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Lightroom Presets !!! 3 black and white presets for just £1
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
Day 14 of #365 project ! New image posted up on Instagram! Come follow!
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!
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
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 
Taking pictures of friends and family 
Cars are everywhere! Easy to take anywhere 
Going to the local park and taking some landscape shots
New posts coming tonight 12pm gmt
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 !
10 things new photographers may not know 1/10
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!
Christmas is coming let’s up our game – new images and December deals
Beautiful images of Alice, and though Christmas is coming. We are not slowing down on our work flow!
In fact we are currently taking more booking per day than we have before!
As you can tell these image speak for themselves! Soft beautiful and constant! We love our style and many other do too!
Sometimes a personal gift for the Christmas season is perfect for a family member like our mums and dads who want that latest photo of their beautiful daughter or dapper son!
Big deals now live for the Christmas season!
Insta-post sleeping beauty
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 !
Portraits – location boudoir & beauty
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
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
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 !
Adrian Day Photography 