Author Archives: Nigel Paterson

I was in Melbourne at a business dinner when the sun was going down. This is two frames combined using Merge to HDR in PhotoShop so I could retain detail in the buildings and colour in the sunset. Hardware: Olympus EP-1, 14-42mm Exposure: Frame 1 – ISO640, 1/60th @ f/19, 29mm. Frame 2 – ISO640,Continue reading “Melbourne sunset…”

A straight shot of the monument shown here, in this light, would have been pretty boring, but by lying down and composing the image with a field of flowers in the foreground I believe has lifted the image out of the ordinary. Hardware: Olympus EP-1, 14-42mm Zuiko Exposure: ISO 200, 1/500th @ f/11 (-0.5EV) Post:Continue reading “Monument”

Mounted on the side of a funky coffee shop in Perth, Western Australia, are these three… things. And above them, mannequins looking out of windows… it’s all a bit weird, but in a good way. Would have loved to have shot this with a tilt/shift and polariser, but I’m playing tourist and only had myContinue reading “Wall Sculptures”

This very elegant coffee was placed in front of my in a very funky cafe… so I shot it. I really liked the mono version, but my wife suggested the coffee’ colour looked excellent, so she suggested keeping the colour in the cup and going mono with everything else. The post production was completed inContinue reading “Coffee…”

This shot was captured by putting my camera onto of my left hand and lowering it until my hand got wet! I then made the exposure with my right hand. A dangerous practice if you’re paranoid about damaging your camera, but one I feel is worth the risk. I’m doing this on my iPad andContinue reading “Beach scene”

I love digital photography. My son had bought himself a toy light sabre at the local show, and in the late evening he’s showing it off for the camera. My first frames, shot with flash, show a tiny amount of streaking of the coloured lights. I lengthened the exposure time to 1 second, but thisContinue reading “Streaky…”