Photos, Drawings, Thoughts and Tantrums

Being limited with access to models, I resorted to think of some alternative & fun photography ideas using various objects - one of which was : Fruit.  I played around with a cheeky approach to Fetish Photography, which was not entirely easy when you have only a couple of fruits as models, but the results where the following :  Chained Apple : A cheeky play with BDSM, chains & fetish ideas, whilst using water as the dynamic medium to created movement in the photograph. Photograph available on Picfair for licensed use & Red Bubble for framed prints and other various merchandise. Rubbered Apple  : Rubber fetish play with a Green apple and rubber gloves, creating a dark & surreal background for the inconspicuous fruit.   Photograph available on  Picfair  for licensed use &  Red Bubble  for framed prints and other various merchandise. Banana Shower  : Not entirely a 'Fetish' shot, but an inspiration from the extremely ...

I started experimenting with Splash photography, using water droplets, using flash (in this case speed-lights) to capture the freeze moment. The set up, as shown below, is relatively easy. Although I managed to get some decent images out of it, I want to explore better ways of doing this to maximize the instances of getting the “perfect splash”. Work in Photoshop for this was quite minimal and involved mainly removing stray drops and retouching the ‘horizon’ so its fully level - the rest was all coming directly from the camera. An this is the image achieved. Splash Photo Setup

Here I tried to do some splash photography. I took some pointers from a YouTube video by  Curtis Padley (if you want to see this video which features other cool home made photo techniques click here )  This was very simple indeed and all you need is:  - A Wine Glass - An Orange or a Lemon (or other fruit which tickles your fancy, but which fits in a wine glass!)  - Water  - A Dark Colour Backdrop The best way I found is to set up the camera on a tripod and focus directly on the glass and then switch the focus to manual focus to lock it. Then just let the fruit fall in the wine glass (try to aim not like my first attempts) and snap away.  Obviously after you need to tweak a bit in Photoshop or Lightroom to get the colour balance and the contrast of the background.  The result was as follows  Home made splash photography 

Finally found some time to go kayaking with my new Jackson Kayak Big Tuna! Was quite an experience although didn't use it to its full "fishing" potential - hopefully next time.....

Its quite normal that in a new year people tend to make New Year's resolutions - well I did mine before the end of 2012 and did start sailing and I must say its amazing. Just before Christmas I edited a short 30 second clip for the Malta Sailing Academy which you can see here!

And here are the photos of Venere's 70's shoot! This was a really cool shoot for me and I guess all the team of Venere enjoyed this shoot. Hope you enjoy the photos as much as we enjoyed creating them! Click here to view all the photos from this set.

So for the second time we started some trekking preparations and went for a nice long walk yesterday! Was actually cool although still on our little island :) Here is an photo I took with my phone of the location we were in, the area of Selmun / Mellieha. Quite spectacular actually!! (My Instagram)