Point. Focus. Shoot

Charlie & Simon's Wedding 14/04/2018

2018-05-04T19:04:00.000+01:00

Charlie & Simon's Wedding 14/04/2018

Charlie deciding she wanted no more pictures 1/4

Charlie deciding she wanted no more pictures 2/4

Charlie deciding she wanted no more pictures 3/4

Charlie deciding she wanted no more pictures 4/4

Sleepfire Live in Concert 20.07.2013

2013-09-26T00:00:00.002+01:00

Sleepfire - High Contrast

2013-04-24T23:46:00.000+01:00

Well the second batch is now done.....

https://www.facebook.com/Sleepfireband

Sleepfire - Vintage

2013-04-21T22:52:00.001+01:00

Hey guys,

Well first batch is done, below are the vintage pictures...

and here is a plug: https://www.facebook.com/Sleepfireband

Here is the second batch.....

Sleepfire - Styles

2013-04-21T19:42:00.000+01:00

Hey guys,

Below are 6 different styles, sorry Rich but you will be the guinea pig for this...

I have mainly done black and white styles as I think this is in keeping with the older grainer look we chatted about, I am happy to do some colour variations if you wish, however, I tend to think black and white looks cooler, unless its a live gig with lights etc.

So here goes..

The first one is the original as shot, no editing

Next is black and white with grain, slightly brighter and higher contrast (Grain image)

Next is black and white no grain, high contrast and darker shadows, with a slight increase to sharpness (High contrast image)

Next is opposite to the above, black and white no grain, low contrast, flatter image with reduced shadows, and a softer focus (Low contrast image)

Next is black and white with lots of grain for a vintage feel, contrast has been reduced to flatten the image, it is made lighter and the shadows have been reduced (Black and white vintage image)

Next is simply a sepia version of the above (Sepia vintage image)

Next is the only colour style, the contrast has been slightly increased and colours have been softened with reduced saturation I have also applied a slight green hue to give a colder image as the original is very warm and orange (muted colour image)

So let me know your thoughts....

I think you can add comments at the bottom of this, but if not, facebook is fine.

Givers

2012-12-09T20:03:00.001+00:00

Givers, Larmer Tree Festival, 14th July

Fatoumata Diawara

2012-12-09T19:35:00.001+00:00

Fatoumata Diawara, Larmer Tree Festival, 14th July

Rachel Sermanni

2012-10-28T19:38:00.000+00:00

Rachel Sermanni, Larmer Tree Festival, 14th July

Sunrise & Sunset

2012-08-07T00:16:00.000+01:00

Below is a small (and growing) collection of sunrises and sunsets I have managed to capture...enjoy...

Sunrise - New Ross, Ireland

(Canon 450D 18-55mm f/3.5 1/250 sec ISO 400)

Sunrise - Richmond Park, Richmond, England

(Canon 450D 28mm f/5.6 1/50 sec ISO 100)

Sunset - Richmond, England

(Canon 450D 70-200mm L f/8 1/250 sec ISO 100)

Sunset - Wimbledon Common, Wimbledon, England

(Canon 450D 28mm f/22 1/80 sec ISO 100)

Sunset - Hyde Park, London, England

(Canon 450D 28mm f/16 1/1000 sec ISO 100)

Sunset - Beachy Head, England

(Canon 450D 28mm f/11 1/125 sec ISO 100)

Sunset - Whitstable, England

(Canon 600D 50mm f/22 1/30 sec ISO 100)

Punch Brothers

2012-08-06T22:32:00.002+01:00

Punch Brothers, Larmer Tree Festival, 14th July

(Canon 600D 70-200mm L f/4 1/800 sec ISO 400)

(Canon 600D 70-200mm L f/4 1/640 sec ISO 400)

(Canon 600D 70-200mm L f/4 1/400 sec ISO 400)

(Canon 600D 70-200mm L f/4 1/640 sec ISO 400)

