20.12.16

My Best Picture Yet?? So when I did a portrait photoshoot outside and around the King Power Stadium, me and my subject ran into this little beauty of a creature. As soon as I saw the Owl, I had to take a photo of it. Luckily for me, the Owl looked into the camera as soon as my flash popped up from the camera and so I managed to capture this stunning shot and in my opinion, it is my best and favourite picture till date. I have never come across an Owl in my life and to manage to capture this stunning creature made me realise photographing animals and nature is something I want to do in the future. If I come across anymore wonderful animals, I will be quick to capture and share the work with you guys!. I manipulated this image very slightly on Photoshop just to darken the background to remove any distractions from the animal. I love how the Owl has made eye contact with the camera aka you guys too, it is like it is staring right at you! In conclusion this is my best ever image taken!!

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14.12.16

For University, I have to do a portrait project and I decided to base it around football fans/footballers. So today I went to Abbey Park, where with a fellow student at De Montfort University, They played football and I took photographs. Now this photograph isn't for the actual project and I actually didn't mean to capture this photo but going back through the images I found this shot. I love it. I think the shadows, the lighting just work well and the camera angle is amazing. The weather helped a lot and this photograph was taken with only available light as that is what the project is about. Now it is obviously a park but it also looks like a football pitch because of the grass and the football. I also love the track lines on the grass, it makes the image better and more interesting too.

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18.10.16

I saw this beautiful butterfly inside my kitchen and thought to quickly grab my camera and capture it. Lucky for me, the butterfly didn't move a lot so I had a lot of time to focus and get the best settings for the image. I really love this shot because it is a stunning photograph and you see a lot of detail from the insect. Images like these are rare for me to capture because I would never expect to see a butterfly inside my kitchen just sitting on the door. It is quite hard to capture a close up shot of any insects due to their quick movement, so having this photo is really wonderful for me to have in my pictures.

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31.08.16

Here is another photo from a little photoshoot with my brother. I like the photo because of the composition and the way he has positioned himself. I didn't know how to edit the image so I just manipulated simple things on the image such as the brightness and the curves of the image. I gave him the idea to look at the camera because he was often looking away so I wanted him to try something different. If I had more time, I would have gone to a different location such as a park or even a forest to get a different result from this one.

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29.08.16

Last week, my family and I went to Epsom Downs Race Course in Surrey for an engagement party. My little brother wanted some photos taken so I thought I would try to get some good shots for the blog and work on my portraiture skills at the same time. I love this shot. He was a bit shy at first because he hasn't really modelled for me before but as time went on he got a bit more confident and even started to think of poses himself so it made it easier for me. What I like about the shot is that, he is positioned in the centre of the frame but he isn't making direct eye contact with me or the camera. So when people see this image, they will look at him and try to figure out where he is looking or why he isn't looking at me or the camera. I decided to add the vignette to this image because I thought it looked a bit simple but after adding the effect, the image just stood out more to me and I really like the shot.

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15.08.16

Although this is similar to another image which I blogged about, it is different due to the composition of the buildings and the building in front of Big Ben was cropped in the last image. I enjoyed walking around London seeing the beautiful sights of attractions such as: London Eye, Parliament, Big Ben, The Shard etc. It was a good day not the best for photography wise but nevertheless I got some great shots and would love to do it again but in a different city to explore and see the sights. When in London you will find most of the pictures you take are architecture and that's because most things to see in London are the architecture that represents London. I didn't get a chance to go see Buckingham Palace but that would have been another sight to see. I am not to sure where I would go next but I would love to mix it up from architecture. I took this image in different ways to get different results, and I loved them all. I decided to play with the vibrancy, levels and curves etc to bring out the bold colours from the buildings.

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12.08.16

I know this image isn't the best quality, but I edited it as much as I could and it is a really nice shot from the Shard. Before the edit, there was a lot of glare from the window reflection, so I had to edit the highlights and tone of the image by using the blending options and using an overlay to sort the different layers. I then flattened the image and this is the final result. I wish I could have a better quality image but it didn't work out but thats okay because I am happy with my work. I am running out of images, so a new photoshoot will be taking place soon but I am not too sure what it will be just yet. I wanted this picture to work because of the Gherkin. This was the closest shot of it and the building is just fantastic, So either way I would post this picture but I did make it as good as I could.

