Glyn Dewis

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11 comments

June 9, 2010 - 3:09 pm

Hamish Symington - Hi -
Just a follow up to what Glyn’s been saying about iPhone sync. I’m Hamish, from Light Blue Software. There are already a couple of ways of getting your information onto your iPhone from Light Blue: Photo.
If you’re on a Mac, the simplest way is to use two-way sync with iCal. Shoots or meetings which you enter into Light Blue: Photo are instantly published to iCal. From there, you can sync that with your iPhone. If you add an event to the calendar on your iPhone, you can then suck that information back into Light Blue: Photo.
If you’re on a PC, iCal obviously doesn’t exist, so you can’t use that method. Instead, you can publish your shoot information from Light Blue: Photo to Google Calendar, and then use Google’s tools to publish that information to your iPhone. We don’t have two-way sync with Google Calendar yet (it’s technically very tricky) but we’ve not ruled it out.
I should also mention that both of these are included in the price of Light Blue: Photo (currently £295, including VAT). FotoSF (full version) is £440 (including VAT); If you want to publish to your iPhone from FotoSF it’s another £94, and publishing to iCal is £52.88 (including VAT). At Light Blue Software, we don’t like hidden costs so we don’t include modules or anything like that – the main program includes all the functionality we talk about on our website (www.lightbluesoftware.com).
If anyone’s got any questions or comments, we’d love to hear them – just drop us a line at admin@lightbluesoftware.com.
Hamish

March 18, 2010 - 9:46 am

Glyn - Hi Andrew, thanks for posting a comment. i can totally see why you like to use Aperture 3. Having a go with it during the free trial I was really impressed and I gotta admit it was a tough decision not to move to it from LR. Real pleased too that the recommendation re LightBlue worked out. I know speaking for myself it’s made a real big impact on getting organised and how things are run this end now.

Cheers, Glyn

March 16, 2010 - 7:53 pm

Andrew Hall - Great list! My favourite has to be Aperture 3. It handles nearly all of my picture editing. With the improvements to V3, I now don’t need to use Photoshop anywhere near as much! I have had a play around with Nik Silver Efexs Pro, very good program but I wasn’t convinced the extra time spent converting the images showed an overwhelming increase in quality of my B&W photos to justify the extra time. Light Blue Photo, I started using on your recommendation on Twitter! Love it! Completely agree with everything that you said about it, highly recommend! Will be making my business life much much easier to follow.

March 16, 2010 - 4:52 pm

Glyn - It’s not what you know it’s who you know…lol

Cheers, Glyn

March 16, 2010 - 4:50 pm

Glyn - It’s how well the two of them work so well together Andy that does it for me. Definitely a winning combination. Quite looking forward to seeing the final release of LR3 too.

Cheers for commenting mate,
All the best, Glyn

March 16, 2010 - 4:44 pm

Keith - ah yes thats Oz’s prog, good friend of Andy’s so i’m looking for -% there

March 16, 2010 - 4:09 pm

Andy Cuadra - Great write up Glyn- I’ve been tempted to look into Photo Mechanic but I’ve got so much on plate right now, I know it will get the best of me; it’s just a matter of time . LR has been my main starting point so far, but Zack Arias slightly emphasized how much he loved Photo Mechanic.

Anyway, thanks for sharing.
All the best-

//A.

March 16, 2010 - 2:28 pm

Glyn - Hi Keith,
Thanks for the kind words; it’s always nice to read positive feedback.
Re the LightBlue solution, have you taken a look at Foto SF which you can download a trial version of here: http://www.fotosf.com
I tried out this one too but finally ended up going for Light Blue as you know. Foto SF has a few add-ons such as syncing with the iPhone etc which you might like the look of. It’s a little more expensive however at just under £400. I too am an iPhone user but am gonna sit tight until the guys at LightBlue add the ability to sync with it too, which I’m sure they will at some point.
Cheers, Glyn

March 16, 2010 - 1:15 pm

Keith Hammond - Good right up Glyn, it’s nice to find out other peoples work flow and what they use. Gotta admit Andy does all the editing and album design in Lightroom and PS Elememts, all i do is press the shutter now and again, oh and i’m office boy, which i enjoy, i have looked at LightBlue a couple of times but then we needed it on two machines at two different locations and be able to sync but it wasn’t possible also i would like to sync it to my iPhone as that has everything on it, will have to have another look at it, should have talked to them at Focus but was side tracked by all the shiny things. I like your style of getting the info across as it is and not making it to complicated, i’m about half way through your archives so don’t post too much or i will never catch up. Keith

March 16, 2010 - 12:22 pm

Glyn - Hi Matt.
Thanks for taking the time to add a comment.

