tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88914079026738136902024-03-19T03:06:30.650-07:00Snap Log BlogA blog to set and record photo assignments.Spidermafhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15261005466472218069noreply@blogger.comBlogger49125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8891407902673813690.post-75091583696975945592011-11-14T12:40:00.000-08:002011-11-14T12:40:46.297-08:00Submission: Around the kitchen<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mafiu/6344710741/" title="Around the kitchen1 by mafiu, on Flickr"><img alt="Around the kitchen1" height="333" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6227/6344710741_58f83002c0.jpg" width="500" /></a><br />
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OK - So sorry this is late. RL has got in the way of this assignment. But after several abortive attempts I have realised that I don't have a photogenic kitchen. So I pressed someone else's into service. This still isn't exactly what I wanted. I wanted to get someone in the picture doing something - but couldn't coerce her!<br />
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Anyway here is my A-round in the kitchen submission. It's also a self portrait if you look closely</div>Spidermafhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15261005466472218069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8891407902673813690.post-23785876310042233852011-11-10T07:54:00.001-08:002011-11-10T07:56:30.749-08:00Around the Kitchen<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjO2dpNvu_X5NUrjypRg8puCM49NTsswHhPLqGI3BSMHEUS_52MlzlS6ZRLJzQ0XUsBksuvtF8k48FWCQs6bSSB_y_Ntn3UsjMgGVLMcjpGTIiqdTw3ugSunoS1x_rC03P4jVuxehntirj/s1600/Sugar.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 182px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjO2dpNvu_X5NUrjypRg8puCM49NTsswHhPLqGI3BSMHEUS_52MlzlS6ZRLJzQ0XUsBksuvtF8k48FWCQs6bSSB_y_Ntn3UsjMgGVLMcjpGTIiqdTw3ugSunoS1x_rC03P4jVuxehntirj/s320/Sugar.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5673396559388604770" /></a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08640755359453151851noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8891407902673813690.post-64050652760740902382011-10-27T09:30:00.000-07:002011-10-27T09:33:56.722-07:00Assignment: Around the KitchenFor this assignment you will be shooting in your kitchen. This is a nice broad topic, anything that is in the kitchen is fair game. The submission deadline will be November 12.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08640755359453151851noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8891407902673813690.post-83590850772502360792011-10-25T21:11:00.000-07:002011-10-25T21:15:45.547-07:00Self Portrait<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYUVd1oUCA8SwlzBX6wS8efLsMRMavHWGDBAbhsip4c3kJWAwenbmldkgmwbamHwdGlgPk_us-yDgIFxGAcMaxWsI78eGvr4vcTvIWB3-wPWlG3y-l0wKjfSHc4dV9H6YbmqgHvKS0KjBY/s1600/self_portrait.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYUVd1oUCA8SwlzBX6wS8efLsMRMavHWGDBAbhsip4c3kJWAwenbmldkgmwbamHwdGlgPk_us-yDgIFxGAcMaxWsI78eGvr4vcTvIWB3-wPWlG3y-l0wKjfSHc4dV9H6YbmqgHvKS0KjBY/s320/self_portrait.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5667649367473692226" /></a><br />Better late than never. I had a short stay in the hospital and this has been a long time coming. My apologies to my fellow posters here.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08640755359453151851noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8891407902673813690.post-43563303707108564762011-07-12T12:04:00.000-07:002011-07-12T12:10:24.896-07:00Submission: Self<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN5XTYzRhe9rV0CAH1mH3g34Pg7h3kqKoRt6ZrEIn3RflYiEXqa4XPG-Oer4nwRAaD1zbNVK3IjI1cyG5hymYuil0Axm2OVC33e8VXV94Mvlnios7QXklzsvfB72Z-belQcW-ipJv5bdcR/s1600/A7100657-2.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 270px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN5XTYzRhe9rV0CAH1mH3g34Pg7h3kqKoRt6ZrEIn3RflYiEXqa4XPG-Oer4nwRAaD1zbNVK3IjI1cyG5hymYuil0Axm2OVC33e8VXV94Mvlnios7QXklzsvfB72Z-belQcW-ipJv5bdcR/s320/A7100657-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628544182596431378" border="0" /></a><br />This wasn't what I was after either, but what I was aiming for didn't really work. In the end I decided to take my inspiration from old movie stills - they tend to use quite dramatic lighting, be quite high contrast images and be fairly moody. They also loved to use props, in my case my new retro wallpaper!Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17000445297446469690noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8891407902673813690.post-29573367079343455322011-07-11T14:43:00.000-07:002011-07-11T14:43:46.936-07:00Submission: Self<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mafiu/5927334121/" title="Self by mafiu, on Flickr"><img alt="Self" height="333" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6150/5927334121_7041361bd5.jpg" width="500" /></a><br />
