Wedding Photography

This has completely changed the way I think of wedding photography. Absolutely amazing pictures.

http://jeffascough.typepad.com/jeff_ascough_blog/wedding-portfolio.html

Tanvi

Tanvi
Originally uploaded by Sharanjit

We have a winner.

This will be my entry for the student show at the end of term (details to come).

It took some whittling down, and was a painful process, but helped me clarify what I'm aiming to achieve with photography. Well, at least I know the area - B&W portraiture, with an environmental feel. And of my shots in this category this is clearly the best. I have some other interesting shots - mostly architectural, but I realised that whilst they were good shots, they didn't excite me in the same way.

Tanvi graciously agreed to let me use this shot. I like the lines, the light, and especially her expression.

Now it's just a race to get it enlarged to the right size and entered on time.

Martin Place GPO

Originally uploaded by Sharanjit

Taking around my Olympus Mju:II has been a rather hit and miss affair - mostly miss. I really am starting to see the limitations of a point & shoot compared to an SLR.

However, here's one of the hits. I loved the shot - even though it required a lot of post-processing to clean out the results from the expired film.

Camera Craft 2 - Assignment 3 Cont

Originally uploaded by Sharanjit

Second choice, or perhaps first. My wife prefers this one and she definitely has better taste.

Camera Craft 2 - Assignment 3

Art Gallery of NSW
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This week's subject was "Rules of composition". I took a lot of shots that I'm very pleased with, and which went down well with the class. This I think is my strongest shot, though I think most people prefer the staircase one that I'll post tomorrow.

It's coming close to the end of term, and next week I'll have to choose my single entry into the student exhibition.

Luckily it'll be a hard choice.

Camera Craft 2 - Assignment 2 - Cont(2)

 

Some scans of the slide film shots over the weekend. There's something quite magical about using slides - much more attachment to these shots than both the negative film and the digital shots. Not sure how to describe it, but it's surely something to do with putting far more thought and feeling into taking these shots than the almost laconic shooting that is digital.

The exposures are too dark, and I suspect I'm hitting some limitations in my camera's meter. Glad I didn't use velvia, but looking forward to trying again.

Camera Craft 2 - Assignment 2 cont

6.05 AM
Originally uploaded by Sharanjit

Woke up at 5.30 AM to take this final digital shot in the series at 6AM.

Managed to catch a plane coming into Sydney airport.

The set is looking pretty good I think however, it would have been better to get more of the sky in as the colour change in the day is not so visible. Luck was also with me with the full moon, so I have a nice shot showing moonlight as well as the sodium vapour street light. On the not so lucky side it seems like the drain only pours out water in the early morning, so the later shots just look like shots of dry drains, which is slightly less interesting!

It'll be very interesting to see how the slides come out from my other camera. Again, not sure I'm going to be able to get them developed in time for class on Wednesday.