14 August 2011

With the weather not being very good for landscape photography over the past couple of weeks, I decided to scan in some old 35mm and Medium Format negatives. I could really do with upgrading my scanner to possibly the Epson V600 or preferably the Epson V700. As I've just purchased a Mamiya 645 Pro system the scanner will have to wait and I'll keep using the Epson 4490 for the time being. Here are a few of the selected scans I've recently done.

9th August 2011

The weather over the last couple of weeks has been pretty bad with rain and grey skies, so I haven't had chance to really get out and take many photographs. I did manage to get a quick trip up the top of Craig yr Aderyn (Bird Rock) and luckily by the time I got to the top, I got some sunshine. Here are a few of my favorite shots of the day :)

6 shot panoramic from the top of Bird Rock

2nd August 2011

I've fallen a little bit behind over the last week or so with my blog down to mainly work commitments and a visit from my sister. I'll do a large update now which should bring me up to date. Here are my favorite photo's I've taken over the past week when I didn't have much time to get out with my camera.

26 July 2011

I decided to go up Cader Idris hoping the weather was going to be great to capture this wonderful mountain range. Unfortunately, the light and weather were both a little on the flat side. Still, as I was going anyway, I decided to take a few photo's. At least it wasn't to hazy even if the light wasn't great  :) Here are the ones I liked best from the trip to the top of Cader Idris. All photographs taken using a Nikon D90 and Nikon 16-85mm VR lens.

24 July 2011

Decided to go to Llwyngwril beach with Alwyn Jones to try and get some sunsets. The sun looked half decent and I really thought it was going to produce some stunning colours but to be honest, it fell a bit flat. I've done some work to a couple of the shots to produce some strong bold colourful images. Here are a few of the captures that I liked the most. Taken with the Nikon D90 and 18-55mm VR kit lens.

23 July 2011

Got my two rolls of Kodak Ektar developed by DS Colour Labs in Manchester. I'm really pleased with the outcome of the negatives. They also burn a copy of the scanned negatives to a cd where there isn't any charge for this process at present. I find the home scans on an old Epson 4490 is producing much more natural colours and retaining better detail in the sky.  Here are my favorite selection of photo's from the two rolls of Kodak Ektar. Both rolls of film were shot using my Nikon F100. I just find there is something still magical about photography when using film :)