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not what I had envisioned when I set this project - I'd had a different idea entirely - but hours of combing flickr looking at self portraits gave me this idea. Also hides my bent tooth! Bonus.<br />
A little early because I'm not around tomorrow for the deadline.Spidermafhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15261005466472218069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8891407902673813690.post-91092860820022168552011-06-10T05:32:00.000-07:002011-06-27T01:13:25.052-07:00New assignment! - Self<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixkUSCuc3Jy2FE0g5DWpXjr45QSkfx2BimQn5_rMWfMGySkWdeagMWXaY_wvWN18sm62SgYv60ae9706AzYIPLrT-cGZ8oPdZKm6O6fQrFntSYLdT8C5ACKBqVUlwibg2M1pvXtdtTQPQ/s1600/boy_with_camera.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixkUSCuc3Jy2FE0g5DWpXjr45QSkfx2BimQn5_rMWfMGySkWdeagMWXaY_wvWN18sm62SgYv60ae9706AzYIPLrT-cGZ8oPdZKm6O6fQrFntSYLdT8C5ACKBqVUlwibg2M1pvXtdtTQPQ/s200/boy_with_camera.jpg" width="171" /></a></div><b>Assignment:</b> Take a self portrait of yourself that you are happy to show to others! Use studio-lights or flash if at all possible - or at least do something creative with the light. And just pretend that a friend has asked you to take a portrait of them, so you want to give the best photo back of the subject - its just the subject this time is you.<br />
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<b>Rules:</b> I'm hoping for a traditional portrait shot where you will be recognisable (mostly) so no backs of heads or complete silhouettes. But so that we can be creative if you want lets set a boundary that at least one eye must be visible in the picture.<br />
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<b>Deadline:</b> <strike>End of day 28 June</strike>.<b><br />
New Deadline:</b> End of day 12 July (two weeks - to allow Aaron to celebrate 4th July without worrying! )<br />
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Kate gave me the idea for this when we were trying to find some new people to join, so lets try it.<br />
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This is a zoom burst on a slow shutter speed. I also took some spinning around - think people thought I was a bit mad!</div>Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17000445297446469690noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8891407902673813690.post-20429125025951464592011-05-03T12:39:00.000-07:002011-05-03T12:45:10.294-07:00Colors<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhayGe45eEiC_DCEGwytgWNmvSuhnaZoi5HfugWp46nwtWnlf5D7VlR0TxNajgOfyet5mWf3z6M_WxOyI2Po_yvVmkAHm4C9_kx6yGtsDM7F4hUbqmIfjjSTvhYiSiFn7Pnl2wEQbRgD8Ly/s1600/Crayons.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 282px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhayGe45eEiC_DCEGwytgWNmvSuhnaZoi5HfugWp46nwtWnlf5D7VlR0TxNajgOfyet5mWf3z6M_WxOyI2Po_yvVmkAHm4C9_kx6yGtsDM7F4hUbqmIfjjSTvhYiSiFn7Pnl2wEQbRgD8Ly/s320/Crayons.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602577464359968306" /></a>This is straight from the camera and cropped. I may try this shot later on with studio lights and some HDR techniques. This was a fun challenge. I took way too many shots of crayons!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08640755359453151851noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8891407902673813690.post-21725715874999303562011-05-03T12:32:00.001-07:002011-05-03T12:32:26.156-07:00Colours<div style="margin: 0 0 10px 0; padding: 0; font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mafiu/5684867970/" title="Colours"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5062/5684867970_5bb110a57e.jpg" alt="Colours by mafiu" /></a><br/><span style="margin: 0;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mafiu/5684867970/">Colours</a>, a photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mafiu/">mafiu</a> on Flickr.</span></div><p>So many different ideas for this - and so many different versions of this shot. I'll stick with this one I think.<br />Good challenge Aaron. Cant wait to see what you and Kate do.</p>Spidermafhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15261005466472218069noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8891407902673813690.post-54541834027497721562011-04-28T07:13:00.000-07:002011-04-28T07:16:26.321-07:00New Assignment - ColorColor. This assignment ends on May 6, 2011. The assignment is very broad but I think it will be fun creatively.