The Old Cemetery

At a bit of a loose end I drove over to Hartlepool to the Old Cemetery on the headland.

I wandered about with my camera using the popup flash to fill in the foreground,

maybe's a bit to much but I rather like the effect then Lightroom did the rest

Smoking ...

A while ago I experimented with smoke images, they are quite easy to set up

are are great fun.

I use a couple of joss sticks to create the smoke against a black background, lighting was using

a flash gun on a stand connected to the camera via a cable, several shots were taken to get the correct

exposure.

In Photoshop the image was inverted and then using the "Curves" options the colours changed

Stockton Calling 2012

I had a super day recently photographing loads of musicians in 

Stockton on Tees at various venues, here's a few images,

and if you click on the name below this will take you to more images of that act

 The Pigeon Detectives

 King Charles

Sarah Procter

Folks

Randy and the Handstand Band

The Purnells

Goy Boy McIlroy

The Castells

Collectors Club

The Janice Graham Band