A journey of photographic adventure, Two Views was born by two friends having a blast and learning from each other on a photo shoot in the autumn sunshine, asking the question “How can we continue to push our photographic boundaries in terms of technical knowledge, new challenges and creativity and have fun at the same time?” The answer we came up with was to set ourselves a project every two weeks, and then publish the results together. Two Views of the same subject / idea or technical approach. By the end of this year we will have covered 26 subjects and produced at least 50+ awesome photographs, and have learned a huge amount along the way! We’d love your comments, critiques and ideas, and if you want to “play along” too, please do let us have your shots by links in the comments sections! TJ & The Brunette

Monday, 28 May 2012

Low Key by The Blonde


Again I really enjoyed this assignment! It's fun to look at the world in a different way, and in your mind compose the shot you would like to create and then manipulate the camera controls to deliver. I went to the river one lunchtime hoping to get some interesting close ups of water (See filmstrip one below) which I wasn't that impressed with, and then luckily this swan drifted majestically into view! I was already three stops down exposure wise to create an under exposed image, and just had to tweak a little in the edit to convert to B&W and make the water even blacker. I like the composition (classic rule of thirds), the large amount of negative space also leads the eye in to the swan, and his pose was perfect, with the wings slightly lifted. The white of the feathers creates a pleasing reflection down towards the viewer and allows us to see the texture of the water. I think its quite peaceful and serene. I also experimented with some close up details on some black cars in the sunshine, converted over to B&W and slightly darkened them all again in the edit. I am pleased with them, but they don't have a great deal of "atmosphere" which is what I was looking to create with this assignment. So the swan won out in the end :)




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  1. tim28 May 2012 at 18:36

    This photo is first class and the kind of photo I aspire to take. The lighting effect is amazing and I initially wasn't sure if it was an indoor shot such was the success of the exposure. Well done indeed!

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