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Nick Green (Musician) Portraiture, On Location Band Photography Ipswich Suffolk

noreply@blogger.com (DaveBulow) — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 12:00:00 +0000

In November I produced this portfolio photo shoot for local Ipswich singer-songwriter Nick Green (who recorded much of the music for my website, notably the wedding gallery). The shoot was based around Belstead village and the A12 flyover at Copdock. These images are also featured on the Band Photography / Artwork page of my main website.

Technical Info:
Camera: Canon EOS 5D
Lens: Various, including Olympus Zuiko 21mm f/3.5 lens for the widest shots.
Lighting: All natural light.
A Few minutes in Capture One 4, then followed by extensive work in PhotoShop.

DaveBulow Photography Blog. For Wedding Photography Services please click here: DaveBulow: Suffolk Wedding Photographer.
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Leila-Mae - Child Portrait Photography, Ipswich, Suffolk

noreply@blogger.com (DaveBulow) — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 18:04:00 +0000

These portraits of little Leila-Mae were taken earlier this year, back in August.

DaveBulow Photography Blog. For more Portrait Photography please visit the baby and child portraiture page.

Pet Portraits - Ipswich

noreply@blogger.com (DaveBulow) — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 22:30:00 +0000

Just thought I'd post a few photos of Taffy & Sushi (our cats). The last image is my current favourite (and desktop wallpaper)!

DaveBulow Photography Blog. Please click here for: More pet portraits and animal photography.

Moth - Macrophotography

noreply@blogger.com (DaveBulow) — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 12:00:00 +0000

Whatever your opinion of them, this is another example of macrophotography. Not for the fainthearted!

Technical Info:
Camera: Canon EOS 5D
Lens: Olympus Zuiko 50mm f/3.5 Macro Lens + extension tubes.
Lighting: Canon EX-580II, triggered off-camera by ST-E2.
A Few minutes in Capture One 4 and PhotoShop.

Please click here for: More macro photography.

Leaf Macrophotography

noreply@blogger.com (DaveBulow) — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 06:00:00 +0000

A macrophotography art piece - 'A Leafy Virus'.

DaveBulow Photography Blog. For Wedding Photography Services please click here: DaveBulow: Suffolk Wedding Photographer.
Please click here for: More macro photography.

New DaveBulow Wedding Photography Website for 2010

noreply@blogger.com (DaveBulow) — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 09:00:00 +0000

The purpose of today's blog post is simply to announce the opening of my new, fully redesigned Wedding Photography Website. Why not take a look?

For those of you who may be new to this PhotoBlog, perhaps finding this post from searching on Google, I'm an Ipswich, Suffolk based wedding photographer, and this Blog simply accompanies my main wedding photography website. If you like to receive occasional photos (some are wedding photos, some not), or announcements of special offers on photography services, deals and discounts, then please subscribe via the box on the right.

East Anglia Wedding Photos

Sunset from Flatford Lane, December 2004

noreply@blogger.com (DaveBulow) — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 08:00:00 +0000

I was looking over some older images the other day (scans from old 35mm films, in fact), when I came across this shot, which I had ignored at the time because of the great difference in contrast between the foreground and background. This time round I had the Photoshop skills to make at least a half-decent picture out of it. Hope you like it, and don't mind me posting it so late! (5 years late, to be precise).

Technical Info:
Camera: Olympus OM-40
Lens: Probably my old Olympus Zuiko 28mm f/2.8 lens.

DaveBulow Photography Blog. For Wedding Photography Services please click here: DaveBulow: Suffolk Wedding Photographer.
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Levi (Baby Portrait Photography, Ipswich)

noreply@blogger.com (DaveBulow) — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 17:10:00 +0000

Back in August I had the pleasure of photographing little Levi. Here are a few of the images from that shoot.

For photo-techies: Plenty of carefully aimed bounce-flash used here. Ceilings and light-coloured walls can provide some excellent soft, directional light when used with bounce flash, either on or off-camera.

DaveBulow Photography Blog. For Wedding Photography Services please click here: DaveBulow: Suffolk Wedding Photographer.
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Orwell Park School Wedding Photography at Nacton, Ipswich, Suffolk

noreply@blogger.com (DaveBulow) — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 12:25:00 +0000

2 weeks ago I had the pleasure of assisting Dibbs of Bushfire Photography at a local Suffolk Wedding in Nacton, at Orwell Park School. Venues like Orwell Park School offer great photographic backdrops both indoors and out, as well as truly excellent food!

