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Scratchtapes clip update

Continuing with my update on the Scratchtape clips, I’ve added a couple of extra options, while I add all the individual clips for download. I’ve reset the pricing, which was set fairly low, with a view to adding in “pay what you like” versions for personal/non-commercial  use. I’ll probably be blogging a little more on this over the next couple of weeks, as I set up more of the clips for download.

Here’s one of the latest clips added. More to come as the week goes on.

Burnout

 $10.00 ( approx. £6.50 ) commercial & personal use

Super 8 frame burning out Format: ProRes 720p25 Sound: None Duration:10s (included in Dirt collection )

For some tips on how to get the most out of these clips, please take a look at the main Scratchtapes page of the website, where you can find tutorials as well as a few free clips.

Quick shots from the beach

I’ve been pretty busy recently, so it was nice to have the chance to get out over the weekend and in the sunshine no less and shoot some fun pictures. My sister and her husband have a new pup, called Remy, who isn’t the easiest target to photograph. With such strong backlight off of the sea and with fast movement, getting anything remotely right is pretty difficult. So I was pleased to get these shots of my daughter Evy, whilst she was playing with Remy. All manual focus, using an OM 50 1.8

This is also my first blog, using my old Smugmug blog to link to. With the change over to this website, I had started to upload blog images to here rather than Smugmug. Now with a bit of reorganising I’m back to using the old Smugmug blog to power this one. Sounds confusing, but sort of makes sense to me anyway :)

Ice Forms

A couple more shots, capitalising on the cold weather gripping the UK at the moment. These two icicles were shot using a +2 macro diopter on on my ZD 40-150. Converted to Black & White and given the cyantone tint that I’m loving at the moment. Post processing in Silkypix.


Icy debris

The whole Europe seems to be shivering with cold at the moment. Here in the UK, we just had a dusting of a few inches over the weekend. I was out with my daughter sledging and on the way back took a detour along the beach. While the weather was bleak, there were some interesting snow formations on the sand to shoot. Here are a couple from yesterday. Hopefully I will get a chance to shoot some more before it all melts away..


Mountain Race clip ( Cenise Bargy )

I was back in Haute Savoie last weekend and amongst other things, shot a ski mountain race, which I’ve done regularly for the last few years. The shooting conditions were way far from ideal, with rain falling at the start line in the morning.

The race, like a good meal, is in 3 courses. 2 ski mountaineering courses combined with one cross country ski course. Competitors take part as relay teams ( one for each course ) or, as individuals completing all three! It’s primarily a fun event, but still a tough undertaking, especially with knee breaking wet snow. Even with the conditions, spirits were high for everyone involved and even though filming it was quite demanding, I had a lot of fun.

Here is a highlights reel from the day. If you want to find out more about the race, or watch other videos from other years, then visit cenisebargy.fr ( in French )

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