Commercial Holiday Let shoot

Here are a few shots from a commission I did of a local Holiday let, a beautiful property in the Staffordshire Peak District, a couple of exterior shots then just a few from the many images I shot of the interior.

Product Photography work

I haven't blogged for quite a while due to quite a few things, so I am going to post these photos I have taken, they are all part of my new product portfolio and have been taken over a period of weeks

Budweiser Beer shoot

25th January 2016

Today I shot a bottle of Budweiser for my product portfolio, the set up was 4 lights. I brought in some planks of wood I had in the garden for the backdrop, these were lit with one gridded spot light.
I used two strip boxes slightly behind the bottle and glass shot through two large sheets of trace paper. I then used a snoot to highlight the table on the bottle.
Setting were f11, 1/250sec, iso 100

Shooting Mincemeat!

Today I thought I would put a quick image on Facebook of some mincemeat Nicki made over the weekend ready for christmas, after taking a quick snap I thought it looked pretty bad, so I thought I would have a play with some lighting and see if I could get a better shot to show off all her hard work, I was quite pleased with the result and thought I would go through what I did!

The first image is the strait from camera with speed light attached to the hotshoe

Next image is the finished image I used on Facebook after setting up some speed lights off camera

Here are a few images of the set up I used, one speed light behind the jars to backlight them, one to the right of the jars with a small soft box fitted and one to the left with a grid fitted. I put a red backdrop behind the work island.

This image is just triggering the light behind the jars which was fitted with a grid to direct the light.

To bounce some light back onto the red backdrop I cut a small piece of card and covered it in tin foil and placed it behind the jars, you can see this on one of the set up images above. here is the result below.

Next image is with the light to the jar right added.

Next I added the gridded light from the left.

Again the finished image sharpened in Photoshop and the edges of the image darkened, also I held a white card above the jars to bounce some light onto the top of the jar lids.

Equine photo shoot Christmas offer

Here's your chance to pick up not only a great gift for Christmas but a great offer too.

Get a equine, equestrian photo shoot in the Ashbourne Derbyshire and Leek Staffordshire area in time for Christmas or buy a gift voucher to use at a time to suit you.

You can see examples of this type of horse photo shoot by popping over to my website at www.ksfoto.co.uk or see previous blogs on this site.

The offer finishes on 30th November 2015 then back to the normal price, click on the poster attached to see a larger version.

To book either call me on 01538 308342 or mail kevin@ksfoto.co.uk

Labrador photo shoot

Here are a few images from a recent pet portrait shoot I did of a couple of Labradors Riley and Harley near Ashbourne Derbyshire, I've converted them all to Monochrome as I felt they worked well with these dogs and the natural light available.
All taken at f4, iso200, range from 1/320 to 1/800sec Nikon D3, 70-200mm lens
If you would like a similar shoot or have an idea how you would like your pet photos taken visit my website www.ksfoto.co.uk for prices and information on how to contact me.

Click on any image to see a larger version

Highly commended with the SWPP

I received four highly commended awards in September for my Landscape, Pictorial and fine art, Monochromatic and Pet Portrait in the SWPP photographic competition, really pleased that 3 of my latest horse images made the grade :-)