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London Life: I lived in London from 2002-2006 and when not spending my life commuting I'd be heading to the fridge for a roll of Fujifilm Astia, go out to shoot and then pick up my processed trannies at the local pro lab in the early hours. I certainly miss those days of looking through a loupe at my work over a light table.
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Just a few photos that portray my view of England. Growing up in the picturesque Cotswolds, I was always spoiled for fine views; ironically I moved away to the big smoke just at the point that I was really getting into photography. My parents however still live there and the beautiful views, fresh air and country smells were only a couple of hours away from London. There are also few photos from other parts of the country too: Surrey and Wiltshire. I'll be posting many more photos of the Cotswolds over the coming months.
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While long-distance dating my now wife, we visited Vermont in the Autumn of 2005 and despite the horrific weather, a few leaves remained.
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2007 has been an extremely busy year for me. In March I moved to the US from England, got myself married to my wonderful wife and shot a lot of weddings!
Along the way I never honestly thought that I would get to meet so many new faces and make friends with many of them; including some delightful brides and grooms (you know who you are!), some really talented people who've assisted me (Nika Boyce, Diane Capozzi and Doug Levy) and Michael J Charles who made our wedding such a success with his incredible work. I've worked with Michael this year and he's been a great source of knowledge and inspiration to me.
Take some time to go over my favourite (yes I still spell that with a 'u'!) wedding photos from 2007:
Doug has also rekindled my interest in landscape photography and I'll be posting my photos to my personal section of the site of our expedition to the Cape over the next few days. I've also got a huge back catalogue of photos from England, California, Arizona, France, Thailand and New England (many of them scanned from film) that I'm gradually keywording and I'll be getting those into my collection over the next couple of months (just two more years of work to get through!).
After many trials and tribulations with photo labs, I've finally settled with some excellent printing partners. I'm now offering high end prints of my personal work including signed and professionally framed limited editions, which can now be purchased online and shipped direct to your door.
I'll be posting updates to my my weddings and personal work on the blog so add my blog to your RSS reader and stay tuned for an exciting 2008!
Happy New Year! Off to make some mulled wine - it's a great recipe to end a great year - comment here if you want it!
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Along the way I never honestly thought that I would get to meet so many new faces and make friends with many of them; including some delightful brides and grooms (you know who you are!), some really talented people who've assisted me (Nika Boyce, Diane Capozzi and Doug Levy) and Michael J Charles who made our wedding such a success with his incredible work. I've worked with Michael this year and he's been a great source of knowledge and inspiration to me.
Take some time to go over my favourite (yes I still spell that with a 'u'!) wedding photos from 2007:
Doug has also rekindled my interest in landscape photography and I'll be posting my photos to my personal section of the site of our expedition to the Cape over the next few days. I've also got a huge back catalogue of photos from England, California, Arizona, France, Thailand and New England (many of them scanned from film) that I'm gradually keywording and I'll be getting those into my collection over the next couple of months (just two more years of work to get through!).
After many trials and tribulations with photo labs, I've finally settled with some excellent printing partners. I'm now offering high end prints of my personal work including signed and professionally framed limited editions, which can now be purchased online and shipped direct to your door.
I'll be posting updates to my my weddings and personal work on the blog so add my blog to your RSS reader and stay tuned for an exciting 2008!
Happy New Year! Off to make some mulled wine - it's a great recipe to end a great year - comment here if you want it!
douglaslevyphotography:
And it was so much fun too, even if you do spell words funny. I like forward to making some more "colour" images with you in '08!x
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An intense snow storm hit Massachusetts yesterday between 2 and 9pm, with 11 inches falling in Winchester and a record was broken in Boston for snowfall on that day. The commute was mayhem as workers took to the roads in unison, causing complete gridlock around the city as the ploughs were also in the jam. Thankfully the storm stopped late evening, allowing us to clear the driveway ready for the next day, which yielded some great light for photography. Take a look below...
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Thanks - shot this with my trusty Canon EOS 5 (film camera) with Fuji Velvia 100F transparency film. Camera was on a tripod pointing out of my bedroom window with a 70-300 lens and spot metered the sky. I can see what you mean about the PW - if only I had one back then!Used to get a real kick out of shooting with transparency - there was very little margin for error as 1. You couldn't see what the shot was like after you took it 2. It cost about $20 for the film and processing for 36 exposures, so you made every shot count! 3. The exposure latitude was so narrow that you had to get the exposure dead on. The gradient in the sky was natural (no photoshopping the sky here!) and the pink that you see was due to the reciprocity failure of the film due to the long exposure: different colours lose sensitivity at different rates.This shot makes me want to go out and shoot a roll of Velvia again if it wasn't so expensive.I think this shot really shows what you can do with consumer equipment and good technique - a mid range film camera with a consumer zoom and a roll of great film.
(03.05.08)Dude! That's a sweet ass gradient you've got going on there. The only thing that would make that better is if you planned that doorway with a pocketwizard'd strobe.
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