Re Photoshop CS5, yeah I’m lucky enough to have been given it to trial because of being an ‘Adobe Community Professional’. There’s some real sweet additions and improvements coming especially when it comes to masking. Fingers crossed the final release wont be too far away now.

Forgot to mention that when I got PhotoMechanic I also got the Lexar Firewire 800 reader Zack mentions about, so that combined with the software totally rocks mate!

When it comes to Lightroom, I use it like the other pieces of software I use in that I like certain things that each one does; no one piece of software is a ‘one stop shop’ for me. Tend to agree with you about the sharpening side of things too; sharpening for me if any is always done in Photoshop but I think that’ll be changing once LR3 is released. Nik Sharpener is one piece of kit I’ve not looked into so I may have to give that a whirl too; damn…just when I promised myself not to buy anymore software (this month atleast)…lol

Thanks for the comment re the blog too; real good to hear it’s useful.
Cheers and thanks again mate,
All the best to you,
Glyn

March 16, 2010 - 12:12 pm

Matt Palmer - Another great post Glyn.

Have you had a chance to have a look at the sneak peek videos for Photoshop CS5? Theres some amazing improvements coming. If rumours are to be believed it’ll be released within the next 2 months.

Importing of images in Photo Mechanic wasn’t very fast for me but thats because of my cheapo card reader. I could see how fast it can potentially be from watching ZA’s workflow video.

Lightroom 2.0 has a great look and feel to it but it has it’s problems, most notably pretty poor sharpening and noise reduction. When zoomed in to 100% the LR2 sharpening routine does some ugly looking things to your image. The LR3 beta is far superior in this regard. I’ll often color correct and do tonal work within LR3 beta and then export the image to Photoshop. I’ll then use the Nik Sharpener Pro 3.0 Raw Presharpener and Output Sharpener which seems to give a much nicer result.

Your blog is really shaping up to be a great resource of info Glyn. Long may it continue I say.

Mar 13 2010

Photo Shoot & Technique: Tom Colley

I’ve been concentrating efforts lately into the new InSight Workshops and in particular around putting together a Workbook that will be given to each attendee. Tom Colley is to be one of our regular models for the Workshop so I caught up with him the other day to go out ‘shooting’ for a few hours and to work on some pictures that will be used in the workbook.

Now what was unusual about this shoot, for me atleast, was that generally I like to go out beforehand around the area where we’ll be working to select certain areas that have potential, but this time I didn’t; neither did I have an assistant come along with me to help with equipment. However, despite this ‘stepping out of the comfort zone’ it was actually quite a refreshing experience searching ‘on the fly’ for locations and shots, so I’d definitely recommend it. Incidentally we were over in a beautiful little Village in Buckinghamshire called Haddenham which is where Tom lives, and in fact all of the photos below were taken no more than 5 minutes from Tom’s front door.

All of the photos in this series were taken using just one light. For the majority of the time I used a small Nikon Speedlight but on occasion had to use my Alien Bees rig. The only reason for this was the time of the day were were shooting; around 12.30pm so the sun was still quite bright. Had we been working a little later in the day when the sun wasn’t so powerful then the Nikon Speedlight would have been more than adequate, and would have saved carrying alot more kit around.

Having lost count of how many 60″ shoot-thru umbrella’s I’ve broken because of the wind snapping them I decided not to use one this time. That’s not to say I don’t use them now, far from it…I absolutely love them, it’s just that there was slight breeze in the air and as we were going to be working out in the open with little cover a softbox was more appropriate. Umbrella’s especially when used as a shoot-thru become ‘sails’ if there’s the slightest hint of a breeze around, so a softbox which is an enclosed light modifier is more appropriate as it won’t catch the breeze anywhere near as much. That said we did have a few challenges because every now and then the wind would kick pick up just that little bit more and the light stand would start to topple. In an ideal world this is where sandbags come in handy or an assistant to just hold the light stand steady, but we didn’t have those luxuries so it was a case of waiting for the right moment then quickly taking a few shots.

