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Monchique alley

Sun, 25 May 2008 10:05:54 +0100

]]>Another alley in the town of Monchique in the Algarve, Portugal.
Quite remarkably, Monchique doesn't seem to have been changed much by mass tourism to the Algarve. The old houses and narrow alleyways are a true marvel for texture-fetishists like myself.

Old town

Sat, 12 Apr 2008 10:26:01 +0100

]]>I've been to the Algarve for a week and was surprised to find that a great deal of the smaller towns away from the coast seem mostly unspoilt by mass tourism. It doesn't take long to find authentic old little alleys, houses and beautifully weathered old people.
This is an alley in the town of Monchique, which is located in the hills of the Algarve.

Weathered wood

Tue, 05 Feb 2008 09:17:26 +0100

]]>This is a tone mapped HDR composed of a handheld 3 shot burst bracketed 1/3 stop apart and assembled in CS3 later. It was a very cold winter's day at the beach and I didn't have a lot of time nor did I have a tripod. Due to the limited dynamic range of digital, making a HDR was the only way to reveal the beautiful texture in the wood.

Old school

Sun, 09 Dec 2007 14:22:30 +0100

]]>I apologize for the long wait between posts but its been busy-busy-busy the past few weeks.
I've been experimenting with digital darkroom techniques and cross-processing.
Just to keep the creative juices flowing.
Image made with a Lensbaby 2.0.

Glassware

Wed, 19 Sep 2007 20:49:42 +0100

]]>As a dedicated strobist, I've been reading Light: Science and Magic : An Introduction to Photographic Lighting by Hunter, Biver and Fuqua which is pretty much the bible for all off-camera lighting techiques.
This is a study using bright-field lighting for glassware using a single strobe.
It actually turned out better than I had hoped.
Hope you like it.