Location like these are probably the last place anyone would like to take pictures of, but for photographers… it’s like paradise 🙂 Or maybe it’s just me… Anyway, this place is always fun to shoot, quiet and peaceful. Gear: Canon 7D + Sigma 8-16mm Settings: f10 | 1/30 | ISO 100 Post process: 3 Exposures DRI Color balance adjustments Curves adjustments Dodging and burning Cheers! /Mike
Me and my photo buddies Eugene and Henry went to the Abandoned Village in Ras Al Khaimah. If you are following my blog or flickr, you will know that I have been to this place several times already, the only difference this time is that this was shot during sunrise. Using my ND1000x BW filter to get some motion with the clouds. Gear: Canon 7D + Tokina 11-16 + BW ND1000x (ND110) Settings: f11 | 30 secs. | ISO 400 […]
Another angle from the Villa we stayed in during the new year. Really an amazing place. I hope one day, we can visit the place again 🙂 Gear: Canon 7D + Tokina 11-16 f2.8 Settings: f9.0 | 13 secs. | ISO 100 Post process: 3 exposures DRI Curves adjustments Hue and saturation adjustments Dodging and burning Cheers!
One of the best new year celebrations I had. We spend a coupe of days in a large private villa in The Cove Rotana Beach Resort in Ras Al Khaimah. The villa includes 3 big bedrooms, a large hall, cool dining area, balconies, equipped kitchen and a fantastic infinity pool. It is located on top a small mountain overlooking the beach. and to top it all, we had a ‘ferrari-red’ buggy to roam around the resort! This shot is from […]
This was shot at Ras Al Khaimah, ghost town. This abandoned village is quite big and you have to make sure you know your way out once it gets dark, because its pitch black in there. Most of the locals are afraid of this place, however I haven’t seen or felt anything supernatural about the place. Gear: Canon 7D + Sigma 10-20mm Settings: 2 exposures, one for the tower and the other for the sky. Post process: 2 exposures manually […]
This particular scene interested me a lot; I was shooting portraits and I saw how these walls are torn down and how many layers of wall can bee seen through it. It’s a little difficult to put the model here but it makes a good landscape subject, so I clicked! Gear: Canon 7D + Tokina 11-16 f2.8 Settings: f8.0 | 1/100 | ISO 100 Post process: 3 exposures blended manually using DRI Multiple curves adjustments to enhance the tones Dodging […]
And I’m back with landscapes! This was taken after the portraits sessions. This is the post blue hour when the sun sets and the sky turns magenta for a few minutes. Gear: Canon 7D + Tokina 11-16 f2.8 Settings: f8.0 | 1/6 | ISO 100 Post process: 3 exposure DRI’d Dodging and burning Blending modes Curves adjustments Have a great weekend guys! /Mike
This is probably the last from set 2. The place has got a lot of potential and it’s a lot of fun to take pictures of… I want to thank Alika for being a nice model throughout the shoot. Cheers! Gear: Canon 7D + Sigma 17-50 f2.8 OS HSM Settings: f5.0 | 1/200 | ISO 320 Strobist: 430exii + umbrella on camera right @ 1/4 power Trigger: 7D’s transmitter Post process: Curves adjustments Dodging and burning Did some cloning on […]
This is probably my last post for set 1; Set 2 will still be in the same place but a different location. On this particular shot, I asked the model to walk towards the camera, giving a sense of motion to the shot. I applied the same ‘cinematic’ post process to complete set 1. Gear: Canon 7D + Sigma 17-50 f2.8 OS HSM Settings: f5.6 | 1/200 | ISO 160 Strobist: 430exii + umbrella on camera top left @ 1/4 […]
A close up shot from the same set. Trying to stick with the cinematic feel for the entire set, a few more pictures from the same set are coming up. Gear: Canon 7D + Sigma 17-50 f2.8 OS HSM Settings: f4.5 | 1/250 | ISO 100 Strobist: 580exii + umbrella on camera right @ 1/4 power Trigger: 7D’s built in transmitter Post process: Levels and Curves Adjustments Hue and saturation adjustments Applied some blending modes (Overlay) on selected areas Dodging […]