Our next location was under a small railway bridge between two fields. Not being in the open meant we didn’t have the challenge of midday sun to contend with so the first of these two shots were taken using a Nikon Speedlight.

The final shots below were taken after a much needed coffee to warm up, and were next to an old piece of wire fencing by the side of the road. Again, a really simple lighting set up using a single Nikon Speedlight.

Technique 1:
The shots taken by the old building with Tom stood next to the door were taken using a single Nikon Speedlight fitted with no modifiers at all. Because of the time of day to get any detail in the sky meant working at the maximum sync speed of 1/250th second and then dialing in the appropriate f stop which in this case was f/7.1 This gave a decent looking sky so all that was left then was to add some light onto Tom who without it, working at these camera settings was barely visible. The Speedlight had to be used at full power and was zoomed to 105mm to give it a bit more direction and to make the use of as much light coming from it as possible as opposed to spreading it all around.

Technique 2:
Due to being out in the open with no shade and a bright sun, the series of shots in the field meant I had to use my Alien Bees lighting. Like I mentioned before, the only reason for this was because of the time of day we were shooting ie 12.30pm. Had we been shooting later in the day, say around 3pm then a Nikon Speedlight would have been just as good. Working at the maximum sync speed of 1/250th second an aperture of f/9.0 was what was needed to give a decent amount of detail in the sky, and the Alien Bees needed only to be on 1/2 power so recycle time was kept to a minimum between shots.

To prevent the Octabox and light stand from toppling over quite so easily, I hung the Vagabond Battery pack from one of the handles by it’s strap. This did the job ok..ish but sandbags would have been alot better as the support could have been spread evenly as opposed to on the one side.

Technique 3:
Really simple this one. Tom is stood directly infront of me in profile and on the other side of him is my lighting rig which in this case just happened to be the Octabox and the Alien Bees. The lights can be set to quite a low power as all it’s doing is creating a ‘white backdrop’ and the silhouette comes from adding no light to the front of Tom. This was a real ‘run and gun’ shot so I wasn’t really paying much attention to the camera settings. Once in Photoshop, the image is finished off increasing the ‘blacks’ a little and then adding a little more white background using the ‘Extending Canvas’ technique. This shot could have been taken just as easily using a Nikon Speedlight and the shoot-thru umbrella. The only reason it wasn’t used in this case was that the Alien Bees was already set up.

Technique 4:
Initially with the photos next to the wire fencing I was using a Speedlight and a Shoot-Thru umbrella but what I found with this was that the light was too soft and as a consequence I wasn’t seeing any of the shadows from the fencing hit Tom. So, I changed it up and went for the speedlight on it’s own which gave a much punchier, harder light resulting in the shadows from the fencing showing through.

Thoughts? Comments? Questions? Please feel free to make use of the comments section below; I’d love to read what you think.

Bye for now.

by Glyn

25 comments

December 7, 2012 - 2:44 pm

Ray Phoy - Love this shoot Glyn the lighting and mood, very good . I was looking for more of your work with, Tom Colley? You said that he was to be a model in your workshops ? Maybe thats not the case anymore. You should work with him again .

April 26, 2010 - 6:10 am

Part 1: Cameron-Photo Shoot & Technique » Glyn Dewis Blog - [...] To finish off here’s a couple more of the photographs taken using the same lighting set up; one of Cameron and one from an earlier shoot with Tom Colley: [...]

March 24, 2010 - 5:29 pm

Glyn - Hi Greg,

Thanks so much for stopping by and leaving a comment. Glad to ‘hear’ that one of the techniques on the blog came in handy; do you have a link to your results at all? Thanks too for the comments about the write-ups and for not mocking my attempts at drawing…lol
All the best to you,
Glyn

March 24, 2010 - 11:56 am

Greg V - Glyn – i really liked the shot of the silhouette. I’ve “borrowed” this technique recently using an umbrella and added a little post-proc to remove the dark lines of the umbrella ribs so thanks for the idea! This is my first visit to your site and I REALLY enjoy the use of your diagrams and writeups. Thanks for sharing so openly. Greg.

