In the meantime, here is a picture taken on a previous skiing holiday back in 2005.
Stay tuned and I'll see you in a week or so :)
Saturday, 28 January 2012
Mountain Intermission
There will now be a brief intermission while I go and ski down some French mountains!
In the meantime, here is a picture taken on a previous skiing holiday back in 2005.
Stay tuned and I'll see you in a week or so :)
In the meantime, here is a picture taken on a previous skiing holiday back in 2005.
Stay tuned and I'll see you in a week or so :)
Thursday, 26 January 2012
Strongman Turns To Drink
Monday, 23 January 2012
Bolt From The Blue
Here is a another photo using the home made lightbox.
Taken in RAW colour at f/8, 1 sec exposure, ISO-100. Various layers added during processing to increase brightness, contrast etc.
If you like the blog then you can me on twitter @fototastic for behind the scenes photos, links and more.
Taken in RAW colour at f/8, 1 sec exposure, ISO-100. Various layers added during processing to increase brightness, contrast etc.
If you like the blog then you can me on twitter @fototastic for behind the scenes photos, links and more.
Thursday, 19 January 2012
Ring Light Reflections
I recently got some new ski goggles and thought I would do some more experimentation with my DIY LED ring light.
The double lens on the goggles didn't work too well as it created duplicates of the reflected LEDs which give the appearance of them being blurred so I also tried it out whilst wearing sunglasses.
Us usual, click on the images to enlarge.
The double lens on the goggles didn't work too well as it created duplicates of the reflected LEDs which give the appearance of them being blurred so I also tried it out whilst wearing sunglasses.
Us usual, click on the images to enlarge.
Monday, 16 January 2012
Strongman
Back in July 2007 when I started this blog (has it really been that long!!) I just wanted somewhere to post random photos, snapshots and phone camera pictures. Back then I had just upgraded from a 2 Megapixel Canon Ixus V2 to a 5 Megapixel Canon PowerShot S2. Since the latter part of 2008, I have entered the world of the dSLR and procured various other photography equipment - Lenses, tripods, flashes, shutter remote, backgrounds, remote flashes to name but a few!
As time has progressed and I (hopefully) have progressed with my photography, my personal standards and expectations for my photos have risen and I now seem to spend more time thinking about, setting up and processing the photos. This is not a problem as I enjoy photography and the whole creative process that it involves but it does mean that more time has to be found for each shot and as a result I seem to be taking less and less photos for the blog.
With this in mind, I thought that it would be fun to go back to basics and create a sort of photo series so that I could have a theme and post some regular tongue in cheek shots to fill in the gaps between more time consuming projects.
Next I had to think of a subject for this and as if by chance I received a Strongman / Key Pete for Christmas so I thought this might make a neat little project of him holding various different items in his magnetic hand.
Here is Strongman as he was intended to be used - As a magnetic key holder.
Watch this space for more Strongman posts...
As time has progressed and I (hopefully) have progressed with my photography, my personal standards and expectations for my photos have risen and I now seem to spend more time thinking about, setting up and processing the photos. This is not a problem as I enjoy photography and the whole creative process that it involves but it does mean that more time has to be found for each shot and as a result I seem to be taking less and less photos for the blog.
With this in mind, I thought that it would be fun to go back to basics and create a sort of photo series so that I could have a theme and post some regular tongue in cheek shots to fill in the gaps between more time consuming projects.
Next I had to think of a subject for this and as if by chance I received a Strongman / Key Pete for Christmas so I thought this might make a neat little project of him holding various different items in his magnetic hand.
Here is Strongman as he was intended to be used - As a magnetic key holder.
Watch this space for more Strongman posts...
Friday, 13 January 2012
Google Strange View
I came across this really cool little web app recently called Street View Stereographic that gives you Stereographic Projection using photos from any Google Street View location you provide it.
I tried the site in standard installations of Firefox 8.0 and Internet Explorer 9 but I got a "your browser doesn't support WebGL" but it works just fine in Google Chrome.
I had a play around just using one location in (Salisbury City and got the following images.
As usual, click on the images to enlarge
I tried the site in standard installations of Firefox 8.0 and Internet Explorer 9 but I got a "your browser doesn't support WebGL" but it works just fine in Google Chrome.
I had a play around just using one location in (Salisbury City and got the following images.
As usual, click on the images to enlarge
Monday, 9 January 2012
Cloudy Moon
I was out yesterday evening and and noticed the bright full moon occasionally peeking through the clouds so when I got back home I thought I'd have a go at getting a shot of it.
The picture below, shot through the clouds (and trees) was taken from my back garden. I took it hand held as I was too lazy to go and get a tripod!
The picture below, shot through the clouds (and trees) was taken from my back garden. I took it hand held as I was too lazy to go and get a tripod!
Thursday, 5 January 2012
Made In England
The old Ferranti radio in the picture belonged to my Grandmother who sadly passed away last year at the age of 86.
I really like the design and it was something that appealed to me as a bit of a keepsake. Currently it does not work and long term I hope to revive it by installing replacement radio parts or maybe even upgrading it to digital but in the meantime I thought it would make a good photograph of some classic British engineering and design.
As usual, click on the image to enlarge
I really like the design and it was something that appealed to me as a bit of a keepsake. Currently it does not work and long term I hope to revive it by installing replacement radio parts or maybe even upgrading it to digital but in the meantime I thought it would make a good photograph of some classic British engineering and design.
As usual, click on the image to enlarge
Tuesday, 3 January 2012
Happy 2012
Happy 2012 everyone.
I hope that you all enjoyed the new year celebrations and are so far having a good start to the year.
I thought I'd have a play around with some Electroluminescent Wire that I recently purchased and mark the start of the new year.
These 2 shots were both created in camera by zooming and panning during a long exposure.
As usual, click on the images to enlarge
I hope that you all enjoyed the new year celebrations and are so far having a good start to the year.
I thought I'd have a play around with some Electroluminescent Wire that I recently purchased and mark the start of the new year.
These 2 shots were both created in camera by zooming and panning during a long exposure.
As usual, click on the images to enlarge
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