Story Boards

Trying some storyboard techniques in Lightroom and Photoshop. I used a couple of Kim Klasson's templates for CS and one of my own. Not really storyboards in the true sense of the word - rather a collection of like images.

I found lightroom a little cumbersome and not able to vary the size of the actual image in the box.

Once I understood about vector masking the process in photoshop seemed quite quick.

Refining the look and getting the boxes to look balanced might be another problem.

David

David Hillan

Yvonne & David

David is the husband of camera club friend Yvonne Hill. Besides being a top bloke and full of life stories David makes a very good model, especially when he dons the hat and dry as a bone.

David in Mono

The two shots of David above were taken at a camera club shoot using one studio light, a single reflector to David's left and a nicely muted backdrop.

Using and image of David from the same shoot and combining it with and image of the old windmill in the Clare Valley I created this montage.

Hot Summer's Night

In June of 2008 the Para Camera Club spent the long weekend at Bungaree Station, just north of Adelaide in the Clare Valley. Over the course of the weekend I was able to capture a few of the club members. Of course, David featured heavily in many of the resulting images.

Images of David and Kelly Turnbull combined with the old gravestone and some textured background produced the image below. Not really sure what the story is (if there is one at all). You will just have to use your imagination.

Memories

Three of the Bungaree Mob, Neil Gray, David and Rolly (Steve) Robertson. I had fun adding David's hat to the other two heads in the photo. Photoshop is a magic pastime.

Wanted - Dead or Alive

David dons yet another hat and takes on that old world charm. These set of images were taken using the warm early morning light coming through a very large doorway - the entrance to the shearing shed on Bungaree station. David looks very much at home among the wool etc.

David #6

The Market


At the Market

I hope this is not the end of my photo efforts with David on the other side of the camera.

Thanks David.

Lone Tree at Sunset

Wymah, just outside Albury, NSW. A lone tree stands in a paddock of salvation jane as the storm approaches.

Lone Tree at Sunset

The Rock & The Sunset

Sunset at Hallett Cove, South Australia. Taken while on a workshop with Caroline Fisher, May 2007.

"the rock & the sunset"

I think I got lucky on this one. I was trying a few new things here. ND filters to darken the scene and enable a slower shutter speed to catch the wave movement. I also had just purchased a reverse ND filter and was trying to take the sunset facing directly into the sun ...... tried a 3 shot HDR exposure to boot.

Blue

"Summer Blues"

"Blue Horizon"

"Cool Blue"

I used the colour temperature in the raw converter in Photoshop to alter the tones of the images to blue.

The "Sticks" at Port Willunga

An icon on the southern coastline of South Australia, the remains of the old jetty at Port Willunga is a must to photograph. Of course, getting the right light to do the old "stick" justice is the hard bit. All that is left of the jetty is a few uprights and a few broken stumps. The location is terrific with the cliffs and ocean and the sun setting on the eastern horizon.

I was down there early December last year (2007) trying to catch the light and practice with my reverse ND grad filter. These are some of the results.

Early evening just before sunset. I was quite taken with the green moss on the craggy rocks.


"Turning Green"
Same rocks just a little later as the sun has set. Different angle with slow shutter speed to catch the movement in the water.
Focal length: 13mm - Apature: f/18 - Exposure: 1 second - ISO: 100.

"The Sticks" just after sunset

"Like a Candle"