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A Christmas album
Christmas means a lot of things to an awful lot of people. Even to a photographer – who doesn’t really enjoy the festive season – it means something. Beautiful shiny little objects, blazing colours, warm light, bold bokeh and a great opportunity to capture a particular mood. I took my bagful of seasonal booty and photographed them in full daylight, then at dusk with candlelight and some background fairy lights.
I hope you enjoy this little essence of the season and have a very enjoyable Christmas.
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Arboreal art
Take a photograph and reinvent it to create a brand new work.
This collection of digital art was inspired by a post by South African photographer and artist Herman van Bon who used a specific material to create a series of abstracts.
I examined my own images of tree wood in its various forms, and decided to take it far from its original state with a digital injection of colour and fresh textures, emphasising – often transforming – what was already there.
Everything from molten gold to multi-colour madness resulted from the organic, dependable hues of wood.
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Bokeh blobs
The rain had been falling in pulses all afternoon. This was a welcome break in the weather when the sun streamed through the trees. I caught the light while the lens was at rest, creating a whole frame of bokeh and orbs.
With a second shot, I applied the digital paintbrush to make a blue frame punched through with light.
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After the rain, the moisture-dappled surfaces of some parked cars were irresistible to shoot with my macro lens. The fine focus honed in on the droplets, while more bokeh was revealed. All hail the wet weather!
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