Kamila Przybylska Shoot

Just had a fantastic shoot with Nick Skinner and our fantastic model Kamila Przybylska, in Dover. Lots of fun and as always Kamila was fantastic to work with, happy to be directed but never short of poses or ideas of her own making our job very easy. Hopefully we'll be working with her again soon on another project.

Dave broke it!

Has it really been since September that I last made a post?!

Seems like I dont get the time or the content for this anymore, at the moment Im on a training course at work so Im pretty much tied up with learning, revision, typing notes etc but that should finish in the next month or two.

So what am I publishing a post for? Yesterday (Saturday) a friend and work colleague Dave Constable (http://www.red-eyes.co.uk/) had invited me to go along on a location shoot with a model.  I've never done it before so I thought I'd give it a whirl.  The pics are below so feel free to take a look or comment.

It may be some time before I get to do this again as there was a little mishap!  We had a great idea for a shot but needed a second flash to light up a pitch black tunnel behind the model.  Dave had a spare flash but had forgotten batteries for the trigger (after reminding me the night before to get all my batteries charged!) and couldnt remember how to switch it to a slave, although I had travelled light as I knew I'd be loaded up with tons of Daves gear, I had remembered my flash gun ( I wish I hadnt!).  So I told Dave I could get my flash to fire as a slave.

Anyway we didnt get the shot as Dave went wandering up a dark tunnel ( it was actually a brick oven) and promptly fell down a hole in the dark.  So Dave ended up covered in muck and having a hurty knee and I ended up with a destroyed flashgun, all good fun! lol

By the way, our models name is Kamila and is a fantastic model to work with and I look forward to doing another shoot with her sometime in the near future!

Chrome & Cruisers 2010

Thought I'd post a few pics from this years Chrome & Cruisers event in Sittingbourne.  This is an annual event that was in its 4th year this year and seems to be getting bigger every year.  Lots of people turned up to raise money for 'Help for Heroes' and to show/look at the vehicles on show.  A few pics from the day are below.

As always, thanks for looking,

Lee

Trey Ratcliff Photowalk

Last Friday was an eagerly awaited trip to London for me as Trey Ratcliff (http://www.stuckincustoms.com/) was visiting London and setting up a photowalk.  Treys photowalks are free and open to any photographer who wishes to come along and meet him, ask advice or just come along to take some shots.  I've spoken to Trey via email etc before and found him to be a really down to Earth guy who will try and answer as many questions from as many people as possible.

At the end of last year he published his first book and from what I can gather it has sold extremely well!

Luckily we had none of the usual problems from the security guards or police in London, possibly because there was about 70 of us so we just had a pleasant walk around London and took a few shots.  All in all a very enjoyable evening.  Here are a few shots from the walk, Trey is well know for his HDR photography so I had to at least do one (Big Ben)

Thanks for taking the time to look at the pics!,

Lee

The Beginning

So this is the beginning,  since this blogging thing took off I've thought of doing one but thought "what do I put in it?"

A friend at work who also shares an interest in photography started one a few days ago and I liked the look of it so I thought I'd check out others too.  I have my own template based website which is fine for showing some images but doesnt really tell any of the story behind the shoot, how the shot was taken etc plus there is also a limit to the amount of shots I can put on it.

Anyway I decided to start a blog and see what happens, I'll try and keep it as fresh as I can but I'm not making any promises.  If you decide to comment on one of my pictures please feel free to be brutally honest.  I'm always looking at improving my photography so any criticism or advice will be welcomed.

This is the first shot, and suprisingly one I like (I VERY rarely REALLY like any image I've taken).  It was taken at the Swale Festival of Transport at Brogdale Farm near Faversham last weekend.  A friend of mine has been involved in running this show for several years which is organised by volunteers to raise money for the Kent Air Ambulance Trust.  I was asked if I would spend the weekend as the official photographer for the event.  I jumped at the chance! Although it was unpaid it was for a good cause and would be good practice.  I managed to rope in a friend of mine to help out and hopefully between the two of us we will have some hald decent pictures.  If there is anything good enough that comes out from our shots we intend to put them in an online gallery for sale with 100% of the profits being given to Kent Air Ambulance Trust.

I had a great time photographing the event its just a shame that with these events its hard to get shots without background 'clutter' such as other cars and people (oh, and reflections in chrome from the hi-vis vest I had to wear!) but thats only to be expected at these types of events.

Thats all from me for now, I'll post more pictures soon from the Swale Festival of Transport and also the Chrome & Cruisers event.

Thanks for taking the time to read this and feel free to subscribe if you wish,

Regards, Lee