Sports Portrait

22/03/2012 by sam | Comments Off

I’m catching up with myself now, as it seems to have been a couple of really busy weeks.

Shot from College brief for a Sports Portrait. This is Jon Caley one of the Newcastle University mountain bike team.

Was a pretty simple set up with a softbox and hair light. Also used a 3 stop ND filter so I could get away with shooting at f2.8 to reduce the depth of field.

The more interesting bit the amount of people that stopped to watch!

Also tried another shot – but unfortunately I couldn’t soften the flash enough for this to look as good as it should have.

Have to say Jon was a really good sport, letting me bolt a camera to his bike – in a place so he couldn’t see where he was going. Then cycle up and down while I’m shouting “a little bit faster” and making a flashgun go off in his face!

Smashing Weekend!

11/03/2012 by sam | Comments Off

Ah, a play on words, but have been smashing stuff this weekend.

Fair amount of trial (and lots of error) – but these were bought specially to smash so I don’t get lynched by the girlfriend!
I would have carried on, as was getting a little more accurate with each shot – but ran out of glasses as you can only smash them once!

Behind the scenes iPhone shots

Friday Night Challenge

09/03/2012 by sam | Comments Off

Been a long week, and not a lot of shooting at all – so set myself a little Friday project after handing in my college module this afternoon.

The challenge – to shoot a lightbulb. Thought this was enough of a inanimate object to show that I don’t only take photos of people!

Anyway, the shot:

© Sam Corban 2012

Random Collection

07/03/2012 by sam | Comments Off

Images from a rather strange session at Mayfield Studio on Sunday evening.

Laura

Connie

Fizzy

Adam

Facebook can’t handle it can they!

05/03/2012 by sam | Comments Off

Facebook is stupid – this is a photo they deleted and blocked me out of the site for a few days over:

Shot a few off for this, but first one processed.

I know, I know….

26/02/2012 by sam | Comments Off

But I’ve been playing around with some Photoshop actions for Polaroid styles.
Not the most imaginative or original thing, but I do quite like the look for ‘test’ shots and outtakes in the same way that you’d have got them in the days of film.

Anyway, 3 from a shoot last week where the style fits.

First Music Video!

19/02/2012 by sam | Comments Off

Sam has done me a couple of modeling favours over the last month, so we went down to the beach to record a simple music video for Books & Covers to even things up a bit.

Fortunately for me it’s a song I really like as I’ve had to listen to it many times over while sorting the video. Recording the audio was a bit of a problem on the beach, with lots of wind noise and (ah!) children being noisy and has only just passed Sam’s QC this morning.

Anyway, my first music video:

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Introducing….. (nsfw)

16/02/2012 by sam | Comments Off

The delightful, elegant, charismatic and slightly naked Constance Peach!

There was a small battle last night in the studio, with the youths playing some tinny noise and us with a little classical music. But the results are some that I’m very happy with!

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The main reason for the shoot was a college assignment, but I have started shooting what I want to shoot for the brief rather than what I think they want to see. Personally I’m much happier with the results and the standard of photography – time will tell as to what they think!