Roget In Kiwi Land

Monday, August 25, 2008

Vorsprung Durch Technik

Driving home after a photoshoot I noticed these storm clouds rolling in as the sun was setting. The sky was a crazy mix of pink, orange, blue and black. So I pulled off the road to get a few snaps.

Sunday, August 24, 2008

Thursday, August 21, 2008

With gorgeous features and a really good complexion, I don't need to do much retouching at all on Sylvia's photos. Above is a retouched version of the image below though. It's like one of those 'Can You Spot The Difference' books you used to read as a kid :)

The above is not a retouched version of below obviously...if it was, damn I'd be good, I changed her pose! :P Above is just Sylvia's choice from this series. My initial choice is below with zero processing. I think it's quite flat in the lighting and hence a bit boring. The retouched shot above I pushed the contrast to try and make it look somewhat more interesting. I also retouched the hairline which I'm not convinced about...I think it may be too much...hmmm...good for beauty shots, maybe not so good on more editorial type images. Maybe I'll post the same version without the extreme hairline.

more to come...

Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Toronto Photoshoot: Christie

Friday, August 15, 2008

Toronto Photoshoot: NS

I arranged a few photoshoots while in town...yes I'm on vacation, but nobody's around to golf with until the second week so I decided to take advantage of the talent pool Toronto has to offer...ahhhh Toronto girls, where did NZ go so wrong :)

Who knew models were so tall?

This was my first shoot with NS...I'll keep her anonymous for the time being as I'm not sure if she wants me to mention her name or not. Since leaving Toronto a few years ago I've become aware that I totally missed out on the local photographers' goldmine, the Don Valley Brickworks, also known as the Evergreen Brickworks now too. An amazing abandoned brick factory with the coolest of decrepit interiors and AWESOME light! I've been waiting to return home to be able to check it out and figured why not use it as a shoot location. I wasn't disappointed.

more to come...

Sunday, August 3, 2008

Smith Bridal Party: Makeup and Hair

NO I am not trying to get into wedding photography! :) ...this weekend my friend Bex asked me to snap some headshots of the bridal party makeup she was doing. Her friend Emily was the hairstylist, so I snapped a few shots for her too.

Now I don't quite remember who is who as I had never met any of them before, note to self, pay better attention next time!

OK, this is the Bride Sophie (above)...this one I'm sure of.

...and this is Chloe (above), one of the Bridesmaids. She was kind enough to write down everyone's names for me, but I should've asked her to put the names to the faces for me :)

This is where it gets sketchy. I've got two names left so that's a 50% chance I'll get it right. The other two Bridesmaids were Catherine and Anne-Marie. So maybe I'll just take the easy route and say that they're above and below, in no particular order...ha! :P

...and Hayley the Flower Girl.

Some extra shots for Bex.

These are just various processed looks I like to use most often when developing photos in Lightroom. Sometimes I keep things as 'normal' as possible, other times I'll try alternate looks to see if anything else catches my eye, these just happen to be the directions I always seem to end up in. Mostly just mimicking film looks. Basically just trial and error, and continually going in circles while processing until I end up with something I like.