Over the past month I have been experimenting with colour infrared shot at 590 nm (nanometers). I recently purchased a Fuji X100 converted camera which allows me to shoot in a normal way with a custom white balance. This results in images that can been seen immediately in the back of the camera at normal apertures and shutter speeds. With a simple conversion in photoshop changing the red and blue channels you get back to normals blue skies and an infrared landscape. Although not to everyones taste it allows you to shoot at the brightest times of the day therefore extending your photographic opportunities. With a small infrared camera in you bag at all times you have the possibility to see the world in a different light, literally.
Read MoreThe mist at last
I have been waiting around 8 months for mist. Each morning I expectantly look out the window and nothing. I have mist apps and alerts programmed into the phone in case it happens but it has not. Then last week on the 12th August I peered out at 6.00 in the morning and there it was. All my equipment was ready and I raced to our local woodland Idless. I was in the carpark by 6.30 and had it all to myself before all the rowdy dog walkers arrived. The tranquility was bliss and images were jumping out at me from all directions. I managed to capture about 20 images over a 3 our period and woodland photography became much easier with just that separation between foreground and background. I am now waiting for the next appearance so I can experiment somewhere else (Ladock).
Photoplus Magazine and Amateur Photographer twice in a month
I have been lucky this month to be published in two photography magazines. The two magazines are “PhotoPlus ” and “Amateur Photographer”. The first was an article was after I was placed in a Canon photography competition the second was a Portfolio review showing many of my black and white images from around Cornwall. It’s a real privilege to be published and to see your images in print.
Open Studios starts tomorrow! I am ready!
Open studios Cornwall runs from 27th May till the 4th of June. My photographic artwork is on display and can be purchased. With two hanging spaces for photography, drawing, painting and pastels it should be a great opportunity to gauge how my work is doing.
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