Oil Lamps

We spent a week in Derbyshire early last year, partly as a break and partly to attend the ‘Format’ street photography event and to catch up with fellow photographers. We stayed in a great apartment which was part of a ramshackle building 5 miles from the city centre, and the easiest way from the front door to the car was through a lock-up garage. As is the way with garages, things had been abandoned in there including collection of old hurricane lamps left rusting on the wall. I could see that these had photographic potential and I have made the result available as part of my Fine Art print collection on my website. For a limited period you can buy it, and any of my other Fine Art print collection with a 25% discount by entering the code ART25 at the checkout.

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Vaisakhi Lady

Living in the multicultural society of a large city can give you photo opportunities at celebrations of many events in calendars other than your own. Vaisakhi is one such event and is celebrated in the Hindu community here with a parade through the town. Colourful, noisy and vibrant it is difficult not to get a few good images but the image below eluded my post-shooting thought processes for some time. Shot using digital RAW it was a colourful image, but I wanted something else out of it which conveyed the lady in her alter years unswamped by colour – something that captured her spirit more than her clothes and only monochrome can does this in my opinion. Using the new Lightroom 4 Beta I finally achieved what I was after by adding a gold tone which made her face more radiant and I was able to hold back other areas of the image. I am very pleased with the result and hope you like it too!

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Didgeridoo brings sweet music

I am constantly bemused by what sales where in the stock photography world, but I am (of course) always delighted when an image sells. This image has use sold through one of the agencies I work with for use in a textbook in Germany. Musical pipes from Australia on sale in a market in Winchester (England) are sold for a book in Germany. Quite a journey they have had!

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Signature Fine Art prints launch

I have just launched a limited range of images available as Signature Fine Art prints on my web site. At the moment only three images are available, but other images will be added shortly so look back soon. Until 15 February you can get an introductory discount of 25% by entering the code ‘ART25′ at the checkout. Full details are on the new gallery.

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Welcome!

Welcome to my restyled blog which I hope you will find attractive. I will make very effort to post here more frequently, although I cannot guarantee anything I am afraid. Time just seems to run away with me. It simply amazes me how long I spend in front of the screen here editing images, uploading them etc. etc. so please forgive me if I appear less than diligent at times.

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I have just posted new images to my galleries ‘Music & Musicians’, ‘Black & White’ & ‘France’ on my web site at www.gwpics.com.

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Depending where you are in the world I may be too early or too late to wish you Happy New Year, but have one anyway!

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My pic of Abram Wilson & of Reuben James made it to Photos of the Week on the All About Jazz website at http://ping.fm/Th11i

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Happy Chanukah to all my Jewish friends.

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