Sweat Colour

As you've probably noticed I have a sweat tooth,

but don't ask for one.

 Forget the diet

Portraiture

Portraits

This week we have been asked to take some informal portraits. We did this with the use of an on camera flash. I used a 50mm F1.8 Lens to help blur out the back ground, also we used a white or silver  reflector to help lighten some of the shadows and to help put a catch light into the eyes. Also I have thrown-in a few shots that I've taken away from college. Each of these shots were taken with my 55-250mm Lens. 

All of my post processing has been done with Photoshop Elements 10. 

Richard

Our Model For The Evening

Richard

Canon Eos 450D, Exposure Program Manual, F2, 1/60th Sec, ISO 200, Spot Metering, Flash Compulsory,

Reflector used to the front right side

Darren

This shot of Darren was taken as I noticed him concentrating on his camera.

Canon Eos 450D, Exposure Program Manual, F1.8, 1/20th Sec, ISO 100, Spot Metering, Flash Compulsory, No Reflector used, Candid shot.

Richard looking very tired

What I was trying to do with this shot was to use the stair rail to frame Richard.

Canon Eos 450D, Exposure Program Manual, F1.8, 1/60th Sec, ISO 200, Spot Metering, Flash Compulsory, Reflector used to the front, low.

Terry

Once again in this shot Terry's concentration was the key to me taking  the shot.

Canon Eos 450D, Exposure Program Manual, F1.8, 1/20th Sec, ISO 100, Spot Metering, Flash Compulsory, No Reflector. Candid shot.

Richard just too tired

Canon Eos 450D, Exposure Program Manual, F1.8, 1/20th Sec, ISO 100, Spot Metering, Flash Compulsory, No Reflector, Candid shot.

Richard  You've been framed

Louise In Dream Land

Canon Eos 450D, Exposure Program Manual, F1.8, 1/20th Sec, ISO 100, Spot Metering, Flash Compulsory, No Reflector, Candid shot.

Charlie

This shot was obviously set up to try to get a low key shot.

Canon Eos 450D, Exposure Program Manual, 55 mm Lens, F4, 1/50th Sec, ISO 200, Spot Metering,

Window Light, No flash, Reflector used to the left.

Casey

This shot of Casey was taken whilst trying to take pictures of my Grandson at a junior football match

 ( I missed ).

Canon Eos 450D, Exposure Program Manual, F5.6, 1/800th Sec, ISO 400, Spot Metering, No Flash , this shot was taken outside and heavily cropped, and then I tried to make this photo into one of those triple pictures that you get. Candid shot. 

The Wife

Canon Eos 450D, Exposure Program Manual, 35mm Lens, F4.5, 1/60th Sec, ISO 400, Spot Metering, No Flash , Taken by the window.

Last but not least

The Three Ugly Sisters

Where I Live

This weeks theme is: Where I live, 

What I've tried to do is, promote our town of Wythenshawe. Wythenshawe is the only town in Greater Manchester that has an Airport, Train Station, Motorway, Major hospital, as well as the things that most other towns might have. Although the building of Wythenshawe was started during the nineteen thirties, but the bulk of  Wythenshawe was built Mainly after the 2nd World War (1950s). it was known as Europes largest councill estate, as well as the garden city.

Wythenshawe Town Centre

 Manchester Airport

Tea Party

Home

Benji & Molly

Week 5 Panorama

As you can see I've started a draft of my first assignment. My idea is to:
1: Find a subject.
2: Reason for this subject.
3: Decide on a title.
4: Wright about the subject (Brief history).
5: Provide pictures of the subject.

As I've spent some time at Salford Quays over the last five weeks and taken quite a lot of shots of the area, I'd like to use this in my assignment. Any advice or criticisms would be appreciated

Statement of intent

Title:

The Rise and Fall,

 And "Rise Again"

Of

Trafford Park Industrial Area 

&

Manchester and Salford Docks

 A brief statement as to the intended purpose of the photography to be undertaken:

         I was inspired to take on this piece of work after passing through Trafford Park on my way to Salford Quays. I must admit that I could not recognise most of Trafford Park, it seemed like a ghost town, as I hadn’t been there for many years. I first went there as a young boy of about seven or eight years old (1959-1960), along with my father who worked for Metro Vickers. We arrived late in the afternoon just as the day shift was ending, and I couldn't believe just how many people worked there, especially when that was only the day shift. There was a whole fleet of buses there just to take the workers home, the bus queues were about two or three people deep and about fifty yards long. All of the buses were cram-packed with people standing right to the rear entrance of the bus.  Also there was what seemed to be hundreds of bikes and herds of people making their way home on foot.

