Harry Sewell Photography

2011 - my year in photographs

2012-01-11T09:11:00.001-08:00

Some of my favourite pictures of 2011

Eleonora questioning everything in a coffee shop on Wells Quay (above)

Freezing conditions on top of Pen Y Fan in Wales' Brecon Beacons park (above)

A break in the cloud just prior to reaching the summit of Pen Y Fan (above)

I was obviously dressed for climbing, the sling was also really helpful when trying not to fall to my death later on (above)

A rather chilly ED Spencer, whom took two minute rotations of wearing my hat as to avoid an 'Everest are you tough enough' type scenario (above)

London School of Samba (above)

The 21st Mile of the London Marathon 2011 (above)

A runner gasps as he pushes on (above)

Waterloo bridge in the Spring sunshine (above)

The Central Hall of the Natural History Museum (Above)

The sky over Great Bircham, looking west towards the Royal Sandringham estate in Norfolk (above)

Candid shot on the Quay in Wells next the sea, Norfolk (above)

The reflections in the channel of Wells next the sea's Quay (above)

The sky on the way over to Montpelier (above)

Smoking and boozing Priests in Little Walsingham, Norfolk (above)

View north west from the 86th floor of the Empire state building, NYC (above)

Officer Karl, East 34th street NYC (above)

The World trade centre site may 2011 (above)

Grand central station (above)

Central Park (above)

Concierge on the upper east side (above)

Empire state building (above)

Manhattan (above)

Alec Swan in full shooting gear, Great Snoring (above)

Tracey Bushell, ponders on her step (above)

Alec Swan tells an anecdote in the Bull inn, Walsingham (above)

The Driver of the Wells to Walsingham light railway (above)

James Smith + Seaweed (above)

Greenwich foot tunnel (above)

Silvia Bushell, Whom unfortunately passed away in July. She lives on in the memories of those who knew and loved her (above)

Great Snoring (above)

Jessamy's vintage build (above)

My vintage build (above)

My Condor Potenza (above)

Ed's Bianchi pista (above)

Jessamy's Kona road bike (above)

My Specailized Sectuer (above)

Ed's Specialized Allez (above)

Promo shot for Long Lost Sun (above)

Jessamy and Renee lovingly paw through an old school diary (above)

A portrait of Gabby Redfern, Senior Vice President of Media Operations at Discovery Communications Europe (above)

Hong Kong Island (above)

A Runner in Kowloon, HK (above)

The beginning of the Southern Alps, New Zealand (above)

The Tasman sea (above)

Mount Ngauruhoe as viewed from the lounge of Chateau Tongariro (above)

Looking out towards the Red rocks, Wellington (above)

The Marlborough Sounds (above)

The pancake rocks, Punakaiki (above)and (below)

Native bush in Punakaiki (above)

Mount Ngauruhoe (above)

Fat me, thin me, kiss me, kill me

2012-01-05T09:52:00.001-08:00

Fat me, thin me, kiss me, kill me, originally uploaded by Harry Sewell.

Christmas has taken its toll upon me therefore, NO MORE CAKE!

Strobist: 430EX at 1/1 power shoot through umbrella above camera left.

Two Vivtar 285's @ 1/4 power bare square to me

Focal length: 28mm
Aperture: 7.1
Shutter Speed: 1/80
ISO: 100
Camera: Canon 400D
lens:Tamon SP AF 28-75mm F/2,8 XR Di LD Aspherical

Aotearoa

2011-12-20T16:06:00.001-08:00

Hong Kong

2011-12-20T15:58:00.001-08:00

The Bikes of 55B

2011-10-02T08:03:00.001-07:00

Untitled

2011-09-14T14:05:00.001-07:00

Untitled, originally uploaded by Harry Sewell.

Strobist 430EX through Snoot @ 1/4 power aimed at ed's Face camera left. One Vivtar 285 @ 1/2 power bounced off silver umbrella high camera right. Triggered by Cactus V 4's

So my flatmate and I are somewhat obviously obsessed with Bikes etc

I tried to process this so that it a slight Dave Hill/HDR type quality, mind you this was only one exposure and no naff and cheesy Tone mapping plugins were used to produce this.

Untitled

2011-09-14T14:04:00.001-07:00

Untitled, originally uploaded by Harry Sewell.

Strobist: 430EX @ 1/32 power through white diffuser camera left, triggered by Cactus V4's

My Uncle's favourite pastime is head-butting walls, hence the collar that makes him look like a giant cock.

2011-09-08T02:07:00.003-07:00

Untitled, originally uploaded by Harry Sewell.

Strobist: 430EX @ 1/64 power through large soft box camera left, triggered by Cactus V4's

So a while ago I got a 50MM f1.4 lens and haven't really done as much as I would have liked, particularly when it comes to using off camera lighting combined with the wide aperture that this lens is capable of.

