Ginger Photography

Sunday, 12 June 2011

Waterfalls at Lumsdale , Leading lines at Ilam and Snow drops at Hopton

Waterfall at Lumsdale.

Feb.

f/8 ISO 64 S/S 1/6

More Falls .

ISO-64 f/ 7.1 S/S 1/8

Cascading .

ISO-64 f /7.1 S/S 1/8

Ilam- Nr Dovedale.

mid march.

ISO-64 f/5 S/S 1/160

Snow drops -Hopton Hall.

early feb.

ISO-200 f/3.2 S/S 1/500

Thursday, 3 March 2011

I have just purchased a set of three 55mm polaroid filters for my camera as I've noticed that some of my images would of benefited from the use of a UV filter . There is a UV filter, a CPL filter and a FLD filter complete with a case .

Polaroid 3 piece filter kit.

UV protective filter.
This filter prevents loss of sharpness and contrast by filtering out UV rays and haze and protects the lens from scratches ,scuffs and smudges .

CPL Circular polarizing Filter.
Polaroids patented polarizing technology to give you "on location" control of color saturation, you can make skies bluer ,grasses greener and even eliminate surface reflection from water and glass.

FLD Fluorescent.
Eliminates the greenish tinge which fluorescent lights add to photos.

The Cokin Filters.

Another type of filter is a Cokin filter which are an original square system designed by a French photographer .The Cokin filter was invented the concept of the creative filter photography ,to allow everybody to get a chance to produce great creative images. Jean Coquin designed a system with the following , simplicity , rapidity of use and versatility to leave plenty of room for individual inspiration and creativity .

The Cokin System.

The image above has had a green filter whilst the image was taken .

The above filters are for creative photography .

Wednesday, 2 March 2011

Unit 208 theme 1- Nature And Landscape. Experimenting with Light and Camera.

As I've been confined to sitting and doing nothing for a week , my good friends came visiting with flowers and good chat .When they had gone I decided to get my camera out and take photos of the flowers . The light seemed to hit the flowers through the window, skimming over the petals . The flowers where white daisies and yellow Chrysanthemums.

I chose to shoot in black and white to deter from the color and catch light and detail .T he effect I wanted to achieve is just the light in the area of the bloom and with no background detail .I think I have achieved this , and I really like the outcome .

I have used a UV protective filter on my camera whilst taking these images .

A Glimmer.

ISO 100 s/s 1/930 f/8

A Gleam.

ISO 100 s/s 1/800 f/8

A Glint .
ISO 64 S/S 1/630 F/8

Tuesday, 1 March 2011

Unit 208 theme 1- Nature And Landscape.

Snowdrops at Hopton .

ISO 200 S/S 1/900 f 3.2

Couldn't Help myself ,these lovely snowdrops were just starting to open ,they were on the bank under a tree so light was limited ,I opened the F stop and altered the shutter speed to let more light in .I feel there could of been more clarity in the image, more light just to brighten the image could of helped with this . A kiss of flash may have worked, as there was no background for the flash to hit ,this would not of caused any shadows, even a 5 in 1 reflector kit would of infused light .I like the composition ,the colors and the depth of field in this image .

Miners Lane.

ISO 400 s/s 1/570 f/ 8

As I was walking in Carsington I walked up Miners Lane to the top of a hill to view Carsington water .On my journey back down I looked and saw the light coming through the tunnel I really liked what I saw.The image has shape ,color ,texture , focal point and the end of the tunnel is framed .

Sunday, 27 February 2011

Unit 211 Presenting Images .

The way I have presented my images is through a Blogging system ,Its a way I personal wouldn't of chosen at first because I am not very computer minded ,having said that it has been a challenge , one I have overcome .
A good reason for using a blogger system is the fact you can access images quite easily and the costs are low ,no printing out and no use of ink and photo paper which could be expensive . I will be printing and framing my most favorite images from this blog , I have a Hp printer which produces excellent quality pictures and I have a nice medium weight paper that I will print onto ,I have chosen a medium weight paper for quality as cheaper light weight paper tends not to produce a good quality image ,can tear more easily and could curl when printed on .

These are my ten thematic images that I have produced for my 208 assignment task A -Nature and Landscape.

These are my ten thematic images that I have produced for my 208 task B - People and Portraits assignment

Photoshop is a professional image editing software package that can be used by experts and novices alike,the Photoshop software package can be quite complicated and help can be found by an on-line tutorials found on the internet. Some of Photoshop software allows images to be modified , changing images from color to B&W , images can be cropped ,cloned this is an effect that can be used if there is a fault in an image , photos can be enlarged ,color added to certain areas and borders added for a finishing touch .

This image has been put into photoshop to alter the file size ,then it could be altered ,either from b&w to color ,when happy with the image it is made into a pdf file ready for printing.

This image is having a boarder round for a finishing touch .

Finished and Framed ,this image will be made a pdf file ready for printing .

This image is being checked for any improvement , in Photoshop you can make the image darker ,lighter ,add color (if you have taken the same image in color ).

Most people prefer to have the photos in their hands ,this shows quality and detail in the images after they have been view they are usually stored in a photograph album / book, mounted in frames or even added to canvas .
Asda seem to be one of the most reasonable photo printing services with a range of different products and prices . Asda's on-line printing services ranges from 5p per 6x4 print, 9x6 at 30p and if you order over a 100 of the (9x6) prints comes down to 25p each .There sizes are from a 6x4 up to a 30x20 print which will cost you £7.50 and Asda charges £1.50 to deliver them to you door or free collection . They offer other services and they including adding prints on -line and a 1hr collection, this adds 5p on to every print ,Canvas printing ranges from 10x10 at £32.00 to a 46x33 at £102 with £5 p+p . Asda also print on mugs, coasters, jute bags, place mats to name but a few and photo books prices start £25.00.The city of Derby is the nearest place to where I live that offers the services above .

Photo Book.

As times are changing and technology is progressing you can down load images to your computer then burn to a re-writable disc, this can be a cheaper way of storing your images they don't take up much room to store and many images can be stored on the disc depending on its size. The Boots company have machines in store that you can insert your cameras memory card into and the machine will either produce photographs and or will burn your images to a disc for around £2 .These machines take USB ,SD, XD , blue tooth , flash and CD in store

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Re-writable discs.

Some people prefer to keep their images on memory cards displaying the images through a photo frame , the card just sides into the side of the frame then plug the unit into the electric .

Digital Photo Frame, this one is priced at £62.

In this day and age people do print their own photographs ,this is a method I choose then if it is a Favorite I tend to Frame it . Before printing images people do put the photos through Photoshop to alter and make perfect ,I have tried working in photoshop it is something I am not over familiar with but here is one of my images thats been in Photoshop and a boarded added for finishing touches .