http://www.picturesforwalls.com/blog Black and White Fine Art Photography Thu, 02 Oct 2008 05:41:54 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Spent some time on Saturday at Jodrell Bank, which boasts the largest radio telescope in England. This huge dish is 76m in diameter. The observatory was established in 1945 by Sir Bernard Lovell, who wanted to investigate cosmic rays after his work on radar in the Second World War. It ... http://www.picturesforwalls.com/blog/2008/09/jodrell-bank-radio-telescope-cheshire-england/ Just added some black and white photographs of verona to the main page:- www.picturesforwalls.com/cgi-bin/inks.cgi Here are a few examples. Each print is available for purchase just view the gallery for instructions. http://www.picturesforwalls.com/blog/2008/09/verona-in-black-and-white/ Location: Suffolk, England Lenses used: Sigma 30 1.4 Ex, Sigma 28-70 2.8 Ex, Sigma 70-200 2.8 Ex, Sigma 10-20 4-5.6 Ex. Flash used: Sigma EF-500 DG Super Recent shots from a wedding in the South of England. Color calibration has not been implemented fully on these yet so some do exhibit a slight ... http://www.picturesforwalls.com/blog/2008/08/summer-wedding-with-sigma-sd14/ Istanbul is an ancient city that contains some truly stunning architecture. Over the years, the influences of Christianity, Islam and the Ottoman empire have helped sculped the  city into a unique place. The pictures here show the Blue Mosque - so named because of the Izmir blue tiles used in ... http://www.picturesforwalls.com/blog/2008/08/istanbul-turkey/ In the financial heartland of the city of London, you find a number of interesting buildings. The Lloyds building and the Swiss Re - The Gherkin - are practically side by side. I am still undecided as to whether the Lloyds building is beautiful or plain ugly. I suppose this ... http://www.picturesforwalls.com/blog/2008/08/london-in-black-and-white/ Happy Valley race course in Hong Kong is a bizarre stadium under any measure. Surrounded on all sides by towering apartment blocks and buildings, seeing is believing. It was first built in 1845 to provide horse racing for the British people in Hong Kong. Before it was built, ... http://www.picturesforwalls.com/blog/2008/07/happy-valley-race-course-hong-kong/ You have probably looked around the web and seen images with fantastic clarity and colour fidelity and thought why don't my images have the same vibrancy and colour rendition? Well chances are you need to follow a couple of basic steps. I use the word basic because I am deliberately ... http://www.picturesforwalls.com/blog/2008/07/how-to-achieve-perfect-white-balance-in-your-photographs/ A lot of people ask me to shoot weddings but up until recently I have been quite reluctant to accept for a number of reasons. 1) I shoot mostly landscapes, still life, abstracts etc 2) I shoot mainly black and white images. 3) All my photographic gear reflects 1) and 2) 4) You are ... http://www.picturesforwalls.com/blog/2008/07/shooting-a-wedding/ My sister found this little bird in her garage. It must have fallen from its nest and then been abandoned by its parents. Apparently, it is a baby blackbird. She is feeding it worms and fresh water but it will be interesting to see whether this amount of human ... http://www.picturesforwalls.com/blog/2008/07/abandoned-little-bird/ http://www.picturesforwalls.com/blog/2008/07/singapore-jewel-in-asias-crown/