Month: January 2016
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Year One
I retired January 9th 2015: one year ago today. As an anniversary, this is as good a one to recognise, if not celebrate, as any other. In modern times, when so many work in regularly scheduled jobs, that point where one decides to stop going to that job — retirement — becomes a life event,…
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Fashion Shoot #5
in: Photography
In the final series of shots I moved away from a high-key to a low-key style. In these shots I did little manipulation, if any, of the colour saturation and contrast, and rather worked more with vignetting to offset the model from the background and embolden the low-key effect. Again I shot wide open with…
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Fashion Shoot #4
in: Photography
Today’s entry presents variations on a theme, or more specifically each picture below is a different crop of the same original shot. What is interesting, in my mind, is how different each variation is. As an aside, it offers some justification for high mega-pixel count to enable various different crops without loosing too much detail.…
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Fashion Shoot #3
in: Photography
The image here is part of the same series I looked at yesterday, but in colour and with a bit more focus (notably on the eyes). From what I could see, Corrine Day softened the colours in her images, so this picture reflects similar processing. The approach I use to soften the colours — rather than…
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Fashion Shoot #2
in: Photography
In this series I explored shots that were a little grainier and softer focus. I applied a Split Toning layer in post-processing (Highlights: Hue [52]; Saturation [26]; Shadows: Hue [215]; Saturation [23]) to soften the harshness of pure black & white.