Although I get my kicks from portrait photography, there was a time when I prefered taking landscape shots.
In 2007, for my 21st birthday, my uncle gave me his hand-me-down DSLR as he had just upgraded to a better model. It was a Canon Rebel 300D with the standard kit lens, and was probably the best present I’ve ever received (apart from my 40D that Sam bought me, of course!). I wasted no time in using it, and these were some of the very first few shots I took. I can vividly remember eagerly going out early one winter morning to test out my new camera. These shots are doubly significant as they were taken in Richmond Park – a place that holds a lot of fond memories for me and was my ‘almost back garden’ for over twenty years.
I’m joining in with The Gallery for the first time this week.
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They are beautiful photos. I especially love the first one.
thank you!
Wow if landscapes aren’t you preference your portraits must be ridiculous. These re simply stunning.
Thank you, such a lovely comment. I’m not great at portraits but I do enjoy the challenges of getting the right expressions.
beautiful photos!!
Beautiful. I used to live in Richmond – such a lovely place.
Richmond is gorgeous. I was so lucky to live so close to the park, I miss it!
Wow! How did you achieve this effect?
To be honest…I can’t quite remember (it was so long ago!). The colour was already quite bleached out because I was shooting towards the sun, but I probably desaturated a bit further and upped the blacks and contrast a bit.
It was my ” back garden” once too, I used to run in there after work! Lovely pictures
It’s a great place for a jog (not that I do much of that!)