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Loch Lomond revisions

Calum Morrell — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 15:57:19 +0000

The second photo in the 9th September post from Balmaha has been annoying me for some time, so I’ve considered new crops which I find more pleasing … 2 variants below, I’m favouring the second at present.

Loch Lomond from Balmaha

Calum Morrell — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 22:41:22 +0000

One of my main shooting partners was in the area this evening and the sun came out after an afternoon of miserable rain. Off we went to Balmaha on the East bank of Loch Lomond with some kit and arrived shortly before sunset. We only had time to capture a couple of scenes and I’ve made mine available below.

Loch Arklet Photoshoot

Calum Morrell — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 21:48:39 +0000

Yesterday I drove up to the area just West of Aberfoyle and had a good look around Loch Ard, Chon, Arklet, Katrine and Lomond. The weather was … variable. That’s probably the kindest way to describe it. Regardless, a little dedication and patience paid off and as this was the first true landscape shoot I’ve done in over two and a half years, I’m really quite pleased with the results.

These four photos were all taken overlooking Loch Arklet as it just happened we got a great burst of light around this time and rather thick heavy cloud for much of the rest of the time. The above photo has been converted to a selenium style effect while the three below are as taken.

I am very much a photographer rather than “visual artist” and therefore prefer to do as much as possible while taking the photograph, leaving post processing to be as minimal as possible. There is, however, absolutely nothing wrong with taking a mediocre photograph and then processing it so heavily it ends up looking great, quite frankly I would like the skill to be able to do that myself at times!

I am looking to do another shoot in this area towards the end of September or early October, possibly taking in a sunset on day one and sunrise the next. A little more generous weather would be great so I can cover the area better … we’ll see what happens.

BBQ at Balloch…

Calum Morrell — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 15:45:53 +0000

…without the BBQ part, because it rained, rather a lot, quite a lot. But we still had a good wander and as usual I diverted to taking various texture and abstract photos along with shooting the people I was with.

There is actually a sequence of three photographs here, this being the 2nd (I really must get them together somewhere). The first in the sequence is Pete taking a photo of the Maid of the Loch (the paddle steamer in the above), the second being me capturing Pete taking that photo and the third provided by Sean who just happened to capture a photo of me shooting this.

That would be Sean, becoming very bored while waiting for the oldish DSLR he was using to save the photos to storage card. I suspect it was really etching them into granite with hammer and chisel … it certainly takes long enough.

Coffee House People and Textures

Calum Morrell — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 22:36:35 +0000

Another couple of Coffee House People shots, the second being of Niall Strachan, my shooting partner for the evening. The texture shots were taken around the University of Glasgow where we were largely busy sheltering from the rain.

More Coffee House People

Calum Morrell — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 21:46:36 +0000

Another four images for the project, the final being Sean Anderson, my shooting partner for the day, appearing less than impressed I pointed the camera at him.

Culross Texture work

Calum Morrell — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 22:20:57 +0000

I’ve loved Culross for many years now. It may not be a large village, but it has so much charm and style I just enjoy walking around it. Today was incredibly hot when the sun was out and rather bright for my tastes, so I ended up doing some more texture work, some of which you can view below.

Coffee House People, a new project

Calum Morrell — Tue, 20 May 2008 21:09:34 +0000

Today I began a new photography project. It’s one I’ve been toying with for a while and I’m now capturing images which both suit the theme and I am happy with. So for the first post with images for Coffee House People I offer the two photographs below. More will follow over the coming months as I shoot more and search my archives for older photos which work within the project.

A short wander around Mugdock Country Park

Calum Morrell — Wed, 14 May 2008 15:55:24 +0000

Light was rather flat and uninteresting for the hour or so I spent walking around, but I still managed a small number of photos I’m happy with for various reasons.

The second Brassjaw shoot

Calum Morrell — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 16:53:59 +0000

With Ryan Quigley on trumpet replacing Martin Kershaw’s sax, they required another photoshoot and called me back for it. Brassjaw comprise Paul Towndrow, Konrad Wiszniewski, Ryan Quigley and Allon Beauvoisin.