more stock to shoot this week I think...let's get some more uploaded...
Hope you all have a good week and I shall see you back here next time...
TTFN...
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