Hungary

This update is unusual - the images were shot whilst on assignment for a client. I don't usually post work from commissions here, but I haven't had much time for updates recently, and wanted to show a few of the visual pleasures that Hungary has to offer. My wife's parents fled Hungary after the failed revolution in 1956, and only returned there a few years ago. It is a place close to my heart, especially right now.

The locations featured are Budapest (including inside Sofitel Hotel, and a shot from the roof), Eger and the Saloc Spa Resort near Eger.

Water Wrackets

A trip to Nayland to shoot long exposures of water over rocks didn't come off quite as planned as recent rain meant the river level was too high, and the rocks were completely obscured. Still, we made lemonade...

Death And The Maiden

Are you one of those people who like to know someone suffered for their art? Well, someone did in this instance, though it wasn't me. The images were shot at first light on a cold October morning as we frantically tried to avoid the dog walkers of Dedham.
A more extensive set of these will appear on the website of my alter ego, James - they're a little bit too grown up for this blog.

A Walk In The Clouds

A bumper update featuring images from Wivenhoe Regatta 2010, divided into three groups:
1. Some straightforward photos of the regatta in colour, b&w and sepia.
2. A selection of wideangle views of Wivenhoe Quay; the camera was angled such that the dramatic sky we enjoyed that day covers most of the frame, with the water front running along the bottom of the image - a reversal of the standard rules of composition.
3. Some impressionist views of the quay, smacks and other sailing vessels.














A bumper update featuring images from Wivenhoe Regatta 2010, divided into three groups:
1. Some straightforward photos of the regatta in colour, b&w and sepia.
2. A selection of wideangle views of Wivenhoe Quay; the camera was angled such that the dramatic sky we enjoyed that day covers most of the frame, with the water front running along the bottom of the image - a reversal of the standard rules of composition.
3. Some impressionist views of the quay and assorted sailing vessels.

The Trip

A trip to Fingringhoe where everything appeared to be against us - ok, not literally everything, but there was no skipper for the ferry, so we had to drive there, then after a glorious summer's day, the light turned flat. I therefore decided to play with some different blur techniques - panning, long exposure of moving subjects, zooming, and double exposure (1 sharp, 1 blurred - combined later in photoshop to add some vibrancy to an otherwise flat image).

A River Runs Through It

Images shot around the river Colne (specifically near the Hythe, Colchester) one very hot Sunday. Primarily abstracts, the set it framed by landscapes revealing the contrasting nature of the area. By my own standards, relatively little has been done to these in post (the exception being the mottled path in which a happy accident produced a vaguely autumnal look).

On The Waterfront

Here are some views of Wivenhoe that you won't see very often...
Playing with in-camera (and post-production) impressionist techniques once again, this time with a more avowedly fantastical goal.
This set could be subtitled 'pan and scan' as lateral movements and zooming were used rather than the vertical movements of the graveyard set.
Post involved some custom curves and some contrast shifts using 'apply image'. There was also some selective colouring and tinting using various layers.