March 16, 2010 - 4:15 am

Abby Brown - I love the texture and color. Although in my opinion a little bit more story to the photo and not just posing. Nice photos.

March 15, 2010 - 7:57 pm

Glyn - Thanks for dropping by and for following Glen. Glad you like the shoot ;o)

March 15, 2010 - 5:31 pm

GLEN SCOLAN - very nice shot and web site.
i’ll follow you.

congrat.

March 14, 2010 - 9:35 pm

Glyn - Hey Frank…Great to hear from you.
Thanks for commenting on the post and for the kind words. You’re more than welcome to come to a Workshop if you ever find yourself over here in the UK but I gotta warn you, I do seem to have a bit of a reputation for holding them on days when the weather is far from perfect..lol

Thanks again and all the very best to you,
Glyn

March 14, 2010 - 7:12 pm

Frank DelValle - Superb Glyn! Well documented and thought out. I will be trying some of these techniques now that the weather is warming up here in North Texas. May go to England just for a workshop with you mate.

Thanks,

Frank

March 14, 2010 - 8:40 am

Glyn - Hi Rick,

Thanks for stopping by and leaving a comment. Great to hear you like the images and the ‘behind the scenes’ info.

Cheers

March 14, 2010 - 1:35 am

Rick Wenner - Great work Glyn. I’m really liking the first two shots against the door and the first shot against the fence. It is always great to see how the images were created as well. Excellent post my man.

March 13, 2010 - 11:58 pm

Glyn - That’s decided then, lighting diagrams to remain the same. Thanks for sharing your thoughts on this Shannon; makes perfect sense ;o)

March 13, 2010 - 9:27 pm

shannon - Tom, you don’t look evil in the drawing, you look contemplative … Glyn, the diagrams are perfect, really… Detailed graphics are great in the right context… but for this purpose the simplicity is part of what makes your tutorials so great, and like you said, it just wouldn’t be you then…. don’t change a thing ~:D.xo.

March 13, 2010 - 8:47 pm

Glyn - Hey Tom,
Great to see you dropping by. Glad you like the photos mate, and yeah ditto…really enjoyed it, except for the cold…lol

Re the drawings and you looking evil…mate, drawing was never a strong subject of mine; look upon it as character as opposed to evil…lol

Cheers and I too look forward to working with you again and the Workshops themselves.
All the best,
Glyn

March 13, 2010 - 8:42 pm

Tom Colley - They look fantastic mate, it was a really fun shoot bar the weather. I do have one question… why do i look so evil in one of your drawings ? As i said they look grate and was a pleasure to work with you again,I forward to our next project!

March 13, 2010 - 4:59 pm

Glyn - Cheers Noel; glad to ‘hear’ you like the shots, and thanks for commenting ;o)

March 13, 2010 - 4:46 pm

Noel - Great shot glyn and a very informative walk-through. Like the fence shots and the octabox one, fantastic!

March 13, 2010 - 4:14 pm

Glyn - Thank you Shannon. It’s great to ‘hear’ that this kind of information is useful even though the diagrams could do with a little more work, but then I guess it just wouldn’t be me…lol

Thanks again for the kind words and for taking the time to post a comment.
All the best to you.

March 13, 2010 - 4:10 pm

shannon - Amazing photos Glyn and once again you explain the techniques so that they are easily understood, even by us amateurs . I love the diagrams, the stick figures are great, clean & simple ~:D

March 13, 2010 - 4:00 pm

Glyn - Cheers Neal; glad you like them.

The ‘blue’ tint to the hat photos by the chain link fence comes from shifting the White Balance in camera to give it more of an evening, moon lit kind of feel. No orange gel (CTO) was added to the flash as it was light from the moon that I was trying to mimic as opposed to evening sun.