The difficulty for me is that my wireless triggers for my external flashes only have a 1/250 sync speed (even with 1/250 I begin to get flash fall off in the bottom half of the frame). This means its very hard to find a daylight situation whereby you can expose at 1/250 or lower whilst using the full F1.4 aperture without putting about ten polarising filters on the end of your lens.

I shot this self portrait on a very grey autumnal day @ 1/200 using ISO 100, I had one circular polarising filter mounted to help give me a little less light on my sensor so that I could shoot at F1.4.
The fill comes from one strobe used at its' mildest power setting.

After setting this up I found that I had lost my remote for my camera meaning i had to manually focus this and take about a million shots until I had this one that actually had my eyes in focus!

Sleepy Head

2011-09-08T02:07:00.001-07:00

Sleepy Head, originally uploaded by Harry Sewell.

Strobist: 430EX @ 1/64 power through large soft box camera left, triggered by Cactus V4's

Edmund Spencer Moments after waking from a night shift, obviously pleased to see me and my camera

Sylvia Bushell

2011-09-08T02:04:00.001-07:00

Sylvia Bushell, originally uploaded by Harry Sewell.

Stobist: 430EX @1/2 power through soft box camera left, Triggered by Cactus V4's

This is my amazing and most awesome Gran, sadly she passed away recently. This picture was only taken a few weeks before her death as I'd convinced her to come out for a wander and pose for some shots after a couple of sherries.

She was a truly wonderful, magical, intelligent and inspiring woman who was so accepting of everyone without even an ounce of judgement.

She crafted a magical world for me as a kid and would spend hours indulging me and and my brother as she would help us build bases for our Transformers or scare us with wonderful stories of the ghosts she had encountered.
This enthusiasm and interest for other people and the things that they did continued throughout her life as I remember teaching her how to mix two Drum and Bass records together a few years back, giddy with excitement that potentially she may take it up and commence busting out tunes at Raves all over Norfolk.

She will be missed deeply by all who had the absolute pleasure to have known her

Dunwich Dynamo

2011-09-08T01:56:00.001-07:00

In July I took part In the 'Dunwich Dynamo' a 120 mile overnight ride from London to Dunwhich in Suffolk, these are a few shots from the finish at the beach in Dunwich

Dunwich Dynamo, originally uploaded by Harry Sewell.

Great Snoring

2011-09-08T01:52:00.003-07:00

Great Snoring, originally uploaded by Harry Sewell.

The beatiful Norfolk country side

James Paul Smith

2011-09-08T01:52:00.001-07:00

James Paul Smith, originally uploaded by Harry Sewell.

James supping on a proper Norfolk ice cream down near the beach in 'Wells Next the Sea'

Edmundo

2011-09-08T01:50:00.001-07:00

Edmundo, originally uploaded by Harry Sewell.

Ed Spencer posing with his prized Bianchi Pista in the Greenwhich foot tunnel, July 2011

Alec Swan

2011-09-08T01:47:00.001-07:00

Alec Swan, originally uploaded by Harry Sewell.

Strobist: 430EX @ 1/1 power bounced off silver umbrella high camera right triggered via cactus V4's

Focal Length 50mm
Aperture F7.1
ISO 100
Exposure 1/160

I managed to convince my stepfather to don his most excellent tweed and go through the motions with one of his prized weapons

Here he is with a Charles Lancaster, 12 bore O/U, pinless s/l ejc

Long Lost Sun

2011-09-08T01:46:00.001-07:00

Long Lost Sun, originally uploaded by Harry Sewell.

Strobist: 430EX @1/2 power through soft box camera right

Vivtar 285 @ 1/2 power bounced off silver umbrella camera left , both triggered by cactus V4's

Shoot for the cover of Long Lost Sun's new EP "Right Light"

Compostire of many many shots...
the background was a bunch of LED strip lights and the subjects are a mish mash of varying different shots of themselves; body from one shot, legs from another and so on!

Bike, Bike, Bikes

2011-07-06T10:27:00.001-07:00

Bike, Bike, Bikes, originally uploaded by Harry Sewell.

Strobist: 430EX @ 1/1 through 32" softbox camera left, Vivtar 285 @1/2 through CTB gel on the floor camera right, triggered by Cactus V4's

Focal Distance 10MM
Aperture F8
Exposure 1/200
ISO 100

So I haven't done a semi- set up picture for ages, especially one outside which always give a great array of options as you always have an extra light source in the form of the sun. In this shot the foreground was basically in shadow meaning that I could use artificial light to fill in the details on myself and the sweet ride yet set the exposure and aperture to address and retain detail in the sky

So next weekend I am stupidly (as I have recently done little training) going to ride the Dunwich Dynamo which is an annual semi-organised, through-the-night bicycle ride from London Fields park in Hackney, London, England to Dunwich on the Suffolk coast. The distance is approximately 120 miles (193 kilometres)....... and I’m going to attempt it on this rather impractical ride

Hyde Park, London 30th june

2011-07-05T17:28:00.001-07:00

Jackson melts the surrounding crowds as he waits for Arcade fire to hit the stage

The begins to sun set as Mumford and Sons play out In Hyde park, London

Two friends show some 'bromance' whilst Arcade Fire play on

A lone fan dances to Arcade Fire's encore in Hyde Park, London

Spanky

2011-07-05T17:26:00.001-07:00

Untitled, originally uploaded by Harry Sewell.

