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.

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"

Green & Gold

Rolling Vines

Not all doom and gloom in the land down under as per my previous post "Red Earth". I love the lush green of the vines on the rolling hills as I drive through to Mount Pleasant, South Australia.

The "Salvation Jane" , I prefer the name "Patterson's Curse" as it plays havoc with my hay fever and gives me hives when I walk through it, adds a wonderful touch of colour to the green and gold landscape.

Paddock of Jane

She Oak & Vines

Red Earth

While driving my grandson home to Walkers Flat, South Australia, I often pass this old ruins and windmill. Taking a walk over the paddock, I am confronted with the reality that the Aussie farmers face every day.

Welcome Home

On holiday on the Yorke Peninsula, I saw the light catching this gum tree as I drove past. I imaged this might signal to the owners of the property that they had reached home, just down the track behind the tree.