(Canon 600D 70-200mm L f/4 1/250 sec ISO 400)

(Canon 600D 70-200mm L f/4 1/500 sec ISO 400)

(Canon 600D 70-200mm L f/4 1/320 sec ISO 400)

(Canon 600D 70-200mm L f/4 1/250 sec ISO 400)

(Canon 600D 70-200mm L f/4 1/500 sec ISO 400)

(Canon 600D 70-200mm L f/4 1/800 sec ISO 400)

(Canon 600D 70-200mm L f/4 1/250 sec ISO 400)

Caravan Palace

2012-07-24T23:24:00.000+01:00

Caravan Palace, Larmer Tree Festival, 14th July

(Canon 600D 50mm f/1.8 1/320 sec ISO 400)

(Canon 600D 50mm f/1.6 1/160 sec ISO 800)

(Canon 600D 50mm f/1.8 1/160 sec ISO 400)

(Canon 600D 50mm f/1.8 1/250sec ISO 400)

(Canon 600D 50mm f/1.8 1/400 sec ISO 400)

(Canon 600D 50mm f/1.8 1/100 sec ISO 400)

(Canon 600D 50mm f/1.4 1/2500 sec ISO 1600)

(Canon 600D 50mm f/1.4 1/1000 sec ISO 800)

(Canon 600D 50mm f/1.8 1/500 sec ISO 400)

(Canon 600D 50mm f/1.8 1/250 sec ISO 400)

(Canon 600D 50mm f/1.8 1/640 sec ISO 400)

(Canon 600D 50mm f/1.8 1/125 sec ISO 400)

(Canon 600D 50mm f/1.8 1/400 sec ISO 800)

(Canon 600D 50mm f/1.6 1/50 sec ISO 400)

(Canon 600D 50mm f/1.6 1/100 sec ISO 400)

(Canon 600D 50mm f/1.6 1/100 sec ISO 800)

(Canon 600D 50mm f/1.4 1/320 sec ISO 800)

(Canon 600D 50mm f/1.8 1/160 sec ISO 400)

(Canon 600D 50mm f/1.8 1/125 sec ISO 400)

(Canon 600D 50mm f/1.8 1/200 sec ISO 400)

(Canon 600D 50mm f/1.8 1/80 sec ISO 400)

(Canon 600D 50mm f/1.8 1/320 sec ISO 400)

(Canon 600D 50mm f/1.3 1/000 sec ISO 800)

Black and White Art

2012-06-13T21:39:00.000+01:00

Three images from Porto, Portugal. Taken in February 2012 (edited).

Window Into a World of Colour Photo Shoot

2012-04-23T23:04:00.001+01:00

Well uploading time again, the second shoot is almost finished (only one more to edit), but I couldn't resist posting the finished ones on here for all to see. The theme on this is urban brutalism (the Barbican), I have chosen a different colour theme for each image. Thanks to Cash for modelling, thanks to the Barbican for being most unhelpful and not letting us shoot where we had originally planned and thanks to my amazing girlfriend for all her hard work on sorting everything out. Also listen to Cash's band they are really cool http://sleepfire.bandcamp.com/

Update time: All the pictures are finally finished!!!

Hope you enjoy the images.

(Canon 450D 70-200mm L f/5 1/200 sec ISO 100)

(Canon 450D 28mm f/3.5 1/1000 sec ISO 400)

(Canon 450D 18-55mm f/13 1/100 sec ISO 400)

(Canon 450D 100mm Macro f/3.5 1/30 sec ISO 400)

(Canon 450D 28mm f/13 +1 1/160 sec ISO 200)

Possessed Photo Shoot

2012-04-22T00:54:00.000+01:00

Well it has been quite a while since my last post but I finally have some good pictures to add to my blog. The following pictures are the result of many hours in Richmond Park on a not particularly warm day. I would like to thank Sam, Mat and Dani for all their help in making this shoot work, we couldn't have done it without you. I hope you like it.

