New Styles added to the site.

After having a play with Adobe Photoshop during the lockdown i have found a brilliant action that converts images to a watercolour style. I have find that this is best suited to images taken during the middle part of the day when the sun is at its highest, very little shadows present to give a sense of form or contrast. Normally landscapes are best done at sunrise or sunset, long shadows, pastel tones etc. During the daytime the light is harsh, better suited to “street style” photography.

I have added three shots which have been converted, there will be more added later. There could also be some abstract works coming later. Been playing with those as well.

See you soon

Sunset over Southampton Docks

Monday night saw me in Ocean Village Marina in Southampton, I was hoping to get a good sunset shot with the sunlight being bounced off the various high rise blocks there, but it didn’t happen. Such is the life of a photographer, some things just don’t work out especially when mother nature is involved. The sunset just fizzled out. Still there’s always another day.

Not one to give up Wednesday night i tried again. This time I thought i would try Mayflower Park on the edge of the docks. With the sunset going down at the top of the docks, a couple of cruise ships tied alongside, the scene was set for what could have been a good shoot. However upon my arrival in the park I didn’t account for the hordes of people having bbqs and just taking in the evening sun. The lack of any form of social distancing was a worry, so I took myself away from the area and went to Marchwood instead. Far less people there on the quayside walk, felt a lot safer. Anyway I managed to get a good couple of shots of the sun going down over the container terminal and a few after sunset. Please check out the gallery for these shots.

Ramblings in a locked down world

Right here we go,

This is my first go at a Blog, warning it may ramble on in a disjointed manner. Hopefully it will get better as we go on.

Whilst being in furlough from work I thought what to do, we couldn’t go out, anywhere apart from the shops doctors or limited exercise. How was I going to cope, my camera is my stress release mechanism. You cannot beat being out in the fresh air getting some exercise & taking pictures. If the two can be combined then all the better.

The list of jobs to be done in the house completed, the secondary list completed. What next. Lightbulb moment, why not have my own website to share my images to the world, maybe even sell some.

I have been posting some shots on my Facebook & Instagram pages for a while now, funny enough they have the same name as this page, so the website I thought was the logical progression. So here it is www.davidaustinphotography.co.uk. I hope you have enjoyed looking through it. New pictures will be added to it, hopefully on a regular basis once the lockdown has been eased/lifted. What I would like to do is add a blog when I add pictures, just to say a little bit about them, the workshop, session etc.

I have been looking through my photographs, re-edited some of them (mainly the early shots) and have placed some of them here, some are my early attempts with a DSLR, what a learning curve going from a point & shoot to a bridge camera then DSLR. You never stop learning, everyday is a school day. In the beginning I really struggled with composition , now it just difficult but I am getting there. Then just as you get the hang of using the camera you have the post production to contend with. I can remember the world of dark rooms, but I never used them. That was for the clever kids at school. Thank god for Photoshop/Lightroom and the many others out there.

I know that a lot of people are waiting to get back to normal life, but what will be normal now in the new world, so many lives lost due to Coronavirus. So many more saved, but we will all be affected by it for some time until its either eradicated or a vaccine found for it. but even so I don’t think life will return to what it was before and to be honest I`ve gotten used to the slower, quieter way of life. We shall see how it goes.