Lightroom Presets !!! 3 black and white presets for just £1

On January 26, 2021 By Adrian DayIn Adrian Day, Artist, beauty, editing, Instagram, Instagram marketing, instapost, lightroom, photographerLeave a comment

I’ve been creating a number of presets over the last 5 years that I’ve been using lightroom,

so in my presets folder I have best part of 400 different sorts from black and white to colour, to high key and low key some duo tones and many more.

Ive never really thought that others may actually benefit from what I’ve been creating until today!

So after the eureka moment I thought why not let others buy what has been working for me with my clients but do it for a low price so that even the smallest of budgets could afford them!

So in the next couple of days keep those eyes open ! For the links to my sales page.. the three black and white ones will be the start of many more that will become available on our website! So please give this blog a follow to see notifications of when the hit our store front!

Also head over to our social media pages and click follow there! I post there daily and I’m always very active with my following ! Always replying to those who take the time to comment ! Or send DM’s

Instagram

This is one of the presets that’s in the black and white preset pack!

Day 14 of #365 project ! New image posted up on Instagram! Come follow!

On January 14, 2021January 14, 2021 By Adrian DayIn #365 project, Adrian Day, beauty, camera settings, editing, Instagram, Instagram marketing, instapostLeave a comment

New post is now up on the gram!

The #365 project is going well so far this year! With some beautiful images getting edited and shared!

Day 14 is no exception! Today I’ve managed to post a couple for day 14! One of a young lady called Alice and the other two images are of tattooed model Kayleigh! It’s with no doubt if you see the bigger pictures you will want to click that like button ♥️

Click the links below to see the new posts !! And hey if you’re on the gram give use a follow I always follow back and if you show the love to my work I always do the same!

Kayleigh Instagram image 1

Kayleigh Instagram image 2

Alice Instagram image 1

Feel free to comment follow and show the love on this post too! Always welcome a good chat about photography and the weather 😃

Look out for day 15 post !!

10 things new photographers may not know 2/10

On January 12, 2021 By Adrian DayIn Adrian Day, camera settings, editing, fashion, Gel boudoir, nikon to sony, photographer, sony A7, togblogLeave a comment

GET OUT AND SHOOT!

This ones simple getting out to shoot will reward you more than you think!

You will get to know your camera get to know the basic settings and what you like in the way of photography

See there are many things you can do just walking about the streets or in the garden with you camera just to get used to it! And the modes your camera has..

Macro photography
Landscapes
Portraits
Cars
Still life
Fashion
Simple street photography
Wildlife

These are all things you could be playing about trying it don’t matter that your not using the camera in manual mode it’s about learning the basics of the camera and seeing what you like ! the rest will come we all have to start somewhere!

The good thing is in the world of digital photography there isn’t and problem in filling up a memory card with images to see how they look and then deleting the ones you don’t like! So much better than the days of film camera when you had to take the images send them away and hope that you got the shot you think you did!

Here are a few basic images

Wild life images always a simple start point

New posts coming tonight 12pm gmt

On January 12, 2021January 12, 2021 By Adrian DayIn Adrian Day, Artist, camera basics, editing, Instagram, Instagram marketing, instapost, lockdown, pinterestLeave a comment

Hey all happy new year !

wow it’s been a tough start to January! Business has been a little bit! how can I say? all over the place!

But it’s time to get back to the regular schedule and start posting on a regular basis! Showing what we are doing! How you can do it! And honestly connect with all of our amazing followers

So tonight 12 pm GMT there will be a new post coming ! This will be a second part to one of 10 things new photographers may not know section!

So please keep your eyes out for the next post! And if you’re reading this post, give it a thumbs up and hit the follow button so that you don’t miss it

Also head over to our Instagram! We have some amazing new images coming as we have just started a #365 project where I’m going to be posting a minimum of one new edit every day for the year! We are currently on day twelve, of this year and already posted fourteen images !

Instagram

This is just a few of the images coming in the next 30 days !

Etsy store is live ! Buy some of the landscape work I’ve created

On December 11, 2020December 11, 2020 By Adrian DayIn Adrian Day, etsy, photographer, pinterestLeave a comment

Well I think we did it, finally the Etsy store is coming together! Just in time for christmas !!!

More work is being added and there are a few of my favourite images live and ready to buy via digital download !

If you see something on there that you like and want in a frame or on a beautiful Ali dibond print send me a message for a price … you never know our prices could surprise you!

We are so happy to see that our Etsy is up and running and that people seem to like what we are selling!

Click the link below to go take a look!

TAKE A LOOK AND SEE !!

Below are a few products that are coming soon! Should be well worth following along to see what’s coming next

10 things new photographers may not know 1/10

On December 8, 2020December 8, 2020 By Adrian DayIn Adrian Day, beauty, camera basics, camera settings, cars, editing, fashion, flash, Gel shoots, Instagram, nikon to sony, photographerLeave a comment

Looking or asking about camera setting!