Above are some of my shots from the day. Thanks again Carl & Dibbs for asking me to join you for the day.

DaveBulow Photography Blog. For Wedding Photography Services please click here: DaveBulow: Suffolk Wedding Photographer.
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River Orwell and Rainbow

noreply@blogger.com (DaveBulow) — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 07:00:00 +0000

This is the 5th and last photo from my brief photo excursion last Friday. Overall it's been quite fun, really, and it just goes to show that it's possible to take several very different looking photographs within a few miles of one another, and all in the space of about an hour.

Each of them has deliberately been given different post-exposure treatment to further exaggerate these differences. I've found RAW processing to be especially helpful, and you may notice the very cold blue feel to this last image, mainly thanks to being able to choose a different white balance post-exposure.

I hope you've enjoyed receiving them, and feel free to leave a comment on the blog to let me know if you have or if you haven't. Photography is entirely subjective to personal tastes and so I don't expect everyone to like my style.

Technical Info:
Camera: Canon EOS 5D
Lens: Olympus Zuiko 21mm f/3.5 (Yes I've used this lens rather a lot recently)

Some editing in Capture One 4 and Photoshop.

DaveBulow Photography Blog. For Wedding Photography Services please click here: DaveBulow: Suffolk Wedding Photographer.
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Wheat Field, Freston, Suffolk

noreply@blogger.com (DaveBulow) — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 05:48:00 +0000

Technical Info:
Camera: Canon EOS 5D
Lens: Olympus Zuiko 21mm f/3.5

5 minutes in Capture One 4 and Photoshop.

DaveBulow Photography Blog. For Wedding Photography Services please click here: DaveBulow: Suffolk Wedding Photographer.
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Daisies

noreply@blogger.com (DaveBulow) — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 07:00:00 +0000

Technical Info:
Camera: Canon EOS 5D
Lens: Olympus Zuiko 21mm f/3.5
Exposure: 1/60th @ f/22. ISO 100.

10 minutes in Capture One 4 and Photoshop.

DaveBulow Photography Blog. For Wedding Photography Services please click here: DaveBulow: Suffolk Wedding Photographer.
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Rainy Alton Water Sunset

noreply@blogger.com (DaveBulow) — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 07:00:00 +0000

Rainy Alton Water Sunset, 24th July 2009

Technical Info:
Camera: Canon EOS 5D
Lens: Olympus Zuiko 21mm f/3.5.
3 separate exposures/photos edited from Raw in Capture One 4 then postprocessed fully and combined using PhotoShop.

DaveBulow Photography Blog. For Wedding Photography Services please click here: DaveBulow: Suffolk Wedding Photographer.
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Old Tree in Bentley, Suffolk

noreply@blogger.com (DaveBulow) — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 06:05:00 +0000

This photograph was taken just last night.

In a field a short distance from the A12, and just outside Bentley, a village just south of Ipswich stands this old tree.
The spot where this tree stands is quite close to my heart since it's where I took my now wife just before proposing to her 2 years ago.

Technical Info:
Camera: Canon EOS 5D
Lens: Olympus Zuiko 21mm f/3.5
Exposure: 1/60th @ f/22. ISO 100.

A slightly more extensive edit than usual, first in Capture One 4 and then in PhotoShop.

DaveBulow Photography Blog. For Wedding Photography Services please click here: DaveBulow: Suffolk Wedding Photographer.
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Busking in Ipswich Town Centre

noreply@blogger.com (DaveBulow) — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 05:30:00 +0000

Just a few photos featuring my wife and a friend of ours, Nick, busking in Ipswich town centre.

Technical Info:
Camera: Canon EOS 5D
Lens: Olympus Zuiko 50mm f/1.8.

DaveBulow Photography Blog. For Wedding Photography Services please click here: DaveBulow: Suffolk Wedding Photographer.
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Lloyd - 30th Anniversary Event Photography at Lawford, Manningtree, Essex

noreply@blogger.com (DaveBulow) — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 19:00:00 +0000

On Saturday I had the privilege of photographing guests at Trevor and Anne-Louise's surprise 30th Anniversary ball at the Venture Centre in Lawford, Essex, organised by the couple's Daughter and son-in-law.

To purchase photos from Saturday, please visit the ordering section of my website, here: All photos from Trevor and Anne-Louise Lloyd's 30th Anniversary Ball.

