On Monday, I set myself a challenge. I had subscribed to Trey Ratcliff on Facebook as I'm a big fan of his HDR stuff. My challenge was to produce an HDR shot of the house as quickly as possible. Three shots taken on the tripod, imported via Lightroom and then into Photmatix Pro. I was quite pleased with the result and in total this took 25 mins start to finish.
28/11/11
On Tuesday I was standing outside my office in Ballymena having a smoke and started playing with a iphone app called Camera+ for taking and processing photos. Apparently Annie Liebowitz has declared that the iphone 4 is now the leading camera for snapshots. This was my first attempt using the app and is a shot of the side of County Hall with an effect called "So Emo"
29/11/11
I was sitting in the dining room working on the laptop when I happened to look out the window and saw the little birdbox at the bottom of the garden catching the late afternoon sun. I garbbed my camera, a pair of stepladders and ran down to try to get the shot.
30/11/11
Thursday was spent in Larne. Those of you who know me will know that this is not one of my favourite places. It was a long day, spent in two schools with two very difficult cases. On the way home I pulled over in a layby to see if I could get shots of the traffic. I was tempted to paraphrase Dr Samuel Johnson - "The noblest thing a Larne man ever sees is the high road to Belfast."
1/12/11
I think Friday evening qualifies as my first ever commericial photo shoot. Trish and I were invited to Katch 27 in Kircubbin with the deal being we take photos and get our dinner in return. This was a great deal, made even better by the production of a bottle of wine as well. Leigh and Davy were great hosts and it was interesting to spend some time in a "real" kitchen to see what goes on. The food was great, with the dessert being the highlight for me.
2/12/11
Saturday morning took me back to Kircubbin, to get some exterior shots of Katch 27, but also to have a wee prowl around the area. Spent some time in Greyabbey and got some nice shots of the old abbey, as well as spotting a red squirrel jumping over the headstones. I also fancied trying to get close to the tower in the shot below - I'd always driven past this but never got round to trying to get up to it. After much driving around up lanes and dirt tracks, I got there.
3/12/11
And finally today - stinking hangover; unable to do much except drink tea and smoke. Trish informed me that she did not want me to come to TESCO with her as apparently I'm a "difficult" shopping partner. Had to get one wee men shot in, so here's Sadie and Agnes planning their next trip.
4/12/11
See y'all next week!
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