The rogue cat from upstairs

The Driver

2011-07-05T17:25:00.001-07:00

The Driver, originally uploaded by Harry Sewell.

The Driver of the Wells to Walsingham light railway; the longest 10 1⁄4 in gauge railway in the world

NYC

2011-06-30T05:53:00.001-07:00

Priests on Tour

2011-05-30T16:38:00.001-07:00

Even Men of the cloth have to relax sometime

Little Walsingham is the strangest little place............

Up in the Clouds

2011-05-30T05:46:00.001-07:00

Untitled, originally uploaded by Harry Sewell.

Norfolk

2011-05-30T05:30:00.001-07:00

Over the Shoulder, originally uploaded by Harry Sewell.

(Above: Candid, Wells Harbour)

(Above; Tracey Bushell ponders on her doorstep)

(above: Flowers in Great Snoring, Norfolk

(Above: Alec Swan; Shepherd, Stepfather, Gin drinker and walking armoury)

(Above: Great Bircham sky)

(Above: Phillip Bushell, post pork pie)

(Above: Well Next The Sea harbour)

London Marathon 2011

2011-04-20T04:34:00.001-07:00

My Favourite Bartender

2011-03-29T05:23:00.001-07:00

My Favourite Bartender , originally uploaded by Harry Sewell.

This guy is a legend,
Find him in the bar at Yum Yums on Stoke Newington high street

Hipster Cake Delivery

2011-03-29T05:17:00.001-07:00

London 7th March

2011-03-29T05:14:00.001-07:00

2011-02-26T03:06:00.001-08:00

Strobist: 430EX via ETTL camera left hand held on sync chord. Two anonymous protesters stand in front of London's Scientology HQ

Westminster bridge on a day of strike action by RMT. expecting chaos in rush hour yet everything is surprisingly calm

Mathieu strums his Ukulele in Hyde Park

Matthew Moore from the Rock band Nixa having a ponderous pint in the car park

The Head of the North Norfolk Hunt knocks one back

All things Horse

2011-02-17T16:00:00.001-08:00

Just to please my long suffering Mother........

2010 a retrospective

2011-02-14T13:44:00.001-08:00

So 2010 was a relatively poor year in terms of my photography mostly because I got a wee bit obsessed with cycling and therefore never wanted to lug around my camera gear when out and about, looking back I wanted to post my favourite 20 shots (okay 21)...........

Hipster Hiker

2011-01-30T17:49:00.001-08:00

Hipster Hiker, originally uploaded by Harry Sewell.

taken with a 10-20MM wide angle lens
Focal length 10MM
Aperture F7.1
Exposure 1/640
Stobist; 430EX on camera via ETTL @ +0.3 through diffuser
ISO 200

Taken on the approach to Fan y BIg (big fanny as we hilariously called it )

at this point it was all good; I had layers to spare, later it got all "Everest are you tough enough" and we had to eat a good friend of ours

Bike Porn/Crash

2011-01-26T14:31:00.001-08:00

Bike Porn, originally uploaded by Harry Sewell.

So recently I bought this beautiful one of a kind bicycle that consists of;

Frame; Condor Potenza 2010
Chainset; Condor Uno
Wheelset; Halo aero track rims and Halo track Hubs
Brakes; Condor Supremacy Shallow Drop callipers with Dia Compe Gold Finger levers
Saddle; Cinelli Unicanitor Saddle
Stem; Condor UI EX Nitro

and on the same day I got floored by a bus and have separated my Acromioclavicular joint
Well Bum

They gave me some ridiculous pain killers that made me hallucinate and generally stare at things with no sense of purpose.

Its currently a work in progress

What's for dinner?

2011-01-20T15:48:00.001-08:00

What's for dinner?, originally uploaded by Harry Sewell.