Cheers

March 13, 2010 - 3:58 pm

Glyn - Scott,
Glad to hear the explanation of each of the shots is useful; if not comical with my attempt at drawing…lol

Thanks for commenting mate.

March 13, 2010 - 3:57 pm

Glyn - Hi Tim,
Thanks so much for dropping by and leaving a comment; it’s always appreciated.
Re the D3′s max sync speed, I’ve always used 1/250 sec and have never experienced the dark bottom edge creeping in as you can see from the shot of Tom playing the guitar whilst sat on the floor.

When I spent some time out in Atlanta with Zack, he mentioned too about the max sync speed with the Alien Bees being at around the 1/160th mark but again 1/250sec works just fine for me; long may it continue…lol

Thanks again for the kind words mate.

March 13, 2010 - 3:38 pm

Neal - Glyn very nice shots mate, I do like the chain lin fence and blue hat, also the Michael Jackson profile pic is superb

March 13, 2010 - 11:13 am

Scot Baston - Lots of useful information here Glyn and very well written.. The lighting diagrams help to explain the ideas well and I just love the smiley faces esp the side profile of Tom

March 13, 2010 - 11:08 am

Tim Wallace - Ad always Glyn, nice post and great photography. I notoced that you shoot at 250th on the D3, di you find that you get a dark bottom edge dreeping in, almost like old fashioned ‘shutter bounce’, I know that I do and after speaking to Nikon about it once on a seminar they owned up to sync really being 200th…
Great work, keep it up my friend
Tim

Mar 09 2010

Working on the Workbook

Great job Noel!
First off, I just want to say a HUGE thank you to Noel for being March’s (first) Monthly Guest here on the blog. I know from speaking to Noel beforehand he was a little nervous about writing for the blog but clearly from all the comments posted here and also on Facebook and Twitter, his nerves were completely unnecessary. Great post with great photos, so way to go!!!

Now that we’re up and running with the Monthly Guest posts, I can’t wait for you to see who else has kindly agreed to share with us here on the blog. Definitely some big surprises coming; I’m just blown away by the generosity.

On a different note, I’m now putting together the Workbook that will be accompanying my new InSight Workshops which are to be launched in the very near future. The workbook is going to be given to each photographer that attends the course and will contain amongst other things, notes from what was covered during the day.

Yesterday I was out photographing Tom Colley working on images that are going to appear in the workbook and that attendees will be recreating. Regular readers of the blog will remember a recent photo shoot I did with Tom, a very talented young actor, working on all his promotional material such as head shots and so on, and I’m very excited to let you know that Tom will be one of the regular models on the InSight Workshops.

Later this week I’m going to write a post covering details of the recent photo shoot with Tom giving details of lighting set ups, thought processes and editing amongst other things but in the mean time here’s just a couple of photos from our time together.

Enjoy.

by Glyn

6 comments

March 13, 2010 - 8:01 pm

Glyn - Hi Keith,

Small world indeed; I never cease to be amazed how often this kind of thing happens…lol

Thanks for the comments about the photos and the diagrams etc… it’s always good to get some feedback, and thanks too for following.

Say hi to Andrea from me next time you speak,
All the best to you,
Glyn

March 13, 2010 - 6:28 pm

Keith - Hi Glyn found your blog from Flickr, great set and i love the diagramms, really informative, i’m following now. Had a read through your blog and thought i recognised a face in the photo walk group shot so checked with my business partner and it was who i thought and Andrea tells me you already follow each other on Twitter, small world on the web eh

March 11, 2010 - 3:07 pm

Glyn - Hi Mark,

Thanks for stopping by and leaving a comment; really appreciate it. I’m in the middle of writing a post covering this shoot giving all the behind the scenes details; should be up in the next day or so…hope you like it.

All the best to you,
Glyn

March 10, 2010 - 12:33 pm

Mark Griffin - Hi, great shots, really like the top one. Look forward to seeing more. Great website btw… Mark

March 9, 2010 - 10:54 pm

Glyn - Hi Noel, thanks for stopping by. I’ll be adding a few more of the shots in the post later this week plus ‘behind the scenes’ details. Thanks for the kind words; Tom is an absolute pleasure to photograph..a gift for the camera and the photographer. I’ve no doubt he’ll be extremely popular in the Workshops.

