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We’re just in the process of enlarging the website. Admittedly we’ve done it the wrong way round, changing the structure before having the images ready so apologies for that. The portfolio and other galleries will soon be updated to make use of the new sizes.
One thing a photographer often needs is a third hand. Whether its a reflector, a light of a camera, guranteed you’re going to need to hold something at some point.
I rigged up this little camera mount in a kitchen to shoot the fun stop motion video below, purely for my own pleasure. It’s comprised of a mini tripod and a unidirectional ball and socket clamp. See what you’ve got lying around that can become a photography prop and don’t be afraid to get the hammer and nails out. Some of the best photos are not made by cameras but by behind the scenes ingenuity.
Also, check out this video by Chase Jarvis. He’s got some great tips on how to get good photos with simple equipment. His latest blog post is about Levis latest ad and it uses stop motion.
I couldn’t help but get this shot. This sweet old lady was wandering around the back of the church during a wedding ceremony with a bright yellow high vis jacket, very subtle. I’m pretty sure she wasn’t collecting for the couple but if you’re charitably inclined, it’s not a bad idea for your wedding list!?
This was shot by Ian Gibbons on location with Store Van Music this weekend while we were photographing. Great vid Gibbo.
Here’s a sneak peak of some shots from yesterdays long shoot.
Respect to Neil who put in about 14 hours straight and a massive thanks to Brad, Pete, the band, crew and of course the crowd.
Especially as it was like 100 degrees in that theatre!
To fill you in, we spent all day at a college in Guildford setting up for a photoshoot for Store Van Music, the initiative of Musician Neil Johnston. As a new school year begins after the summer these guys will be gigging all over, promoting music and offering education to schools and colleges. It was our task to capture everything in one day including these ‘live’ gig promo shots, behind the scenes footage, endorsement shots for all the brands that donated gear and a one off signature shot for all media.
More posts will roll in over the next week. Enjoy.
This is so often the case at weddings. You get one shot at the day, and one shot at the key moments. You can’t exactly ask the bride to walk down the aisle again because you missed it. At Bryony and Adam’s wedding recently, I had a moment I just had to get right. They had a plan to do a hay bail roll, that means four massive bails weighing a couple of tons each, rolled across the field by the most alpha of males, competing for glory.
They were set to do it, then they weren’t going to as things were running late and light was fading. I managed to persuade them to sneak it in before there first dance but had no time to plan lighting or anything. Within a matter of seconds it was over. I was just running between bails trying not to get crushed, snapping away.
The best you can do this situation is know your camera, know your exposure, make sure you have space on your card, close your eyes and run. Well, keeping your eyes open might help.
It was a great moment to remember from the day, lots of fun, competition, heroics and victory. I was glad to be able to capture it. The fleeting moments are often the most precious.
Following on from a previous post about painting in Photoshop CS 5 , not knowing whether it could server any useful purpose, I may have found a great little use for it.
I recently did little painting, shot it on my phone and then ‘retouched’ it using the new mixer brush.
I masked the people out to a new layer and blended the background together. Then repainted the people over the top and added rain, highlights and puddles. I think this has great potential for fixing up those paintings that I just do too much on, or aren’t quite detialed enough. It’s important of course not to let photoshop take over and ruin the romance of painting with real paint, I spend enough time in front of my computer as it is!
The all new Roseblade.com. Yes it looks almost exactly the same as the last one! We’ve been working on it for quite a few months now, making the whole thing database driven from this blog to the wedding clients and right through to the latest content automatically populating the home page footer. It’s now really easy for wedding clients to view and add images to their basket and preview their orders.
So do browse, and let us know if there are any bugs. Thanks so much.
