Opportunities

Some of you may remember that last summer, one of my images was misused on a teenager's social networking page. The matter was resolved in the end and the image was removed from his site. As I have mentioned before in my blog, not only am I a photographer, but a writer too. This incident gave me the idea to write a couple of articles for publication. I used different angles for different markets. I am pleased to say that I have now made far more by writing about the incident than I ever would have done in fees for licencing the image. The trick was to turn a mishap into an opportunity. It also inspired me to make the image above which I hope will be successful as stock. 
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  Here's Looking at you Kid

Another photo for my series on waste. 
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  Setting the Right Tone

I am lucky enough to live in a town with a lot of listed buildings. It does have a great deal of character and the centre of the town still follows the medieval street pattern of narrow streets winding their way up the hills away from the market place that is next to the river. Not surprisingly, like every other town in the country, there are areas that are not quite so picturesque. This post is about a set of images that I have made of one of these areas. It shows a footpath that leads up a fairly steep slope. Unfortunately the path is surfaced in an ugly patchwork of concrete. There is also an unsightly hand-rail that runs up the centre of the path. If this was closer to the heart of the town this street nightmare would not exist. It would be paved or cobbled with a wrought iron rail or two.

The first picture, at the top of this post, shows a colour image of the scene. It is in fact a blend of two images, one exposed for the sky and one for the foreground.

The next version is a black and white rendering of the same picture. I created this version using the Channel Mixer in Photoshop which allows you a lot of control of how the scene is rendered.

The final version - the finished photograph - is how I previsualised the scene. I have toned the black and white version to give a sepia look to add to the feeling of desolation and decay.

 
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