A recent Shoot....

Ok, I have finally had a chance to get some of these pics ready. Its of one of the villas here in Canouan. So without much talking here are the pics.

Exterior:









Interior:








It was a fun shoot and it gave me a chance to try out my new tripod, a Manfrotto 190PROXB with a 488 ball head. It is a nice tripod combo and I loved all of the positions I could put it in, but I do realise some of its limitations.

Anyway, hope you enjoyed and as usual comments are welcome

my my my..................

....The last few weeks were quite hectic. I have so little time to post. I am just dropping a few short lines to let all know that I am alive. I have been shooting and hopefully I should have some pics to show for it soon. I had almost forgotten what a big help a polarizer can be, but I found my way again ;-) and hope not to lose it.

It also means that I will need to get another one for my future lens which would also go to landscape and interior photography.

Anyhow I am going to get some much needed sleep, and hope to post pretty soon again with some pics and my experiences doing so.

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The official launch ......

Here on the Island that I work , the airport was redone one year ago. It was upgraded with a larger terminal building and a longer runway. Before, it was not capable of accommodating the larger private jets and big aircrafts like a Boeing 737. Now, we have had two Boeing 737s land here. This is the largest aircraft to land on Canouan... to date ;-) To give you an idea of Canouan, here is a website showcasing the resort that is here: http://www.canouan.com/

With that background out of the way, a regional airline company, LIAT, has decided to service this little island paradise by adding a route through Canouan. Needless to say, it is sort of a big deal to this little island, so a ceremony was held, and the press was invited etc. etc. I decided to play photo journalist for an hour, and here are a few of the shots I came away with.


Press and Dignitaries waiting on the aircraft to reach the ramp

The aircraft under a water salute:


The Prime Minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines

I just couldn't resist putting a good looking woman in here

The dignitaries at the press conference

There were some school students waiting to perform

And a few of the people in attendance.



I then had to leave and get back to work.. :-( But that is life. It was fun and I was happy for the exposure.

Duane

Interior Photography

So Lately, I have been trying my hand at interior photography. Where I am located, there are no real shops where I can get supplies like gels and such in easy demand. I have to order them online, and pay shipping and import duties, and this lengthens my time frame for the shoot.

Now, I have only done this a few times, but unless I change location, I have come up with a philosophy; use what light I got and walk with my white balance card and tripod. Of the stuff I have done, these were the only tools I had available to me. So I would take multiple exposures and try HDR using Photomatix if possible. Here are a few examples of this.....

This works, at least for me, in these spaces but on the third shoot I ever did I encountered this problem....
There was a need to capture outside as well. Once again, at least at the moment, I cannot afford the big light setups, so I had to use two exposures and blend them together to get it. It was interesting and fun as this was the first time I ever used the technique.

So I have a few more shoots to do and I will add a few pics here so that ou can view and critique away. Even these here, I am very eager to hear what you have to say about them and what ways I can improve.

Here are a few more just for fun and critique.

Bye.

Just Saying Hi!!

Hello all.

Just saying hi and touching base so to speak. I will post a few things later and start with some pics soon. Hopefully I will be able to give my impressions on the very few pieces of gear that I own and will hopefully own in the future and will also show off some pics every now and then, for crtique of course. Without it I can't get better can I?

So see ya later.

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