DaveBulow Photography Blog. For Event Photography Services please click here: DaveBulow: Suffolk Event Photographer.
www.davebulow.com

Studio Self Portrait 2

noreply@blogger.com (DaveBulow) — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 12:07:00 +0000

Technical Info:
Camera: Canon EOS 5D on tripod
Lens: Canon EF 24-105L.
Lighting: 1x Canon 199a Speedlight Flash Gun, triggered off-camera by Cactus Radio Trigger.
3 minutes post-processing in Capture One 4 and PhotoShop.

DaveBulow Photography Blog. For Wedding Photography Services please click here: DaveBulow: Suffolk Wedding Photographer.
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Tigger the Cat

noreply@blogger.com (DaveBulow) — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 09:59:00 +0000

More Suffolk On-Location Pet Photography! Tigger was a little shy actually, which was quite understandable considering the large black object that relentlessly followed her around the garden clicking to itself on Sunday afternoon. Still we managed to get some nice ambient and off-camera flash-lit pictures.

DaveBulow Photography Blog. For Pet and Portrait Photography Services please click here: DaveBulow: Ipswich Pet Photographer.
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Bug 5

noreply@blogger.com (DaveBulow) — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 07:20:00 +0000

Another older macro shot. Originally shot on film, I only noticed the pattern on the bug's back after developing the photo!

Technical Info:
Camera: Olympus OM-40
Lens: Olympus Zuiko 50mm f/3.5 Macro lens

DaveBulow Photography Blog. For Wedding Photography Services please click here: DaveBulow: Suffolk Wedding Photographer.
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Studio Self Portrait

noreply@blogger.com (DaveBulow) — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 09:05:00 +0000

You've probably noticed that I usually (and quite rightly, I'm sure you'll agree) stay behind the lens, but I wanted to test a new flash lighting technique for a future photo shoot, so please accept my apologies for the choice of subject on this occasion.

Technical Info:
Camera: Canon EOS 5D
Lens: Canon EF 24-105L.
Lighting: 3 Speedlight flash-guns. 1x Canon EX-580II, triggered off-camera by ST-E2, through Umbrella. 2x Canon 199a flashes, off camera, either side of subject, triggered by Cactus radio-triggers.
A Few minutes in Capture One 4 and PhotoShop.

DaveBulow Photography Blog. For Wedding Photography Services please click here: DaveBulow: Suffolk Wedding Photographer.
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Sushi the Cat

noreply@blogger.com (DaveBulow) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:06:00 +0000

After posting several images in a row last week I decided to wait a few days before posting this. Sushi is my first cat, and is now about 2 years old.

Technical Info:
Camera: Canon EOS 5D
Lens: Olympus OM Zuiko 50mm f/3.5 Macro lens.
Lighting: Canon EX-580II, triggered off-camera by ST-E2.
A Few minutes in Capture One 4 and PhotoShop.

DaveBulow Photography Blog. For Wedding Photography Services please click here: DaveBulow: Suffolk Wedding Photographer.
www.davebulow.com

View from Skiddaw

noreply@blogger.com (DaveBulow) — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 05:45:00 +0000

Skiddaw was one of my favourite memories from our trip to the Lake District. Especially when you get a view like this.

Technical Info:
Camera: Olypus OM-40
Lens: Zuiko 35-70mm.

DaveBulow Photography Blog. For Wedding Photography Services please click here: DaveBulow: Suffolk Wedding Photographer.
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Metronome

noreply@blogger.com (DaveBulow) — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 05:45:00 +0000

I seem to be posting a lot of older photos at the moment. This is an old favourite, taken in 2002.

Technical Info:
Camera: Olympus OM-1n + Olympus Zuiko 50mm f/1.8 lens.

DaveBulow Photography Blog. For Wedding Photography Services please click here: DaveBulow: Suffolk Wedding Photographer.
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Band Photography in Suffolk - The Lupin Sessions

noreply@blogger.com (DaveBulow) — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 05:45:00 +0000

On Friday, Nick Green and the as yet unnamed group of musicians based in Ipswich (who incidentally played at the Scurrells' Wedding Reception) met for a recording session at the Lupin Road studio.

Some of the following images will likely be incorporated in some way into a forthcoming CD release. Don't worry, you won't be hearing any shutter clicks or other camera noises in with the vocals, since I was only shooting during practice runs and between recordings.

The entire shoot (42 images) can be viewed here.

Watch this space for more album artwork when the band have their on-location photo shoot.

DaveBulow Photography Blog. For Wedding Photography Services please click here: DaveBulow: Suffolk Wedding Photographer.
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