Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Where's me boys at, innit?

Berkelio, Rudgio, Wherefore art thou? Hope this is not turning into a one-legged tripod, as those things are none too stable (insert own humorous comparison here...). Here's a few shots I've taken over here in Thailand; I like that they have a different feel to what you might expect from shots of Thailand. Got inspired by your 'blue light' images on your blog, Ian, so I got up early one morning at the beach; sadly I'd already missed first light, but the light was still low enough that I could take a slow-ish exposure for the first shot and nice light for the second. Got some others, a bit 'blue-er' that I've not worked on yet. Must not put the alarm on snooze so often next time! The last couple were shot on a broken down old railway bridge in Bangkok at sunset; got loads of great stuff there, but these are the first couple I've worked on. Nothing fancy; bit of mid-tone contrast, levels, that's about the size of it. Hope you like...

And by the way, I think we should get another challenge going, post-haste. Why don' one of you guys come up with something, anything you fancy, be creative, and post it up sharpish... I'm getting hungry for some exchange...































Tuesday, February 16, 2010

how to shoot a tiger...

Happy Year of the Tiger, 2010 brother men! I snuck off for a couple of hours t'other night to one of the main temples in Chinatown here in Bangkok. Sadly it wasn't the actual day of Chinese New Year, but the evening before; still plenty of folk out in their best, celebrating and lighting enough incense to smother an army!! Got some nice shots, just shooting old-skool; hand-held, 400asa, no flash or gadgets; move quickly, look for the light, deep breath in, let it out, squeeze the trigger... shoot that tiger, baby!




















Sunday, February 14, 2010

Friday, February 5, 2010

Inspiration

Crash Taylor (well known wedding photographer and nice guy) has set up this website/blog. Each week interesting images are uploaded & explaining how they were done.
Have a look.

The Still Image


Ian
http://lifestylephotographic.com

Thursday, February 4, 2010

I came over all Joyce Tenneson today!

I photographed a wonderful little boy today named Tommy, he is only 2 weeks old and so small!
In these images I was really looking for something different, its so easy in a situation like this to just repeat what you know and shoot in a predictable manner. So with these (the high key ones) I paid homage to the wonderful US photographer Joyce Tenneson, I really wanted to evoke his vulnerability and gentleness, I hope that’s what is communicated in these images.
Nothing too cleaver with the high key shots in PS just moved the levels way over exposed in light room, then bit of dodging and save as sepia toned. The low key images have not had much just levels & curves etc.













Ian Rudgewick-Brown
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Ian Rudgewick-Brown is a Photographer in Berkshire who specialises in producing timeless images.
He is a contemporary, lifestyle family photographer and produces images of pregnancy, newborn, babies of all sizes, families, teens and also has a commercial side to his business which is predominantly product and service photography as well as formal but approachable portraits for annual reports or PR purposes. Nursery photography is also amongst Ian’s portfolio.
Ian is based in Datchet, Windsor but is available for commission throughout the UK and Ireland.
His main working areas are:- Windsor, Ascot, Maidenhead, Marlow, Henley-on-Thames,
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Wednesday, February 3, 2010