There are a few surfer portraits and other beach shots – available in my new my redbubble gallery – check it out!
My most recent work is also up on Flickr or in my gallery for viewing.
Spent a really lovely afternoon in Harcourt Arboretum, shooting the bluebells and practicing my portraiture skills with my lovely wife Zoë. Below are a few shots that we took. All pictures by me (apart from the ones of me, which Zoë took) and I’m gradually improving my post processing, having had lots of practice on several weddings over the last year!
It was really difficult getting the lighting right, as the sun was still very bright, so the only place we could shoot happily was in the shade.
Lens used was both the 28-75 f2.8 Tamron, and the 24-105 f4 Canon L, and I used a portaflash reflector to guide what little sunlight there was filtering through the trees to help illuminate the subject (although as it was so weak it only made a slight difference).
Saturated slightly and cropped in Lightroom, with borders added in Photoshop. I used a combination of unsharp mask, gaussian blur, channel mixer and layer masks to process the images.
Cool patterned tiles on the street, with passerby, equally stylish. Barcelona, October 2008.
Dig out your library, see if there’s any of your photos you’ve missed. Re-edit some photo sets.
and learn from the greats are especially good.
