Two New

Two new things to report. I have recently purchased a sigma 10 - 20 lens which I have wanted for ages. Just thought would be nice to add to the collection, and give the ability to take some nice wide angle shots. Hopefully I will be able to post some photos taken with it on here soon.

Also just yesterday have had the Internet installed at home which means that I will be able to get back to some blogging again.

Anthony.

Busy Times

Hello,

Just a quick note to say sorry for not posting in a whille its been a busy time of late moving into a new flat and gettting engaged. Hopefully I will be able to start posting again soon, (Well once i sort out some internet access in the new flat anyway).

The photos that I have posted below are just a few that I took this weekend in southend which is where I grew up.

Anthony

flip flop

Stairs

Flags

Deck Chairs

Rail 2

Rail 1

Column 3

Column 2

Column 1

Article in the St Albans Observer

To see an article about the Exhibition that has been in the St albans Observer and the Watford Observer please click here.

Anthony

Exhibition

Amazingly next week is the start of my debut exhibition, at the Radllet Centre. This will feature many of the photographs that can be found on the website plus some new ones. The exhibition runs from the 29th May - 30th June.

This is really exciting for me and I can't wait to hear what the reaction is from the public in the local area.

Anthony

The Gorilla

I Brought a Joby Gorilla Pod the other day, and it all seems pretty good so far. Have not been out and about just yet with it but have played around with it lots, and it is going straight in my bag the next time I do.

Its unique design allows for manipulation and grip, and it comes in two flavours either the compact, or SLR. Basically it allows you to put the tripod in places you could not before. such as the picture below where it is wrapped around a tree.
It stands about 12 inches off the ground and its very light so its not even as if you can complain that its something else to weigh you down when you are out with the camera. I am not sure that it would fulfill all your needs for example, the fact that you can attach it to a tree does not mean that you can stop the tree from blowing around in the breeze. However I can think of many occasions when I would have used this when I did not have my main tripod.

Each small foot has its own grip and the detachable plate means that the camera is kept in place once mounted. So far I have used this upside down, on top of a door, wrapped around the tree, and perched on some stairs and have been impressed each time. At first I was worried that my precious D70 would fall off and come crashing the ground but with time I think that the Gorilla will become a useful tool in my camera bag.

Its quite expensive at £40 for the SLR version, I got mine from Jessops but I am sure that it is available all over the Internet and in all major photographic shops.

Only You

AdWords

Hi I have just created my first set of adwords on the google advertising programme. For those that dont know adwords are the links that you see down the side of main google page that you see when searching. Its basically a pay per click basis and is supposed to increase the traffic and therefore the productivity of your website.

I thought that I would give it a go after reading quite a bit of information on it and in most cases the results are good. I will let you know how it goes hopefully it will lead to more people getting to www.anthonylewisphotography.co.uk which is what it is all about in the end.

Anthony

St Pauls

Guitar (try again)

Guitar (work in progress)

Pencils

Smoke

I have been reading lots of information on various websites about photographing smoke and thought that i would give it ago, with some interesting results. Its a really simple idea which I think could become a long project.

The idea is not to take photos of smoke but to to use smoke in order to make interesting photographs. Apart from getting pretty well smoked out, I think that it went quite well for a first effort.

Anthony

Website at the Radlett Centre

As i have said before www.anthonylewisphotography.co.uk is going to be at the Radlett Centre in June 2007 this is now official. All information about the exhibition and the Radlett Centre can be seen here. I hope to be showing work from the website and some new work as well.

Anthony

Rainforest

Hi its been a while since my last post sorry about that its been a busy period but I am back now.

Over the holiday period I was given a great book called Rain forest by Thoma Marent. This contains loads of great pictures of rain forests and the Eco system within. The photographs and colors are spectacular with easy to read commentary telling you about the photograph its self and the story behind it.

The book is backed by the rain forest foundation and below is a quote from the founding patron Sting.

"This collection of Thomas Marent's images, 16 years in the making, brings alive the sheer and awe-inspiring beauty of the rain forest." Sting - founding patron, The Rain forest Foundation

The ISBN number is 140531530X and can be found on amazon and many good book shops and some bad ones too.

Anthony

Photoshop Pluggins

I am generally not a fan of photoshop pluggins however recently I have been using two which are particularly good. I brought both from the same website http://www.fredmiranda.com/software/ and they were both reasonably priced at $25 which at the moment for us Brits works out at around £17 which is not bad at all.

Velvia Vison firstly allows you to add contrast and intensity to your pictures. With a few simple clicks the ability to change a picture from one which maybe a throw away picture into one which looks like a perfect photograph. The functionality is easy with the use of a few sliders and drop down menus you are able to render your pictures in no time.

Secondly I have been using a pluggin called SR pro. We all know sometimes how hard it is for example to take a photograph of a building in shadow and not over expose the nice bright blue sky. With SR pro you have the ability to brighten up the shadows and keep the blue sky. Again a few clicks and your building looks like you took the shot all by your self.

Both of these are pretty neat and give great results, installing them was pretty easy and they appear with any other pluggins on the file menu within photoshop. Check them out I am sure that you won't be disappointed.

Anthony

Orange Sauce