Photography from the Lake District
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Leeds Business – McFade Promo Videos
Promo videos for McFade Photography Just been putting together a few videos for use on the website – fast paced, lots of photos and a few key messages in each one. Here they are for you to have a look at Linked IN Shoots [tube]U_fVMCiJ0qc[/tube] 1-2-1 PR Business Shoots [tube]lk8w_xNHVmA[/tube] Business Property Shoots [tube]M4zyNXegG6g[/tube]
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Bradford Photography in the Sun
Bradford City Park 12 months ago you’d have seen few people enjoying themselves in Bradford city centre on a summer’s afternoon, but with the new City Park by the Town Hall, it’s all change. One the warmest March day in years, we saw the area full of local mums with kids, office worker and students,
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Midland Hotel – Bradford
Photos from the Midland Hotel, Bradford The Midland Hotel is an architectural gem in Bradford. Had a meeting there today and managed to spend a bit of time capturing a small part of the building – the main hall way near reception. Looking forward to working with the hotel to put Bradford on it’s walls,
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Wedding Photography for Sophie and James
Wedding Photography at Coniston Hotel A few shots from Sophie and James’ wedding at the lakeside of Coniston Hotel – a perfect location and lovely couple.
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Discovering Morley
Near Leeds Morley is a large town in the shadow of near-by Leeds, yet had it’s day as a wealthy wool town in the past. This is illustrated by The Town Hall, it is very impressive, similar to Leeds Town Hall in style; it steals the lime light away from the rest of the centre.
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Rocco in the Woods
Leeds Model in Leeds Woods We’re always on the look out for new locations for both training and shoots with models, families and business people. So on this rekke shoot Rocco and I took to some woods in Leeds, armed with 2 flashes and a mix of lenses – and got some shots using the
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Valentina DIAZ Video
Follow this link to see a short Youtube Video of the amazing Valentina Diaz, over in the UK from Bolivia. [tube]R90o-Vd7Ixg[/tube] Valentina Diaz
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Light….
Photography, when roughly translated from the original Greek, means “writing with light”. You may have known that already, but when you think about it, it doesn’t really mention “subject” or “composition”, or anything technical about the camera. It’s just the recording of “light”. One of the points we make on the “Discover” workshops is to
10 Reasons Why Photography Workshops Work!
Photography Workshops Work – Here’s Why Check out our Workshops Here http://www.photographycourses.eu/leeds-photography-workshops-coming-soon/
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Published in Photo Professional Magazine – March 2012
McFade in the Pro Photography Magazines Hot off the press this week is our latest article to go in to a glossy photography magazine. Previous published articles have been on “inspiration” and “painting with light”, this one’s our first in Photo Professional and discusses the merits of small flashes on location shoots – and it’s
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LEEDS PHOTOS – Jan 2012
New Leeds Photos for 2012 We’ve taken advantage of the amazing sunny January days by getting a new set of images of Leeds for you to enjoy. Here’s a pretty extensive selection from the new set – there will be more to come! Buy a copy for your home! They will all available for purchase
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Free “Street Photography” Action
It’s true, here’s a FREE Street Photography Action… Here’s what it does Transforms a street candid from this… To this with one click… Street” is photography in one of the purest forms. We capture the environment as-is; people going about their business is the subject, rather than moody hills, the relentless sea, colourful birds or
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CASE STUDY – Enviroco
Case Study of Enviroco Sheffield – Click on the image to see large
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CASE STUDY – Bradford Audi
Case Study of McFade’s work at Bradford Audi – click to see larger
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What Award Winning Wedding Photographers do?
McFade approach to Wedding Photography The McFade approach to wedding photography in 2011 was to create classic shots with off camera flash adding that extra bit of magic, leaving minimal processing in Photoshop. Actively been trying to avoid things that would look dated – there are enough “filters” out there which are in fashion for
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Why should you shoot RAW?