Strobist 430EX @ 1/64 power through diffuser on fridge shelf above camera

Focal Length 10mm
Aperture F7.1
ISO 400
exposure 0"3

triggered by Cactus V4's

I saw a shot on the flickr blog that I liked and decided to go for an 'in the fridge' type thing, particularly as I have previously taken a shot looking the other way

I only spent a few minutes taking the shot so I didn't really have much to play with hence why I look particularly gormless in this shot

for processing;
I accentuated the lens distortion making it slightly more like a fish eye lens
Dodged and burned my eyes
Used a radial blur on the fringes of the picture
Added a lens blur to the extremities of the picture
Slected the highlights from the green channel, inverted the selection and then pasted it in as a layer and set the blend mode to 'Difference'
Added some colour balance layers to exaggerate colours in certain areas
Stamped visible and de-saturated the image, then applied a high pass filter and set the layer to soft Light (for sharpening)

Jay

2011-01-17T14:03:00.001-08:00

Jay, originally uploaded by Harry Sewell.

Strobist: 430EX @ 1/32 through cheap 32 inch soft box, camera left angled at 45 degrees down towards subject
triggered by cactus V4's

Exposure 1/100
Focal length 85mm
Aperture F1.8
ISO200

Jay and I went to Uni together, he's a very talented singer/songwriter/pervert

Here's a link to a track we recorded back in 2004

I hadn't seen him for ages; he invited himself over, asked me to lend him some money, I then ended up buying him lunch and taking this photo

Grandpa

2011-01-17T13:58:00.001-08:00

, originally uploaded by Harry Sewell.

Two weeks, after a having a pacemaker installed, Mike was cheekily swinging about on a rope swing in wells woods.

He's still adamant he should be allowed to skydrive, i'm not so sure; I'd be afraid he would forget to pull the ripcord

Cause and effect

2011-01-17T13:54:00.001-08:00

Cause and effect, originally uploaded by Harry Sewell.

After much time spent by some poor guy in a cafe in Fakenham, E was not particularly satisfied with the result

Chirstmas

2011-01-09T15:28:00.001-08:00

Elanora, originally uploaded by Harry Sewell.

2010-11-22T07:30:00.001-08:00

, originally uploaded by Harry Sewell.

Movember

2010-11-17T14:21:00.001-08:00

Movember, originally uploaded by Harry Sewell.

Strobist; 430EX @ 1/8 power through diffuser camera right (very close to my head) triggered via sync chord

For the first time in my life I am attempting to grow some facial hair whilst in parallel trying to raise some money for a good cause, hopefully by the end of the month I shall be sporting something like this rather than the horrid reality of some patchy bum-fluff

So if you fancy helping me out you can donate here

Bike porn

2010-11-17T14:19:00.001-08:00

Icons

2010-11-17T14:18:00.001-08:00

Icons, originally uploaded by Harry Sewell.

Free in London tomorrow evening?

then come along to this!

from 6pm @ St Botolph without Aldgate
Aldgate High Street, London EC3N 1AB

Icons – a silent auction of contemporary art in aid of St Joseph’s Hospice

2010-11-09T17:07:00.001-08:00

Icons – a silent auction of contemporary art in aid of St Joseph’s Hospice, originally uploaded by Harry Sewell.

Strobist: 430EX on via ETTL on sync cord above camera

I'm donating this picture to a charity auction for St Joseph's hospice in Haaaackney

A piece that will feature along side Turner Prize winners Chris Ofili and Grayson Perry

you can bid online here

or personally come along to the event as i'll be there taking pictuuuuureeeessssssssss

London 6th-7th November 2010

2010-11-07T09:36:00.001-08:00

Pusherman, originally uploaded by Harry Sewell.

James and the city

2010-11-02T15:26:00.001-07:00

James Smith, originally uploaded by Harry Sewell.

This must be the place

2010-11-02T06:37:00.001-07:00

Mother, originally uploaded by Harry Sewell.

(Above; Michael Bushell)

(Above; Meg)

(Above; one of many)

(Above; Tracey Bushell)

(Above; Thursford Road, Great Snoring)

(Above; Poppet)

(Above; Tracey Bushell)

(Above; Alec Swan)

(Above; Self Portrait)

(Above; Sheeps)

(Above; Fakenham Delivery)

(Above; The 'new' Snoring sign)

(Above; Michael Bushell returns home)

(Above; Sylvia Bushell)

(Above; the lack of Transport in Great Snoring)

(Above; Michael Bushell)

(Above; Plastic Robin)

(Above; Detail of a Tractors exhaust flume )

(Above; Tungsten lamp through glass)

An Ode to Beasley

2010-10-06T18:45:00.001-07:00

An Ode to Beasley, originally uploaded by Harry Sewell.

Oh Beasley you were such a great cat,
I enjoyed so much how you were so fat,
You and I had so much fun
So I’m sorry that your life was ended by my stepfather's gun

Great Snoring

2010-10-06T18:43:00.003-07:00

David Paterson

2010-10-06T18:43:00.001-07:00

David Paterson, originally uploaded by Harry Sewell.