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10.08.16

Another shot from the shard! This is very similar to the last image but just a bit more zoomed in. The image is great but if I could there would be a lot more that I would want to change. For example, I would want the weather to be much better, I would want a really sunny London with clear blue skies so I could get a fabulous shot of the London cityscape. I would also try go at night because this shot and the night time shot would be a lot more different. I am running out of shots from my London shoot, so I will be going through them again to see if I missed anything out. I had to manipulate the levels, curves and vibrancy to give the image a better effect and as it was a bit underexposed due to the lighting conditions in the building. I would recommend anyone to go visit the shard when in London to see the beautiful city from the highest building in Europe.

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08.08.16

The views from the Shard! This is only one side of the view you can get and this wasn't taken at the highest floor of the building. It was an absolutely fantastic place to be to relax, drink champagne and look at the beautiful scenery of Central London. You can see everything from the top including the London Eye, Buckingham Palace, Parliament and more. In my pictures, there will be a lot of reflections from the windows, I will try my best to edit them out but it was impossible not to get the reflections in. Even though it has reflections in, the pictures are still amazing in my opinion, it was the view that is so beautiful and I ended up staying there for an hour just relaxing and looking out towards the beautiful scenery. Of course it would be better in the night time as London would be lit up and this is my next goal to go up the shard at night and look at the beautiful cityscape!

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05.08.16

I have always wanted to try do some car photography. Being in London, I thought I would see a lot of super cars or cars that I could photograph. I didn't see anything except for this Porsche Carrera 911. It is a beautiful car, but the colour stood out more to me. So I thought I would photograph it and try sometime different rather than my usual landscape photos. I love it because it is different and the first time I did car photography. This was taken outside the Shard in London, luckily I got to see the car before I left the city. I would love to do more of this type of photography but there aren't many amazing cars to see in Leicester, but if I do see a really cool car, I would photograph it and blog about it!

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03.08.16

Another shot from below the shard, this shot was all about the composition and how I placed the building in the frame. I think it is a fabulous shot because you can see all the detail from the building. I think I perfectly framed the shot because of how the building is placed and composed. I took a series of images like this one, this one may be my favourite, if there was one thing I would change about this, would be the sky. Unfortunately the weather wasn't the best and I feel that if there were blue skies, this shot would be amazing. It would really show that this was taken in Summer and just have a bigger impact on the overall image.

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01.08.16

Taken from the bridge towards the London Eye, I thought I would capture a wide angle shot of Parliament and Big Ben. It is an amazing image which I am proud of. I also decided to add a tilt shift blur at the bottom of the image because I wanted Parliament to be the main focus of this specific image. I also think it adds an effect to the image which makes the architecture pop out and stand out to the viewers. Parliament is a massive building so it can be quite hard to get a close up of the building especially when you don't have much time. This image does the opposite. A close up can be quite interesting but so can a wide angle and long range camera shot. The picture works well due to the surroundings. This one image sums up London and it is a fabulous image. There may be similar images already taken but this image sums up my work and how I like to capture things, it shows my composition skills.

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29.07.16

I love this close up image of the London Eye. Not because of the camera angle or because the subject is the London eye but because I managed to capture an aeroplane in the frame by accident. I didn't notice it was there so when I looked back at this image I noticed it and I managed to capture it perfectly. I decided to edit this image in black and white and added an orange photo filter on top because I wanted to make this image look historical and vintage, which it does. I love the overall image, it looks great and it looks like a photo that has been discovered from the early days of London (of course the London Eye wasn't built then!) I knew how I wanted to edit the image straight away and I am glad I did it because it looks fantastic.

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27.07.16

Honestly this is one of my favourite images from all of the images from the London Photoshoot. I love this image because you can see the stunning sights of the London Eye, Parliament and Big Ben. This is a wide angle shot and I wanted to capture one image with all three fabulous tourist attractions in one picture and I managed to achieve just that. I also love the boat that isn't directly in the centre of the frame but the timing of it and the positioning of it. I guess what I have managed to capture in one image really sums up London, but London is massive and this is only one area. The photo was slightly underexposed so I had to play around with the levels. I also played around with the vibrancy to bring out more colour from the image as it was a bit dull due to the weather conditions. Overall this is a fabulous image and it is one of the best from the day.

