Photographer’s Vision
Just a quick mid-week post to illustrate how a photographer’s vision takes place beyond the camera. There’s the design and concept stage of an image, but this post is more on the execution and processing.
As an example, below you’ll see one of the images from my recent trip to Colonsay which I blogged about earlier in the year
The left image was as it came out of the camera. The right image is the image once I had finished post-processing it.
I knew when I saw the scene how I wanted the final version to look well before I set up the camera to take the shot and I took the picture with my camera set up to suit the post-processing I had in mind.
I was aware I already did this, but the recent photowalk I joined really brought it to my attention and it made me realise how much I think about realising the final shot before I’ve even gone near my camera.
It’s just as well it’s disposable 😉
Colonsay – Panoramas
Following my trip to Colonsay, I have finished editing some of the panoramas I took.
They are a combination of 3 to 15 images depending on the image and how wide I went with a couple being a complete 360deg sweep….They range in sizes with the biggest ones being around the 5ft mark, so they could easily be blown up to 20ft and beyond.
Pictures this size are a huuuuge amount of data which are slow to put together and edit, but now they’re complete they’re ready for action.All the images are available for licensing and I’m in discussions with a few companies as well as the Scottish Tourist Board.
Here’s hoping they like what they see and can make use of them.Feedback or comments are welcome.
Colonsay Video
I recently spent 9 days rattling around a small Inner Hebridean island called Colonsay, waiving my camera around and trying to shelter it from the sand, sea spray and rain.
The result is a lot of pixel pummeling that I’ll be doing this week making some (hopefully) pretty pictures of which I’ll make some limited edition prints.
In the meantime, here’s a small video from a time-lapse sequence I did on the Colonsay Port where the ferry comes in once a day (6/7 days in summer, 3/7 in the winter).It’s my first time-lapse so I hope you enjoy