I was looking through Gudge and Sunpreet's pre-wedding shoot photos and realised there was one I dismissed due to an overly high exposure in certain areas.. even when I dropped the exposure down (as it was captured in RAW) there was still no data in the places I wanted... However, with a bit of tinkering i've gotten a look that I really like - especially with the lens flare (i love naturally produced lens flares!)
Hope you like this shot as much as I do!
Sunny :p
http://www.sunnyphotography.co.uk
Sunday, 31 January 2010
Thursday, 21 January 2010
A Photographer in training
I was clearing out some of my photo library when I came across a lovely set of pics!
This is the first person I officially trained up in using a DSLR - she can tell you exactly what settings to use in almost any given situation and has taken some amazing photos! Her natural eye for photography is brilliant - she picks up on things that anyone else (including me) might just miss.
This photo is from May 2009 during an on-location training session. Although we have already shot various events, gigs and weddings together (as a couple) pretty soon Sunny Photography will officially be a 'husband & wife' business. Yes, we're getting married!
Everybody meet my assistant..err.. I mean Charanjit!
Sundeep Osahn
Wednesday, 20 January 2010
Invisible Students
Hi everyone!
This is my latest piece of work; 'Invisible'.Photo taken at Leeds Metropolitan University in October (I think..). I only got round to working on it a week or so ago, and then finishing it today.
I hope you like it :)
Sunny
Twitter: @sundeeposahn
www.SunnyPhotography.co.uk
Saturday, 16 January 2010
Solar Eclipse - did anyone see it?
This flickr user did, and they made a nice montage of it too!
It was a bit too cloudy to see it over here in the UK, at least I think it was anyway.. But the best place to see it was apparently in India and the Maldives. This photo is by flickr user 'photo maldives', so i'm guessing it was taken on one of the islands there!
It was a bit too cloudy to see it over here in the UK, at least I think it was anyway.. But the best place to see it was apparently in India and the Maldives. This photo is by flickr user 'photo maldives', so i'm guessing it was taken on one of the islands there!
Hope you like it
Sunny :)
Friday, 15 January 2010
Escalators of Madrid
Anyone who has had the pleasure of visiting Madrid will have also had the pleasure of its easy-to-use metro system and its escalators. Not only do these escalators give us the illusion of getting to our destination quicker (which isnt always the case) we can often get too used to them, thus any stairs can become hard work!
Here is a collection of just 3 photos of escalators taken in Madrid during my travels in August 2008.
Here is a collection of just 3 photos of escalators taken in Madrid during my travels in August 2008.
Enjoy :p
Sundeep Osahnhttp://www.SunnyPhotography.co.uk
Tuesday, 12 January 2010
Makeup or Fakeup? Advice for brides to be..
Hi everyone, I hope you're all well keeping warm!
As many of you know I do wedding photography as well as beauty/fashion shoots with makeup artists and other creatives. I have seen lots of photography out there, good and bad, and have come across some horrendous pieces of fakery. I mean fakery in terms of.. its a photo of a person, whom makeup has been applied to but then somebody in between the photographer and the client redoes the face completely to what they think looks natural and good.
The Bad
Forgive me when I say that a lot of these people are not photographers or makeup artists and although they probably work hard, they are making the photographer and MUA's work look outstandingly poor. Don't get me wrong, there are some very good retouchers out there (although the vast majority of them are actually Photoshop artists in their own right! or actual photographers!) but when the bad ones do poor work it reflects extremely badly on the people behind the work. Most of the bad work is produced by people who think they can use photoshop - but they SO can't..
Personally I believe a professional MUA would want to stand proud of her work as would a photographer, and wouldn't let a poor retoucher retouch their work.. but it does happen - WAY too regularly to ignore!! It has become more apparent the past few weeks as I have been looking for a MUA for my fiancee for our wedding.
Another sad thing is that these images are shown to the MUA's clients via websites and portfolios, and many of the prospective clients think these images are 100% real. (I know!) It isn't their fault though, I mean.. we live in a world where 'fake' is all we see.. so why couldn't the makeup artist make me look like that? Well, they probably can. But the images you see are simply not real. The fact of the matter is that excessive post processing of images, coupled with excessive photo manipulation leads to a 'fake' photo. It just isnt real. And (as Stone Cold would say) thats the bottom line. So don't be afraid to ask these MUAs to show you some 'real' work, not the retouched, enhanced and photoshopped-to-shit images.
The Good
There are of course some excellent retouchers whose work is impeccable. Some of it is just clearly WOW. One, for example, is Oleg Lgorin, a photographer based in New York. His photography is simply amazing and how he retouches his images is what I class as exceptional. They are not retouched in the sense of 'fakeup', they are retouched from a photographers viewpoint - the little things that make all the difference.
So what about the wedding day?
Having said all this, of course, most qualified MUAs can produce excellent results on brides. Just make sure you look through all their work, the good and the bad, and when it comes to your wedding day makeup dont be afraid to voice your opinion. At the same time, trust in your makeup artist - after all they are the artist, right?
A good photographer will be able to capture the bride's natural look too. Plus the photographer on your wedding day will most likely adjust, colour correct and enhance most of the images they provide you with, maybe even tidy up your closeups and portraits, but an excellent photographer will work on a good number of your wedding day pics to really enhance whats already there. Some photographers love photoshop filters and effects, others are more concerned with composing an excellent shot, at the end of the day you're going to be remembering your big day through their eyes (and their lens lol), so my advice is to choose carefully and know the style of you want to pay for.
Sunny :p
Fakeup/photoshopped-to-shit
Monday, 11 January 2010
The Big Freeze! 2010
Ok, i thought i'd upload some photos from Roundhay Park during the day, seen as i've already uploaded some from the night (or very early morning?). The two major hills (one by the Waterloo Lake dam, and the other near the cricket pitch) were covered with keen sledgers, snowboarders and of course copious amounts of snow. I recorded at LEAST 9inches which is quite a lot for Leeds.
Anyway here are some pics.. Enjoy!
Anyway here are some pics.. Enjoy!
Sunny :p
Sunday, 10 January 2010
Posterous.. the beginning..
This is my very first post using Posterous! :)Just making sure all my settings are right and it updates my blog as well as my facebook.
Here's a pic to start it off from one of my 'slowmo' vids.
Here's a pic to start it off from one of my 'slowmo' vids.
Sunny :p
Tuesday, 5 January 2010
Snow business like snow business!
I absolutely LOVE the snow! it completely transforms surroundings into wonderful winter wonderlands.
Roundhay Park is amazing at this time of year, with sledgers (sp?) snowboarders and generally people having fun! But during the quietness of the night it is a different scene. Animals have to survive, and the mallards, swans and other waterfowl need to make do with what they have. The photo below shows Roundhay Park Lake iced over at 2.30am (ish) with the ducks perched on the ice ready to sleep through the blizzard ahead.. It is such a beautiful scene. I have never seen anything like it in Leeds in all my life!
I hope you like it :)
Sundeep Osahn
www.SunnyPhotography.co.uk
Roundhay Park is amazing at this time of year, with sledgers (sp?) snowboarders and generally people having fun! But during the quietness of the night it is a different scene. Animals have to survive, and the mallards, swans and other waterfowl need to make do with what they have. The photo below shows Roundhay Park Lake iced over at 2.30am (ish) with the ducks perched on the ice ready to sleep through the blizzard ahead.. It is such a beautiful scene. I have never seen anything like it in Leeds in all my life!
I hope you like it :)
Sundeep Osahn
www.SunnyPhotography.co.uk
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