Stages Staying Empty
By now I was hopeful that I’d be taking a few bookings for the Autumn and Winter, and be feeling confident that Covid-19 was sliding into the distance behind us. Unfortunately it now seems as though I’m going to be separated from my work and my clients for a while yet, perhaps until next spring, which is a rather dispiriting situation, but there’s really nothing that I can do about it now. Looks like I’ll have to keep blogging and working at home until we are all able to meet up and work again, whenever that turns out to be. In the meantime, stay safe, and stay well.
Before and After 5
Here is the final, for the time being, before and after post. Gigs are one for my favourite photographic subjects. Timing is everything in getting a good shot, and often you need some careful processing to bring out the best in your shot. In this case all the lasers in the shot have made the overall image a little bit washed out. But with the right processing, everything ends up looking great.
Before and After Part 4
The Red Arrows are always a great subject for photographs, but photographing aircraft against the sky always throws up numerous problems; either the sky is too bright or the planes too dark for the image to really grab the attention. Here I have processed each different element to ensure they all have the maximum impact.
Before and After Part 3
Food and drink images need careful post processing to keep them from looking too bland. Multiple masked were needed with this image to make sure that the colours were bright, the ice sparkly and greenery as fresh as possible. Only then does the image really shine.
Before and After Part 2
As I mentioned in yesterday’s post, there can be quite a difference between the image captured on camera, and the final finished product. In this example I needed to improve the detail in my fire-eater, including some separate processing on the fire to make it stand out, as well as separating him from his background, which additionally had a prominent tent post that I had to carefully excise from the final image. Quite a lot of trouble, but the final image was worth it.
Before and after
It’s easy to forget when you take delivery of completed images that there can be quite a difference between the image captured on camera, and the final finished product. Over the next few days I’ll be sharing a few examples of images in the their unaltered and processed states, to illustrate how plenty of creative decisions, and important changes, happen between when the image leaves my camera, and when it is ready for sharing.
For this image to work properly, different areas of the image had to be processed separately to ensure that each element worked to enhance the overall image. In this case, the snake, leaves background and log were all processed differently to make the final image as striking as possible.
Not from VE Day but . . .
The Red Arrows were buzzing the London skyline last Friday for VE Day. I didn’t catch them then, but luckily they are frequent visitors to Norfolk in August, where I was able to catch this shot of them in action.
Melt Yourself Down
It was a bitter blow to find that Melt Yourself Down had to cancel their London show last month. I was very excited about this, as the new album is stunning, and their live shows are intoxicating. This images are shots I took the first time I saw them in November 2016 at O’Meara in Southwark. Can’t wait for the rescheduled show in October
Goodbye Festival No.6
When I went to Portmeirion ‘s Festival No. 6 in 2018, little did I imagine that it would turn out to be the last one. As the realisation dawned on everyone, this message was spotted in the sands of the estuary. My photo of this charming sign has been messed with in photoshop to emphasis the text and give the landscape an every alien look to it.
A favourite to photograph
The Hive at Kew Gardens, https://www.kew.org/kew-gardens/whats-in-the-gardens/the-hive, has always been one of my favourite photographic subjects. Here I’ve messed up my original image a little in Photoshop to create a more painterly images
