Sime Photography

It can be a bit difficult to get excited on a foggy dull day when the colours are washed out and there's little contrast. On the other hand it's a great opportunity to take some atmospheric shots through the veil of misty air. Here are some shots I took yesterday 1st Nov 2015. I love the texture of these pine tree trunks melting away into the fog. The golden ferns against the gloomy woods makes a great contrast. Another wall of trees. Several of them seem to pick up the light and stand out as though they were in the sun but there wasn't any sunshine! It's a great opportunity for some minimal silhouettes   I went out a bit later as well at dusk and took these I think this one captures the moment really well. It's so soft and muted but still has depth to it I pushed this one in Lightroom to bring out the yellow leaves and try to create a contrast against the trees in the background. It's amazing what can be done as this is not what ...

I've just put a new picture called "Gold Leaf" in my Motion Emotion gallery. It's a piece that I created using camera movement and flash to give both blurred and sharp parts to the picture. The leaves have a great sheen to them and seem to nestle in the gold mist created by the movement. Go to the gallery here

I was looking through the pictures I had taken with the EM1 today and I found a couple that I liked and thought I'd share. I've been reviewing my thoughts on this system and It's size especially with one of the Olympus prime lenses is very attractive. Also for my abstract work the shallower depth of field may actually be a benefit. A second camera with a 45mm f1.8 lens may compliment my Ricoh GR really well and give me a little more reach. I'm going to The Photography Show next Monday so hopefully I'll get to have a play with the new EM5 Mkii which looks good.

I've posted some new images on Behance. The project is called "Rotations" and features images created by camera rotation. Here's the link  http://bit.ly/1uwdSyF It's amazing the textures produced with varying speeds and and by slowing the speed at various points during the rotation. I hope you enjoy!

From my bedroom window I can see over the small valley that is Lower Bourne in Surrey UK and yesterday there was a beautiful sunset. It was lovely as a village scene in Surrey but by moving the camera during this 2 second exposure it has given me this wonderful mystic scene reminiscent of some far flung mountains. I moved the camera down and at the same time from side to side forming the swirling shapes from the tree line. I enhanced the colours in post processing to bring out the warmth of the scene.