Out and about in beautiful Cambridge for Hill Residential
“Good enough for a Duchess”
I just received a copy of the brochure for the new Vesta Development I worked on over the summer for my lovely clients 'Hill Residential'. Fortunately for me, Hill do some lovely work in lovely places, so this job took me for a 2 day shoot around the wonderful City of Cambridge. I love doing area guide photography... its a chance to see a place for from all angles and tell its story.
To Lightroom or Not to Lightroom.... this really isn't the question....
I was out shooting an area guide for another property company recently.... with my beloved Fuji X-Pro1 and my even more now so (sorry X-Pro) Fuji XT-1. Whilst out, rolling around on the floor (for sunset shot below!) in Brockwell Park, south London, trying to get a nice sunset shot, a chap came upto me and started chatting photography. I always have time for a chat about anything photography with anyone! I love, that people LOVE taking pictures, and we are all trying to learn and get better at doing it!
Rolling around on the floor in Brockwell park.... either gets you collected by an ambulance or a nice picture :)
His first question was regarding contrast.... "I've bought a little canon G15 and everything is really contrasty. the sky blows out and the shadows just fill in. Its not as good as i was hoping for" ... I had to laugh in an 'I hear you mate' kind of way .... as this is the main problem with digital cameras.
I asked him what software he used to develop/ process the images and he looked at me stumped?? I then went on to explain that out the can, most digital images are way to contrasty.... even a £5000 Nikon D4 is still has about 11 times less sensitivity than the good old human Mice Pie! (Eye for anyone north of Watford)
I explained that a simple 2 mins in Lightroom will transform what you see in the camera (especially if shooting in RAW!)
So, if you want better pics (even from your iphone).... get them on your comp and have a fiddle....
These 2 images below are the Same file. The one on the TOP is the RAW unadjusted file. The one UNDERNEATH is the 'Lightroom Tweaked' one!
Unprocessed Raw file from Fuji XT-1
Processed and Tweaked JPG from Fuji XT-1
I rest my case :-)
WTM London 2014
A quick round up from another great week with the #WTM2014 team. My feet didn't touch the ground for 4 days.... great fun though as always ....
Area Guide and interior Photography for Hill Partnership
I have to say, I do LOTS of property work.... Interior photography, architectural photography, and loads of exterior photography... to be used in area guides and sales brochures when developers want to show a new development in all its glory with its cool surroundings. I get to roam the streets and do what I do best.... SKULK! ;) capture natural situations, people and environments. This is when i get to use my Fuji X-Pro1 and Fuji XT1, because they are light, almost unnoticable and yet beautiful image quality! .... so next time you see a guy on a scooter whizzing past you with 2 cameras hanging off him .... smile please!! ;)