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08640755359453151851noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8891407902673813690.post-55143991320223503182011-04-18T11:10:00.000-07:002011-04-18T12:38:10.226-07:00Flower<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mafiu/5631607603/" title="Bethan-Curls by mafiu, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5069/5631607603_8d181a8e87.jpg" alt="Bethan-Curls" width="500" height="333" /></a><br /><br />So it's as simple as a Dandelion - but when you look closely its still amazing...Spidermafhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15261005466472218069noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8891407902673813690.post-10448079533218428672011-04-18T08:13:00.001-07:002011-04-18T08:16:59.583-07:00Flower<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXnrD4LKYO7p5c8NeO7eJyNjX7XYcIyH6IQh5vaZKLOTl42WLpreYNvcddWxACHlbPODdWM7pp-gPWG41L6IBvKYFx031hUSUepowRq5z_WTuge-KnlBdrbrGltS3WW3Pum61ywpGnly6n/s1600/Dandelion.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 222px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXnrD4LKYO7p5c8NeO7eJyNjX7XYcIyH6IQh5vaZKLOTl42WLpreYNvcddWxACHlbPODdWM7pp-gPWG41L6IBvKYFx031hUSUepowRq5z_WTuge-KnlBdrbrGltS3WW3Pum61ywpGnly6n/s320/Dandelion.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596942307725041826" /></a>This was the ONLY flower that I found growing. I found it funny that the dandelion was rather nice looking and that in a weeks time I would begin my battle with mowing them down.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08640755359453151851noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8891407902673813690.post-20391820968036334602011-04-18T01:49:00.000-07:002011-04-18T01:54:02.222-07:00Flower<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBbY95fCH3PNKpM7Zobby8k2gw9ZdDhUDVi2wBN6MZhbZMN-Nm1kSvN64Nqn6h2lJwkWD3dbcrtCbyi61So95EsCjv0iomcm_y683FAh-WqBpOGCmTnU4IHhUIgMEdF6-U8T9_CnXQcgBB/s1600/A4179475.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 249px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBbY95fCH3PNKpM7Zobby8k2gw9ZdDhUDVi2wBN6MZhbZMN-Nm1kSvN64Nqn6h2lJwkWD3dbcrtCbyi61So95EsCjv0iomcm_y683FAh-WqBpOGCmTnU4IHhUIgMEdF6-U8T9_CnXQcgBB/s320/A4179475.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596844014238048306" border="0" /></a><br />These flowers are in my garden, although I don't know what they are. Wanted to do something with very shallow depth of field and something 'pretty'! I had planned to do just a macro of the head, but couldn't get macro enough.Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17000445297446469690noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8891407902673813690.post-35824179711778211302011-04-13T03:51:00.000-07:002011-04-13T03:53:08.053-07:00New assignment! - FlowerNew assignment: Flower<br /><br />Deadline: 18 April 2011Spidermafhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15261005466472218069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8891407902673813690.post-91125657645930284462008-11-11T11:04:00.000-08:002008-11-11T11:07:59.230-08:00October submission - 2<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJXFSlDg-1vXYat650Zj86s3Lqzak-5fDUlmRABPyTGg9Emww1fKjZYciQNJlSIDLm9shAWaQeywaiLj7gdtql9Jfr8TA1jAhcGH6uOpoplPfl-EO8IcNz2V9qRgW5tkW4xkGvYRaugwW4/s1600-h/flowers.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267478768851002882" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJXFSlDg-1vXYat650Zj86s3Lqzak-5fDUlmRABPyTGg9Emww1fKjZYciQNJlSIDLm9shAWaQeywaiLj7gdtql9Jfr8TA1jAhcGH6uOpoplPfl-EO8IcNz2V9qRgW5tkW4xkGvYRaugwW4/s320/flowers.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>I found these in St Albans Cathedral, and just loved the colours and the way they were light by the sun coming through the windows. The light only lasted long enough for me to get a couple of shots. </div>Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17000445297446469690noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8891407902673813690.post-22942272937544826282008-11-11T10:58:00.000-08:002008-11-11T11:04:30.981-08:00October Submission - 1<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCwYblpnOs9isQQ41o5faB5whTQ7T_1Yw8OE85Xe2rcZV3psb1mE19CQEhPyHUMf_bb_COULjnElPZ2QoGamxQtDXnlvadZpCoZidwDuELgroKCIQ09SCXgXDFnH0CGRZUeHcXZTWLCD1s/s1600-h/Riff+Raff+Face.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267477832280372482" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 224px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCwYblpnOs9isQQ41o5faB5whTQ7T_1Yw8OE85Xe2rcZV3psb1mE19CQEhPyHUMf_bb_COULjnElPZ2QoGamxQtDXnlvadZpCoZidwDuELgroKCIQ09SCXgXDFnH0CGRZUeHcXZTWLCD1s/s320/Riff+Raff+Face.