Category Archives: Colour
Lapland Wedding Photography Leak
I’ve spent so much time looking at the interface of Adobe post-production software in the past two weeks, I’m starting to lose my sanity. The week ahead isn’t going to offer much respite. Lunacy beckons. I shouldn’t complain. Much of … Continue reading
Filed under Black and White, Colour, Post-Production, Wedding, Wedding Days, Wedding Photography
Ugly
Mostly as a photographer you’re asked to produce beautiful, or at least attractive, photographs. You don’t often hear a client say: “Make me/my child/my wedding/my product look as pig ugly as possible. The pigger the better.” Even documentary photographers aim … Continue reading
Filed under Colour, Corporate Documentary Photography, On Assignment, Videos
Anatomy Of A Wedding Day #15 – Anne & Daniel – County Cork & County Kerry, Ireland
Here are some wedding photographs by way of a change of pace. People are coming up to me to ask about my sudden obsession with cattle and meat. They are starting to worry that it is unhealthy. I have even … Continue reading
What Is Documentary Photography?
The biggest challenge that I have is convincing people that documentary photography can be used across a broad range of disciplines. People like to be able to pigeonhole photographers, but for some reason there isn’t a “Documentary Photographer” category. There … Continue reading
Aberdeen Angus In Colour – 1
I picked up my first two rolls of developed film from my lab this morning. The invoice was €35 for developing and scanning both films to CD, ex-VAT. So the cost of developing is roughly €0.49 per frame. Add film … Continue reading
Coloured Vision
Is it an inevitability, this sense of being a cheat? Does every documentary photographer eventually arrive at this unsettling juncture at which they question whether black-and-white documentary photography is, in fact, a contradiction? Big questions. The answers have great consequences. … Continue reading
Filed under Colour, Photography, Where I'm coming from
Bessie And Angus
There is something about the phrase “pure” that is, well… pure. Something to aspire to, something complete and unadulterated. Something good. Unless it’s pure evil. For many documentary photography purists, the purest tool is the rangefinder camera. And the purest … Continue reading
Anatomy Of A Wedding Day #10 – Susie & David
I’m principally a black-and-white sorta guy. B/W suits the documentary approach. It’s practically part of the photojournalistic DNA. And I’ve lost track of how many times I’ve explained to couples how colour can be a pretty distraction, whereas B/W makes … Continue reading
Filed under Anatomy of a Wedding Day, Colour, Wedding Photography
