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johnloguk > The Window You will have gathered by now that I have a soft spot for sepia filters. This was inspired by seeing some old antique postcards in a book shop in town, and I've spent some time trying to create my own updated versions of these. It helps to live in a historical city with endless subject matter that suits the treatment, but there has been far more to it than that. The technique of converting to B&W is far more than just hitting a key in Photoshop. I find all one step conversions leave a flat image. Now I increase contrast and use an unsharp mask on top of desaturating the image. The actual amounts of each vary, depending on the original image. It has been a wonderful adventure, involving lots of experimentation in camera as well as in post processing. I have a gallery is these images here http://www.lightanddreamsphotography.com/Photography/ANTIQUE-POSTCARDS/4483933_WXB8B#797048861_LJ3r4 Some work a lot better than others, but all have been steps along the way, and the adventure continues.
johnloguk > 7.03.10 - Strangers in the Night I've been busy busy busy with the kids all day so this is a re-working of a shot from about a week ago, but I was working on it tonight so hopefully that qualifies it as a Daily. The original image was very noisy, an occupational hazard with night photography, but the sepia filter and framing helps lift it I think. I'm always fascinated by images that tell a story, even if that story is of our own imagination. That is what struck me with this the first time I looked at it properly. The couple in the photo were clearly together, but their body language suggests that they are apart at this moment. The viewer can interpret it as they wish.
johnloguk > Golden glow on wet cobbles
johnloguk > 28.02.10 - Call Me This breaks so many rules of composition, but I've never been big on rules. I had no intention of doing another night shot today, but it was so grey and drab all day that I had to wait for dusk and the magic to come out to play.
johnloguk > Cold Light It is amazing how lighting can affect the feel of a photo. This is a Russian Vodka bar in town that I shot this evening. I don't know if they're trying to create a Siberian ambience for this place, but even on a warm Summer evening it looks freezing cold round here. Suffice to say that it actually was bitterly cold this evening, it wasn't just the lighting!
johnloguk > 27.02.10 - Downtown Just another wet shot from this evening in town
johnloguk > 26.02.10 - Speed Gun I often wonder how I must appear to passing motorists at times like this. There I am, hiding behind a lamp post (actually I'm using the post to steady the camera) with a strange black "thing" in my hands, pointing it at the traffic. There must be many a driver on his way home worrying that he might just have been "shot" by a cop with a speed gun :) Thanks for the wonderful comments on yesterday's night shot. I know I get very evangelical about night photography, so please bear with me until the long light evenings of Summer :)
johnloguk > Because the Night Went out looking for a different perspective on a familiar subject this evening. The red lanterns left over from the Chinese New Year create a different light and mood in this old part of town..
johnloguk > 25.02.10 - Night on the Town At the end of a long hard day, I often find the best way to wind down is to go for a stroll with my camera. This is the latest chapter in my mission to get everyone out taking photographs at night. Lights and shadows never look better than at night, the magic really starts at dusk. Squat down low for a different perspective, and brace your body to make an impromptu tripod to deal with the slow shutter speeds. Here endeth the lesson, for now :)
The Window

You will have gathered by now that I have a soft spot for sepia filters. This was inspired by seeing some old antique postcards in a book shop in town, and I've spent some time trying to create my own updated versions of these. It helps to live in a historical city with endless subject matter that suits the treatment, but there has been far more to it than that.

The technique of converting to B&W is far more than just hitting a key in Photoshop. I find all one step conversions leave a flat image. Now I increase contrast and use an unsharp mask on top of desaturating the image. The actual amounts of each vary, depending on the original image. It has been a wonderful adventure, involving lots of experimentation in camera as well as in post processing.

I have a gallery is these images here http://www.lightanddreamsphotography.com/Photography/ANTIQUE-POSTCARDS/4483933_WXB8B#797048861_LJ3r4 Some work a lot better than others, but all have been steps along the way, and the adventure continues.
johnloguk > The Window You will have gathered by now that I have a soft spot for sepia filters. This was inspired by seeing some old antique postcards in a book shop in town, and I've spent some time trying to create my own updated versions of these. It helps to live in a historical city with endless subject matter that suits the treatment, but there has been far more to it than that. The technique of converting to B&W is far more than just hitting a key in Photoshop. I find all one step conversions leave a flat image. Now I increase contrast and use an unsharp mask on top of desaturating the image. The actual amounts of each vary, depending on the original image. It has been a wonderful adventure, involving lots of experimentation in camera as well as in post processing. I have a gallery is these images here http://www.lightanddreamsphotography.com/Photography/ANTIQUE-POSTCARDS/4483933_WXB8B#797048861_LJ3r4 Some work a lot better than others, but all have been steps along the way, and the adventure continues.
The Window

You will have gathered by now that I have a soft spot for sepia filters. This was inspired by seeing some old antique postcards in a book shop in town, and I've spent some time trying to create my own updated versions of these. It helps to live in a historical city with endless subject matter that suits the treatment, but there has been far more to it than that.

The technique of converting to B&W is far more than just hitting a key in Photoshop. I find all one step conversions leave a flat image. Now I increase contrast and use an unsharp mask on top of desaturating the image. The actual amounts of each vary, depending on the original image. It has been a wonderful adventure, involving lots of experimentation in camera as well as in post processing.

I have a gallery is these images here http://www.lightanddreamsphotography.com/Photography/ANTIQUE-POSTCARDS/4483933_WXB8B#797048861_LJ3r4 Some work a lot better than others, but all have been steps along the way, and the adventure continues.
See photo in original gallery.
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