Author: Ed

  • Cardiff SMA Ball 2009 Part 1

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    Just a quick picture from a ball I took photos at on Saturday. I will do a proper update with ball pictures when I have edited them. The above shot was handheld, resting on the table with the Sigma 10mm fisheye lens. The Cardiff Hilton has some really interesting lighting for taking photos, the abstract…

  • Lectures on Machu Picchu website

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    I have just finished a new website for a client who is a lecturer on Machu Picchu (an ancient set of Inca ruins in Peru). I used her photography to create a visually appealing website which aims to give the viewer an instant feeling of the scale and area surronding Machu Picchu. The site uses…

  • Microsoft Photo Competition

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    Only 2 days left to enter the compeition the Microsoft Future Pro competition that I got 1st place in People & Portraits last year, open worldwide to full time students. Rules me out this year unfortunatly! I really did get paid the prize money and got the printer (eventually!) so well worth giving it a…

  • Strong make-up with Gemma

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    From a recent shoot, the clean, strong make-up applied by Shameen.

  • Ruby portrait & beauty shoot

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    It was a couple of weeks ago I did this shoot but I hadn’t got round to putting pictures up from the shoot, so here they are! The model was called Ruby, she had a really interesting look and was really easy to work with. We were mostly going for beauty head shots. For these…

  • Turning a rainy day sunny!

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    Playing with lighting ideas, trying to make a rainy day look sunny! Basically a back lit shot, with some front fill light. 1 580ex Speedlite as front left fill, silver reflector to right and 1 Elinchrom 500 with yellow gel as the backlight/bounce main. Thanks Fi for modelling!

  • Oxford band – Invisible Vegas photo shoot

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    I recently photographed a set of photos for an Oxford based band Invisible Vegas. I really enjoyed the project because the band gave me quite a free reign on the kind of shots they wanted. I found a great location in Oxfordshire by a river and with an old barn in the grounds. For this…

  • Invisible Vegas gig at 02 Academy Oxford

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    I used to do a lot of gig photography, it was always good to go see bands for free and take photos at the same time. I haven’t done so much since moving back to Oxford, but I still do the odd gig. One of the guys I used to ride bikes with is now…

  • Beauty shots with experimental make-up

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    It’s always fun to experiment with new ideas and styles. A local Oxford make-up artist and I did a test with a model recently to try out some interesting and different make-up ideas. To add another element to the shoot I introduced a silk cloth which I asked the model to flick across her face.…

  • BBQ in the sun

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    The sun has been shining and I am loving it! This was shot at a BBQ in Cardiff last weekend. This shot wasn’t setup, I just snapped it whilst the guys were messing around. Just goes to show it’s worth taking the camera everywhere!