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25.07.16

The Big Ben! The last time I was in London, I never got to see the Big Ben up close. This time I made sure I did and it was absolutely beautiful. I really love this shot due to the Big Ben and the building on the left just cropping in. It is a wonderful landmark to visit as well as it being right next to Parliament. I would recommend anyone touring London to go visit the Big Ben and also Parliament. This image has come out great due to the composition and the crop. I always use manual settings on my camera, The aperture was F/29 and ISO was 1600 as the weather was very dull but still gave me good opportunities to take advantage of the good lighting to capture some great images in the city of London. At times I struggled to find the right aperture, shutter speed and ISO as I didn't have a lot of time to find out the perfect settings at the time, however looking back at the images, most of them have come out amazing and the others I can always edit.

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22.07.16

I took this picture on the bridge heading towards London Eye. I thought I would try to take a different image from the usual landscapes pictures of London. This man was playing on the side of the bridge and with his permission he allowed me to take his picture. Now sometimes, they won't let you but this man was a kind man so I also gave him money to buy food or maybe a drink. I love this photo. As you guys know, I love to turn an image in black and white and keep some colour in the photograph, I was deciding whether to keep the instrument in colour or himself in colour. Now keeping him in colour is something I haven't done before and so when experimenting with both styles, I preferred this one as it's different from my usual edits but it actually looks amazing and even more dramatic at the same time. I didn't want to take too many pictures of him so I only took the one or two, but this shot came out well so I'm glad he allowed me to photograph him.

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20.07.16

The London Eye! One of the popular attractions in London, attracting people from all over the world to experience it and to go on it to view the whole of London. This was taken from the other side of the bridge which you need to cross in order to get to it. You cannot miss it! Just looking at the Eye is fantastic. But capturing it is really something else. I didn't get the chance to go on it because I was running out of time but next time I go, I will definitely go up there and try capture images from the top of the London Eye. Parliament isn't too far from the London Eye and because me and my mate have never been up close to it, we decided to go visit as close as we could and I will blog those pictures when I get to them, so keep a look out for those! But the London Eye is fantastic, I would recommend anyone who visits London to go on it and experience the city view from a high vantage point.

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18.07.16

I just had to take a picture of the underground tube sign. Its really common in London but it is popular. If you are a tourist in London, one of the things that you look for are the signs. It is associated when you think of London. It is a simple photograph but effective. It sets the location of where I took the photo and I just wanted to share this photo with you all. Not the most interesting photo but as I said it's something that I couldn't resist taking a photo of. London Bridge one of the most popular areas of London, which is why I decided to take the photo of the sign there.

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15.07.16

This was taken in one of the underground tube stations. My friend who is another photographer, captured a similar image and told me to give it a go and so I did. I just love it. Although he didn't make his black and white, I did. It just makes the image more dramatic and it is the perfect location for a tense and dramatic image. I love the composition of the image and it just looks like an abandoned location. The black and white effect helps it to make it look abandoned so when editing you have to think of what you want the image to look like. Also you need to have a clear idea of how you want to edit it, that way you'll edit it the best way and have a really cool effect. You can edit one image in multiple ways but for this image I thought a simple black and white filter would work the best and in my opinion it has.

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13.07.16

The Shard! I had the pleasure of going to the top of the shard and had an amazing view of London. This is what the shard looks from a close up view, it looked stunning. Shame about the weather though, it was a bit too dull for me to capture an astonishing image. However, I do love this image due to the detail shown in the image plus the camera angle. Although I couldn't do much about the camera angle I took the photo with because it is one massive skyscraper. I would recommend anyone who visits London to go up the shard and relax. It is one of the best places to be when visiting. The building from the outside is so cool itself, just how it is built and the shape is so unique, I loved the experience of being there. So being able to photograph it was a bigger pleasure for me as it is one places in London that I've always wanted to visit since it opened.

