Back to normality….

So the weather seems stable (?) at last and no more black and whites… normality! 

The second wedding of the season kicked off yesterday and what a fun time. Sadly I am unable to share wedding images with you, but I can share these images of the car! A 1960’s Zephyr, and in fine condition. It was a late afternoon ceremony so lighting was not great, groups indoors and a few hurried outside pictures. I have just looked through quickly and all looking fine! 🙂

old wedding car in Hampshire

Have a good weekend. 🙂

Project – 50 Days of Grey – Day 44

50 Days of Grey – a scaled down 365!
DAY 50 – “Finale”

This slideshow requires JavaScript.

Well its taken fifty days and a lot of effort! but I am finally there! So here are a few from the past  fifty days. Taken mostly on the Nikon D700 and the iPhone. Edited in lightroom and google+.

Its been very enjoyable too and certainly made me look at black and white in a different way. I would recommend this project to anyone.

Happy shooting!

Nikon D700, Lightroom.

Project – 50 Days of Grey – Day 47

50 Days of Grey – a scaled down 365!
DAY 47 – “Respite”

I would recommend doing a project like this in the summer!, I never knew how weather dependant this would be to get out there and use a camera! Anyway, the sun is out!! Yay!

Sun shinning through the trees…

Now camera talk.. I love this little bit of kit, the Fuji X100, great for street photography and love its retro look. I better start saving up!

iPhone 5, Google+ edited.

Project – 50 Days of Grey – Day 45

50 Days of Grey – a scaled down 365!
DAY 45 – “Sliders”

Well only five days left!

Its valentines day an I guess I should be posting a heart or something?! well I’m not!! lol. 🙂

Here is an image that I tried something subtle with the colours. Using the HSL (Hue, Saturation and Luminance) sliders in adobe Lightroom, I set all but the blue to -100. This obviously removes the colour saturation but left a hint of blue… what do you think?!

 

Nikon D7000, Lightroom.

Project – 50 Days of Grey – Day 44

50 Days of Grey – a scaled down 365!
DAY 44 – “River Run”

Ventured out today as the sun was shinning (remember that stuff??)

a house uses sand bags in case of flooding, uk.

Went into the local city which is trying its hardest to avert the flooding. The fire service are now pumping and bailing out. Navy recruits are also being drafted in for assistance. Sadly when I arrived all was fairly quiet! Typical.

Here are a few 🙂

 

Nikon D700, Lightroom.

Project – 50 Days of Grey – Day 43

50 Days of Grey – a scaled down 365!
DAY 43 – “Liquid”

I couldn’t let a project about black and white go on for fifty days without including the obvious could I?!!

All in the cause of art, oh well! 🙂

iPhone 5, Google+ edited.

Project – 50 Days of Grey – Day 42

50 Days of Grey – a scaled down 365!
DAY 42 – “Pages”

Over the twenty or so years taking images I have amassed I large collection of photographic related books. You can’t beat a good book, the tactility and the collect ability.

Here I thought I would share two of my favourites. Go on treat yourself!

“NEW YORK VERTICAL”

“Using a vintage panoramic camera tilted ninety degrees. Hamann spent nearly five years painstakingly setting up shot after shot, often finding himself balancing precariously out a window ledge, patiently waiting for the perfect lighting conditions.”

buy on Amazon

“ERNIE”

“Photographer Tony Mendoza had captured the mercurial character of that irascible, self-possessed, utterly lovable cat, telling the curiously moving story of their relationship in the voices of both himself and Ernie.”

buy on Amazon

iPhone 5, Google+ edited.

Project – 50 Days of Grey – Day 41

50 Days of Grey – a scaled down 365!
DAY 41 – “Seasons”

Day forty one and had a busy day. The first image shown was a drive across open farm land in the early hours, the day started out with a heavy fog. I have photographed this little group of trees so many times over the years. In frost, snow, wind, rain and fog. When ever there is extremes in the climate this little clump of trees always guarantees a pretty picture!

As a bonus for today, set off to the New Forest for a dog walk, sunshine and showers. This is my sister stood up on the ridge not wanting to enter the boggy valley!

iPhone 5, Google+ edited.

Project – 50 Days of Grey – Day 40

50 Days of Grey – a scaled down 365!
DAY 40 – “Mugshot”

Todays photograph courtesy of the nice Starbucks staff, I’m not sure if everyone gets this, or is it just me?! lol.

iPhone 5, Google+ edited.

Project – 50 Days of Grey – Day 39

50 Days of Grey – a scaled down 365!
DAY 39 – “”

Another grey and dreary day in the UK, a hint of sunshine reflects on the land making contrasty shadows. 

My advice to anyone doing a project like this is to plan ahead! Knowing where you are going to take your photograph and what you are going to post is half the battle, once these thing are in place, the rest is quite easy!!

iPhone 5, Google+ edited.