The Human Element

This is likely to be a bit of a big blog post, so set aside some time if you’re really going to read it!

Dell have yet again impressed me. The laptop which they said would take 3 weeks to build (due to shortages in certain components such as the fancy RGB screen) has in fact taken less than 2 weeks! It’ll be delivered on Monday! The laptop I’ve been using in the mean time is dreadful. It takes about 3 times as long to process a photo on it, and sometimes it’ll just crash photoshop without any warning or error message.. most frustrating.

That said, I’ve still managed to keep up (Just! Sorry for the delay Sara!)

Southend

On Tuesday last week, due to the laptop death, with no way to do work, I took to the cold winter beaches of Southend, to catch the sun going down. I wanted to do some cross processing, play a little with fill in flash, and play with keeping the sun in shot. all of which I achieved. You can seen the full set on Flickr here. 

Sara

I did a shoot 2 weeks ago with a friend, Sara, as an xmas gift from her boyfriend James. There was no general theme, they just wanted a nice portrait shoot with her looking all nice and pretty. But I’m not very good at sticking to the rules, so I threw in a few more details shots for good measure. The following photo is my favourite:

Raining Feathers

My good friend Mandi was assistant for the day, and was kind enough to climb a ladder and throw feathers about! I love the combination of colours, facial expression, and clothing in that photo. Thanks to Melissa too, the Makeup Artist for the day.

Storm

I don’t often showcase my club photography these days, and when I do, it’s usually just 1 specific outstanding shot that I got in whole night of taking hundreds. However, this weekend just gone, I produced what I think is the best set of clubbing photos I’ve taken to this date. So, have a nose through the 4 galleries taken by me over here on dontstayin.

No doubt my next blog post will be me ranting or raving about the new laptop!