Week 5 Halloween

Little Horror

Manual Mode,1/60 sec,ISO 400, F3.2 50mm  Flash,

post processing Photoshop Elements 8.

Curious

Apperture priority, 1/800 Sec, F5, ISO400, 96mm

Week 4. Night time on the quays

The other week I spent a couple of hours on the quays and I felt that I didn't do it justice, and so as you can see I went back! Unfortunately this time the wind was howling down the ship canal, as your probably aware on Monday evening 24th we were having really high winds. Trust me to go out that night.  

Although I'm sure that I'll spend many more hours there in the near future trying to just capture that shot.

The shot with the Train wheels, I used a hand held flash gun that wasn't meant for my camera at all, I set it to manual and fired it at one eighth power and fired my camera at eight seconds. I was pleased at the results, especially as it was just trial and error.

Most of the shots that I took I did quite a lot of work on in Photoshop Elements. The buildings were lob sided and so I had to straighten them with correct camera distortion. And then I felt that some of them needed darkening with Adjust Lighting/Levels, as wall as using other tools such as Clone Stamp, Cut and Paste, Layers as well as other bits and pieces. All of the following shots were taken using a tripod with my camera bag strapped on to help weigh it down.

Matchstick Men 

Manual mode, 8 seconds, F11, ISO 100, Focal length 18mm,

Blue Heaven

The shot of the moon was taken separately, although it was not quite as easy as I thought.

Mode Manual, 1/250 sec, F11, ISO 100, 200mm Lens, Tripod, No Flash.

Manipulated in Photoshop Elements 8 

The Working Class

Manual mode, 8 seconds, F11, ISO 100, Focal length 39mm,

Bright Lights

Manual mode, 13 seconds, F11, ISO 100, Focal length 18mm,

The Future

Manual mode, 15 seconds, F11, ISO 100, Focal length 18mm,

Under Construction

Manual mode, 20 seconds, F11, ISO 100, Focal length 27mm,

Lonely Walk

Manual mode, 8 seconds, F11, ISO 100, Focal length 24mm,

Moon Walk

As Lonely Walk, with a little extra help from Photoshop Elements 8.

Holiday Inn

Manual mode, 6 seconds, F11, ISO 100, Focal length 37mm,

Media City

Manual mode, 5 seconds, F11, ISO 100, Focal length 50mm,

Dark Nights

Manual mode, 6 seconds, F11, ISO 100, Focal length 18mm,

Lowery Outlet

Manual mode, 5 seconds, F11, ISO 100, Focal length 18mm,

Blue Lagoon

Manual mode, 6 seconds, F11, ISO 100, Focal length 48mm,

Week 3

This week we were asked to go out and get some landscape shots.

Well after sitting by the side of the Manchester Ship canal for two and a half hours. The following shots were the best that I could come up with, especially as I left my tripod at home ( excuse ). I got to the Quays at about three thirty and spent most of my time just watching the light change and the clouds roll in, it was really quite dramatic. I made the decision a few Weeks ago to keep my camera settings on manual mode rather than using the other settings and making it easier for myself.

Manual Mode,  32mm Lens,  1/200 Sec,  F11,  ISO 200.

Week 3



Manual Mode,  18mm Lens,  1/50th Sec,  F11,  ISO 200.

Week 3

Manual Mode,  55mm Lens,  1/50th Sec,  F11,  ISO 200,

Week 3



Manual Mode,  18mm Lens,  1/60 Sec,  F11,  ISO 200

Week 3

Manual Mode,  18mm Lens,  1/100 Sec,  F11,  ISO 1600

Converted from B&W - Colour in Photoshop Elements



Week 3

Manual Mode, 49mm Lens,  1/80th Sec,  F11,  ISO 1600



Week 3

Manual Mode,  18mm Lens,  1/100 Sec,  F11,  ISO 400

Week 3

Manual,  18mm Lens,  1/125th Sec,  F11,  ISO 400, 

Week 3

1/60th,  Manual,  F11,  ISO 1600,  28mm Lens.

Week 3

GOLDEN OLDIES

EASTMAN KODAK

No 3 Eastman plate camera

I inherited this magnificent piece of engineering some years ago. I decided to take a shot of it using a sheet of wrapping paper for the background. Using the camera's flash to highlight the hologram effect in the paper.

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Aperture priority 

1/60th sec

F8

iso 100

Flash fired

THE GOLDEN GIRLS

STRAWBERRY ICE CREAM

This shot was taken during the summer, whilst the girls had a picnic in the garden.

I had seen this mixture of black and white and colour in a magazine, and so I thought I'd give it a go.

aperture priority

jpg

1/200th sec

F4

 iso 200

50mm

Manipulated in Photoshop Elements 8