10mm @ f4 1/2000 ISO200 with a 430EX through diffuser as strobe
(taken in full daylight but the ambient dropped down two stops

If you see this man do not ever stand on David's shoes; he will not appreciate it one bit, possibly threatening you with violence on contact.

Be warned

Jamie and Heather

2010-10-06T18:41:00.001-07:00

Jamie and Heather, originally uploaded by Harry Sewell.

51 mm shot at 1/160 F3.5 (ISO 200),

Jamie and Heather are awesome and got married a few weeks back, I Toasted them with a bottle of WKD blue cause that's how I roll

Summer in the city

2010-08-30T09:28:00.001-07:00

On the phone, originally uploaded by Harry Sewell.

On the shelf

2010-08-26T05:09:00.001-07:00

On the shelf, originally uploaded by Harry Sewell.

Strobist: 430EX @ 1/64 under fridge light. triggered by Cactus V4's

shot of me bonce; vivtar 285 bare above my head @1/16 and 430EX on axis through soft box @ 1/16

haven't tried some photoshopping for ages and you can tell, a bit dodgy and the lighting doesn't match but hey, who cares cause i'm off for a pint

The Red and The White

2010-07-12T19:10:00.001-07:00

The Red and The White, originally uploaded by Harry Sewell.

The Above shot was taken from the RBS owned footbridge on upper thames street.

Whilst snapping away I was lovingly approached by a security gaurd who informed me that my behaviour was suspicious! He said I could carry on as long as I didn't photograph the building, but as you can see there is a tiny fraction of the RBS building in the right of the frame so yeah TAKE THAT! F**K THE SYSTEM DUDE,YOU CAN'T KEEP ME DOWN!

So this was really my first attempt at doing some long exposure night shots, it's something i've been meaning to get round to for the last flippin few years but generally never can be bothered to carry a tripod around let alone be arsed to set it up in the street whilst throngs of drunken spazzers from all around come and stare at you like some kind of Turd.

2010-07-12T07:45:00.001-07:00

, originally uploaded by Harry Sewell.

Sylvia Bushell

2010-07-12T06:28:00.001-07:00

Sylvia Bushell, originally uploaded by Harry Sewell.

Strobist 430EX hand held camera left through diffuser @ 1/1 power triggered by Cactus V4's

This is my Gran, she rocks

A Norfolk Excursion

2010-06-17T15:12:00.001-07:00

London to Brighton for the Cystic Fibrosis Trust

2010-06-10T16:32:00.001-07:00

London to Brighton for the Cystic Fibrosis Trust, originally uploaded by Harry Sewell.

Strobist: 430EX through 18 inch softbox in front of my head (camera left) at 1/2 power, Vivitar 285 @ 1/16 power behind me (camera left directly opposite the soft box)

Triggered by Cactus V4's

Do you know how hard it is to balance stationary on a bike whilst trying to reomotely take a picture of yourself? WELL NOW I DO!

As many of you know I have become somewhat of a 'bike bore' over the last 6 months or so; basically meaning that I now will always turn up to any social occasion a sweaty mess after cycling across town only to endlessly talk nonstop about how I spent three hours on Saturday truing my wheel.

Rather than using my boring powers for the purposes of alienation of all those around me I though it good that my love of the two wheels manifested to serve a more positive purpose.

Therefore I am cycling from London to Brighton on behalf of the Cystic Fibrosis Trust which is the UK's only national charity dedicated to all aspects of Cystic Fibrosis (CF). They fund research to treat and cure CF and aim to ensure appropriate clinical care and support for people with Cystic Fibrosis

Please People of Flickr support my cause as my friends in the real workd are all rather stingy, don't really like me that much or are sponsoring my other mates who are also doing this!

Please visit my just giving page here

If any of you are based in brighton and sponsor me I shall promise to buy you a beer on the day!

The Twins

2010-05-31T15:04:00.001-07:00

The Twins, originally uploaded by Harry Sewell.

Regency

2010-05-31T15:03:00.001-07:00

Regency, originally uploaded by Harry Sewell.

Terence stamp makes an appearance

2010-05-31T14:53:00.001-07:00

Terence stamp makes an appearance, originally uploaded by Harry Sewell.

Me, Myself and I

2010-05-26T09:08:00.001-07:00

Me, Myself and I, originally uploaded by Harry Sewell.

Strobist: 430EX @ 1/8 power through 18 inch softbox just off axis slightly above me, and two vivtar 285's @ 1/16 power through CTB gel behind me on each side at a 45 degree angle as edge lights

Triggered by cactus V4's

Canon 400D, 85mm @ F7.1 1/125 exposure (ISO 200 )

So i recently got like new glasses, a haircut and like a suit n shit, therefore here is a combo of those mass events (I also had a tea).

London 19th May

2010-05-20T06:25:00.001-07:00

The Stanley

2010-05-02T15:13:00.001-07:00

The Stanley, originally uploaded by Harry Sewell.