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Bit of a late post; sorry for that. Anyway here's my gorgeous little boy, who was a great model, especially as I was using studio lights. </div>Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17000445297446469690noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8891407902673813690.post-47506071079156262572008-11-04T23:28:00.001-08:002008-11-06T02:19:55.864-08:00Terraforming<div style="float: right; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mafiu/2979616406/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3169/2979616406_e3fd7e0087_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" /></a><br /><span style="margin-top: 0px;font-size:0;" ><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mafiu/2979616406/">Milton Keynes Central Station</a><br />Originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/mafiu/">mafiu</a></span></div>Not sure if I'm going to be allowed to enter this one - but I did take the original source pictures and all of the photoshop work is my own work - so here you go. Better viewed big..Spidermafhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15261005466472218069noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8891407902673813690.post-10095614788016045932008-10-27T02:40:00.001-07:002008-10-27T02:40:25.663-07:00MK Central<div style="float: right; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mafiu/2965232762/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3041/2965232762_fb73f6b2df_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mafiu/2965232762/">MK Central</a><br />Originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/mafiu/">mafiu</a></span></div>Since I saw someone else do one of these I've wanted to do one, and with the amount of windows in the Milton Keynes station, and decent clouds this was worth a shot. <br />I didn't like it at first, but as I kept on looking at it on my flickr feed it grew on me - so here it is.<br clear="all" />Spidermafhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15261005466472218069noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8891407902673813690.post-641679342549877332008-05-07T05:37:00.000-07:002008-12-12T15:28:52.282-08:00Submission: Ducks Away<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwfbpx34qFmO8xBf6IaHFiXwzYKbcGj9YNPcT9fSShSQmjRd9EpgeXVSUTdi2ffovfgyje92WY-_P_dys41kXR7zZCxSLWRWn6i2iTAeXmKpJv21QR_jsDBEpNXhjwH0KaBSxVA3Wbf9oP/s1600-h/ducks+away.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5197614441209298274" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwfbpx34qFmO8xBf6IaHFiXwzYKbcGj9YNPcT9fSShSQmjRd9EpgeXVSUTdi2ffovfgyje92WY-_P_dys41kXR7zZCxSLWRWn6i2iTAeXmKpJv21QR_jsDBEpNXhjwH0KaBSxVA3Wbf9oP/s320/ducks+away.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div><br />Didn't mean to take a photo of a duck, but when I was out and about this one obligingly decided to pose for me. Luckily my camera was pointing in the right <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">direction</span> at the right time, for a change! And no, I didn't do anything to it, to make it do this (as one person suggested!).Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17000445297446469690noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8891407902673813690.post-54864626968488046072008-05-07T03:56:00.001-07:002008-05-07T03:58:10.340-07:00Submission: Cold War<div style="float: right; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mafiu/2467677873/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3032/2467677873_b60e138316_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" /></a><br /><span style="margin-top: 0px;font-size:0;" > <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mafiu/2467677873/">Cold War</a> <br /> Originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/mafiu/">mafiu</a> </span></div>Last weekends assignment was a 'Photo from the bank holiday weekend' type of assignment - Well here is my attempt. This is a Royal Observer Corps Listening post on the outskirts of Middleton Stoney.<br /><br />Slightly photoshoped to give an HDR effect as the sky was lovely. <br /><br />One day I'll photoshop it properly.<br /><br />I took some pictures inside the bunker as well - but these weren't anything more than snaps with on camera flash. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mafiu/tags/roc/">See them on flickr here</a>.Spidermafhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15261005466472218069noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8891407902673813690.post-3414334472052555872008-03-25T14:45:00.001-07:002008-03-25T14:50:10.518-07:00Submission: Homage, if only..<div style="float: right; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mafiu/2362408786/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2414/2362408786_650558cf85_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" /></a><br /><span style="margin-top: 0px;font-size:0;" > <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mafiu/2362408786/">if only..</a><br />Originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/mafiu/">mafiu</a> </span></div>Here I am, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/maryannemc/1535357703/in/set-72157603264286402/">my version of this picture here</a>.