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New Light!
My shed studio recently had a make over in terms of light. The 1m sqr. western facing window, high up off the ground, has been replaced by a 1m wide x 2m tall window down to waist height. This weekend it got it’s first try out the the lovely Anne Duffy model. As usual I…
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Sierra Nevada highlights
Leaving the valley floor of Yosemite to cross the mountains to Mono Basin, requires a westerly assent to Crane Flat, where highway 120 takes a turn over the Sierra Nevada range. This road is open in summer but other times of year is weather dependent.   I have long imagined what views lay before us and…
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Revisiting Yosemite
I first visited Yosemite Valley in 1989 without any prior knowledge of the area or its splendor. Since then I have been lucky enough to revisit the area four times during working trips to the US. My favourite approach is from highway 120 as it descends from 6000 feet to the valley floor at 4000…
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Lost in time
Is my photography getting better, or just my image processing? I’m playing with images for selection for a panel I want to submit later this year. One candidate needed a bit of rework taken of Holly (Ivory Flame) in 2009 below. I’m amazed at how quickly I corrected some basic “flaws” on my original processing. …
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Another successful Salon
1st Circular Exhibition of Photography “TOWER CIRCUIT 2015” I’m delighted to have received a Salon Bronze Medal in the Ruma Salon for a recent work Repose featuring model Katie Lou. In total I received 24 acceptances for 10 new works towards my EFIAP journey.
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A fantasy photo shoot
So part II of my day with Elle Beth comprised another location and a collaboration with creative stylist duo Carrot Inc. (Vaida Rascuite and Kristina Sumile) and extremely talented MUA Aushra Lauren. This time the brief was the same, dark background, period location. The difference was I left the rest entirely up to Vaida and…
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A Morning with Elle Beth…
Once again I had the pleasure of working with Elle Beth on her trip to Ireland this week. This day was going to be very different. I’ll just talk about the morning for now in this post. My motivation this time was to prepare some additional panel images for my pending AIPF submission later in…
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Knowing when to quit, and when not to!
This morning was the first sunrise shoot I’ve managed to drag myself out of bed in the dark for in quite a while. A quick glimpse outside tells me there’s enough cracks in the clouds to justify the effort. No plan, just head to the sea. Don’t know if the tide is in or out. …
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Fine Art Paper
My expenditure on photo paper over the years for club competitions has been evolving slowly along with my photographic knowledge and achievements. I have an Epson 3800 ink jet printer and for a long time have settled on Epson Premium Luster paper, knowing there were more exotic fine art papers out there, but never really…
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A touch of style
Today I had the pleasure of working with styling team Vaida and Kristina from Carrot Inc. for a shoot I had arranged with Rachelle Summers and Katie Lou. It was my first time working with both models and stylists so I really was not sure how this half day would work out. To warm up…
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