markst33

Hi Felix, thank you for your kind words. The bright area at Ben's shoe is just mean t to show a fading due to the age of the print. As the print would deteriorate over the passing of the years no one, neither the photographer nor the models nor the viewers would be able to prevent how the image deteriorates. Mark.

A composite from a recent 1920s themed shoot I did.

I did a 1920's themed shoot at the weekend. I have been planning this since xmas. It took that amount of time to get the clothes, props, suitable models and venue together and then organise a time that suited everyone. I then edited the photo to age it by sepia toning it and then adding textures, noise stains and imperfections and fading it to make it look as old as possible. The idea here was to see if I could make it as authentic as possible. The image is meant to take the viewer to a train station waiting room where you encounter a situation where a beautiful wealthy white woman finds herself on the same bench as a black man as a photographer takes the shot, with the position of the case representing the barrier between the races. The venue I used was very challenging as it had a lot of modern graffitti and artwork on the walls hence her open umbrella to cover some of the wall art. Lit with a large softbox to my left angled towards the subjects and a reflected umbrella to my right. The image I hope gets the viewer to think about the situation and the potential story behind the picture.

I posted a question to the site admins to see what the problem here is. Heres the thread in case you are interested. http://photo.net/site-help-forum/00dGJ8

I think its photo.net's compression because if you look at the same image on Flickr the red really pops out. https://www.flickr.com/photos/skramshots/16980565967/

30+ attempts before I got this

View of the Sea stack from Kinard Beach, Co Kerry, Ireland

Seen on a beach in Co Kerry, Ireland

A view of sunrise at the Bailey Lighthouse here in Howth, Dublin. Unfortunately the sun never made an appearance due to the cloud cover

A half submerged rock in the Sea at Seapoint beach here in Dublin with an unusual cloud formation above it

Amazing winter sky over lighthouse in the distance here in Dublin on a cold December morning.

@ Harry - Thats ice on the bridge. It was a very cold December morning. Hence the winter wonderland :)

Sunrise over Dublin