LAW SOCIETY BALL 09

Calendar orders need to be submitted by the 4th December!
please contact jealexander1000@hotmail.co.uk

I have been asked to be the event photographer for the Exeter Law Society ball in Bovey Castle

Hi Everyone,

I can now update my site directly, so the newest photos I take will be in the latest images folder.

Recent Activity:

A new Panoramic Gallery
New photos in all galleries.

Man-o-war Cove - Dorset

Budleigh Salterton - Devon

Dartmoor Pony - Postbridge - Dartmoor - Devon

Looks cute, doesn't she? I lay down in the frosty bog (not frozen) and was taking some photos of her as she came towards me. She came so close she licked my lens, ate my camera bag and I think still has some of my leg in her teeth. Vicious animal! The photo doesn't show it though!
I used a wide angle lens, with a polariser to saturate the blue of the sky and greens of the trees and a graduated filter to even out the bright sky and the foreground.

Broughton Castle - Oxfordshire

These photos were taken for the Broughton Castle website. I took this shot a few minutes after the panoramic. I used the two trees to frame the image.

(Please click on photo to view larger).

Broughton Castle - Oxfordshire

A panoramic view of Broughton Castle just before sunset. A gap in the clouds gave a 2 minute window of late afternoon light, side-lighting the autumnal trees. The sun stayed for just enough time to get the photograph!

The 30 second exposure with a little help from the wind blurred the foliage of the trees, giving the photograph some movement.

I couldn't have hoped for better light.

John

Ladram Bay - Jurassic Coast - Devon

I waited for the sun to rise up over the hazy horizon. I was at right angles to the sun so I used a polariser to enhance the blues of the sky. A 1 second shutterspeed was needed to blur the receding waves.

Brentor - Dartmoor - Devon

Nr Two Bridges - Dartmoor - Devon

Castle Cornet - Guernsey

(Click on photo to see larger)

I set up my camera on the slipway waiting for the sun to rise. The sun never appeared due to the overcast conditions. So I opted for a black and white shot, with a long exposure blurring the water lapping on the slipway.

Slipway into the Sunset - Guernsey

I was riding home on my scooter when I noticed this slipway disappearing into the crashing waves on the west coast of Guernsey. I used a 15 second exposure to achieve the blurred effect of the waves.

Elan Valley - Ceredigion - Wales

I used a polariser lens for the landscape shot I was taking. Suddenly a sheep appeared over the ridge of the mountain. The polariser enhanced the blues and greens in the shot. It is very rare to use a polariser when doing wildflife photography. I might use it more often



Elan Valley - Ceredigion - Wales

The late afternoon sun spilling over the glaciated valley.

Clay pigeon shooting - Snowdonia - Wales

Snowdonia - Wales

Timing was the key, got it right the third time!

Clay pigeon shooting - Snowdonia - Wales

Cruglas Farm - Ceredigion - Wales

Taken an hour after sunrise.

Elan Valley - Ceredigion - Wales

An abandoned workhouse for the silver mines. I spotted this abandoned house next to the silver mines. The dry stone wall and gate gave me the perfect lead-in-line into the photo. The late afternoon sun lighting up the house and background was a bonus.

Cruglas Farm - Ceredigion - Wales

Water ripples on the pond on the farm. A bit modern arty maybe.

I spotted this Small Tortoiseshell Butterfly on the wall at the sheep market. Again a bit arty. A marmite shot.

Cruglas Farm - Ceredigion - Wales

Sheep Market - Devil's Bridge - Ceredigion - Wales

This sheep market is one of the oldest in the Uk. This is John selling his lambs in the auction ring.

John selling his Sheep in Devil's Bridge

Sheep Market - Devil's Bridge - Wales

Jamie Oliver's Chinese Cousin in Wales

This is Mum Alexander in Wales. This wall is very similar to the background against which Jamie Oliver posed for his photo in the last book.

Sheep Market - Devil's Bridge - Ceredigion - Wales

Buyers inspecting the lambs. This shot looks a bit different, this is due to the

Elan Valley - Ceredigion - Wales

A glaciated valley in west Wales. The late afternoon light scattered accross the valley floor. I underexposed so that the bright river became the most prominant feature of the photograph, with the less intense light only just registering around the river banks. A high contrast black and white conversion gives it the most impact.

Cruglas Farm - Swyddffynnon - Wales

Two swans were passing the lake on Cruglas Farm. I had been trying to take a photograph of the farmhouse, but the dark sky didn't clear up for the shot. I was just about to leave when I saw two swans in the distance heading my way. I quickly got my other camera out with a zoom lens attached and underexposed the image so that the sky would be even darker than it was giving the white figures more prominence within the photograph. I knew when I first saw them that it was going to be a black and white image.