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11.07.16

My first ever London Post! As soon as I got into London, we wanted to book tickets to go up to the shard because, well why not?! Anyways, so after we booked the tickets, we came out of the building and looked up and had an astonishing view of the shard. I wanted to get a cool perspective of the building and looking at this image, I think I got a really successful image. Considering this was my first ever picture taken in London, I am really happy with the outcome. The only thing that I wish was different was the sky. It was completely dull and I would have preferred to have blue skies to make the image even better. I know you can add skies in Photoshop but I prefer to not edit a lot in my images. Plenty more to come!

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08.07.16

As I was looking through my pictures, I found this beauty. I really love this image because, the clock tower which is one of Leicester's most historical architects, is directly positioned in the centre of the frame. Not just the framing but the lighting too. The sun light directly hits the top of the clock tower and just makes it a beautiful image. I just really love this image and wanted to share it with you all! Now this will be my last post that will be from my Leicester shots because as I have mentioned in my last post, I will be going to London and visiting key areas like the Shard and Parliament. Hopefully you will all enjoy the shots from London, it is my first time properly exploring London and hopefully I will get some amazing photographs to share! :)

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06.07.16

This was from a short and simple photoshoot, which I did with my brother in the garden on top of the shed. I love this image. The camera angle works really well and I manipulated the image and made it black and white because I thought it would create a more dramatic atmosphere. The clothing he is wearing is from @lmdnuk which is their Instagram. The photo works really well as a tense photo due to him facing the other way and the black and white makes it more subtle and more obvious in what I wanted to do. He wanted these photos but since I loved this one shot, I thought I would do a blog post about it. I am starting to try do some more portraiture work, and I have started to plan where and who I will be taking pictures of so keep a lookout for those pics!!

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04.07.16

This was taken a while ago in a side street in the city centre of Leicester. I have posted a blog with a similar image to this, but this image has a different camera angle so therefore it is in a way a different image entirely. I thought because the area was all dirty and it was a rough environment, I would desaturate the image, then I decided to add a bit of colour to the image, It actually worked really well and I love the final outcome of the edit. It is really simple to use this effect, just desaturate the image and use the history brush tool to colour a certain area of the image that you want to be coloured. There are many areas of town in which I need to explore and to photograph. I will be doing that shortly, but this weekend, I am off to... LONDON! So after the weekend has passed, I will be posting my photos from my journey in London for a couple of weeks!

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01.07.16

One thing I learnt about photography when studying is that you need to use different camera angles to get some unique pictures. Like this one here that I took at Watermead. I do love this image because of the natural light that hits the beams in the frame of the image. I would recommend everyone to try different camera angles so that you don't have the same boring camera angle in every picture. When going for angles like this one, it can also be macro photography because you have the main subject in focus and everything else blurred or has a little bit of focus. This is small depth of field where only one thing is in focus, large depth of field is when everything would be in focus, for example all the beams and grass would be in focus.

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29.06.16

Another nature shot at Watermead Park. I love this shot due to the background being blurred so all the focus is on the plant. I love how everything is green, the perfect nature shot. This image could be better by improving the composition on the plant. So in my image, the plant is positioned directly in the centre of the frame, if I wanted to make it even better, I should've positioned it anywhere else but the centre. If you always compose the subject in the middle of the frame, it can come off as boring, so you need to compose your subjects well. This can go with anything, such as Portraiture, Landscapes and still life. Otherwise, I think this is a fantastic photo. It was actually my last photo of the day so I am glad with the outcome.

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27.06.16

Macro and Still Life photography. As you know, these types of photography are my favourite due to the different outcomes you can achieve by doing them. Macro Photography always looks cool due to the blur effect while the main subject being in focus. Now obviously it doesn't have to always be with still life, You can use macro photography with anything but I prefer it as it has a really good outcome and it is really fun. If you enjoy the style of photography then keep doing it, if you have fun then there's more chances for you to come out with a really awesome image! Obviously mix it up once in a while, try and explore new things, you never know, you may find excitement in a new style of photography like portraiture for example. This was taken in Watermead Park, I haven't uploaded an image like this in a while, and seeing I love this image, I thought why not. 

