After some thinking I have decided to move my blog to wordpress my new address will be as follows
I hope you'll like the changes to the look of things!!
Wednesday, 27 April 2011
Saturday, 23 April 2011
Cakes for Japan!
Today was brilliant plenty of money raised for a good cause and plenty of cupcakes and baked goods to be eaten ... But not before they have been photographed by me ha ha ha (evil laugh) All in all the day raised around £900, which was more than Leeds which surprised us all well done to all involved.
Friday, 22 April 2011
Urban art form or Crap on the wall...
Now most people and government organisations do not Condone or acknowledge Graffiti as an art form, well not when it's done illegally anyway... We passed this abandoned half of a building near Eland and we had to stop.
The semantics and legality of it aside and I for one love the bold colours and contrast it makes really good material.
The semantics and legality of it aside and I for one love the bold colours and contrast it makes really good material.
Thursday, 21 April 2011
Just another brick in the wall....
Experimenting with filters and stone again... But keep the faith I'll through more colour in my next post ... Well maybe but I'm not promising ....
This abandoned red brick wall look battered and warped .. Great material when playing with red / infra filters as certain filters highlight different tones with in the brick ... Yet another reason to always shot in RAW + JPG.
This abandoned red brick wall look battered and warped .. Great material when playing with red / infra filters as certain filters highlight different tones with in the brick ... Yet another reason to always shot in RAW + JPG.
Wednesday, 20 April 2011
Have a Nice Day......
Now here is a complete surprise find from a shoot I did down at the canal near Leeds where someone had painted this barge mooring. I have tweaked this a little and removed te colour from all but the mushroom, the strange thing was the smile sticker was leeched by time / sun and had turned black it was only once I had taken away the colour on it that the smiley face could be seen .... That's amazing (well I think its pretty damn cool)
I love the colours against the Black and White background it gives the shot a real month python feel if you ask me.
I love the colours against the Black and White background it gives the shot a real month python feel if you ask me.
Tuesday, 19 April 2011
Stand By Me...noo body knoows..
I feel that today was a massive turning point on my journey. This picture is the first that I can truly say has "my" stamp on it. Apart from feeling slightly self-aware again.. I saw the shot in my head and took the moment and once I had editied it everything fell into place.
It's hard to know what it is you like and even harder to know your own style .. But I suppose 6 months and over 4000 photos taken (not all good I might add) gives you time to practice.
It's hard to know what it is you like and even harder to know your own style .. But I suppose 6 months and over 4000 photos taken (not all good I might add) gives you time to practice.
Monday, 18 April 2011
Bad - High Moon A rising...
High Moon, a photo by Nick Barker Photography on Flickr.
Late night very quick snap of the moon as it was huge.... Not sure if I rushed the shot though still more practice required...
Sunday, 17 April 2011
B.e.a--uutiful lines and great architecture....
Victoria quarter central, a photo by Nick Barker Photography on Flickr.
I ended up being 20min late for a cake club meeting but for my sins I captured this brilliant celling in Victoria quarte, Leeds .
I have been struck quite heavy with a fondness for architecture especially when it looks like this.. And to think I once said It didn't float my boat :)
Saturday, 16 April 2011
Under The Bridge...
Not only my favourite RHCP song but a great place to hang around to get weird looks of couples walking past...lol
But at least I'm getting over handling my camera in public areas .... don't read to much into that!
Friday, 15 April 2011
Apple and Custard Cakes Mmmmmmm ....
Apple and Custard Cake, a photo by Nick Barker Photography on Flickr.
This was the entry www.stickypinny.co.uk brought to the clandestine cake club. I forgot I had taken this due to the fact I was dragged from my bed early that morning.. and summond to photograph this lovely cake..
Thursday, 14 April 2011
Wednesday, 13 April 2011
Tunnels.com....
This was a great shot of a walkway down by granary wharf the bright sunny day gave great reflective ends to the tunnel.
Tuesday, 12 April 2011
Corn Exchange Revisited...
Similar to my earlier shots of the corn exchange but this time i wanted a bright sunny day so I could get plenty of natural light in there...
Monday, 11 April 2011
Forest of Green
I was slightly chuffed when I saw a similar copy of this in digital photographer magazine... (I saw it after I had taken it for those non-believers)..
It gave me a boost to know my eye is on the right course!
Sunday, 10 April 2011
Something out of nothing....
This was taken around 5:45 in the morning.. underneath a railway bridge where a florescent light was casting great shadows and texture.. once i got this into edit I increased the blacks and brightness to give a comic book effect..
Saturday, 9 April 2011
Japan Charity Bake Sale...
Cupcakes For Japan Charity Bake 2, a photo by Nick Barker Photography on Flickr.
Various people from my wife's work donated ingredients and the Cakes were made by @stickypinny (My wife) I took the photos...
Friday, 8 April 2011
The Forest Of Ogden...
After a lovely colourful sunny day a well needed walk around Ogden water is just what was required.... along with some black and white..
Wednesday, 6 April 2011
Framed... Focus and countless attempts..
since I started delving into photography I have been researching, reading ... and experimenting with various techniques and effects.
One of the major ones is framing and above is probably one of my favourites.
There seems to be an ongoing constantly development .. which always keeps me on my toes.
Tuesday, 5 April 2011
To Bokeh or not to Bokeh....
The wiki definition of Bokeh is as follows..
In photography, bokeh (Japanese pronunciation: [boke]) is the blur,[1][2] or the aesthetic quality of the blur,[3][4][5] in out-of-focus areas of an image, or "the way the lens renders out-of-focus points of light."[6] Differences in lens aberrations and aperture shape cause some lens designs to blur the image in a way that is pleasing to the eye, while others produce blurring that is unpleasant or distracting—"good" and "bad" bokeh, respectively.[1] Bokeh occurs for parts of the scene that lie outside the depth of field. Photographers sometimes deliberately use a shallow focus technique to create images with prominent out-of-focus regions.
So I was going through a few pictures when I started to notice that I was in a very unintentional way pulling off this hard technique I suppose with a little bit of luck.
ISO400 -F9 - 1/320
photo by Nick Barker Photography on Flickr.
Now I have had the penny drop.. and understand what it is and how to achieve it there's no stopping me .....
Monday, 4 April 2011
Another Comp...
This will be the third time i have entered this comp and hopefully I'll get a publish picture this time round. This weeks guardian theme was elements.. so i have decided to go with something a little different and the above is my take on it.
This was taken on our trip to Rodley wildlife reserve..a brilliantly old rusted bridge..
Sunday, 3 April 2011
Saturday night ends up Sunday morning....
ISO800 -F8 - 1/40
Vine Creeper, a photo by Nick Barker Photography on Flickr.
This shot was taken early sunday morning as I was at a wedding I nipped back to the car to get my camera and caught this shot using the flood lights outside the woodhall venue!!!
Saturday, 2 April 2011
Stickypinny's, Weddings and cupcakes...
As I was helping my wife set-up the cupcakes she had made for a wedding .. I was charged with not getting in the way and capturing these wonderful cupcakes before they were eaten ..
www.stickypinny.co.uk is were you need to be regarding all baked things nice and pretty... and yes they tasted better than they looked..
overall an easy capture all i added was the vignette around the edges..
Friday, 1 April 2011
Bouncing here and there...
Taken at work whilst myself and a colleague were very distract by a a bag of sweets !!
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