Blowing snow
As I mentioned in my previous post, I’m in Romania for a few days to see family and friends and this year the winter has been particularly snowy so I hoped for some opportunities to shoot winter landscapes. I did get that opportunity yesterday when we took a drive up in the mountains to a place called Ranca. The town is located at about 1,700m and is fairly new on the sking circuit in Romania as they only installed a chairlift a couple of years ago.
Although right at the top the visibility wasn’t very good, on the way I did manage to take a few shots of all the snow around me. The wind was blowing hard and there was snow getting blown everywhere creating these surreal images with little specks of white flowting around. The processing was fairly straight forward, with a couple of curves to increase the contrast in the sky and the detail in the branches.
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On Thursday I flew back home to Romania for a few days and I was hoping for some spring weather so I can take some photographs. That didn’t quite happen yet… As I landed yesterday morning it started snowing and raining and then snowing again. Quite a miserable day.
That changed today, when the sun came out and the air was crisp. I only went out shooting for 1 hour, but I did get this shot (and maybe one other) that I’m happy with. It was taken in the park in my home town and the house in the photograph is actually a local chess club where old people usually gather around and play chess.
Colourful bride
This afternoon I was showing a potential client some shots I took at the two weddings I photographed last December in Bangalore and it occurred to me that I didn’t actually post a lot of shots from those weddings. This was partly because I’ve been shooting almost every week since then and I keep posting new photographs, forgetting about older ones. Also, I never got to thank the couples that hired me for these two weddings, so a big thanks to them! Also, a big thanks to Don who put me in touch with them and made this whole shoot possible.
This is a fairly simple shot, lit with two strobes shot through umbrellas from left and right. I think what I like about it is the outfit that the bride is wearing as well as the location. It was taken at the Taj West End Hotel in Bangalore, a beautiful property set amid lush gardens.
From under the bridge
On Thursday I spent the whole afternoon and evening around the new Meydan racecourse doing a photoshoot for the company that designed all the lights around the entire complex. The size of the place is incredible and I managed to get some very cool panoramas which I will share with you, once the client has approved them.
Although I mostly shot towards Meydan, I did turn my head (and camera) a few times to look at the Dubai skyline. For some reason from this particular vantage point the Burj Khalifa (formerly known as Burj Dubai) looks even bigger when compared with all the other buildings on the horizon. I shot this particular photograph from underneath one of the bridges leading up to Meydan and I quite liked the way the buildings just come up from the bottom of the frame.
Reflected
There’s not much I could say about this shot except it’s a more unusual style for me. Last week when we were wondering through the Dubai International Financial Center (DIFC) with David Nightingale’s HDR class, I spotted this reflection of David and one of the students in the glass of the Gate building. Couple of Photoshop curves later and this is the end result. I thought I’ll post it to break a bit the monotony of posting just architectural shots. I would love to hear what you think about it…