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24.06.16

Here is my second watermead blog post! I thought since there are loads of wildlife wondering around the park, I would try to capture some of them. It was hard to do as they wouldn't stay still! It was also quite scary!! But nevertheless I came out with this fabulous shot. What I love about it is that the bird is posing like it is a majestic animal and it gives the image a dramatic feeling. I also love that this isn't the only bird in frame, that there are a few others but are blurred out showing that I was just trying to focus on this one animal. I would definitely recommend everyone to try do this, the key is to be patient and try get close to them. If not then use a zoom lens, so you can zoom right in while you are at a distance.

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22.06.16

Watermead Park, Leicester! I took these before the Leicester City parade, but as the parade was just over I thought I would blog those pics before as they were something different. I love this picture of the King Lear's Lake. It sets a relaxing mood and atmosphere to the people viewing it. They could imagine themselves there just looking out at the lake with the sun setting. That is what the aim of the image is. Watermead is a great place to photograph, especially when the weather is beautiful. Luckily, the day I went, it was amazing. I have a lot more photos to share and hopefully you all will love them!

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20.06.16

The final LCFC blog post! It has been a while since I posted a blog, due to technical difficulties with my phone, I wasn't able to post my pictures on Instagram, but my phone is back and so are the blog posts! The final picture shows the Leicester City players with the Premier League Trophy. From my view, I couldn't see all of the players, but I did see the likes of Riyad Mahrez, Danny Simpson, Andy King, Kasper Schmeichel, Danny Drinkwater, Robert Huth and Jamie Vardy. Although it isn't the clearest picture, As a massive Leicester City fan, this picture makes me proud. To be able to capture the emotions of the players celebrating the league title in MY city is a rare thing and I am glad I was there to experience and capture it.

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10.06.16

Before the players had come to my spot on the bus, these official looking people had arrived on horses and I thought I would capture a photograph and make it different from my flag images. I love this image because the woman on the horse has made direct eye contact with the camera. I also love the horses. It just makes the picture more dramatic and it works really well. I also love how only the horses and the people are in focus so that people viewing the photograph will know what I am trying to capture in this photo.

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08.06.16

My favourite image from the whole photoshoot! I thought I would destaurate the image and using the history brush tool, I kept the flag coloured so the image does have a bright vibrant colour in the image and so it "pops" out to people when viewing the image. Unfortunately most of my images are flags but that's because most of the day were people waving their flags to support our Leicester City Football Club. One of the reasons why I love this image is because of the depth of field, how the background is blurred so the blue flag jumps out from the image, sort of like a 3D effect.

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06.06.16

I love this image from my photoshoot in town because of the flags that are in frame of the shot. Using a small depth of field, I managed to blur out the little blue flag in front of the flag that I wanted to be in focus. I also wanted to capture people's expressions on the day so I managed to capture that and the focus of the flag in the same shot. It was an important day in the whole of Leicester's history so seeing people waving their flags and cheering the players on was the aim for my work on that day. I feel I have captured that. Due to a limited space I had where I was standing, I couldn't really do a lot of different camera angles, It was packed and I was squashed unfortunately, so I had to keep my camera safe but this shot has come out well and I am proud of it.

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03.06.16

This is my third image from the lcfc parade photoshoot. I love this image because the expression shown through the peoples smile tells the story of how our team won one of the biggest leagues in the world. Leicester City a team who wasn't very big until now. The city is a multicultural city full of different religions, race and ethnicities. This parade brought everyone together, everyone was smiling and enjoying the day, I took many pictures but this is one of my favourites because I managed to achieve what I wanted to do. Which was to get some good images of the bus tour and at the same time capture some good street photography images.

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01.06.16

Here is my second chosen image from the Leicester City victory parade. This was early on in the day. I thought I would capture this man wearing a funny Claudio Ranieri mask because it looks great. The mask of the man is our manager who won us our first ever premier league title. This is a great shot as a street photography shot. In my opinion, it was harder to take pictures on that day than any other day because there were 250,000 people, so there were bound to be some people that would either give dirty looks or wouldn't want to be photographed and that did happen. As a football fan and a photographer, this shot tells a story of football fans getting behind their team after two hard seasons in the premier league. With the woman holding the flag, the photo captures her emotion that she has for Leicester City and it all shows in this single frame.

