In photography nothing ever beats good composition. A photo can be horribly bad from a technical perspective, but good composition can always hide that. That said, it doesn’t mean well composed images can’t be improved.

Below are two versions of the same image taken from a wedding album I’m working on at the moment. The first image is after a basic conversion from RAW, while the second image has been worked in the “digital darkroom”. Firstly it was warmed up, then given a glow (weddings are meant to be fairytales remember?), and then a heavy vignette coupled with blurred edges was added to give it a bit of an old school feel and to bring the focus to the groom’s hand around the bride’s waist.

BEFORE

AFTER

Seriously, there should be a law against this sort of behaviour. Bah humbug.

Elaine and I are doing our weekly shopping right now. At the end of aisle there’s a stand stocked with Christmas stockings. Now, by my calculations Christmas is still a good 89 days away. Crazy. Well I guess I can’t accuse Safeway of being under prepared.

I’ve been keeping it somewhat of a secret that I’m working on a new project at home. Yes, another expensive hobby. This time it’s an aquarium. I’ll be posting much more about it in the future, but here’s a quick shot I took of some of the inhabitants.

I’ve been thinking long and hard about how to keep this weblog up to date. The main barrier seems to be the fact that I don’t like posting without photos… but photos take time. So this photo marks a new phase for this weblog. It was taken with my Nokia N95 just seconds ago and uploaded with an appliction called ShoZu. Despite the use of a camera phone it will hopefully put the emphasis back on photos, and less on my substandard writing skills. I’ve entitled this rather artsy photo “Springtime in Melbourne” as a homage to the great weather we’re having today… not.