Should I be Shooting RAW? RAW is a Mystery RAW is a mystery to many, resulting in them using JPG when taking photos. There’s nothing wrong with JPG, but you are throwing much of the baby out with the bathwater each time you hit the shutter. RAW is your Digital Negative RAW is just the
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McFade Returns to Cumbria
Back to Cumbria – The Amazing Lake District Landscape I’ve not done that much “landscape” photography for a few years, concentrating more on developing styles with flash, architecture and cars. However, with it being Autumn, I decided to invest a few days in the wonderful Lake district and recapture my love of the place. It’s certainly the
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Facebook feedback from Claire and Andy’s Wedding
The last wedding of 2011 was down in Cheshire with Andy and Claire – a great couple and a top bunch of friends and lovely family… but enough of the eulogising… They had deal where they got a disc of photos from the day and Claire put them on Facebook – which
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McFade Photographs a Ferrari California
Ferrari Cars are amazing things – beautifully designed, powerful and a joy to photograph. Where better to take them than to a bleak moor on the Lancs/Yorks border and create something dark and brooding, like the sound of the engines in these super cars. This is the california, a car that can hit
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Photographing Audi A7 in Bradford
McFade Photography‘s friends down at Audi Bradford liked the A5 shots we took in August so much, they let us loose in a brand new, £60K A7! It’s one hell of a car to be fair – feels like you’re in a cockpit with all the controls around you… even the boot opens automatically! Again
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Top Tips – Sunny Day Cities
Photography in bright sun is a bad thing…. right ? Well it can be – it’s not ideal for landscapes, can make a wedding dress impossible to shoot without blinding your self and creates really harsh shadows. But like any light, it has its uses – so here are a series of shots from a few weeks
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Past Power To the People…
I’m not sure where my fascination with cooling towers came from – maybe the few around Padiham when I was a kid caught my eye? They’re just so incredibly huge and un-natural looking that I’m quite drawn to them. So when I got to Leeds and started discovering the county of West Yorkshire (andy
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Audi A5 Sportback
Had a trip out to shoot the stunning new Audi A5 Sportback yesterday. Must confess that I’ve never driven an automatic before, so I did hit the break thinking it was the clutch a few times – having massive brand new break discs, I can report that it does stop pretty darn fast! Lovely car and
Wow – You must have a great camera!!
There are some quite amusing things that people say to photographers from time to time, often when you show them their image on the back of the camera, or present a few prints or a recent book, or even just see the shots on the web. Things like :- “Wow – that camera’s awesome” or
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Perspective on Roads
Perspective and Lines…. I’ve always liked vanishing points and perspective, not only photography but in art, and just in life when you’re wandering around the countryside. You can find them in arable fields, where the farmers leave long rows of potatoes or lines in the wheat. If you have an old Roman road
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A shoot with Krishna
Stylist and makeup artist Saadiya invited me to shoot a session with models Krishna and Mahera last week. Though I’ve not really had much chance to process the shots, I’ve edited a few of Krishna which I thought I’d share.
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Wedding Photography – How much!!?!?!??!?!
Understanding the Costs of Wedding Photography If you’re planning to get married, you’ll no doubt be on the hunt for a photographer to capture your big day. A little research will show you there’s a vast range of prices, from the £250 “shoot and burn” type to the £2000+ mega wedding packages. Different Styles of
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Self Portraits by Vivian Maier
I don’t usually just link to other people’s site in my blog, but I discovered this lovely set of 40 self portraits taken in the late 50’s and 60’s – shows a real sense of innovation and lateral thinking on the self-portrait genre. Most to the ones I like are where you see her and
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Sari Shoot at Kirkstall
My friend Hash Parmar recently started up a beauty treatments business in Leeds. We did a few shots of Kat, who’d had a Hash make over, down by the Aire at Kirkstall Abbey. A lovely location, leafy and green, with the added bonus of a 12th century abbey in the background. The shots here are
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Bradford Switch Networking – the opening night
A new dawn in Bradford Networking Rob and Jag – the guys behind Bradford Switch Yesterday, a new networking group was born – the brainchild of Jag Panesar and Rob Ives, Bradford Switch is a relaxed, friendly way to meet new business contacts and build relationships. The first meeting was in The Sparrow, a
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Rule of thirds…
One of the most useful “rules” in photography is the Rule of Thirds The best way to describe it is to imagine a noughts and crosses grid over the scene when you look through the view finder on your camera. Put your subject (or a point of interest) on one of the lines – or
The impossible photography shoot…
….making Hull look great! The latest AimSpace project is to transform an office space with inspiring photography, for a newly acquired building in Hull. Our clients need the photographs in the show office to look fantastic and local to the city, so out with the camera and around Hull I went – with my trusty
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An industrial shoot…
I like a photographic challenge – in fact, I had a project called “something from nothing” in the past, where I’d go to places with seemingly no photographic interest and then diligently crawl around looking for something interesting. They usually ended up with really dark skies and became broody and moody…. it’s easier to make dramatic dark
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Where to shoot ?