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30.05.16

So as a massive Leicester City fan, we won the premier league! Of course there would be a massive parade in town so over the next two or three weeks I will be sharing my photos from the parade with you. This image has a couple of passionate Italian fans, apparently who came all the way from Italy to celebrate the title. What a photo. It shows passion and it represents how much football can mean to  people. The guy on the right with a cone over his head was probably the most excited one as he literally went mental. I thought I would add a tilt shift blur to the image to try pick out the select few of fans within the image, it didn't quite work but I think it works as the main guy is in focus. Leicester  City is now properly on the map, the town was full of different ethnicities, religions and genders too. It was an amazing day and I have a lot more to share! :)

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13.05.16

I have shown you some images from my first portraiture shoot which took place in the studio. Now I want to show my work outside the studio. We didn't have a lot of time to plan it so, I thought the best location that is suitable towards the models personality is outside a church. This is one of my edited shots and I think it looks good due to the camera angle and how the background is blurred. I purposely made my model look away from the camera so the audience can try figure where she is looking and I thought it would be different than having her look at the camera all the  time. So when shooting outside the studio, think of a location that suits the model and not you. If you get the perfect location you will get some great shots guaranteed.

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11.05.16

My third portraiture blog. I really seem to be loving my portraiture work at the moment, so I will be posting some more through the weeks, while I try shoot some some more new stuff like landscapes etc. I haven't edited these too much, because I love the natural looks of the photograph, I played with the levels a bit just to brighten it up so the image doesn't seem overexposed. Maybe I will post an image that I have previously edited so you can get a look at my photoshop skills.

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09.05.16

My second portraiture blog post! So this is another image from the shoot that I really liked. What I like most about it is the lighting. I love how the left side of her face is covered with the shadow from the lighting, it creates a tense and dark atmosphere and mood. The task was to partner up with someone you didn't know much about and show it in the photographs. She was a simple girl but  loves dark and eerie stuff and I didn't know how to recreate it with props and objects so I thought lighting was the best way to do this.

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06.05.16

This is my first ever portraiture blog!! I thought it was about time, I would share my portraiture work with you. I have done portraits at college before, but I didn't really enjoy it, whether it was the model being nervous or just me not enjoying the work. But as my photography and camera skills improved, so did my portrait work. I am proud of this work and other work because it shows my skills when working in a studio. Now I did 3 shoots for my portraits. 2 in the studio and 1 outside of it. So keep a look out for these images. I would love to do more work but due to not having my own studio, it will look like I will be shooting on location for the next work on portraiture. The model liked dark and eerie things, so I decided to have the lighting dimmed so the atmosphere is dark and it tells the people viewing the picture a little bit about her. In portraiture, it is always good for the model to feel relaxed so in the other shoot, she brought some props in and they worked really well. 

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04.05.16

Back with the architecture blog post! Recently I haven't had the opportunity to capture new images but now the weather is looking fantastic, new pictures will be on the way! As you know from my blogs, I think architecture is fantastic. The way the buildings are designed are incredible but what is more incredible is capturing it as a photograph. What I like most about this certain image is the sunlight just hitting the top of the building and with the vignette effect which I added on, It starts off light at the top and gets darker towards the bottom. Something I learned from studying photography is that composition is key. With a good composition in your image, the photo will look even better. So for example in my image, the building is placed to the left and there is a lot of space on the right hand side. Which in my opinion works well as the building isn't placed directly in the middle, so it is something different.

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29.04.16

My first go at capturing the moon! I took this image a while ago and you may have seen it on my social media but I haven't done a blog post about it yet. As it was my first time, I found it difficult because I didn't have a tripod as it broke. (Don't buy a cheap tripod!!) So without the tripod, I didn't have the stability to capture the moon perfectly. I used my 75-300mm lens which I rarely use and thought it would be the best time to use it. But it didn't zoom in enough so I couldn't get a bigger and better picture of the moon. But yet it still looks amazing. As it was my first go, I am proud of it and definitely recommend you guys to try it out and see how you get on with it. I have seen loads of amazing pictures and wanted to try it and although it doesn't look as good, I love it and proud of it. This is my best picture of the moon and luckily it came out clear and was in focus!

