Tuesday 29 May 2012

#1 Photography Handbook

Ok so now im coming to the end of my college life! I will have more time to blog! :D

But my final project is done at last! 3 months of work and its complete!
88 pages full of tutorials and lots of ideas to try out!! im so happy with it so i will be posting one or two tutorials a week from the handbook :)

Monday 14 May 2012

F Monday everyone!

Its a tad late for F Monday but never the less here it is!

So this Mondays featured Flickr group is: HDR http://www.flickr.com/groups/hdr/

This Group is all about HDR.
HDR stands for High Dynamic Range. I will be doing a tutorial about HDR in the next week or so. 

I really love some of the shots in this group such as these two shots I liked in the pool.

Shot 1: 
All credit for this shot goes too: http://www.flickr.com/photos/36831527@N02/

I love the detail in this image, the sky is very impacting and very contrasty, also the detail in the building is very nice


Shot 2: 
All credit for this iamge goes too: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ingo72/

I love it when people HDR buildings because you get all the fine details in the image such as the brick work and even the dirt on the ground, this image has to be one of my favourite HDR images that I have seen so far, I love the colour and the perspective of the stairs.

As always no copyright intended, and all images used on the F Monday post is copyrighted to the original owners.

Please check out there photostream's! and the Group and join the group if you love HDR photography.

Please look out in the next couple of weeks on a post about HDR photography.

That's it for this Monday! see you all tomorrow :)

The KCP

Saturday 12 May 2012

Let's have a catch up!

Time To catch up and get sorted! apologises for not posting much this week I will be back on track soon :)
I've combined Thursdays film day and F Fridays together for this week

Here we go! So this weeks Flickr Group is: "Cross Processing - Film Only"


I really love this group as Cross Processing i feel is amazing but when you do it film it takes a whole new level!
The colours of a cross processed image will very but for the most part they are very green cast or a very blue cast .
Traditional Cross Processing is done by processing film in the wrong colour chemicals. Results can very from  film to film. Most companies will cross process you film for free or for an extra pound or so. One british company that still does this is DSCL colour labs : http://www.dscolourlabs.co.uk/

Photos From the pool

So here is are two of the photos i liked from the pool 
First: Is this shot from: http://www.flickr.com/photos/julius68/

I really love the colours in this image with the warm and cool tones






Second: This shot is from: http://www.flickr.com/photos/37461467@N00/

I love the difference in contrast compared to the previous one, this image has really cool tones in the background. Also if I was to compare the two I love the difference of nature and man made.

I feel these two images are really good but there are just as good ones in the pool!

All images are copyrighted to their owners

No copyright intended

Facebook time!
This weeks Facebook like page is: "I Still Shoot Film" 
I love this like page SOOOOO many film photographs with all different films and techniques. so check it out if you love film even maybe a like ?

As always Thanks for reading! 
If you love film and love this kind of effect, it is really worth looking into. Also if you can't shoot film but still want to get a similar effect there are tutorials out there to create the effect I may do my own video tutorial on it. Also check out my Facebook page if you have a spare minute: www.facebook.com/PhotographyKC 

Thanks again for reading! 

The KCP

P.S. Sorry it was a late post I am currently getting a better ideas for content so over the next few weeks may not be the same! BUT! F Fridays will be staying! 

Friday 11 May 2012

F Fridays

It's F Friday everyone!

But before i can post F Fridays post I have too attend a private viewing at an Exhibition with my work in, so I will post when I return home and also because I didn't post last night due to setting up the exhibition I will post a second post tonight all to do with Film Thursdays :) So I will see you all later! :D

The KCP

Wednesday 9 May 2012

A Change Of Plan

OK so its Wednesday...

Wednesdays are supposed to be Idea and Concepts HOWEVER for the lack of ideas that I can come up with at the moment!! Wednesdays are going to be YouTube Wednesdays! Where i will be posting great photography related YouTubers! with either great ideas and techniques for you to try or some editing tutorials! 

Also I would like to apologize for no photographic technique yesterday but there will be one next week!

Ok so this weeks YouTuber is!!

He is a Photoshop/Adobe Expert!!
He has some great detailed but quick tutorials! 


I particular like this tutorial because it doesn't last for too long and if very informative. If this isn't your thing for Photoshop then browse through his videos and you may find something that may interest you. Well that's it for this Wednesday! 

Thanks for Reading

The KCP

Tuesday 8 May 2012

Sorry too all KCP readers

sorry everyone!

Due to some heavy studying and nearly coming to the end of my college course I am having to focus for the next week or so!! BUT while I have some spare time I am making some things for the KCP so big things to come soon! So no technique today im afraid but will post for the rest of the week!

See you all tomorrow!

The KCP

Monday 7 May 2012

Flickr Mondays

Welcome to Flickr Mondays!


