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2012 Calendars available from Lulu publishers

I have prepared a series of four calendars for 2012 which can be brought directly from Lulu.com, an Internet publishing house. They are available world-wide.

Get a different gift this year

The Calendars come in two sizes – Premium and Standard. Premium is 13.5″ x 19″ and the Standard is 11″ x 8.5″ (11″ x 17″ open). They are printed on high quality gloss paper and bound by a sturdy spiral binding. The calendars have United Kingdom & US key dates & holidays. Premium calendars are £19.50 and Standard are £12.50 (or the equivalent in other currencies).

Click on the images to link through to Lulu.com where you can preview the whole calendar before buying. : )

Note on the Series 1 Cathedrals Calendar:

This is the first in a series of four calendars which I will publish over a four-year period. The set will eventually include all 43 Cathedrals of the Church of England in alphabetical order. The 2012 calendar includes the first 12, from Birmingham to Durham.

The proceeds of the sale of this calendar will go to St Mary’s Church, Caterham, Surrey and to cover the costs of production.

Premium Calendars – 13.5″ x 19″ (343 x 483mm)

Scenes of England It’s a Small World
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Images 2012 Church of England Cathedrals – Series 1
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Africa 2012 Cities of Europe – 2012
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Standard Calendars – 11″ x 8.5″ (280 x 216mm)

Scenes of England It’s a Small World
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Images – 2012 Church of England Cathedrals – Series 1
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Africa 2012 Cities of Europe – 2012
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Series of Four #12 – Autumn scenes – with muted HDR

Series of Four

This is the twelfth Blog in the “Series of Four” series. Each blog focuses on a different aspect of photography, either technical or creative. To see the full set of “Series of Four” blogs, click here.

Autumn scenes – with muted HDR

Here is a set of four images taken yesterday near Cheltenham in England. Autumn has come late and this was a bright, mild, mid October afternoon. I have used a technique called HDR (High Dynamic Range) which uses a series of bracketed images taken at different exposures (+1, 0, -1 in these images) to achieve a greater range than is possible with the sensitivity of a normal digital sensor. Using software it is possible to integrate the images (usually 3 or 5) to achieve a very sharp image with details across the full range of the image. If overdone this can begin to look very artificial and many photographers are deliberately pushing the method as a creative technique. I prefer to mute the effects. There is a great deal of experimentation to be done!!

Series of Four #8 – English Landscapes in black and white

Series of Four

This is the eighth Blog in the “Series of Four” series. Each blog focuses on a different aspect of photography, either technical or creative. To see the full set of “Series of Four” blogs, click here.

English Landscapes

These are four English landscapes taken in the ‘Home Counties’ – Surrey and Kent – within a 20 minute drive or so from my home. You can see where the English masters such as Turner and Constable got their skies and clouds from. Using black and white emphasises the contrast and drama of the images, as does using different portrait and landscape formats.

The top two images are from Penshurst in Kent, England. They were taken in September 2011.
The third was taken near Shere in Surrey, England shortly before a storm in September 2008.
The fourth shot is of a Post Office in Kent, England, taken in May 2009.

Series of Four #6 – Perspective at the forest floor

Series of Four

This is the sixth Blog in the “Series of Four” series. Each blog focuses on a different aspect of photography, either technical or creative. To see the full set of “Series of Four” blogs, click here.

Perspective at the forest floor

What would a walk in the forest for a four-inch photographer look like? Changing the perspective can open up a whole different world. Lighting can be a challenge.

All of these were shot in the woodlands of the North Downs in Surrey, England which are within a mile of where I live except the bottom right image which was shot near Fresvik in Norway.

Series of Four #3 – The four stages of Greed

Series of Four

NOTE: I took this Blog down because on reflection I thought it was a bit frivolous and I never usually manipulate my images with Photoshop but a couple of people who had already seen it said I should put it back – so here it is ….

This is the third Blog in the Series of Four series. Each blog focuses on a different aspect of photography, either technical or creative. To see the full set of “Series of Four” blogs, click here.

The Four Stages of Greed

Greed has a way of becoming part of you – distorting you – making you into a different thing. [I have been having some fun with Photoshop which I generally do not use often. A bit corny really, but it is interesting how something as ordinary as a hand can become creepy …]

The Growth of Greed

Apparently Greed started growing in a secluded woodlands setting in England many centuries ago and was exported to Africa during the early colonial period where it has taken root as an invasive alien species, mixing with local varieties of greed and proliferating rapidly. Imported and local varieties can now be found all over the world.

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