I am in the process of putting together a dedicated web site of my photography. In the mean time I have gathered together some examples of my work here. Note the first five images are from my own wedding, my cousin took the images with my camera then I did the colour work. These are examples of the few different ways we retouched the images. I took and retouched the remaining images.
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- We were very dark in this image as we were in shillouette against the sun, had to bring up our brightness also adjusted colours in sky to give a more painterly effect.
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- This one is a more natural portrait, colours are pretty much as they were in the late afternoon sun.
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- Removed the orange of the afternoon sun and desaturated to give an old world photographic look which suited my wife’s expression.
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- Brought the detail of the sky back in, brought up the brightness on our side away from the sun and removed all the powerlines crossing infront of the house in the background.
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- Just enhanced the contrast and colour of this photo with my grandparents.
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- Pushed the colours and edges to bring up the highlights under the coloured stagelights in this series from a caberet show I photographed.
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- Edited the contrast to bring out the great expression and character on this singers’ face.
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- These were just a series of head shots I did for a local theatre group for their program, used three lights, just brought up the contrast to make their features pop, otherwise colour is natural.
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- Was taking a series of head shots for this girl for some acting and catalogue work, my cat was walking past so I threw him in. He was thrilled to bits. Just contrast adjusted in this one.
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- They both had such lovely blue eyes, I couldn’t help enhancing them a bit in this one to make them pop.
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- Also from a series of head shots I was taking only this time it was my cockatoo that was walking past so I put her in. Just contrast adjusted here.
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- A great rural scene I came across in a woolshed on a sheep and cattle station in Buchan, Victoria. Contrast and levels adjusted to bring up foreground and include the sunbeam in the background without it blowing out.
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- From the same station.
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- From a series of family portraits at Cataract Gorge in Launceston, Tasmania. Mostly just brought up contrast and some levels.
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- Also added some vignette to this one.
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- Also desaturated this one very slightly.
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- Made this one black and white but added back colour to eyes and lips to make it look like one of those hand painted old fashioned photos.
2 responses so far ↓
1 John Garner // Jan 29, 2015 at 10:07 am
Very nice Haydn, Its great to have a hobby like photography and many have gone further since digital came about. Did you have an album made for your wedding? Most don’t these days and this is what has put Julie out of business and in time me. All your beautiful works should be kept on paper for everlasting memories. Keep up the good work
2 FastLife // Jan 29, 2015 at 10:23 am
Hi John, no we haven’t yet (yes I know it has been two years!!), and I agree, you tend to look at them much more when they are in physical format, plus the resolution is much better and they look nicer on paper.
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