The Simple Portrait
You can’t beat the classic 50mm lens when it comes to making an intimate portrait. This one was taken using the 50mm 1.4 EF lens from Canon. Its quite a jump in price from the “plastic fantastic” 50mm 1.8 but worth the jump if you can afford it. The 50mm 1.8 can be used to [...]
Black Shag at Sunrise
Topaz Clean is a cool Photoshop plug-in that you can use to create a kind of painterly or art effect to an image. There way I see it the plug-in alters the edges of objects by either removing detail or turning a straight line into a wiggly one. The effect is easier to see than [...]
First Dance
It’s all about capturing the moment; what else really matters when it comes to photography? This was such a lovely moment, the first dance as husband and wife. The wedding day can be so busy with the bridal party socializing, greeting guests and of course, getting their photograph taken! At the end of [...]
With the end in mind
Sometimes it helps to pre-visualize the photo; that’s what I did here. I was thinking that the scene could look interesting if it was converted to black-white using an Infrared effect. So, the photo was actually taken in the middle of the day with quite bright sunlight (though with cloud as you can see here). [...]
Little Country Church
A scene like this is easy to miss. Normally when I’m driving somewhere I’m focussed more on “getting there” and can zip past some great photo opportunities. This time I was actually looking for them; I saw this little church off the road and made a mental note to stop there on the return trip. [...]
