165:365 The Waterfall

Today Scott and I took a wander down to Almondell country park to do some shots.

Scott was playing with his HOLGA and i was playing with the 10 Stop filter and long exposure shots.

This image was shot with the 10 stop and was a 5 minute exposure, there's some minor mark removal done along with a little curves on the sky detail.

108:365 A Cat on Mars

Today was a good day, Scott and Bruce and I had the utter pleasure of a shoot with Catriona Rennie and what a superstar she is.

She put up with all of our fussing about and silly and unusual ideas, especially things like my completely odd lighting with blue lights.

The shots here are my first run through, i'm really happy with how they look.

I will be adding more info on how the "mars" shot was done to TnM later once i have the set-up shot from Bruce.

Would love to work with Cat again soon.

103:365 A Trip to Edinburgh

Despite not having my triggers to play with Scott and I went to Edinburgh to do a shoot with Sam.

Really happy with the whole series of images, with 3 that I'm really happy with.

I love the red shadow in this one, made possible by using a red gelled flash behind Sam.

I really enjoyed this shoot, it has re-invigorated me again and i can't wait to do more :)

102:365 It's Not Easter Without...

Well it isn't is it?

You well and truely know it's Easter when the daffy's are in full bloom

This one was shot whilst looking at some derilict buildings with Scott, shot using a lensbaby and tungsten white balance, then processed in ps.

088:365 Through the Lens

Ok today hasn't been a great day with both Lynn and Caron up most of last night ill and spending today in bed.

They did get a bit more sprightly earlier and i was able to nip out with Scott for a quick hour long photo session at the Brickworks.

This is the view through Scotts Yashica TLR.

081:365 The Faerie Visits

Today was a good day as a number of us travelled the long way through to Helensburgh for another Group Shoot.

I had the pelasure of working with Miel, Emma (pictured) and the wonderful Princess Zoe :)

This was shot outside and was much much lighter than it looks but a deliberate use of a highish shutter speed to darken it down works quite well.

Were now tolking about another group shoot but out our way with the Brickworks being the place that it might be...

057:365 The Mugshot

Today has been filled with photographic opportunities, with lots of photos being taken.

First thing this morning i did a run about and picked up Scott (Walker), Ross and Scott (McKillop) and we went off into Edinburgh.

The guys wanted to do some architecture stuff, but i already had mine so i pretty much just mucked about whilst they shot some stuff at the museum.

We thenm all went to a few different pubs and cafes, including meeting up with Alex for a while too.

When we got back Scott (Walker) came back to the college to help me out with some work for Mel, one of the Hairdressing students, who recently did really well in a competition and is goign to Blackpool for the UK finals soon, by photographing Jade, her model.

Scott stood in whilst i was testing the lights so it really had to be this shot today.

039:365 Rannoch Moor

This weekend has been absolutely brilliant, we've spent the whole weekend photographing lovely parts of Scotland.

With over 350 miles covered between lunchtime Friday and tea-time Sunday it's been an awesome time.

Today Scott and I travelled north from Greenock up to Glencoe, stopping at Loch Lomond, Rannoch Moor then for the Buachaille Etive Mòr which Scott has been desperate to shoot again for a while.

This shot is from Rannoch Moor which has totally frozen over.

More shots to come on my main blog over the days to come and some film shots (120 roll film and 5x4) coming also.

038:365 Cowal Penisula

Todays image comes, once again, from sunny Greenock via Mobile Broadband.

Bruce, Scott and I had a great days shooting, getting the 8:20 ferry from Gourock to Dunoon, shooting around the Cowal Penisula, before getting another ferry to Bute for more photographic opportunities. The Last Leg of the journey was from Bute to Wemyss Bay.

During the 100 odd mile journey we stopped numerous times to fire off some shots.

This particular shot features the top end of the Kyle's of Bute, i've also shot this same scene using FP4 and Provia on the 5x4. I will post more pictures on my main blog over the days to come along with some scans of the film shots.

037:365 The Point

Todays image comes from sunny Greenock, where Scott, Bruce and I are about to begin of beer and photography.

Ok so about to begin is a bit of a mistake as Scott and I are in the pub and have been for 3 hours...this is actually being uploaded via mobile broadband from The Point which is a pub/restaurant attached to a Premier Inn hotel.

Todays shot looks out from Greenock accross the Clyde.

019:365 The BEBO Face

You can see more information about this shoot on my main blog, but this was part of a college project on high key portraiture.

Charlie is a great model but has a habit of being a complete riot to work with and we have on a great number of times had 'the BEBO face' which is demonstrated perfectly here.

For info a 5 light set-up, 2 background lights set to f11, 2 side lights bounced off reflectors set to f5.6 and a main front on softbox set to f8.

011:365 Give it a Rub!!

Not the shot i had planned for today as i was out today with Scott and Keith helping Scott to do some shots of a local band that he was asked to shoot.

other than acting as VAL though i only took 2 shots both attempting some stroboscopic work but they just don't work very well so i decided to play in the house with this.

It's a little Budda that sits in our display cabinet at the front door and was shot on white card using the flash and softbox to light it.