Peter Bargh

February 22nd, 2011 by Peter Bargh

Photo365 – Day 53 – Bright Ideas

As I was taking a photo of a flower in a vase using this bulb as illumination to create a deep shadow I suddenly thought…here’s an idea I’ve always wanted to do and never got round to it. An illuminating light bulb.

So I had a go. I may do it again when I have a free evening so I can set up the lighting better for the bulb , but you get the idea, and as a first attempt I’m quite pleased.

Two shots one with the bulb in a holder lit, the second with the bulb in its final position. I then merged the two in Photoshop, using layer mask to help the blend.

Tags: bright idea, filament, light bulb, on
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February 21st, 2011 by Peter Bargh

Photo365 – Day 52 – An apple a day

Many of my Photo365 project pictures are still lifes taken at home…it’s starting to make me realise I don’t get out and about enough. This is down to the monster I’ve created in ePHOTOzine – it consumes most of my time. So a quick snap here and there is usually all I am getting chance to do. That said the blog has ensured I’ve used the camera daily and I’ve tried to be as creative as possible in the space of time I have.

It’s more than I have been doing in previous years and I’m building up a healthy collection of potential stock images. As the weather improves I intend to go further afield and hopefully the blog will reflect this.
I’m on day 52, and today’s photo was a struggle. I was in the office till late and when I got home I wanted to watch a friend’s Channel 4 Dispatches program about hospital food before I start on the gallery to look at today’s uploads. So I’ve had very little time but managed to squeeze in this shot – just before I ate it.

They say an apple a day is a healthy option – well it certainly was for the health of my Photo365 shot for today. I placed it on a red painted canvas and lit from overhead with a softbox to give the deep shadow underneath. I got the photo in one shot, ate the apple and here I am.

Tags: apple, fruit, red, still-life
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February 20th, 2011 by Peter Bargh

Photo365 – Day 51 – shopping trolley

I went out round Sheffield this afternoon photographing old derelict industry buildings around Shalesmoor / Kelham Island. I decided at the beginning of the year to build up a collection of old historic buildings before they’re knocked down/ converted into flats. While I was out I spotted this abandoned shopping trolley.

There isn’t a supermarket near by as far as I know so I have no idea why it ended up there.

Tags: Abandoned, Shopping trolley
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February 19th, 2011 by Peter Bargh

Photo365 – Day 50 – Glow Sticks and Pen

I started off taking photos of glow stick patterns, and then I added a Biro to see how much light they projected, this then turned into the main focus of my photo. To make things more visually interesting I switched the Biro for an ink pen.
A glow stick was placed at each side of the nib and just out of frame to give the outline while two more where held above the pen to fill in the top area.

Tags: Glow stick, Ink, Nib, Pen
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February 18th, 2011 by Peter Bargh

Photo365 – Day 49 – music night

Had a recording session with Sound of Flak this evening so I thought I’d do one of my abstract instrument shots. This is of the Roland V-Synth with the Apple Mac in the background. It’s processed using Lightroom to get the cool effect.

Tags: Keyboard, Keys, Sound of Flak, Synth
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February 17th, 2011 by Peter Bargh

Photo365 – Day 48 – lamp

This was taken as a quick grab shot before a meeting today. I used a small Fuji point & shoot compact. And used Lightroom to add grain and tone give it a Victorian postcard feel.

Tags: Cathedral, lamp, light, sepia
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February 16th, 2011 by Peter Bargh

Photo365 – Day 47 – fossil on slate

I used to go to the East Coast for my family holidays as child, Skipsea to be precise. It was a great location for finding fossils as the coastline suffered badly from erosion each year. I remember finding lots of interesting fossils on walks with my mother.

Last year I returned and the road our caravan was on has been taken by the sea but the coastline looks similar, there’s just several yards less of it. I found this fossil on the same part of the coast, and today decided to photograph it on a slate background. The brown patch to the upper left is a crushed leaf that has been on the slate for a number of years.

Tags: fossil, slate, still-life
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February 15th, 2011 by Peter Bargh

Photo365 – Day 46 – Window

It’s been raining all day and making those small pattering sounds on the window. So here’s my window looking out. Focus is on the reflections of the background tree in the drops. A wide aperture was used to make the tree branches totally out of focus and abstract in look.

Tags: Rain, Raindrops, shower, spring, tree, window
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February 13th, 2011 by Peter Bargh

Photo365 – Day 44 – Snowdrop

It’s that time of year when the snowdrops poke through the still hardened soil.

I like these first signs of spring. I have a few in the garden. When I say few it’s just that..three clumps of two or three flowers on each.

So choosing the right one didn’t take much time, but also didn’t give me much scope to pick one with a good shape or decent background.

Having said that I’m happy with the result, taken using a Pentax K10D and 10mm macro lens.

It’s my first natural flower shot of my photo365 project…no doubt others will follow.

Tags: Flower, Macro, Snowdrop, spring
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