The Year In Pictures 2013

[chillicamper]

Great pic of you both Con

I love the ice pics Broc - the best art really does come from nature

[Penfold]

I'm still trying to get five hand-held moon images showing the different phases for a competition idea that I'm working on. This is my latest attempt although it probably won't be the one I'll be using.

[Ghost]

wow that is so cool

[The Mad Collector]

Great shot Penners, it's raining here so no chance of a moon pic

[Dotsie]

Beautiful!

[Sister Jennifer]

She's so lovely.

[Who's Wee Dug]

That's a good shot slightly unusual.

[Penfold]

Thanks all.

That's a good shot slightly unusual.

It is somewhat. Photographing a full moon is tricky because of the shadows cast by the full-on sun are almost non-existent, unlike when there is a waxing or waning moon. The lack of shadows in craters, on moutain ranges, etc. makes for a fairly featureless landscape so I was trying a few different post processing programs to try and bring them out a bit more. The one used in the pic above was done with a process called "gradient mapping" (I haven't a clue what it means except that it takes a couple of tones and contrasts them......sort of ).

I'm still going strong through the night since I don't know when my next opportunity will be. Here is another that I have just taken (no post processing other than cropping, sharpening, and exposure adjustments). The moon has rotated position enough to reveal a couple more features.

[Catch-up]

Penfold those moon pictures are amazing!

[Del]

Oh I always LOVE your pics of the moon Penners. I have stolen one ages ago and use it as my screensaver at times... in fact I have stolen BORROWED ... borrowed alot of the pics you guys take and use them as screen savers. (Currently have the one of Batty and her sister waving at me )

[Conforumist]

Yup, good one Penners!

[Conforumist]

Ok, here's another one. The first one was a bit blurry.

[Penfold]

The camera club hired a couple of professional models for an evening of practical photography. I've never tried to do any portrait/posed stuff before so it was quite interesting and quite a bit of a challenge, to be honest. The only thing they asked is that I credit them on the photos if I show them in a public place. So here are a couple;

Rita Damper.



More stuff with Rita can be found at http://www.ritadamper.co.uk (Hope you don't mind me doing this Tony but I was asked specifically and she was very helpful to us novices. ) I will probably hire her services for myself in the future as she is also a professional photographer as well as a model and only charges £25 an hour for lessons (more if you want the use of her studio).

Anda Bergman.


It was a very interesting, enjoyable evening and I'm really pleased with the results considering that it was my first attempt.

If you want to see more of my photos from the photoshoot, then click HERE

[Bouncy Castle]

There's a look of Madonna, facially, on the second one.

[The Mad Collector]

The Anda Bergman shot doesn't display Penners. Love the second Rita Damper one

I really dislike doing portraits, it's a totally different skill and not one I am personally happy with my results from so far. I had to do it for my photography A level but I will only do it again if someone really wants me to, I won't do it for fun.