Strobist: 430EX through 22 inch soft box on axis above camera @1/16 for fill and two vivtar 285's @ 1/16 power square to model as edge lights.

shot @ F2.2 using a polariser so I could actually use the lens almost wide open whilst lighting with strobes

Dead tired

2010-05-01T06:22:00.001-07:00

Dead tired, originally uploaded by Harry Sewell.

Strobist: 430Ex @ 1/2 power through 24 inch soft box, on axis with camera (slightly above and to the left) and a vivtar 285 @ 1/4 power directly behind my head.

Triggered by Cactus V4's

shot @ 10mm, ISO100, F8 1/100

The background is a composite of three exposures bracketed to show details in the highlights/shadows

Basically I was mucking around after little sleep and was trying to achieve something that had a hyper real Dave hill type style to it.

The key really is the lighting as if you get a nice edge to your subject you really can exaggerate this in the post processing of the image. Because this was a self portrait I enlisted the help of a tripod which also meant I could take multiple pictures of the background without me present in the chair.
The multiple background images were composited using photomatix and tone mapped accordingly, The resulting image was then composited with the picture of me in the chair and then through a process of masking, colorized hue adjustment layers, dodging and burning I managed to achieve the final look

Amy

2010-05-01T06:13:00.001-07:00

Amy, originally uploaded by Harry Sewell.

I did some test shots for the lovely Amy

Strobist: 430 on sync cord camera left (ETTL mode)

Linux or lose it

2010-05-01T06:10:00.001-07:00

Linux or lose it, originally uploaded by Harry Sewell.

strobist: 430EX @1/4 bounced off silver umbrella on axsis above camera as fill, two vivtar 285's (1/16 power) at a 45 degree angle behind Doug as Edge lights

Doug is an I.T and Anti Joke Genius

THAT EDMUND

Strobist: 430EX @1/4 bounced off silver umbrella on axsis above camera as fill, two vivtar 285's (1/16 power) at a 45 degree angle behind Ed as Edge lights

Edmund works in TV and he has a sweet Ride

Transmission

2010-04-26T19:34:00.001-07:00

This is the playout area for a well known International TV network.
The facility currently hosts 57 channels (48 live playlists and 9 delay feeds) that cater for the whole of Europe, Africa and the Middle East.

I was trying to shoot it in order to provide some PR shots for the said Newtork and this is a preliminary test shot.
The facility itself is actually remarkably hard to shoot given it’s size and lack of light, resulting in a rather painful trade off between aperture, exposure and ISO.
I was shooting with a 400D which doesn’t really deal with low light particularly well as anything shot on higher than ISO 400 is pretty much unusable. Pairing this I had only brought the Sigma 10-20mm F4-5.6 lens which is not a lens known for its sharp results.

This image is a composite of 3 bracketed exposures to balance out the highlights/shadows

Strobist: bare 285 @ 1/16 power laid on desk near closest Transmission controller triggered by cactus v4

The 23rd Mile

2010-04-25T15:28:00.001-07:00

The 23rd Mile, originally uploaded by Harry Sewell.

SIgn O the times

2010-04-25T15:12:00.001-07:00

Nixa

2010-04-22T07:08:00.001-07:00

Nixa, originally uploaded by Harry Sewell.

Strobist: 430EX on boom @ 1/1 power through white umbrella above the lads triggered by cactus V4

Yes they were actually neck deep in freezing cold winter water.

This is a mock up for a forthcoming E.P by rock band NIXA

Follow them on facebook

Jess going macro

2010-04-22T07:06:00.001-07:00

Jess going macro, originally uploaded by Harry Sewell.

Jess likes to borrow the biggest lens she can find

Mean girl

2010-04-22T07:00:00.001-07:00

Mean girls, originally uploaded by Harry Sewell.

He/She was giving me the eye

Tabacco Dock

2010-04-22T06:55:00.001-07:00

Tobacco Dock is a grade I listed warehouse in Wapping, London Docklands. It was constructed in approximately 1812 and served as a store for imported tobacco. It is a brick building with many brick vaults and some fine ironwork. It was adjacent to the particular set of docks named London Docks, which have largely been filled in.

In 1990 the building was converted into a shopping centre which had cost £47 million to develop and was intended to create the Covent Garden of the East End but the scheme was unsuccessful and it went into administration. The property is not in a major retail area and has only moderately good public transport access. Since the mid 1990s the building has been almost entirely unoccupied with the only tenant being a sandwich shop, and a plan to convert it into a factory outlet did not come to fruition. However the site is still highly maintained which includes the employment of cleaners, a full time security staff and even a kestrel to discourage pigeons from this site.

Josephine Rogers

2010-04-22T06:54:00.003-07:00

Josephine Rogers, originally uploaded by Harry Sewell.

