Revisited Photos..

Today ill start with a big tip..

Don't ever throw pictures away (delete)!

Your hard drives are getting full and so you go through and delete images.. noooo!

It's time to buy a new hard drive.

You might not like an image today, but in time you may view it, with different eyes and fancy having a play around.

The following image was from the hard drive and at the time i was not too keen on them.

The Cat was a Big Hit on Flickr, I also printed this image off and gave it to the owners of the feline. They were thrilled!

Snow in Dunstable.

I spent Christmas at work on an oil rig,

I was down in the south of England for New Year with family and loved ones.

As you are all aware the weather has been awful of late.

We got it hard in the North Sea over Christmas, I was itching to get home and have a play in the snow with the camera before it all melted.

Well, my luck was in, i’m now in Dunstable and the heavens are open, I set out to get some pictures of the snow. 

The sky was dark and not looking good, I took a few shots of the people who were wrapped up warm braving the cold. 

Whilst on the retreat back to the house... 

feeling a bit disappointed, as there wasn't much that could be taken. I see the sky start to clear. 

Oh yes, happy days....

I take my time to see what will unfold before my eyes. Some stunning colours started to come out.

I took a few snapshots of the cold and grey. My favourite piece of the weather is the cemetery scene.

Xav and Corinne Shoot.

Good friends of mine Xav and Corinne wanted some pictures taking of themselves. 

Corinne is a singer/song writer. Her personal site is here and goes under the name Vanessa René

" and so want a promo pic, where as Xav loves his bike and so wanted one with his beloved triumph bike...

The Bike picture, i was trying again with the flash at sunset theme i like. This has worked better then the car one i have previously done. 

Once again the TTL mode is letting me down. It has made me bite the bullet and im saving for some pocket wizard flash syncs. With syncs you can be so much more creative too, rather then just placing the flashes where they can see one another.

Here are my 2 favourite images from the day.

Ronin Ryu Atemi JuJitsu, Martial Arts Club.

A mate of mine runs a martial art club in Blackpool. I loved the idea of trying to catch some natural shots of the guys, and girl - doing they're thing.

I didn't want to use a flash on this shoot so I could fit in better and try to be unnoticed.

Scot who runs the Club is a fantastic teacher, very clear and puts things into perspective, so everyone can understand. 

The people who train there are great, there are no egos, 

all just want to train hard and enjoy it.

Scot runs self-defence and fitness classes also.

Car Shoot with Dom.

I have met a local photographer called Dominic,

He has some fantastic ideas and some very well executed work.

We decided to hook up and have a play with our cameras, he has a love for car photography, and so i cleaned up the car. It was interesting to see how another photographer views things.

I always find it interesting to talk to the educated photographers.  As I am self-taught, it’s nice to see how they tick. 

This was a fun day, the fish eye'd picture was taken right on Preston North End's football ground. We turned up and asked the receptionist if we could shoot a car there. 

This can be used time and time again.

Here are a couple of shots from the day.

A couple of Shots from Manchester.

Here are a couple of images that I have taken.

I have seen many versions of the light trails and wanted to give it a try, the lights are not that pin sharp, as I would have liked and so I will definitely revisit this idea at a later time.