Jane and Matts wedding took place in Chester. More specifically at Hoole Hall, Chester. Actually it is now known as the Doubletree by Hilton Chester Hotel.
A Wedding Photobook produced for a recent wedding that we were pleased to be photographing as it took place close to home in Belmont and Darwen.
A Series of recent portrait photography.
Recently I visited the annual Pageant of Power at Cholmondeley. I have been posting shots from it on my Flickr account, and I thought I would try out there service that allows you to create blog posts directly in Flickr.
Having recently completed a Wedding Photobook I thought I would post some shots of it on here. I’m very happy with how this one turned out, the print quality is superb. The paper is high quality 180gsm matt silk and the cover is a sleeve but now I’m able to print directly on to the hardback...
Well last job of the year was a wedding at St Peters Church, Belmont. Kate and Rob were married in the afternoon there and then went on to Astley Bank which is near Darwen.
Well this was a bit of fun yesterday, the university trampoline team were doing a fancy dress christmas ‘jump’. They asked Adrian (University Photographer) to pop down and take a few shots, so I went down with him as it was a chance to test out my new flash diffuser. Theres a little controversy around...
Well I’m feeling very refreshed as I’ve just got back from a very relaxing time in the Loire Valley. More specifically Muide Sur Loire, just 2 minutes from Chambord, which is home to the absolutely massive Chateau de Chambord in the above photograph.
Here is a gallery of shots from watching last nights game at the campsite I’m staying at in the Loire Valley. It was great to be able to join in the fun with the ‘Pays Bas’ supporters, our new Dutch friends.
‘Tattoo Two’ is a shot I posted the other week on my Photoblog. It is a shot that I was pretty happy with, and is different from the types of shots that I normally get, although its the sort of thing I’d like to get more of. You see the processing style I have used...
Well my recent post on my photoblog is of our friends dog Millie. We went round recently and I was trying out my new SB600 flashgun on the dog. Anyway, whilst experimenting with processing in Lightroom I came across one shot that I discovered worked well with the ‘Matts 300 Look” preset. So starting with...
In this little tutorial we are going to create what is sometimes refered to as a fake depth of field effect. Basically we are going to blur the background of an image using a lens blur effect. This tutorial forms part of a shortcourse that I deliver called ‘Photoshop – Enhanced’, although sometimes I add it on...
