Manchester… devoid of life
So this has been a hectic week, what with the bank holiday, trying to re-shuffle a terabytes worth of data around to improve my workflow and just general crap – thus the missed post on Tuesday. Apologies. However, now that I have additional storage hooked up and ChronoSync schedules amended, things are now cookin’ [...]
Crime? Project – The final cut…
As part of the A-level I’ve been embarked on, I’ve been working on a project based around the theme “Boundaries”. In light of the recent goings on with completely innocent photographers being tarnished with the “terrorist brush” (see numerous articles on the BJP for example – here, here or here), I chose to focus on [...]
Deansgate Manchester in HDR
Early Friday morning I headed into Manchester to shoot some more streetscapes. It was right nippy, and I haven’t managed to locate my photographer’s carpenters fingerless gloves for some time now. However I still managed to put in some time with some long exposure using some ND filters. I shot this with an ND400, and [...]
Boundaries Part 7
This is the final image I’m doing in this series for a while. It’s part of my A-level coursework, and I feel that I’ve got enough for the time being. Some are far from perfect, and I’d really like to do a few again, and have ideas for a few more. However, it’s time to [...]
Boundaries Project. Part 6
For the next image in my Crime? series, I wanted to do something drug related. I fixed a few ideas in my head as to how I envisaged the final scene, though I had a few problems deciding how I’d get drugs of some kind into the scene, yet still maintain the degree of ambiguity [...]
Boundaries Project. Part 5
After I’d finished at the previous shoot, and warmed up a little, I decided to try and find somewhere on the other side of the runways that would have the setting sun in the background. I found a couple of possibles, one in particular that stood out. So I headed back there about an hour [...]
Boundaries Project. Part 4
For the next image in my Boundaries project, for which I have now I chosen the title “Crime?” I wanted to photograph someone photographing something that in the current climate, would quite likely warrant a stop & search under section 44 of the Terrorism Act or some other similarly preposterous grounds for infringing a photographer’s [...]
Boundaries Project. Part 3
So I finally managed to get the permission I needed to stage the next shoot for my Boundaries Project. I wanted to stage an Arson attempt, and I had in mind the clubhouse of the local tennis club. In keeping with the theme, and just to make it that bit harder for myself, I wanted [...]
Boundaries Project. Part 2
For the next in my Boundaries series, I chose “Theft, I had envisaged a man appearing to either look for or steal a wallet and car keys. The torch could have been required as a result of a power cut, or he may need the torch as he doesn’t want to turn lights on and [...]
Boundaries Project. Part 1
As part of the A-level I am currently embarked on, I am working on a project based around the theme "Boundaries". In light of the recent goings on with completely innocent photographers being tarnished with the "terrorist brush" (see numerous articles on the BJP for example – here, here or here), I have chosen to [...]
“A week in the life”
I’ve been working on a project lately to capture a series of time-lapse images to capture a journey in the car. I decided some time ago that I wanted a wide-angle view out of the windscreen, but also capturing some of the side windows to capture passing traffic. After many test shots, I plumped with [...]
Peak District – Part 2
I’ve finally got round to processing the remainder of the HDR images I planned & shot last weekend (read more on my encounter with the irate bulls here). Here are 2 of the best.
Trip to the hills.
On Friday night I decided to do a little more work on one of the projects I’m working on. The local council has deemed fit that our local village square should be torn down and an oversized supermarket and an excessive number of flats and underground parking should be created. The residents have been in [...]
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January 2009. Week 2
This was taken on the corner of Piccadilly Gardens in Manchester using an ND400 filter. This allowed me to reduce the exposure by just over 8 stops to around 15 seconds. Long enough to blur all the wandering shoppers and leave the lone busker and his acquaintance in the frame. This next image is possibly [...]
Accrington
Finally managed to get some processing done at last. Thought I’d plough through a couple of dusk and dawn shoots I did in Accrington last month. Shot with D300 and used Nik’s fantastic Silver Efex Pro.
Still life project
Still no further work of my own to post on here yet I’m afraid. Although I have put some time into formulating ideas for my next project. I’ve decided that it’s going to be along a “Still Life” theme – I’ve never really done any “proper” still life before, one of the reasons being is [...]
The weekend is here…. again.
Crikey, what a week! What with the wedding last weekend, my trip to London this week, and the family holiday which starts tomorrow, its all been a bit manic! The trip to London revolved around a visit to the Tate Modern to see the "Street & Studio" Exhibition. The trip was worth it for [...]
Service Stations Project
Some more shots of the latest project. Some are a bit out of keeping with the rest of the project, but I felt they were worth posting nonetheless.
Gallery update
Just a quick note today to let you know that I have updated my Projects Gallery. It now contains the Big Issue project I completed in December and some of the Service Stations series I’m currently working on, as well as the “15 minutes” series. Check it out here: www.fillfactorphotography.com/Projects/tabid/273/Default.aspx
M6 Service Stations continued…
Aaagh! Middle lane drivers! Why do these cretins insist on sitting one behind another in the middle lane with no traffic whatsoever in the inside lane? Is it because they’re such nervous drivers that they can’t face having to pull out of the inside lane to overtake the odd truck? In which case they shouldn’t [...]
Manchester at dawn
I set off just before dawn on Monday morning to head up the M6 to try and make some more photographs for the Service Stations project, but as I was heading up the M56, the sky suddenly began to turn a deep red. So I figured I’d swing by Manchester on my way. I shot [...]
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"15 Minutes" project
Well I’ve finally finished the football supporters projected I started last year, and its now gone off to the printers. I’m expecting a nice 30cm square linen backed 48 page book on my return from family hols next week. Its taken longer than anticipated but I’m happy with the final image selection. I’ve opted to [...]
