George Sampson

06/11/08 - Tonight i got special access to photograph 2008 winner of Britains Got Talent - George Sampson. He was performing at the New centre in Livingston and turning on the Christmas lights, followed by a fireworks display. Here are a few of the images i got.

Class Photograph

5/11/08 - This class wanted a group photograph so i was given the fun task of getting it. I had Tom and Ross help me with 2 off camera Metz flash guns. This is the first time i have used this bold technique and i am quite happy with the result.

More Derelict Buildings

5/11/08 - After a boring hour or two at college me and tom went to a new location in Pumpherston and made the most of the bad weather. We were greeted with a fantastic location with a lot of area with awesome photo opportunities. After starting to take these types of photographs for a college project both tom and I want to continue with this theme after the project.

More Building Decay...

02/11/08 - Today was great fun, but cold. Me and Tom went out shooting at various locations in Livingston looking for old worn down buildings. I didn't expect to come across what I did. In a town where any area of park or land is turned into a new shopping centre or some housing scheme it is pretty amazing to find some of these old derelict buildings. here are some of the better shots from today:

Appreciating light

After being ignorant of using nice lighting in a landscape photograph i finally decided to get some shots using a very low light at sunset. As the sun is now setting at about half past 3 i have time to get some photographs before the dreaded work shift. The shots i took are not meant to be great shots or used for anything other than as a practical excercise.

I found it to be very useful especially at this time of year with the orange leaves. The low sun creates fantastic long shadows and a very nice light. I will hopefully get to use it on some slightly more interesting subjects soon.

What have i been up to?

So i have been quite busy recently with doing portrait shoots, college work and personal shoots - i think i will upload some of my personal stuff as its a bit more interesting, to me anyway!

22/10/08 - I Met up with Tom from my college class to go shooting at Bangour Village, wow! what a mess but a very photogenic mess! after a week of horrible weather (which was what we wanted for the shoot) wednesday couldn't have been a sunnier day so we had a lot of trouble with the sun and lighting. I decided to shoot close up sections of the village, thanks to Tom for helping me with some off camera flash. Im really quite chuffed with some of the photographs i got.