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27.04.16

A random flower in my garden! I saw this flower in my garden yesterday and thought why not try capture it and improve my camera skills with macro skills. I love still life photography and so any opportunity I get, I will take to photography it as long as I have my camera with me. What I love most about still life is the close up of the detail you get in a photograph and the blur it creates in the background always makes the subject matter stand out. Recreating a shot like this is always possible whether it is with a DSLR or a smart phone so no excuses! Still life photography is always beautiful to look at, one of the main reasons why I love it so much.

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25.04.16

An important detail in your work is the composition of the subject and maybe other objects in the photograph. In this instance, my composition of the building and the sky works really well together. While composition is really important, you need to bring out the detail. Whether it is from the building, the sky or whatever the subject is in your own image. Without detail, it would be a simple and boring image. So as you can see, I have managed to bring out the cloud detail from the sky and it looks really good in my opinion. A little detail can make a photograph and can have a bigger impact on the final result.

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19.04.16

The man at the sweet shop. While doing my street work, I noticed this man was staring into the sweet shop for a while. It reminded me that this is what kids used to do when there was proper sweet shops around. So this image could have a back story to it. Maybe this man used to come here as a kid a lot and loved the sweets. Thats why I love this image because it is so dramatic and although I took the picture I sort of feel sorry for him. His facial expressions look sad and so thats why I have the feeling that there is a back story to it.

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18.04.16

Another shot from my street photography work. This man was kind enough to let me take a photo of him working at the market in town. I decided to make this image black and white and leave some colour in as it adds a dramatic effect to the image with the vignette added to the image. People would look at this image and think where is this man looking so people would be interested in the image and think about the overall photo. His facial expressions are interesting too. He looks worried so people looking at this image will want to know whats wrong with him and other things too.

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15.04.16

Another street photography blog! Going through my street work, I definitely noticed that my camera skills have improved. Not just that but my confidence as well. The woman in focus noticed me taking photos so I smiled and she just let me carry on working, Street photography can be difficult if you're not confident, I know this because I wasn't confident. In fact someone was shouting at another fellow photographer for taking pictures, which was scary to witness but don't let that get to you. Street photography can achieve great images but only if you are able to do it, `Slowly you'll build up your confidence and before you know, you have hundreds of photos and you'll have amazing images. What I like most about this is how the main subject is in focus and the family are out of focus. This woman who's is by herself in this image represents today... she isn't with anyone but has her phone to talk to people instead of interacting with them in person, Then we have the family in the background that is out of focus. They represent the past. When families went out without going on their phones and just sitting and having fun. 

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14.04.16

In my previous architecture blogs, I mentioned that old buildings can look just as good as modern buildings in a photograph. This is one of my favourites. I really like the composition of the two buildings as one building is nearly destroyed and is old and gritty. Whereas the building next to it is in construction, so you get to compare both the photos. I think that due to the main building being old , it adds a dramatic and tensed effect to the photo, it makes people think, what happened to the building or how long has it been there for. With modern buildings, you don't think about the past, just how they could improve the building thanks to technology. But in this case the building and the tensed atmosphere in the photo almost makes you feel sad for the building that it is now destroyed and probably will be knocked down at one point in time.

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13.04.16

Clock Tower, Leicester. Normally when taking photographs of the clock tower, it would be the whole tower but this time I went for a close up shot and the detail on the tower itself is immense. The statues add a dramatic effect to the image which is why the vignette effect works. The clock tower is a famous and major landmark in Leicester and an official memorial. There are 4 statues on the tower, Simon DeMontfort, William Wigston, Thomas White and Gabriel Newton. The statues that can be seen in this image are Simon DeMontfort, William Wigston and Gabriel Newton. This image is interesting because just by looking at this famous memorial, you can tell that this tower is an important piece of history in Leicester. Photos that have a meaning or a meaning behind it works really well because it makes people think.

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12.04.16

I love this image due to the bold colours of green and yellow leafs clashing with each other. The sun was really shining that day and it hit the leafs perfectly in time for me to get a great nature photograph. This was taken in Autumn time and as I was going through my images, I found this beauty. In my honest opinion it, is a great nature shot as the colours "pop out" which will attract to people and also stand out to them. The vignette effect really works with this image in particular due to it brightening up the centre of the image which is the main area of the image as it is the most part of the photograph that is in focus.

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