Take care and speak soon,
Glyn

March 9, 2010 - 10:35 pm

Noel Hannan - Great job Glyn, a couple of fantastic shots there, full of emotion and mood, which is nothing less than what you would expect from a very talented photographer and actor! there must have been good empathy and trust between the two of you. Please post more of the series… and I am looking forward to seeing the workbook!

Mar 08 2010

Monthly Guest Photographer: Noel Hannan

The Red Shoe Diaries; well sort of …

I have known Glyn for a few years now having met him at the very first of Scott Kelby’s World Wide Photowalks over in Windsor, UK that he was leading. Our friendship has continued to grow over those years and now I am honoured to be asked to be his first Monthly Guest Blogger!

I am not formally trained, but I have been taking photographs for over thirty years now in one format or another. The fascination with photography started when I was a mere lad in secondary school where we were lucky enough to have a darkroom; I can still remember the delightful smell of the stop bath.

Before digital came along I was using, and loving, an old Bronica ETRSi. I loved the clarity of the seemingly huge transparencies; I fancied myself as a landscape photographer at the time and recall how magical it was when you put a roll of Velvia through the Bronica. I still have it, but haven’t used it for so long; must put that on the ‘to do’ list.

Digital changed everything: Instant gratification, Instant photographs, and lots more of them, without having to pay and pay and pay! I was able to experiment like never before; no more did I paint a light trail and have to wait a week for the transparencies to come back. I could now see how I’d got on there and then.

My philosophy has always been not to just take photographs, but to make them, and this is generally what I do late in the evening once everyone is in bed; it’s then that the mind is racing and thinking of the next photograph.

It was on one such night that I got the idea for the Red Shoes shot. My wife, Catherine, has an undisclosed amount of shoes; I don’t think even she knows how many pairs she has, but these red ones are a pair of the more extreme.

The Red Shoes – Light Painting Technique

First off I grabbed a pair of ridiculously high heeled shoes; I chose red for this particular series of shots but any colour will do. I laid them out on a piece of black paper and tried various arrangements until I came on the one that I thought was most pleasing.

I wanted to convey ‘outgoing, sexy and extreme’ the shot had to be a bit more dynamic than just a pair of shoes, so I we had to make it a bit special, a bit magical. I set the camera to Manual and dialed in a 20 second exposure at f8. It was a guess, but it proved to be spot on. I then took a Maglite torch, took off the reflector head and with the bare bulb got ready to start ‘light painting’.

From then on it was all a matter of timing. Oh, and of course all this was done in the dark, room lights off and hope no one decides to come into the room! Set the shutter on self timer, wait for the shutter click and start painting. I must have done about twenty shots before I was happy, and then I chose the first one! That’s a bit like going shoe shopping with my wife; all shops have to be visited; many pairs tried on and invariably it’s back to the first shop for the first pair of shoes! And remember it’s twenty shots at twenty seconds (twenty shops at twenty minutes…) with fiddling around with the self timer and torch and possibly the arrangement, so we are talking half an hour and most of it in the dark with just a pair of sexy red shoes… on your own, go figure…

I really enjoyed this technique and began to worry I might be developing a red shoe fetish. There was no need to worry; it was already there. Another opportunity arose to use the technique; Jimmy Choo were running a competition to promote a charity in Africa and all you had to do was photograph a pair of shoes.I immediately thought ‘Red Shoes’. The prize was lots of pairs of Jimmy Choos. As you can image Catherine was rather excited that I was entering, to say the least. This time she had to stand still in the shoes for the duration of the shot, about 10 or 12 seconds but it was only right that she was to be involved if she was to reap the benefits!

I was lucky enough to be a runner up and I got, I mean Catherine got, a Jimmy Choo Tote Bag for my trouble. It was a fun shot to take.

These shots are simple and fun, not too quick, but they keep the creativity flowing and are useful in pushing the boundaries a bit and making the ordinary a bit extraordinary. I have seen the same technique used with cars, people and I think Picasso even drew one of his animals as a light trail for a photograph many years ago.