Strobist; 430EX @ 1/2 power off silver umbrella above camera, two 285's through 1/4 CTB gell square to model

triggered by cactus V4's

shot with a 400D and the canon 85mm F1.8 prime lens

Cable street mural

2010-04-22T06:54:00.001-07:00

Cable street mural detail, originally uploaded by Harry Sewell.

The Battle of Cable Street Mural was created by artist Dave Binnington.

He began his research in 1976 and set up a small studio in the basement of St George's Town Hall with the Basement Project Community Arts Workshop. Inspired by the location of the west wall of the old Town Hall, he decided to create an image that would commemorate the famous occasion when, on 4 October 1936, the people of the East End prevented Sir Oswald Mosley and the British Union of Fascists from marching through Cable Street in Stepney, then mainly a Jewish area.

Binnington, who had studied the murals of Siquieros and Rivera, conducted intense historical research. He looked at books, films and photographs of the Battle and worked much of what he found into the design: the dramatic uniforms of the BUF, the eggs, milk bottles, tools and the contents of chamber-pots coming from the upper windows, the mounted police 'cossacks' with long weighted clubs surging through the crowd, the use of marbles and ball bearings against the police horses, the overturned lorry, the chairs and mattresses of the barricade and the police autogyro flying overhead. Binnington interviewed and drew many local characters, including them in the design to show that this famous victory was won by the people of the East End of London.

The work was well advanced when, in 1980, fascists climbed the scaffolding and daubed the mural with the words 'British Nationalism not Communism - Rights for Whites. Stop the Race War' in six foot high letters. The bottom two thirds of the painting was ruined. Binnington had spent more than two years up on the scaffold, he felt completely unsupported, and retired. Another artist, Paul Butler, became involved in the project and brought in Desmond Rochford and Ray Walker to complete the mural. There were modifications to the original design and interpretation, and the work was finally completed in October 1982.

The mural immediately attracted more fascist vandalism. Green paint was thrown across it. This was removed and repainted by Ray Walker. Later, black and white paint bombs in plastic bags were thrown, causing considerable damage that was eventually repaired in 1985 at a cost of £8,000. Vandalism continued and in June 1993 a roller was used to smear paint across the bottom half of the picture and the initials of the British National Party were left as a calling card. The repainting cost £18,000, raised by a public appeal and from Tower Hamlets Council. A special varnish was applied so that any future attacks could be easily cleaned off. The mural stands as a powerful symbolic reminder of anti-fascism in the East End. 'They shall not pass!'

Jay

2010-03-25T23:07:00.003-07:00

Jay, originally uploaded by Harry Sewell.

Josephine

2010-03-25T23:07:00.001-07:00

Josephine, originally uploaded by Harry Sewell.

Raw shot from a bunch of headshots I did

The prospect of whitby

2010-03-25T23:06:00.001-07:00

The prospect of whitby, originally uploaded by Harry Sewell.

Its a great Pub

Amy

2010-03-25T23:05:00.001-07:00

Amy, originally uploaded by Harry Sewell.

Strobist: two 285's (one left, one right) square to model @ 1/4 power
triggered by cactus V4's

Traffic light tree

2010-03-25T23:03:00.001-07:00

Traffic light tree, originally uploaded by Harry Sewell.

The Traffic Light tree was created by French sculptor Pierre Vivant (1952-) following a competition run by the Public Art Commissions Agency. It is situated on a roundabout near Canary Wharf, at the junctions of Heron Quay Bank, Marsh Wall and Westferry Road. in one of London's financial districts.

Eight metres tall and containing 75 sets of lights, each controlled by computer, Vivant described the project thus:

"The sculpture imitates the natural landscape of the adjacent London Plane Trees, while the changing pattern of the lights reveals and reflects the never ending rhythm of the surrounding domestic, financial and commercial activities."

The Public Art Commission Agency were quick to point out that:

"The arbitrary cycle of light changes is not supposed to mimic the seasonal rhythm of nature, but the restlessness of Canary Wharf."

The Traffic Light tree was installed in 1998 on the site of a plane tree, that was choking to death as a result of pollution.

It was initially hoped that the lights would be triggered to show flurries of activity on the London Stock Exchange, but this proved to be too expensive to put into practice.

Although some motorists were initially confused by the traffic lights, mistaking them for real signals, the folly soon became a favourite among both tourists and locals.

Ruane

2010-03-25T23:00:00.001-07:00

Ruane, originally uploaded by Harry Sewell.

Strobist: two vivitar 285's @1/4 power behind Tom @ 45 degrees to him (one camera left, one camera right) and a 430ex @ 1/2 power bounced off silver umbrella high above camera.

Triggered by cactus v4's

Tom is one of lifes great achievers; he has a rice cooker from Japan that plays 'twinkle twinkle little star' when you turn it on.

