Amanda challenges us to come up with our version on photos of Red and Green for this week’s Friendly Friday Challenge.
I look through my files and trust me to find something different – I know it’s not a seasonal choice but I hope a red fire engine on a green lawn will count ok.
And at the time I noted down the story of the said vehicle and I retell this below for your interest/amusement. (However, if you can’t be bothered, I won’t be offended).
Continue reading “The Smallest Ever Fire Engine”I recall a famous quote that says that a portrait shot in colour shows the person’s clothes, but take a portrait in monochrome and it shows the person’s soul.
It’s a great quote, and I’m beginning to think the same theory applies to sports photography. Colour is great for showing the glamour and the visual impact, but a black and white image really seems to show more of the soul of the sport.
more photographsMany guys that do this wear black wet suits. Against the sea background they seem almost in mono anyway. But then there’s a wee bit or bright blue or orange on the board itself, which stands out so much – it looks strange. So the answer is to convert it all to black and white for a Monchrome Monday.
One more image to follow on from yesterday’s Kitesurfing post
Kitesurfers thoroughly enjoy these windy conditions and roaring waves. I hadn’t seen them jump so high before and moving so fast on the water.
Continue reading “Kitesurfers at Troon”I’ve just been picking through some of the images from the ‘Forces’ weekend at Culzean Castle – with its extensive menu of Medieval swordplay, engagements from the Napoleonic Wars and skirmishes from the American Civil War. Add in groups representing Second World War troops, campaigning suffragettes, a 1940s hair ‘salon’ and also a band of bikers (?).
Continue reading “Forces in the Field”Here’s some colour from the Glasgow festival that takes place every summer.
Continue reading “Merchant City Festival – 31 July”Absolutely incredible action! A great eye-opener for me as dozens of quad bikes race round the Drumclog track at top speed. Great access for the shoot. Good company, and very helpful and friendly officials at the track.
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