A big thank you to Glyn for this opportunity to be a Monthly Guest Blogger, in fact the very first, so no pressure, and to rant on about a pair of red shoes!

Oh and here’s a little gift to say good luck with the new website and blog Glyn:

If you’ve got any thoughts or comments, I’d love to read them in the comments section below, and any questions posted I’ll be sure to post a reply.
Also, you can check out more of my work over at my new web site: www.noelhannan.com

Take care and all the Best,

Noel.

by Glyn

10 comments

March 9, 2010 - 10:31 pm

Noel Hannan - Thanks for the comment Paul, and tell Natalie I’ll buy her a pair…

March 9, 2010 - 3:46 pm

Paul Hannan - Nice blog brother!
Although it does serve to remind me that unfortunately, I will never see Natalie (the missus) wearing shoes like that! Think she would rather walk over broken glass!

March 9, 2010 - 12:45 pm

Noel Hannan - Yes, I remember you and your girlfriend, Scot. that was a great day, if a while ago. Glad to have been of influence; writing is always great fun… and thanks for the comment!

March 9, 2010 - 11:37 am

Scot Baston - Hi Noel,

A great first entry for Glyn’s guest blog. Very interesting and well written. Like all good writing, this makes me think about my photography and how it could influence it..

I was a little surprised to see myself and my girlfriend in your first photo though ;o) (I’m wearing red on the left of the photo)

Cheers

Scot

March 8, 2010 - 8:57 pm

Noel Hannan - Dan, you are right, Glyn has been more than generous to open his blog like this, but that is the kind of guy he is; always willing to give, and go the extra mile.

Thanks for the comments about my pictures, they really were great fun to take.

March 8, 2010 - 8:37 pm

Dan Davies - Lovely work from Noel, not to mention Glyn’s generosity in opening this opportunity. The red & the patent really makes those shots sparkle and I’m not surprised that Jimmy Choo saw them fit for a prize.

Really looking forward to seeing more of your work on http://www.noelhannan.com now!

March 8, 2010 - 7:19 pm

Noel Hannan - Tim, thanks for that – I wouldn’t mind trying this technique out on a Morgan… or is that a model in Morgan clothes… or a model of a Morgan…

March 8, 2010 - 7:17 pm

Noel Hannan - John, thanks for the kind words – I also was thinking of using glow sticks. I saw a great set of images in one of the magazines using torches but it looked like glow sticks which gave me an idea…

March 8, 2010 - 6:55 pm

Tim Wallace - Guys, great first post, very interesting,
Noel – Great work as always!

March 8, 2010 - 6:52 pm

Jon Watkiss - Nice blog post, must be an honour to be the first, really like some of your shots too. Been thinking of doing something similar with neon glow sticks, long exposure and a bit of a ‘landscape’, I’ll see if I can post some shots onto my blog once I’ve done them.
Jon W;^)

Mar 04 2010

New Feature Coming Soon: Monthly Guest!!!

I’m really excited to announce that very soon I’ll be introducing the first in a line up of posts by Monthly Guests.

Photography has, and continues to introduce me to some incredibly talented people, many of whom I am very proud to call friends and it’s these very people that I’m asking to write a post for this blog. Regular readers of the blog will know that I often include lighting diagrams, editing techniques and write about the thought process that goes into some of my images but this is just the insight from one person; so here’s the thing…

Each month a ‘Guest’ will be choosing one of their own favourite images, or series of images and will be sharing with you the process behind it including such details as the brief from the client, location choice, lighting set up, problems encountered and so on…

In advance I’d like to send out a HUGE thank you to everyone so far that has ‘come onboard’ and is willing to share their knowledge to ultimately benefit us all.

Do you know of a photographer who’s work you really like and would love to see as a Monthly Guest here giving ‘behind the scenes’ details about a certain image? If you do then post details in the comments section below and we’ll see what can be done because as my late Grandad used to say … ‘If you don’t ask, you don’t get’.

Would you like to contribute? I’m a firm believer in the fact that every photographer of every level has something they can ‘bring to the table’, so let’s share it, however big or small.

Thoughts? Comments? Good idea? I’d really like to hear what you have to say about this new feature so why not post a comment below…

Bye for now.

by Glyn

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