Author: admin
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Finding my inspiration
Since achieving my AIPF distinction last September, my model photography went into hibernation. Partly because the effort to come up with my panel had exhausted my brain, partly because my main location in the shed/studio was too cold for comfortable winter work. so I was delighted this past weekend to be back shooting with Madame
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Letter Box Landscapes
I’m not usually in the habit of making very wide format images, but recently I’ve been asked to fill walls requiring this format so thought I’d look at some of my landscapes and see how the work. I think i have plenty more images that will work well in this format, so might have to
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More FIAP Salon results!
My second salon results this year just in, and I have received 2 awards and 19 acceptances in the DPW WMC Circuit 2016, Serbia. My Monochrome works seem to be performing far better for me than all my other images. Ironically I think they are the simpler images to create in many respects. Food for
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My Weston Influence
It’s hard for me not to notice the name Weston, I’m married to Liz Weston! I discovered Edward Weston indirectly through my many visits to California and Yosemite since 1989. Before I got immersed in photography as a hobby I was inspired by the work of Ansel Adams during my visits to the Curry Village
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Seascape Blending and Editing Workflow
I’ve finally recorded a short video of my general workflow to blend some action from multiple seascape images into one final image like the one shown above I took this morning. The sun never appeared, but the high tide and breaking waves made an interesting vista all the same.
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AFIAP Submission Database
This is how quick Distinction Submission paperwork should be…
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FIAP Salon Database
About a month ago I blogged about my intention to put a database together for FIAP salon entries. With feedback from photographers there is also a need to extend this to PSA and other awarding bodies. For now I thought I’d show the progress so far. I need to make my own AFIAP submission next
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DRINA CIRCUIT 2015 Success
I was delighted to find out yesterday I received two awards in the 1st Drina Circuit 2015 salon. ARTFOTO Silver Medal for “Rapahella on Point” and a AUFBIH honorable mention ribbon for “Anne”. Some old and new images were submitted to this salon, receiving a total of 32 acceptances. This salon concludes all the acceptances
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Fairy Queen
Working with creative and talented people makes the photographer’s job so much easier and much more fun. While waiting on a future completed costume, Caitriona “threw” together this costume below from scratch, including moulding and painting the antlers, making the bodice, doing her makeup, etc. For my part, I took the opportunity to try our
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Falling Heros
Creating an image we’re told, should start with a vision and follow on with a creative process to achieve that vision. Sometimes this is not the case, instead creating an image itself leads to a tangential thought process and presents more material for future exploration. This was the case when I dug out an image