<br /><br />I didn't have a round table, or a lamp I could use as a light, so I ended up using a ... well that would spoil it. I was trying to go for the specific effect of the original, but put things in slightly different positions.<br /><br />The hardest part of this was getting the camera to auto focus when I wasn't in the chair. In the end I thought I had the frames in the bag, packed everything away, got changed, (bearing in mind I was doing this at around 2am so I wouldn't get stared at) and moved the furniture back into position... Only then did I port the pictures back into the computer and realise I was slightly blurred... Dang.. So at this res its not too bad, and theres a lot of Photoshop twiddling to try and sharpen the image, as well as desaturated it slightly.<br />Quite happy with it - but this wasn't the exact one I wanted to do and like yerself this was a lot harder than I thought. Least I could get away with being a bloke in this one!<br /><br />A <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mafiu/2361579829/">different picture, based on an idea by McNeney, is here</a>.Spidermafhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15261005466472218069noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8891407902673813690.post-25189912251278600872008-03-25T01:29:00.000-07:002008-12-12T15:28:52.649-08:00Submission: Homage<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_jXQ76G5AaZX7zxSBQlTYvLL0mkErKpc6t-FPNMvwMth4rLL0nk86aQh0df9aixFb72dWTmLXYAiuIbEH8vAugU67Qs5rU9x5OZZIlKuWwxeT70gh49QTWXwG0u4H0OExbqh7Za0jL0EE/s1600-h/homage+v1s.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5181593649415566050" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_jXQ76G5AaZX7zxSBQlTYvLL0mkErKpc6t-FPNMvwMth4rLL0nk86aQh0df9aixFb72dWTmLXYAiuIbEH8vAugU67Qs5rU9x5OZZIlKuWwxeT70gh49QTWXwG0u4H0OExbqh7Za0jL0EE/s320/homage+v1s.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>I found this assignment a lot more difficult than I initially thought. I think it was because I found it hard copying someone's work, who obviously puts a lot of thought into the reason behind each photo. As I didn't have that same connection, I found it difficult to replicate. I decided not to copy the photo completely as I wanted it to be my own interpretation; so the hands are different, as is the angle of the photo. It was quite tricky getting a pose, which looked natural, and even this looks a bit staged. The Photoshop tweaks were minimal; just a slight adjustment of levels and then a colour cast; sepia plus a little bit of red, as that is the colour of the fabric, which I also wanted to convey. I also wanted to keep more detail in the hands; they seem a little burnt out in the original (but that could just be my screen). </div>Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17000445297446469690noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8891407902673813690.post-54384949844699450922008-03-19T07:14:00.001-07:002008-03-21T08:38:27.163-07:00Assignment. HomageFind a picture on flickr by the following photographer:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/maryannemc/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/maryannemc/</a><br /><br />Now produce another photo in homage of the first . Try and capture something in the original and replicate it. Photoshop is allowed but not to add elements of the source image into the new image.<br /><br />Deadline Tuesday 25th March 23:59Spidermafhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15261005466472218069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8891407902673813690.post-32759510263915099002008-01-20T07:28:00.000-08:002008-12-12T15:28:52.869-08:00Submission: Open<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIwa1AvuE2buzo74CAL57NmNea12TfEQ8CQqgeRK9R2K1ESBnKV75O7895t_R178pDt6FsBs_gxEb00KWLpsoRnsPcSORKGbgc3S59LdNmc7LBrK0o6eo_JbeURmwFI_UVm8LAzWQOwlFc/s1600-h/Coloured+windows.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5157581254472283586" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIwa1AvuE2buzo74CAL57NmNea12TfEQ8CQqgeRK9R2K1ESBnKV75O7895t_R178pDt6FsBs_gxEb00KWLpsoRnsPcSORKGbgc3S59LdNmc7LBrK0o6eo_JbeURmwFI_UVm8LAzWQOwlFc/s320/Coloured+windows.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Holetown is one of our favourite haunts in Barbados and full of chattel houses. Each one is painted a different colour combination, and I decided to take photos of every single one to make up a series of images. I took all the photos just straight on and then cropped and rotated them in Photoshop just to make them more interesting. I like this one as the lighting is interesting and the leaves add a bit of interest.</div>Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17000445297446469690noreply@blogger.com1