We have all done it! It’s a learning curve!

Now you may not think this is a stupid thing to do! In theory it’s not! But what new photographers don’t realise unlike photographers who have been shooting for say five years is,

Unless you’re shooting at the same photoshoot, at the same time with the same lens and camera mixed with the same lighting

Reading or asking for camera settings are pretty much worthless!

I’ve watched many of hours from amazing photographers showing their amazing images, showing the settings that come with the finished image.

Now this can also be a bonus if your looking at the bokeh or amount of grain in the shot but that’s evident from looking at any image!

Once again so much about photography is about the moment and working with what we have! Be that the location or the model as much as the gear used!

Most new photographers done understand that what works for Sony users differ from that of canon or Nikon for instance !

Also it could be that one user is using a full frame camera and ones using a crop sensor !

All the above would result in less light or a difference in quality, and so many other variations from they think they will get from looking at the setting other photographers have posted with their images

In conclusion, the best things to take away from seeing others work and setting is to see the benefits of what you can get if you mix those setting with the right lighting,

And then look at each of the following !

Look at the eyes to see what lights modifiers and reflectors have been used.
Look at the shadows to see where the light is coming from up down left right so on.
Look at the background is is in focus or out of focus this will tell you why they have used the settings if there is bokeh or depth of field then the setting would be 1.4 – 2.8 … if it’s in focus this could mean that the lens has been set to f6.3 up.
Has any light been used at all or is it just natural lighting
Then if you try shooting you can pick parts and set your camera to help replicate what your taking . Set camera for back ground darkness and depth of field .. bring in subject and then add light to light the subject!

Insta-post sleeping beauty

On November 23, 2020November 23, 2020 By Adrian DayIn Adrian Day, beauty, editing, fashion, Gel boudoir, Gel shoots, Instagram, Instagram marketing, instapost, photographer, togblogLeave a comment

New post alert! New post alert!

We are now going to be posting short posts sharing our latest uploads to our main Instagram account !

Follow either this blog or our Instagram to be first to see our new work! We have some stunning images with amazing models well worth following liking and sharing!

Click below to see what you’re missing !

SLEEPING BEAUTY ON INSTAGRAM

Portraits – location boudoir & beauty

On November 17, 2020 By Adrian DayIn Adrian Day, Artist, beauty, editing, Gel boudoir, Instagram, photographerLeave a comment

This weeks it’s been about looking back at some of the images Ive taken and not actually used !

There are a number of reasons as photographers we keep a back stock of images that we have taken !

Not only to document what we are creating day to day or year to year!

But it’s great to actually take those images and bring them into the present day!

Now this might sound strange! But when we take these shots as photographers we are at a level that’s constantly changing ! We are always progressing and learning new things from styles to edits to poses!

It’s great from time time to time to take a day to look through you back stock and try what we have learnt to see if we can make something extra special from those files we put aside for a rainy day!

This week I signed up to a site for learning new things from lighting and editing to posing! And I feel I’ve learnt a thing or three !

So I got out the laptop and the hard drives and picked out a few images I’ve not yet edited!

To see the bigger pictures check out our Instagram page! You will see that there is a mix of edits ! That definitely captivate !

Below are a few thumbnails of what’s been posted!

What have I been upto this week! At Adrian Day Photography

On November 13, 2020November 13, 2020 By Adrian DayIn Adrian Day, beauty, editing, etsy, fashion, Instagram, Instagram marketing, photographer, pinterest, wedding dresses, weddingsLeave a comment

Birthday week for me! It’s coming round to that time of year again ! Another year older for me and another year of being a photographer!

I’ve now been into photography twenty eight years! Wow how time has gone so fast!

I’ve not been a professional photographer all that time as I was still at school a good part of that and I took some time out before I come back to the art so now it’s been a little over 20 years picking up a camera !

Do you know what? There isn’t a day that goes by that I don’t like photography! I honestly love what I do and enjoy everything about it! Even those times when I didn’t quite get the shot I was expecting! or that pose that just didn’t hit focus !

This week I’ve had a lot going on! Looking through where I have been and evaluating where I’m heading! What I’ve yet to accomplish and what I’ve already accomplished!

I’ve managed to get my work in places I didn’t think possibly on the streets of London and magazines that span the globe! I’ve also worked with amazing clients models and gained some fantastic friends along the way!

I’ve been lucky enough to use some great products cameras and locations that I’ve captured beautiful images I never thought I would create!

This lockdown has given me ideas and thoughts that have perplexed me! But also has shown me that even in the times we are working in! There is no reason we can’t keep an open mind and still be creative!

We are only held back by our imagination and today world doesn’t have to stop in the real world but the World Wide Web can open up endless possibilities!

So this week I’ve been busy !

