Well the wife is ill so I grabbed Sarah and the bairn for a twilight shoot. We ended up in Monifieth and it got dark pretty quick. Unfortunately the stunning sunset over the ocean that I had hoped for didn't come about. Instead we ended up at Macdonalds for a healthy dinner or burgers and chips. Everything in moderation after all...
Oh and the wedding album came back from Sim2000 and although I haven't seen it myself, the couple let me know that they think it is "fantastic". Result!
So Adam and I decided to attend the airshow this year and got burnt to a crisp - who woulda thought the sun would shine at Leuchars???
Anyway, it was a grand day out even though the chinook never got off the ground. The Red Arrows stole the show (don't they always) and everything after their performance seemed lacklustre and ordinary.
Won't be back next year unless they get an Apache...
So the ex-boss's sons wedding went really well. Sarah and I shot it as dual photographers and the results were spot on. Ceremony shots from the front AND back of the couple - there's something you don't see every day...
Anyway the couple seem to be absolutely delighted with the end product and we are awaiting the album coming back from the printers. It's one of these table-album things and I'm really looking forward to seeing how it comes out!
I returned to Killin on Thursday and attempted some infrared shots. The D200 seems to detest the idea but I fought through and came out with a couple of good shots. Sarah's D40 handles it soooo much better...
Not posted a blog for a while here but I'm not actually convinced that anyone except me comes here. Which kinda means I am talking to myself... and nobody's home!
So the stag-do went really well. St Johnstone won some kind of cup and there was a pitch invasion by the fans. Peachy!
To combat my off-camera flash problem I decided to invest a massive £20 in some equipment that attaches to the hotshoe and the flashgun to wirelessly trigger the thing. For the price it's pretty awesome - the 'real' ones are £300 as they incorporate the TTL metering from the lens. What use that is if the flash aint anywhere near the lens is beyond me.
Got my ex-bosses, son's wedding coming up soon and I am meeting the couple on Saturday. Looking forward to it.
Rather conveniently, we went to see the blues band "Radiotones" play at the Twa Tams last night. Tomorrow we are on a stag-do which has a Blues Brothers theme - scary huh?
This shot was taken with off camera flash. The D200 uses it's built-in flash to remotely trigger the SB800 flashgun, allowing you to get some funky lighting effects,
Unfortunately the on-board flash has an awful habit of lighting up the scene as well, so a hand over the camera flash is needed. I'm looking into some kind of remote trigger to go on the hotshoe instead,
Well I promised some tablet nonsense - and here it is!
Just starting to get the hang of it now but I'm up to my neck in other projects at the moment. Couple of websites on the go and now I've found somewhere to permanently display my work. Whether the cost will ever be returned... I'm not convinced.
Four days in the Yorkshire Dales and i'm back - feeling like i've never been away!
I'm not the first to shoot this scene from this angle i'm sure, but I am very pleased with the HDR results in this instance. A lot of people seem to overdo the technique and you end up with unrealistic shots that look almost painted so I was hyper-aware of walking the fine line between an image that "pops" and one that just looks fake. I'd like to think I managed it...
Another field trip today and we ended up heading over to Arbroath to the cliffs. Not the normal way to get to them - we started more towards the middle.
When we arrived at the beach we came to the expert conclusion that the tide was on its way out...
So I clambered my way over to the huge caves that create large tooth like black areas on the cliffside (camera and tripod over the shoulder of course - much cooler looking that way) and went to take some spectacular waves-hitting-rock shots.
After setting up my tripod about a metre from the water edge and firing off some shots, I start to wonder what the lapping sound is around my feet.
Turns out we were 100% not correct on the direction of the tide...
So I won the T-break 2008 competition and became the official photographer for the T-break stage at T in the Park. Spent all day hanging around the tent and popping in and out when the bands came on.
It was good to see so many of the bands that were performing at my heat had made it to the big event - Haight-Ashbury being the ones that stood out in my mind. Their harmonising sounds are captivating and you struggle to walk away or ignore them, even if their stage presence isn't exactly exciting.
The man pictured is Tommy Reilly who was recently brought to my attention when my pictures of him became 3rd and 4th most viewed images in my photostream!?!
Turns out that the laddie has been signed to a major record label and interest in him has soared.
If said record company would like to buy some great pictures of him playing at the Liquid Rooms...
This image bagged me the 1st prize in a local photography competition run by Dewars Whisky. This was taken back in the day that I had my trusty D100 body which was excellent at producing infrared images. I sold it when I bought my D200, not realising how dire that body is at receiving IR light!
So I won £100 worth of Dewars vouchers and the image was used in their Christmas flyer campaign. Makes it worth all the climbing over wet, slippy and dangerous rocks to get to the area!
Now I need to find an image for next years competition...
Of course, it isn't actually mist! This is the result of a 10 second exposure while the tide was sending the waves in.
SSKelman and myself were down in Fife at Wemyss for a day of photo fun and discovered this lovely beach area and some interesting caves to wander around.
Katherine (my daughter) of course loved every minute of the trip as she got to throw a lot of stones into a lot of water.
Taken using my wide lens and using a rock as a tripod. In typical fashion, the only day i REALLY needed my tripod is the day that I left it in the boot of the car!
