The Crowded Gallery gets a three page spread in Exclusive Magazine. Highlighting some of my architectural and city photography.
Monthly Archives: January 2008
I’m making 2008 the year of black and white photography. OK difficult with commissioned photography (although I am trying to persuade a magazine to let me do a shoot in black and white…), but a lot of my work could be done in black and white….and here is the first photo, of the Snow Hill redevelopment. It may end up in the next Birmingham book.
Speaking of which, a book I have been working on for the Royal Institute of British Architects on Birmingham architecture has reached the final proof stage. Fingers crossed, this means after four years work, the book will soon be published (start of March is planned). The city of Birmingham often gets knocked (not by me!), but love it or hate it, some of the architecture is cutting edge.
Carrying on the Birmingham theme – our ‘Images of Birmingham’ stock library has had a face-lift, bringing it a bit more up to date.
I decided after two of the networked PC’s both gave up over Christmas that I wouldn’t just replace them, but that I would upgrade all the software for photographic workflow. So, I purchased Photoshop CS3, Lightroom and some HDR software (which can potentially improve any architectural photography taken in challenging conditions), then I decided to upgrade all the screen calibrators. Although this has been one of the most challenging weeks of my life with regards to computers (mainly due to Microsoft Vista not mixing with professional photography), I can see how it is providing me a lot more opportunities when it comes to satisfying clients needs. Lightroom in particular looks as though it can cut hours off my post processing workload, whilst at the same time giving clients a ‘bit extra’, such as online proofing for example.