How much difference does “location” make to your images? Obviously landscape and architecture are totally reliant on location, but with subjects such as portraits, products and cars, you can choose to shoot in the studio or choose a location to create something totally different. Getting outside with the camera and lights is definitely a technical
McFade Media Shoots
What does social media profile shot really say about you? Does your business benefit from meeting new contacts and networking? McFade Media shoots combines networking with business people and creating fantastic profile shots for ALL your media use:- Twitter/LinkedIN/Facebook – your online presence your website your promo work – also send them to clients for
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Engagement shoot with Jason and Jo
Here’s a short film of the shots from Jason and Jo’s wedding consultation and engagement shoot. Jason and Jo\’s engagement shoot Everyone who books a wedding with me gets one of these shoots, they’re my chance to:- get to know the couple better, talk about the day and any special requirements the couple would like, check out
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Camera control simulator
Here’s a really handy online tool to help you work out how things like Aperture, Shutter Speed, Focal Length and ISO all work http://camerasim.com/camera-simulator.html Well worth a look if you own a DSLR
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The Apprentice… Profile Shots
Its that time of year again – the UK’s biggest business show the Apprentice takes to the air once more. Another batch of sugar-fodder comes forth for a summer of challenges, back stabbing, grilling and talking in cringe-clichés. As I’m going to be talking about the visual impact of the apprentice on the Apprentice Lover’s
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You’re Hired………
With the dawn of the new “The Apprentice”, John Thompson of Metropolis NLP has started up a new BLOG to both learn from and sightly ridicule the new series. http://barraboybusiness.wordpress.com/ I’ll be making contributions to this with as the Visual Consultant, looking at how the photography and lighting are used in the series, seeing what
Review of my HDR workshop at Salford Quays
Just thought I’d share a review by Mark Carline, who attended my HDR workshop down at Salford Quays. http://www.markcarline.co.uk/2011/05/salford-quays-welshot-imaging-hdr.html
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5 Things Every Portrait Photographer Needs To Know
Portrait Photographers – Come Clean! The first time I ever took a portrait it was pretty awful – horrible confession there! How about yours? Actually, the first time I met a piano, I made a terrible din. I’ve got better at both I’m glad to say, and it’s all about practice. Natural Light If you
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5 Tips…. Sunny Day Photography
Sunny day photography Make the most of these “bright day” tricky conditions Bright days are great for many things, walks, days on the beach, beer gardens etc. but for Photography they cause a lot of issues:- very high contrast scenes too bright for a flash to work washed-out colours in landscape scenes etc. Here are
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5 Landscape Photography Locations in Yorkshire
Unlocking the Secrets of Yorkshire Landscape Photography: Where to Start? Yorkshire is not just a county; it’s a canvas for Yorkshire landscape photography. With its towering coastal cliffs, rugged limestone formations, ancient stone walls, and mesmerising waterfalls, Yorkshire is a haven for photographers. But where should one start their Yorkshire landscape photography journey? To guide
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Lines everywhere!
The Lead Line – A powerful friend for your compositions When you start getting interested in photography and look to improve, there are a few “rules” which help – things like the Rule Of Thirds or ensuring you’ve got a Single Focal Point/Subject in shot are very useful. These basic guidelines can make a significant
Exposure Explained…. via Beer?
F stops, shutter speeds and ISO can be confusing. I like to think in terms of things I understand when trying to explain difficult concepts, and it happens that beer can be roughly equated to exposure… F-Stops So the F stop relates to how fast a beer flows from the pump:- Guinness takes ages, that’s
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Exhibition in Abbot Hall, Kendal, November 2011
McFade photography are happy to announce that we will be putting on an exhibition at Abbot Hall in Kendal in November 2011. The Abbot Hall website is here http://www.abbothall.org.uk/coffee-shop-exhibitions for directions. The title of the exhibition is “North East-West”, taking photographs from the west coast to the east coast of northern England. These will include
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Everyone hates having their portrait taken…… at first
The Art of Portrait Photography: Elevate Your Corporate Image Out of Your Comfort Zone Unless you are a model, you are completely out of your comfort zone. No one has a camera pointing at them, like a sniper, in normal life. You will be uncomfortable. This discomfort is entirely natural, especially when stepping into the
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Musician Photography: Capturing the Essence of Jazz Guitarists | Professional Musician Photos
Musician Photography: Capturing the Essence of Jazz Guitarists Introduction to Musician Photography Musician photography is an art that goes beyond mere snapshots; it captures the spirit, passion, and dedication of the artist. Chris Rae, a multi-talented musician skilled in jazz piano and guitar, exemplifies the kind of subject that benefits from professional musician photography. Partnering
5 tips for Night Photography
It may be heading towards Spring now, but there’s still time to make the most of the dark evenings with you camera. As the city lights twinkle like stars, capturing the essence of urban life at night can be truly rewarding. For those eager to explore this fascinating realm, be sure to check out some
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