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Creative Shoot

admin — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 08:18:18 +0000

An excellent shoot with Sejal and Amanpreet! The main theme was bridal (more images to come!), but we managed to squeeze in one or two creative shots at the end. Life is easy when you have great people to work with!

Credits to:

Hair & Make Up Artist: SejalMUA

Models: Amanpreet

Cyprus

admin — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 07:34:51 +0000

In December I had the pleasure of travelling to Cyprus for a week. What I discovered was a beautiful country. There were amazing views! Truly a photographers dream. Cyprus is one of those countries which I would love to revisit at some point. There is a fusion of new and old; you can feel the young vibe of the eclectic country in contrast to the amazing history and architecture dating back thousands of years.

Cleaning up my gallery: A few images!

admin — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 22:21:50 +0000

I was cleaning up my lightroom catalog when I came across a few images I had forgotten about. This is one that just stood out!

Model Portfolio Studio Shoot

admin — Sat, 04 Jun 2011 18:09:41 +0000

A really fun day of shooting with fellow photographer Kiran at Tip Top Studios with some great models and brilliant make up artists! I finally got to make good use out of my huge octabank and PLM umbrella! Totally love the quality of light output from these two modifiers!

Credits to:

Hair & Make Up Artists: Harpreet | Sandeep | Sejal

Models: Jaineesha | Raji | Srina

Tix & Chan’s Civil Wedding Photoshoot

admin — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 11:06:02 +0000

A few images from Tix & Chan’s photoshoot. A really great day of shooting! We had loadsa fun shooting at lots of different locations. So much so that we decided to shoot until it got dark! It was definitely a blast! Thanks guys.

To see more images, hit the “Continue reading” link below.

White Hat Ball Images Ready To View & Buy!

admin — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 12:42:26 +0000

The images for the White Hat Ball are ready to view and purchase. Please visit the following link: http://spphotography.zenfolio.com/p917410727

Remember that a donation is made to ChildLine for every image sold!

White Hat Ball for ChildLine

admin — Sat, 29 Jan 2011 14:51:22 +0000

The White Hat Ball was a great success! Thank you to everyone who made it an amazing night. It was a pleasure to have the opportunity to photograph such an amazing event!

The images from the night will be up soon. Check back within the next few days, and don’t forget to buy your images! For every order a donation will be given to the NSPCC.

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White Hat Rally: Venice & The Return Journey Part.2

admin — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 14:35:45 +0000

Click the “continue reading” link at the bottom of this post or the post title to see more images, and if you like the images please leave your comments!

Our inbuilt sandwich making facilities while on the road That ciabatta bread was amazing!

All throughout the journey Mo a.k.a the “Paul” from “Three P’s and a Paul” was kinda like my assistant. His main job was to hold the tripod and protect my lenses (thanks Mo, appreciate it!). Anyhow we joked all through the journey about how the tripod he was carrying looked like it was a bazooka strapped to his back, so when we found a nice little spot in Switzerland to take some pictures we couldnt help but take some silly pictures of it….and him. We seriously thought we were going to get shot by some Swiss Armed Forces with a snipers about 2 miles away. We were $#**ing it. Paranoia?

The really cool accomodation in Interlaken, Switzerland.

The really spooky colour changing church in Champagne!

White Hat Rally: Venice & The Return Journey Part.1

admin — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 13:24:41 +0000

Most of the images taken in Venice at night were shot at ISO 800-3200, handheld, at wide open apertures. It just goes to show that with the right technique and proper exposure you can get good quality and very usable images. Even though I had a tripod with me, it wasnt practical to stop and setup shots because the streets were so narrow and there were constantly people walking by. That’s one of the things with photography; you snooze you lose. Sometimes its all about getting the shot there and then. Of course thats not to say that you should rush your shots, its just that some situations call for certain methods of working.

When shooting at night with slow shutter speeds, stability makes all the difference. For some of my shots I was shooting down to 1/2 sec handheld on a 85mm prime lens. I was using lamposts, walls, tables, and anything else solid that I could find to lean/rest against for stability. Keeping the camera close to your body and lowering your center of gravity makes all the difference in the world. Also you should try to use the 2-second timer function on your camera when taking the shot because the act of pushing the shutter button can actually cause more blur from your hand shaking. Instead, set the timer, depress the shutter, and hold very still until the shot is taken! The slight softness in some of the images isn’t a product of motion blur so much as it is an artifact from imperfect focus due to the shallow depth of field at wide open apertures.

Natural light night shots is where a 35mm full frame sensor really shines!

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Would have liked to shoot Rialto Bridge either at sunset or sunrise to get that dramatic sky, but time constraints due to our tight schedule meant that I didn’t get a chance. Good excuse for me to go back!

The Lovely Wedding Couple in Venezia

admin — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 23:37:44 +0000

A few impromptu stills taken of the beautiful ‘just married’ couple in Venice. Congratulations!

If you guys want the images, just email me or leave a comment :)