Alastair Atkinson Photography - New Pictures

Welsh Castle

2010-05-21T12:12:00.000+01:00

A beautiful moment. The rain was two or so minutes away and the sun came out from a cloud and I was in the right place at the right time.

The photograph was shot in RAW using the Normal Priority settings on a Canon EOS 400d (Kiss X); F/11; 1/250 Sec; ISO 400; Pattern Metering Mode; 51mm Focal Length; -0.67 (-2/3 of a stop) Exposure Compensation; Sigma 18 - 200mm F3.5-6.3 DC OS SLD Lens. This picture was put together with Adobe photoshop CS3.

Cat

2010-03-25T11:52:00.002Z

Cat. Beautiful in more ways than I can say.

I do my usual thing and take as many shots as possible before people get bored with me and a camera in their face and hope that I get something that I can use. Out of twenty or so pictures, I got two that I liked, this is my second favourite.

I still find interesting the concept of isolating people within a black background. A lot of my recent portrait work develops the theme. I love the 30mm f1.4 lens, it produces such gorgeous tones and colours.

The photograph was shot in RAW using the Normal Priority settings on a Canon EOS 400d (Kiss X); F/3.2; 1/60 Sec; ISO 200; Pattern Metering Mode; 30 mm Focal Length; -0.67 (-2/3 of a stop) Exposure Compensation; Canon Speedlight 430EX off camera Flash with a Home Made 'Ring Flash' Diffuser.; Sigma DC 30mm F1.4 HSM SLD Lens. This picture was put together with Adobe photoshop CS3.

Henry Atkinson 1940-2009 RIP

2010-01-09T20:43:00.001Z

Dad in his vestments. This was the last portrait that I got to take of Dad.I took it the week before he died.

The Bathroom Girl 2

2009-11-05T19:56:00.006Z

Here is another shot of Cherry, aka, TheBathroomGirl. Find her at 'YouTube', 'MySpace' or 'Facebook' sites.

The photograph was shot in RAW using the Manual settings on a Canon EOS 400d (Kiss X); F/4.5; 1/60 Sec; ISO 400; Partial Metering Mode; 18 mm Focal Length; -0.67 (-2/3 of a stop) Exposure Compensation; Canon Speedlight 430EX off camera Flash with a home made 'Ring Flash' Diffuser.; Sigma 18 - 200mm F3.5-6.3 DC OS SLD Lens. This picture was created in Adobe photoshop CS3.

Grace

2009-10-28T16:29:00.006Z

Little G is growing fast. One look through some of my portrait shot will see he inside her mummy's tummy, new born, one year old and now at 19 months. She is very cute and very very demanding but oh boy what eyes!

The photograph was shot in RAW using the Aperture Priority settings on a Canon EOS 400d (Kiss X); F/4.5; 1/60 Sec; ISO 400; Normal Metering Mode; 30 mm Focal Length; -0.67 (-2/3 of a stop) Exposure Compensation; Canon Speedlight 430EX off camera Flash with a home made 'Ring Flash' Diffuser.; Sigma DC 30mm F1.4 HSM SLD Lens. This picture was cropped with Adobe photoshop CS3.

K&H, Portrait, 2009

2009-10-11T11:55:00.009+01:00

This was the last portrait of mum and dad together that I took. Dad was always working the camera as much as mum was always trying to work her way away from it and I feel that this shows in their eyes and smiles.

I recently found an old picture from 1948 of Dad at School. He was working the camera even aged eight.

I miss you Dad.

Alison

2009-03-10T20:08:00.002Z

Jelly Fish

2008-08-29T15:41:00.002+01:00

Shot as a JPEG using the aperature priority settings on a Canon EOS 400d (Kiss X); F/1.6; 1/160 Sec; ISO 400; Average Metering Mode; 30 mm Focal Length; -0.7 (-2/3 of a stop) Exposure Compensation; Sigma DC 30mm F1.4 HSM SLD Lens. This picture was put together using Adobe photoshop CS3.