Ok guys and gals its Flickr Monday and this weeks Flickr group is "The Portrait Group" http://www.flickr.com/groups/theportraitgroup/

I really like this group as its good to get ideas from and inspiration for your own portraits!
Photos from the pool

All credit for this image goes too: http://www.flickr.com/photos/samhaddixphotography/page2/

I also check this Flickr photostream and i love the work!! very detailed images and great images all round!!

for the next image from the pool i picked
All credit for this image goes to: http://www.flickr.com/photos/46208023@N06/page7/

I also had a look at this stream and i loved the range that was in the stream, and some of the editing i feel was really well done!

Well that's it for this Monday! Hope you enjoyed this Mondays post! make sure you join the group! even if you don't shoot portraits you could still be inspired!

Well thanks for reading :)

The KCP

No copyright intended, all images are protected by copyright.


Sunday 6 May 2012

#YouTube

Would like to welcome my good friend Cory to the KCP! he is going to be my head of editing, and he will be editing my videos for this blog and my YouTube channel, so great things to be expected! His Twitter!

@csteppings :D check him out

#Idea!

Got some great ideas on how i can make this blog better to look at by making videos!! :D so its almost like a blog/vblog. but there won't be a video everyday, but its just because I'm not one for writing or typing and more for doing so making videos will make things a lot easier for me :) and a lot easier for you (the readers/viewers) to understand me, as i feel i'l be able to get the message across a lot easier :) but for now i will stick to the written side of the blog! Flick Monday tomorrow so get ready for that! :D


The KCP

Friday 4 May 2012

It's F Friday!!!!!!

Ok sorry about it being a bit late! but here is F Fridays post!


Flickr: This Flickr group is all about London! anything and everything to do with london! i have uploaded images to this group and so have many others! i love some of the work that is on there so it is something worth checking out! Also the limit is great at a 50 a day!! but you don't have to add 50 a day! that would be insane. So if you love shooting in London or have some London shots on your Flickr join the group and add to the pool :)
this was one of the shots i uploaded to the London group check out the rest of my stream here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/photographykc/

Facebook: This is a Photographer that is based in Tokyo and i  love his portraits and his studio work! certainly a page to like and view his work! http://www.facebook.com/streetportraitist AND! he still shots film!! HOW COOL! :D

So that's this Fridays post :) hope you like the group and this weeks facebook photographer! Have a great weekend! and will post on Monday!

The KCP

F Fridays!!

It's F Friday!! Flick/Facebook day, lets look for some photography groups and like pages !! will post this Fridays choices by 6 Pm tonight!

The KCP

Thursday 3 May 2012

Film

Film what's that ?

Film is slowly becoming less and less available because of the digital age, but many people do still shot the odd roll or two of film and many of them still shot film only!

However saying all this film can still be purchased online or in some shops such as Boots in the UK or Jessops in the UK, and these price anything between £2-£10 a roll.
Colour and black and white film are still available and so is infrared film (if your not sure what infrared film is either Google it or I  will post it in a week or so on a Tuesday.

I personally love shooting film, weather it's colour or black and white, but its so expensive to get them developed and printed *SIGH*

but after browsing around I found that you are in your right to just ask for processing and this should cost about half of what it would be with prints (£2 at Asda in the UK), and you can either buy a film scanner or as them to put it on disc for around a pound!! How cool is that! this saves money and time!
So what's going to be posted on Thursdays ??
Well links to great places to get film supplies, links to photographers that still use film, and film of the week. Also links for those who upload film shots to Flickr and want to find groups to upload too

Well that's it for today, I will be including images and all sorts to my posts but for now just text!

The KCP

Oh and please check my Facebook like page www.facebook.com/PhotographyKC

Thanks for Reading 

What's to come?

OK so decided what I'm going to be doing on a daily bases on the KCP

Mondays: Mondays will be Flickr Mondays where i find an interesting group on Flickr to have a look at, and pick a couple of my favourite images from that pool.
Tuesdays: Tuesdays will be 1 Photographic techniques or style, etc..
Wednesday: Wednesdays will be Ideas and Concepts for you to try out (2-3 a week)
Thursdays: Thursday is all about film! (not movies, old school photography film!) and each Thursday will have a post with something new in!
Fridays: Flickr/Facebook Fridays
Saturday & Sunday - Break for Monday!!

Going to start posting tonight!!

Wednesday 2 May 2012

Welcome to the KCP

Welcome to the KCP, a place where we blog tips and tricks in the world of photography, ideas, mind maps, diagrams, techniques with descriptions on how to do these things, also with links to videos or other blogs with useful information. Perfect for someone starting in photography or someone with experience and wants to learn something new! so keep an eye or for new post 2-3 times a week