May 2009
Random Photos and news updates
26/05/09 12:13 Filed in: Photography | General
Right, its been quite a while since my last post, and mores the pity, not much to say!
I have almost had a very cool shoot, but was unfortunately postponed at the last minute by the client. Hopefully we will have that rescheduled in the next few weeks. Today I was asked to do a baby’s party as well, which if I do get will be great.
As far as the site goes, I have revised the price list on our info page, and have started using Permalinks within the blog. I have gone back as far as my Brazil photos adding in the info so they appear correctly in the normal view (ie without having to click through to read the post), and all posts from now on will appear correctly as well as have a proper Permalink as this one does with the name “random_updates” which should make it easier for others to link to specific posts as well of Google finding specific posts of course.
Photography-wise we have both been playing around with some new tips and have just taken delivery of a nice Sunbounce Mini which is not all that Mini amounting to a 3’ x 4’ golden sail. I can’t wait to give that a try; hopefully we will get a chance one evening this week to give it a test drive. I bought it from The Flash Centre who where exceptionally helpful as their stock had run out and they ended up having the Sunbounce Rep bringing the cloth over from Germany and them posting that separately to the frame and flash bracket I also bought. Very happy with the service I got from them and will definitely be buying more from them as time goes on!
Hopefully we will be taking part in the Strobist Boot Camp II photography challenge over the coming few weeks trying to improve our photography through the assignments that will be set. If there are any other photographers reading this, I would really suggest you give it a go to try and see just what you can achieve with a fixed task and all your creative skill to make it happen in a way that will make somebody go ‘Wow’ which is really what all we do is about!
OK... before you all go to sleep from all the text, here are some photos from the last couple of weeks which I really liked in no particular order:
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I have almost had a very cool shoot, but was unfortunately postponed at the last minute by the client. Hopefully we will have that rescheduled in the next few weeks. Today I was asked to do a baby’s party as well, which if I do get will be great.
As far as the site goes, I have revised the price list on our info page, and have started using Permalinks within the blog. I have gone back as far as my Brazil photos adding in the info so they appear correctly in the normal view (ie without having to click through to read the post), and all posts from now on will appear correctly as well as have a proper Permalink as this one does with the name “random_updates” which should make it easier for others to link to specific posts as well of Google finding specific posts of course.
Photography-wise we have both been playing around with some new tips and have just taken delivery of a nice Sunbounce Mini which is not all that Mini amounting to a 3’ x 4’ golden sail. I can’t wait to give that a try; hopefully we will get a chance one evening this week to give it a test drive. I bought it from The Flash Centre who where exceptionally helpful as their stock had run out and they ended up having the Sunbounce Rep bringing the cloth over from Germany and them posting that separately to the frame and flash bracket I also bought. Very happy with the service I got from them and will definitely be buying more from them as time goes on!
Hopefully we will be taking part in the Strobist Boot Camp II photography challenge over the coming few weeks trying to improve our photography through the assignments that will be set. If there are any other photographers reading this, I would really suggest you give it a go to try and see just what you can achieve with a fixed task and all your creative skill to make it happen in a way that will make somebody go ‘Wow’ which is really what all we do is about!
OK... before you all go to sleep from all the text, here are some photos from the last couple of weeks which I really liked in no particular order:
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Little bit of travelling...
03/05/09 22:44 Filed in: Travel | Photography
Nice start to this little break with a trip out to Stonehenge, Salisbury and taking in the Hackpen White Horse on the way home.
It’s the first time I have been to Stonehenge, and although it was pretty cool, I didn’t see £6.60 worth of stuff there... particularly with a fence not far from the place itself. In fact, the shot below was taken from the outside:
The only problem I suppose is that nobody ever shows photos of the other side of the rocks because most people are just too cheap to pay to go in!
From there however we went into Salisbury to grab some food and have a look around the Cathedral. I love the old Tudor houses with the overhang onto the road:
The inside of the Cathedral is fantastic of course, and wherever you are there is something to see, on all sides of you and probably both up and down as well:
On the way back we stopped at the Hackpen White Horse and took some photos in the beautiful yellow fields. I wanted to take some shots in this style whilst at the Cathedral, but it needed the hour or so of the drive back for the sun to go down far enough to be a stop or three below the power of my flash. One of the few examples I have so far had of reaching the limits of a speedlight flash and needing something with a bit more oomph.
Just a quick behind the scenes shot here. In saying that it makes it look like my friend who took the photo was aiming for a behind the scenes shot... I’m sure that will make her feel better!
Got more photos from the day on my Facebook so have a look for the rest there.
I have three or four people who want shoots done, but not yet any specific dates for anyone so I am going to have to see if I can twist anybodies arms there so you get some fresh faces onto the blog.... I am sure you are very bored of my ugly mug now! Read More...
It’s the first time I have been to Stonehenge, and although it was pretty cool, I didn’t see £6.60 worth of stuff there... particularly with a fence not far from the place itself. In fact, the shot below was taken from the outside:
The only problem I suppose is that nobody ever shows photos of the other side of the rocks because most people are just too cheap to pay to go in!
From there however we went into Salisbury to grab some food and have a look around the Cathedral. I love the old Tudor houses with the overhang onto the road:
The inside of the Cathedral is fantastic of course, and wherever you are there is something to see, on all sides of you and probably both up and down as well:
On the way back we stopped at the Hackpen White Horse and took some photos in the beautiful yellow fields. I wanted to take some shots in this style whilst at the Cathedral, but it needed the hour or so of the drive back for the sun to go down far enough to be a stop or three below the power of my flash. One of the few examples I have so far had of reaching the limits of a speedlight flash and needing something with a bit more oomph.
Just a quick behind the scenes shot here. In saying that it makes it look like my friend who took the photo was aiming for a behind the scenes shot... I’m sure that will make her feel better!
Got more photos from the day on my Facebook so have a look for the rest there.
I have three or four people who want shoots done, but not yet any specific dates for anyone so I am going to have to see if I can twist anybodies arms there so you get some fresh faces onto the blog.... I am sure you are very bored of my ugly mug now! Read More...