Elements of Spain. This was originally part of a commissioned shoot in Andalucia, Spain, focusing on property people and lifestyle. In these images Ronda, Tarifa, Conil de la Frontera, Vejer de la Frontera, Grazalema and the white town of Casares.
All images are now available for licensing.
Andalucian Elements part I is here
** This post was originally published in 2012 and is now out of date! **
Adding an ability to shoot some images quickly and of enough quality for social media uses (Facebook, Google+) is useful in providing clients more “bang for their buck”. This shoot, for Ski Famille was in the ski resorts of Les Gets and Reberty in France, and, where time allowed, the brilliant quality of the Samsung Galaxy S2 was used to shoot some latest snow and resort view images for Facebook.
While phones (whether iPhone or whatever) can now provide high enough quality for this target, the images are still very much lo-fi; heavily processed and compressed jpgs in sRGB as opposed to the hi-fi Canon 5D MarkII images which are shot in RAW and carefully post-processed into the larger colour space of aRGB, colour-corrected, burned and dodged etc and have a much larger file size with quality photosites and pixel density.
Having said that, the ability to fulfil immediate social media needs using the smartphone camera is a boon and in demand. Having the ability to fulfil that demand with this phone is a pleasure and another weapon in the photographic armoury.
For more information about custom ski and property shoots for brochures, web and Facebook get in touch here
Elements of Spain. This was originally part of a commissioned shoot in Andalucia, Spain, focusing on property people and lifestyle. In these images Ronda, Tarifa and the white town of Casares. All images are now available for licensing.
The World Travel Market takes place at Excel in Docklands, London, in the week beginning the 7th of November. Already with a couple of meetings planned, it will be an excellent opportunity to meet others involved in tourism from around the world to discuss plans, make contacts and view portfolios.
To book a meeting for the event telephone +44 (0)7767-787351 or contact here
Autumn always brings new ski brochures. As a photographer it is always nice to see how images you have taken for a brochure are used. Below are a few pages from the new Flexiski brochure 2011-12…
For more information on brochure/web photography and video get in touch here
Autumn always brings new ski brochures. As a photographer it is always nice to see how images you have taken for a brochure are used. Below are a couple of pages from the new Ski Famille brochure 2011-12…
And some of our favourite people images from the shoot (from hundreds!)
For more information on brochure/web photography and video get in touch here
The appropriately named Costa de la Luz (Coast of Light) at Conil de la Frontera, Cadiz, Andalucia, Spain, showing the bay and lighthouse at sunset. The Battle of Trafalgar took place in these waters with Nelson and Napoleon battling for supremacy. It is where Nelson famously hoisted signal flags saying “England expects every man to do his duty”.
This image was part of a commission for a tour operator that specialised in classy and unique properties in Spain from Paradores to seaside cottages.
Images for this twin hotel launch (Le Chapteau and Hotel Saint Louis) were needed during the launch week for immediate web use as were the PR editorial images of the invited celebrities. In addition, images were needed for brochure and direct mail use at the end of the shoot. Interiors and exteriors were required along with mountain-top images of the Flexiski ski staff.
The emphasis was on the quality of the product and a desire for atmospheric, sometimes darker images in a semi chiaroscuro style.