Created and Etsy store.
Created a new dot com for Adrian Day photography.
Created a social media shop on my pages
Edited a number of images that I’ve revamped to today’s style.
took on E-learning ! (Yes I’ve been a photographer for 20 years but times change and it’s time to go with it!)
Also uploaded a number of images and links to Pinterest so people can see and maybe grow and get inspiration from my work!.

See now the view I have is that I’ve been waiting to long to do all the above and thinking that things will change!

Change only comes from doing something about what you want and need every single day! We can’t expect things to get better by doing the same thing every single day!

Okay guys and girls here are a few links for you to check out ! this is some of what I’ve been creating this week! Please if you like something show it some love ! Comment follow like it’s amazing to have your input and connecting with amazing people

Boudoir with kayleigh

Please let me know on here also if you like my posts so I know if I’m doing something right ! And hey it will be good to chat!

Jade on locations

Boudoir with kayleigh.

Thanks for taking the time to read this blog post! And keeps watching the how I got the shot post is running a little late but it’s coming ! Just want to get it right !

Fighting fit during lockdown! Keeping business going as usual

On November 6, 2020November 6, 2020 By Adrian DayIn Adrian Day, business card, camera basics, editing, Instagram, Instagram marketing, lightroom, lockdownLeave a comment

Let me start by saying I know why we are doing this (to save lives) and to help each other to keep going in the future! We need to look after each other!

Lockdown definitely is taking the life out of business

Everyone in the uk and across the would are finding it very hard to keep going

It’s a fight we live every day but so much more when in a lockdown situation. Government officials say that photographers are a non essential business! But documenting life and the situation we are all in I feel we are essential

There isn’t any reason that we can’t keep going we can shoot from a distance more than that of a school teacher or a shop worker!

We are creating works and we can do that on location out in the streets and out in the middle of nowhere and we can still keep everything safe yet still keep our family provided for! And also still put money into the big government fun pot!

It’s seems that yet again it’s going to be a few works of keeping the website up and working on the jobs that are needed in the background! Things like web design, learning new editing techniques, learning how to create BTS videos with the new products we have just had delivered!

You may not know it but being a photographer it’s not just about doing taking pictures ! There is a long list of things that need doing, to keep business going !

Admin
Editing
Learning the latest technologies
Advertising
Keeping up with social media
Replying to everyone and keeping visible to potential clients
Meeting with clients
Sending out products and prints
Creating photo books
Sending out images for publications
And that’s just to start!

One of the latest posts up on Instagram, this one is a fun shot we did for model Stephanie

Check out Stephanie and jack on my page along with many others

Adrian Day Insta

Stephanie’s Insta

Jacks Instagram

This ones an edit of jacks shoot! We love working with new models and helping the get their first take of what it takes to be a model

NEW SERIES HOW I CREATED THE SHOT

On November 4, 2020November 4, 2020 By Adrian DayIn Adrian Day, camera basics, camera settings, editing, how i got the shot, lightroom, photographerLeave a comment

New series starts Saturday the 7th and will pop up every Saturday around mid day!

If you’re interested in learning how I got the shots, give the blog a follow! And if you know others who may like it share to social media we just want to help others see and learn from what we do!

How I created the shot!

LATEST INSTAGRAM POSTS

WE HAVE BEEN POSTING A LOT OF NEW WORK TO INSTAGRAM THIS WEEK TAKE A LOOK AT THE LINKS BELOW TO SEE WHATS STANDING OUT

IMAGE OF JADE

IMAGE OF AMBER

Business is first and foremost about making others happy

On October 1, 2020 By Adrian DayIn Adrian Day, Artist, beauty, business card, camera basics, camera settings, cars, fashion, flash, Gel boudoir, Gel shoots, Instagram, Instagram marketing, lighting creative, nikon to sony, photographer, pinterest, sale, sony A7, togblog, weddingsLeave a comment

We get into business to pay the bills and to create something for our future!

This is true to a stage! What we don’t think about is that what we do ultimately makes others happy!

It’s something I’ve just found out. The bigger picture is that for 99% of businesses is that it’s ultimately making our customers or consumers happy.

Think about it like this, a baker makes cakes and you buy them to make your belly happy and that makes you feel good as the consumer but the baker is happy too because he is doing what he loves

Builder build a house with out thinking that what they’re doing is potentially making a house that will become a home for a family to grow and live happy ever after!

It’s the same being a photographer, though we capture images and we love what we do.. we are doing it to make others happy capturing your big day or taking that portrait of your grandmother who you love and want to always remember. It’s about making you happy!

It’s great that we can do what we love, while making a living yet at the same time making someone else happy!

I love that feeling of making others around me happy so remember everyone’s out to make you happy! Even when you don’t know it and take it for granted

I truly hope that what I do makes those who see it very happy and that it puts a smile on someone’s face! Here are a few images that I really hope makes you smile.