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Monthly Archives: August 2012
Macro Photography – Fragile Beauty of Flowers
Macro Photography – Flowers in Close Up with Lou Smith Fine Art Photography
After the long periods of rain London has seen over the last few months, it is a relief for Summer to finally blow in. Warm, sunny days just make those flowers sparkle! Heading off to my local park with my favourite 100mm macro lens to capture the rich colours of Summer. Colour pops out everywhere! Red, oranges, blues, yellow, whites and gentle pinks all mixing with the feel good factor of Summer. The flower beds look just great and the air is filled with the heady scent of all those vibrant flowers.
In this shot I decided to work with soft whites and magentas, and contrast them against soft focus greens. Here the fragile beauty of the flower is seen through the paper like petals which fan and frame the rich magenta centre. Macro photography works best with a tripod as those shallow apertures are challenging to maintain focus hand held. But on a hot day like this I left the tripod at home and worked hand held. Choose a day when there is no wind to blow those gorgeous flower heads around, and opt for fast shutter speeds for clarity of shot.
Looking at this photograph is proof that the Fragile Scent of Summer is Here!
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Photography Courses London – On the Street with Lou Smith
Street Photography Workshops London – Right Royal View
Street photography is a great way to document the time in which you live. 2012 has been a great year for the Brits in Flying the Flag. Union Jack craze has created a frenzy of flag waving during the Diamond Jubilee which was quickly followed by London Olympics 2012.
Right Royal View explores our relationship and fascination with Royalty. Scale of subjects is contrasted against the huge presence of the Royals! Yep! our fascination never stops.
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Lou Smith is a Fine Art Photographer and is an expert tutor with over 25 years experience in the visual arts.
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Photography Courses London – Creative Angle of View
Creative and Inspiring London Photography Courses with Lou Smith
Our recent Creative Seeing Photography Workshop was just great. During this photography course we explore dynamic ways of seeing and exploring visuals. We break away from the traditional eye level view of the world. Peggy looks up to see what she can find and Wow! Way to go Peggy!
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London Architecture – The Beauty of Design
This week’s Creative Seeing Photography Course, included a practical module which explored the simplicity of form through rich and varied architectural design. London architecture creates striking geometric shapes around the city. Strong architectural lines dominate London’s skylines. The beauty of design is all around us and on Saturday, a small group of photographers, led by Lou Smith explored The Beauty of Architectural Design. To find out more about Lou Smith Fine Art Photography Courses in London just click on the highlighted link.
Simplifying Shapes to Create Abstract Forms
Black and white photography creates a timeless quality to architecture and aids in simplifying forms and revealing luminous light. Photographers love architecture as strong lines, shapes, reflections and beautiful textures draw creatives in to explore and experiment with varying ways to frame and create an image.
Top Tips for great architectural photography
- Check your shooting data prior to taking the photo and select the most appropriate aperture or speed for creative intention
- Be sensitive to the direction of light – and use it to its fullest advantage as illumination creates contrasts, shadows and reflections
- Use varying angles of view – remember to look right up to the top of buildings
- Keep it simple
Enjoy your photography and See you soon…
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Tagged architecture, london photography, photography courses
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Greenwich Olympics 2012 – Arriving at Blackheath
Police give directions to spectators arriving at Greenwich Venue, London Olympics 2012
Out and about today, I made my way along to the Greenwich Olympics venue to see how it is all going. This venue is situated in the wonderful setting of Greenwich Royal Park. No chance of getting in without a ticket as this part of Greenwich Park is closed off to the public. Tickets Only! Plenty of security too – police, army and Olympic security staff all busy handling the crowd.
Olympic events team plan strategy on Blackheath
I approached from the Blackheath direction and saw the venue from across the open space of Blackheath. Crowds of people made their way from Blackheath village, walking across newly laid yellow brick paths to the Greenwich Olympics 2012 venue. Brilliant day for the equestrian events. The Greenwich Venue holds 23,000 spectators. Wow!! Small village – lots of people.
Crowds make their way across Blackheath to the Greenwich Olympic Venue
Crowd handling appears very good, as spectators have been diverted from London through either Blackheath or Greenwich. This minimises the amount of people in one place at a time. I watched the staggered flow of people arriving before the start of the event. And of course if you were not sure where to go A Helping Hand was there to point the way.
A helping hand getting everyone to the Greenwich Olympics Venue in time.
Such a great sensation to photograph freely, without being stopped. At last a sensible approach to photography during a World Class Sporting Event. Let the photographs be published online and everyone can share the amazing street photography and events happening during London Olympics 2012. Go London Go!
You can check out another Greenwich Olympics 2012 photography post here.
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