more photos of cold times

  I managed to just catch the sun going down on another cold, icy night. Camera at hand I tried a few different techniques rather than just taking a nice picture of another sunset.

  

  I split this simple panorama into 4 to create individually interesting views of the view from Broughty Ferry over to Fife.

 

It was a misty night and by lining the hazy moon up with the circular shape of this old fashioned street light it emphasized the detail in the shapes and form you don’t get in modern day design.

These 2 are processed HDR's, in this case it worked effectively bringing out the detail in the icy foreground.

  As much as i like these photos i have had enough ice and snow now and summer photography cant come soon enough!

Granny Ruth

  Ah haaaaa! Bet you thought this would be a photo shoot of some wrinkly skin, werthers originals and knitting, well no, it involves embroidery but that’s as close as it will get to that stereotype! My girlfriend (Ruth) is studying fashion at university and had a project she asked me to take some photos for, the point was to photograph her wearing things passed down from her grandmother but treat it as a fashion shoot. Not an area I am experienced in but she has done some amateur modeling before so I blame her for making these few favorite shots from the day so good!

 
  In these photos I really wanted to concentrate on the items without that distracting the view from the model. Depth of field was the most important feature in these shots, making sure what I wanted to be clear and stood out in the frame whatever it was, such as eyes, pattern or something as minimal as a ring.

dirt

 This is the first winter I have been driving and it has not been enjoyable. my car is terrible in the snow, aside from being too low to use a lot of the time it was killing me how dirty it got when it did, so following a well deserved wash the first time the temperature was high enough not to freeze everything I was off down to Broughty Ferry for some well deserved photos! Unfortunately it got pretty dirty on the 4 minute drive down but oh well couldn’t be helped; here is what I took…

  These last photos are done as HDR; it stands for High Dynamic Range and is basically a process of combining photos of different exposures. It gives you the control to boost the detail in the shadows (creating impressive reflections) while keeping highlights underexposed for a dramatic looking image. If enhanced normally this image would either have the car exposed properly and a dull boring sky or the sky would appear bold while the car would be darkened to a silhouette, I find this technique most effective with cloudy sky’s and love especially how the last one came out.