The Studio

This is one of my favourite places here. We've been there a few times now and it doesn't get boring - or maybe that's just because of the good company.

Nature sure is amazing and you can just sit here for hours in peace and quiet with the occasional shout from some locals in the background but it's all worth it. I've heard bird sounds that I haven't before and that makes it all the more interesting.

The trees are rich and full of really amazing texture. There's a whole variety of colours in this place.

We've use this place for a lot of photoshoots and videos. So much so that some friends of mine have begun to fondly refer to this place as "The Studio".

Obscured

For the past few weeks all the one things that's always been on my mind is Nepal and the hardships that the people affected by the earthquake are facing. I've been in touch with friends there and things are getting worse.

To get our mind off things a few of us decided to meet up on a weekend. I wasn't really feeling like shooting but I had my camera with me and decided to just take a few random shots.

This is Prince (that's a cool name, isn't it?) and he wants to be a model in the future. He was talking to someone else and I happened to grab this shot. I didn't even know I had it until I dumped all the pictures on my hard drive.

Usually when I'm shooting I have a clear picture of what I want the final image to look like but since this was rather random it provided some leeway for me to try new things. This was my first time using the frequency separation technique and it works so very well! I use that just to clear skin blemishes and smooth out a few tones. I wasn't sure where I wanted to go with this when I started so I experimented a bit.