(Canon 450D 28mm f/2.8 1/1250 sec ISO 400)

(Canon 450D 100mm Macro f/2.8 1/640 sec ISO 800)

(Canon 450D 100mm Macro f/3.5 1/1000 sec ISO 800)

(Canon 450D 100mm Macro f/2.8 1/800 sec ISO 800)

(Canon 450D 28mm f/7.1 1/200 sec ISO 200)

London at Night

2012-01-15T20:07:00.000+00:00

A few years ago, just after I had bought my camera, I went out in London on a lovely freezing night to try it out. The Thames is a really good place to get night time pictures because of the all the reflections, and it isn't full of tourists at night, stopping every 3 yards to take a picture of one another in front of the same backdrop that will be in their previous 30 pictures. I had forgotten my tripod so had to resort to balancing the camera on walls (hence the slightly askew pictures), ah well.

Here are the results (no editing what so ever):

(Canon 450D 18-55mm f/5.6 1.3sec ISO800)

(Canon 450D 18-55mm f/5.6 1sec ISO800)

(Canon 450D 18-55mm f/5.6 0.6sec ISO800)

Time Stands Still

2012-01-15T11:20:00.000+00:00

As part of my girlfriends uni project I had to capture some urban time lapse pictures, a small group of us raced around London trying to find places where we would have enough people to get a good motion blur but with the background not too chaotic to take away from the model. Eventually we managed to find a few good spots, but just as we were about to take the first shots my camera decided to break, so it was down to the backup to save the day. One issue we had not thought about was just how bright it still is when it is cloudy, this caused a big problem and prevented us from getting long streaming shots as the aperture would not go high enough on some of the lenses to allow long shutter speeds. But we persisted and below are the results.

The only post editing I have done is to B&W the picture but leave in the red.

(Canon 400D 17-40mm L f/22 1/3 sec ISO 100)

(Canon 400D 17-40mm L f/22 1/2 sec ISO 100)

(Canon 400D 17-40mm L f/22 1/4 sec ISO 100)

(Canon 400D 17-40mm L f/22 1/2 sec ISO 100)

(Canon 400D 70-200mm L f/32 1/2 sec ISO 100)

Rush Hour

2012-01-14T21:33:00.000+00:00

I have always wanted to get a nice time lapse rush hour shot of traffic, but I have always found it a real pain trying to find a good spot for a picture. My first attempt was in the centre of London, it turned out OK, however it was Sunday evening and no matter how hard you pray there is simply no rush hour traffic.

See:

(Canon 450D 18-55mm f/9 2.5sec ISO100)

But despite the severe lack of traffic you can still give the picture a new twist with a bit of post editing:

Giving up on London on a Sunday night I decided a few weeks later to actually go out during rush hour, and the A3 didn't let me down, after fiddling with the aperture and shutter speed for quite some time, along with waiting for the right amount of traffic I managed to capture this:

(Canon 450D 28mm f/5.6 30sec ISO100)

Success.

Sunrise at Richmond Park

2012-01-14T13:25:00.000+00:00

Well, despite my body fighting against it, I persuaded myself to get up before 7am on a weekend!!
No I am not crazy, well maybe a little. But I wanted to get some nice sunrise shots, so after checking the weather the night before (which is a must) I awoke to a wonderful clear sky and morning frost. Perfect. After putting on more clothes than the average Eskimo I packed the car and headed off to Richmond Park. Thankfully I was there before sunrise.

After 2 hours of standing in finger numbing coldness I was able to get these shots.

(a bit of post editing has been done but only to enhance the shots)

(photoshop Cutout effect)

(Canon 450D 70-200mm L f/6.3 1/160sec ISO100)

(Canon 450D 28mm f/5 1/50sec ISO100)

(Canon 450D 18-55mm f/5.6 1/50sec ISO100)

(Canon 450D 28mm f/4 1/60sec ISO100 3 pictures stitched together using photoshop)