My favourite image from the recent TalkPhotography.co.uk meet at West Midlands Safari Park, we had a great day even though it did get a little wet at times :( I took an absolute load of photo's and I'm still working my way through them but too see a few more from the day check out http://www.flickr.com/photos/mwhcvt/sets/72157627749984002/
Monday 26 September 2011
Thursday 15 September 2011
257/365 (Explored)
Well after nearly two years of taking my photography seriously it has finally happened, yesterday afternoon a photo of mine was picked by flickr to enter explore, I'm beyond happy at the moment it was a real nice surprise and I'm pleased I did it with such a quality photo
Thanks to all my followers :D
Matt
Friday 2 September 2011
August Review
With this post I'm going to try and do a review of my August 2011, August has been a very busy month for me with lots of photo's taken and lot's of editing to do, it's been a long hard slog but I've enjoyed every last second of it
So this is how the month started for me..
This one of my best attempts a HDR to date, I'm trying though the year to teach myself a few new styles of both photography and editing, one of the styles that I would like to be able to say I'm competent with is HDR...About the photo, this is a potato field that is about a quarter of a mile away from my home, it's wonderful when inspiration is so close at hand
Then a couple of day's later I shot this photo of some small orange flowers in my garden, I first saw this flowers in Ireland about 8 years ago and the following year we planted some into our garden, they are a delight to me each and every time that I see them because they act as an instant reminder of summer holidays in Ireland
This photo was achieved with the aid of some manual macro extension tubes and my 430EX2 flash gun.
Moving on into the middle of the month I had a very busy day, I started the day with an early morning indulgence on my love of all things Land Rover, since before I could drive I've loved the LR product range, I think that it started with my dad brought a Classic Range Rover...So with the Land Rover Max Show happening at the NAC in Stoneleigh I knew I needed to attend but as I had plans for later that morning I could not justify the entrance fee as I only had a couple of hours and if I had gone in it would have proved very hard for me to get to next event I was due to attend, so I decided to take photo's of that Land Rovers as they arrived for the show.
I decided to try my hand at a technique that I've never tried before "Panning" now this is hard and I have a renewed respect for the talented guys and girls that do this type of thing week in week out but here is one of my better efforts from the morning
Later that day was the August 2011 Warwickshire and West Midlands TP Meet this meet was to be held at the Warwick Classic Car Gathering happening that day and I had a great time at the meet, I spent the entire meet playing with other TP member's lens which although fun has given me gear itch and I would like to treat myself to some new lens soon :D
This is a photo from the W&WM Meet taken using a Samyang 8mm Fisheye lens what a amazing piece of kit that lens is
Moving on into the month I had the please to be shooting the wedding of Gary and Leanne, a wonderful couple that selected me to be there photographer on there special day...
This is a photo from that special day
You can see a small selection from this special day on my facebook page HERE
Getting towards the end of the month now and we have a photo that can brighten up even the dullest of days, just down the ancient Roman road of Fosse Way I found a field where they was a nice large patch of Sun Flowers, the day was dull and grey but the sun still shined bright here
I ended the month with a bit of photography that first sparked my love of photography, my mum had been over to see my sister in Ireland for a few day so I had to go and pick her up from the Airport. I went a few hours early to get it a little aviation photography here is one of my photo's from the day
a couple more aviation photo's I have taken in the month of August
Thanks for taking the time to read this post I hope that you have enjoyed the time it took
Matt
So this is how the month started for me..
This one of my best attempts a HDR to date, I'm trying though the year to teach myself a few new styles of both photography and editing, one of the styles that I would like to be able to say I'm competent with is HDR...About the photo, this is a potato field that is about a quarter of a mile away from my home, it's wonderful when inspiration is so close at hand
Then a couple of day's later I shot this photo of some small orange flowers in my garden, I first saw this flowers in Ireland about 8 years ago and the following year we planted some into our garden, they are a delight to me each and every time that I see them because they act as an instant reminder of summer holidays in Ireland
This photo was achieved with the aid of some manual macro extension tubes and my 430EX2 flash gun.
Moving on into the middle of the month I had a very busy day, I started the day with an early morning indulgence on my love of all things Land Rover, since before I could drive I've loved the LR product range, I think that it started with my dad brought a Classic Range Rover...So with the Land Rover Max Show happening at the NAC in Stoneleigh I knew I needed to attend but as I had plans for later that morning I could not justify the entrance fee as I only had a couple of hours and if I had gone in it would have proved very hard for me to get to next event I was due to attend, so I decided to take photo's of that Land Rovers as they arrived for the show.
I decided to try my hand at a technique that I've never tried before "Panning" now this is hard and I have a renewed respect for the talented guys and girls that do this type of thing week in week out but here is one of my better efforts from the morning
Later that day was the August 2011 Warwickshire and West Midlands TP Meet this meet was to be held at the Warwick Classic Car Gathering happening that day and I had a great time at the meet, I spent the entire meet playing with other TP member's lens which although fun has given me gear itch and I would like to treat myself to some new lens soon :D
This is a photo from the W&WM Meet taken using a Samyang 8mm Fisheye lens what a amazing piece of kit that lens is
Moving on into the month I had the please to be shooting the wedding of Gary and Leanne, a wonderful couple that selected me to be there photographer on there special day...
This is a photo from that special day
You can see a small selection from this special day on my facebook page HERE
Getting towards the end of the month now and we have a photo that can brighten up even the dullest of days, just down the ancient Roman road of Fosse Way I found a field where they was a nice large patch of Sun Flowers, the day was dull and grey but the sun still shined bright here
I ended the month with a bit of photography that first sparked my love of photography, my mum had been over to see my sister in Ireland for a few day so I had to go and pick her up from the Airport. I went a few hours early to get it a little aviation photography here is one of my photo's from the day
a couple more aviation photo's I have taken in the month of August
Not to shabby for 1/60 @300mm by hand
A close call
Thanks for taking the time to read this post I hope that you have enjoyed the time it took
Matt
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