Rose...

Its that time of month again where Im bursting at the seams with creativity so I asked my lovely sister in law (almost) if she'd like some pictures doing and help me out with some of my ideas, Rose is so lovely and absolutely stunning. These were shot in Newborough Forest, I had a beachy look in my head because Rose is very surfy and natural. We stopped off in Aberffraw to start with where we found a great old looking boat just sitting in its lonely shadow, props are great for making your photos a little more interesting. We couldn't have asked for better weather it was beautiful. When we got to Newbourough it was clouded over slightly in the forest which made the lighting perfect!! We had a great day and such a good laugh (as always) trecking around trying to find the perfect little spots in the forest, and Rose said it wasnt as awkward as she thought it would be.

















Amazing view...

iPhone 4 Movie

I decided to test out the iPhone4 Video Camera properly by making a little montage of some objects in my room. Its such an impressive camera, I hated the iPhone2G camera but this new one puts a smile on my face every time... anyway just a bit of fun below.



Also If you do have an iPhone there's a great Photo App called 'Instagram'. It changes your photos with different filters and makes them into Polaroids (sort of). There is also a great free Polaroid Programme (for your computer) from Polaroid themselves HERE. It turns your digital pictures into Polaroids and the resolution is also high enough to get some good prints out of them. Have fun!

Editors Choice...

So my basketball picture (in my previous blog post) has been getting good feedback on some Photography Magazine Websites. I logged onto PhotoAnswers the other day and it had made it into the Editors Choice Catagory. He wrote a great comment about it saying "This is a fairly simple image to take, but it's yet another image that shows a little effort and some visualisation really means your results can be greater than the sum of their parts". Exciting! Lets hope it makes their 'Practical Photography' Magazine.

American Sports

So I've been feeling all nostalgic about sports lately, I watched an old time favorite film called 'Field of Dreams' it is one of my Dads favorite films and I remember I used to watch it over and over again as a kid. I loved how magical it all felt and what playing a sport or just loving something as a kid means. I love Football and have done since I can remember, I love playing it and getting on the edge of my seat watching it. I can still remember the goal Owen scored against Argentina and how I felt... I was 8. I can still smell my football sticker books and how excited Id be when mum and dad would buy me the new England kit, or a new pair of shin pads. So after watching the film the other night Ive been feeling inspired by the American culture and American Sports....





Both are completely Photoshopped and were taken indoors.

1st Movie!

Well not really, but here's my first official 1 minute film for Uni... edited by yours truly.

Photoshopping...

Here are 2 new Graphics Ive made over the past couple of days and seen as lots of people keep asking how I make them and what not there's a video below of the process... for any photoshop geeks out there! I love The Matrix and have wanted to do the Bullet Time thing for ages now but couldnt find a good enough Tutorial but I finally got around it...

First I took about 15 photos like these (my stomach muscles are killing me today)






and then photoshopping starts


Results:






Credit for Corridor Shot

Self Portrait

Here's some good tips and tricks to try if you want to get a professional feel to your photos but without any professional lighting. I wanted to get some professional looking Self Portraits because all the one's I had were crap. So after remembering about a trick I used a few months back for a Boxing shot I decided to use the old spot light trick, I doubt anyone hasn't got some spot lights in their house like this....



These are great because you can move them to where you want the light to be as long as you have a space on the wall or something plain behind you.



With the wall being green I will have to change the photos to Black and White otherwise everything has a grinch tinge to it... which is not a good look. Lots of people always ask how I take photo's of myself and all I can tell you is I have a small remote and a tripod. If you have neither of these dont rush out and spend your money, be creative. Find something to rest your camera on i.e a stack of yellow pages or Argos catalogues.... or make something. Also most cameras these days have a timer on them so you can set it around 10 seconds and have time to get your pose right.

Last tip about taking a Self Portrait... be yourself. Don't be all smily if your not a smily person, it has to reflect who you are. If you be yourself it will shine through that lens. Here's how the turned out....