Retouching is Touching

I always upload Photo's with a brief story about them, but in this case i thought it would be good to show the transformation that happens between a RAW image being taken on my camera, to the final image presented.

Now this is a picture of my rottweiler, Boris. What i usually do when I am doctoring a final image, is adjust the colours to something more suiting, remove the small imperfections that bug me and add depth to it.

I have provided a before and after so you can see what goes into my photo retouching, which is something i am quite adamant about about practising, as i feel nothing is perfect, and retouching is just something I enjoy doing.

Rainbow Farm

Ive been in Miami a couple of weeks now, so when i came across this photo of my garden at home being visited by a rainbow, i thought it would be suiting to upload it, it's not often that people actually appreciate what is literally outside their backdoor, but in this case, i can truly appreciate this.

More flyers, More tyres.

More flyers, this time not so local. These ones are on the darker side of things, which I always enjoy doing, as I like getting a variety of work, I really enjoyed doing the IN HER RUIN tour flyer, as I always loved those guys, and had alot of fun playing a show with them when i was in Watch us fly.

The storm outside has finally died down, so I can finally enjoy the sunshine again, magical.

Sunset over solstice

Now here is some more photography, this time coming from Old Sarum, which is pretty much right next to my house, I grabbed these on the way home when I spotted how awesome the sky looked, I drove right up to the top the day before the solstice and got some pretty funny looks off the druids. Well worth it though.

Flyers for Tyres

I have been uploading alot of photography recently, so i decided it was about time to post some design work. I enjoy doing flyers, and have been doing quite a few recently, and these three are from some local gig's.

Im still sorting through my camera cards and im finding some really cool stuff I had forgotten about taking, this storm is still raging through miami, so it's really giving me time to sort it out, although it's the 4th of July, so later on im going to go out and rub the fact im English into loads of American faces.

Raindrops are Paindrops

So these are some photos i grabbed on a boat trip out in Fort Myers, I would have more but a storm decided to strike literally 5 minutes after i took these, and i spent the journey home being pelted with tiny needles disguised as raindrops. Ouch.

Cars under Stars

Going through my pictures has really given me something to do in this mental storm, these two are from some of my car related photography.

These lovely mobiles belong to me and Kingsley, Kingsley's was taken during a guild hall mess around session, and mine was taken in my workshop while i was testing my mercedes wheel's for fitment, I was so happy with the offset, just need some tyres now.

The dark side of Light

So I finally bought a card reader that works today, which means i can upload some of my photography.

Ive gotten pretty heavily into taking pictures again now i have the time to do it, and these three are part of a darker style of image I have been messing around with, Im enjoying using lots of contrast and weird light at the moment.