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In The Ring

Simon — Sat, 08 May 2010 11:31:08 +0000

Mr. Daniel Anderson, Plymouth, 2009

I’m spending a lot of time on eBay at the moment.

Flared

Simon — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 01:13:10 +0000

Abby, Plymouth, 2010

I’m very happy with these images. For what might seem to be quite simple portraits, there’s a lot of elements that I really like.

The styling, the hair, the lighting, the post-production — all came together really well and in a coherent way. And of course, Abby looks great and did brilliantly in working with the theme of the shoot.

Sunshine On A Rainy Day.

Simon — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 23:53:48 +0000

Abby, Plymouth, 2010

Or something like it.

I wonder if I’ll like this tomorrow. I do get so in the zone with my Photoshoppery, it’s hard to tell.

I like it now, however.

Fiddy

Simon — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 23:04:58 +0000

Laura H., Plymouth, 2010

* B L E N G *

More Chocolate

Simon — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:11:46 +0000

Abby, Plymouth, 2010

72%, with caramel.

I’m actually partial to Lindt Chilli Chocolate, but that’s for special occasions.

Chocolate

Simon — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:21:45 +0000

Abby, Plymouth, 2010

Who doesn’t like chocolate?

My personal favourite is the Lion Bar.

It’s Not Right But It’s OK.

Simon — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 14:34:44 +0000

Abby, Plymouth, 2010

More than OK in fact.

A quick (but likely to be final) edit of a shot from last night’s shoot with Abby. I do curse my 3-year-old camera’s rather limited ability to focus ‘correctly’ in low light, but after seeing this image I think I should be thinking of it as a ‘feature’.

The focus ‘should’ be on the eye… as any portrait photographer will tell you. But to me, the most interesting thing here are the layers and texture of the hair, and I love the way they pop out in this shot, due to it being the shallow focal point.

Yeah, it’s a portrait, but the eyes aren’t always the subject.

I’ll just have to try and remember this when I get a better camera…

Old Stars

Simon — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 13:16:25 +0000

Starfish, 2004

More old stuffs.

Shot with natural light.

What I’m finding interesting as I go through this older stuff is that I had less technical know-how back then, but my vision was, if anything, clearer.

Starfish, 2004

Zoom Zoom Zoom

Simon — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 12:10:56 +0000

Ria, cropped. Plymouth, 2009

… and then crop. Lovely.

This makes me see the point in having a bazzilion megapixels… so I can zoom in, find lovely crops like this one and still be able to print them with plenty of detail.

Resolve

Simon — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 00:56:02 +0000

Ria, Plymouth, 2009

New Year’s resolutions are so last year. Everyone knows that the sure-fire way to be unhappy is to set unrealistic goals for oneself.

Much better to enjoy what we’ve got and accept it.

Well, that’s the theory anyway…