Tropic thunder

2010-03-25T22:58:00.001-07:00

Tropic thunder, originally uploaded by Harry Sewell.

Strobist: 430ex overhead at 1/4 power, two 285's @ 1/16 power at a forty five degree angle behind model.
Triggered by cactus V4's

Russ steps in

2010-02-21T13:22:00.001-08:00

Russ steps in, originally uploaded by Harry Sewell.

A freezing sunday morning in Febuary at hampstead heath Lido and Russell eases himself into very cold and icy water.

They were not happy with me.

Resulting shots to follow soon

Fireworks

2010-02-21T13:09:00.001-08:00

Fireworks, originally uploaded by Harry Sewell.

2010-02-21T12:55:00.001-08:00

, originally uploaded by Harry Sewell.

Strobist: 430ex through snoot camera right triggered by cactus v4's

Nixa candid

2010-02-21T12:46:00.001-08:00

Nixa candid, originally uploaded by Harry Sewell.

Strobist: 285 @ 1/1 behind the band, 430EX @ 1/2 power through umbrella camera right

triggered by cactus V4's

SPARK

2010-02-21T12:45:00.001-08:00

SPARK, originally uploaded by Harry Sewell.

I just set off fifteen indoor fireworks in my room, I feel sick

snow day

2010-02-12T16:41:00.003-08:00

snow day, originally uploaded by Harry Sewell.

2010-02-12T16:41:00.001-08:00

, originally uploaded by Harry Sewell.

Strobist: 430EX @ 1/8 power through D.I.Y snoot camera right.

triggered by Cactus V4's

Left for dead

2010-01-22T17:54:00.001-08:00

Left for dead, originally uploaded by Harry Sewell.

Canon 400D
40MM 1/100 @F8 (ISO200)

Strobist: 430EX @1/8 power through Wheetos D.I.Y snoot camera left.

Triggered by Cactus V4's

Model: Chris Clynes

taken in the middle of my living room using an ebay studio back drop all the way from china

A Snowy Snoring

2009-12-18T09:07:00.001-08:00

Granny and Frosty, originally uploaded by Harry Sewell.
Stobist: 430EX @1/1 through 16 inch cheap soft box positioned just out of frame on the left.
Triggered by Cactus V4's
1/250, 33mm @F13 (ISO200) Tamron 28-75mm F2.8 lens

I'm in Great Snoring and it's snowing like no other, my Gran and I made this rather ugly snowman on a field that is usually frequented by horses; a fact which became rather problematic as frosty began to pick up large volumes of horse muck whilst he came into fruition.

Its hard to shoot in snow as its so reflective, I found it very hard to get the background dropped down so that it showed some detail whilst retaining enough power in my single strobe to fill out the foreground; hence the 200 ISO to give more power to the srtobe and the 250 to knock off as much ambient light as possible (its the sync speed of the V4's even though 1/500 is stated on the box). After much freezing and much messing around with F stops I mangaed to get something that worked. Also really pleased that the strobe caught some of the falling snow.

1/250, 38mm @F11 (ISO200) Tamron 28-75mm F2.8 lens

Same set-up with the above portrait; strobe @ 1/1 through soft box camera left (although more straight on in this shot)

MORE SNOW!

1/4000, 85mm @ F2.5 (ISO100)

This shot is taken with the amazing Canon 85mm F1.8; It really makes the most simple things look fantastic

1/4000, 85mm @ F1.8 (ISO100)

The only problem with a relatively long focal length prime lens is trying to get anything that ain't a portrait. Compositionally it can be very tiresome running away from your subject so that you can capture the width that you want within a frame, having said that it is also a refreshing change as you have to work to get into the correct postion for a shot rather than relying on a massive zoom lens to do all the work

1/4000, 85mm @ F1.8 (ISO100)
The higest exposure setting on my 400D is 1/40000 so I constanly find myself in situationa where i'm unable to use the widest apertures - the shots above were taken wide open at the highest ISO and this was all in diminishing winter mild sunshine, means i definitely have to get a 5D before the spring!

Before The Snow

2009-12-17T16:58:00.001-08:00

Before The Snow, originally uploaded by Harry Sewell.

Strobist: 430EX through 16 inch cheap soft box @ 1/16 power camera left
Triggered by my new Cactus V4's yay!

85mm @ 1/160 F5.6 (ISO 100)

The ambient was knocked down a couple of stops (it was starting to get dark) and the soft box was used as simple fill for the subject

I'm Working this Christmas (boo) so I’m at my mum’s for a few days before going back for my Christmas stint, I took this in almost gale force winds with Jess clinging on to the soft box whilst my mum tried to hide her face. Moments after this it began to snow like no other, unfortunately none of my shots best captured this and we were all too Freezing to carry on.
It’s now knee deep out there so hopefully I can get some more tomorrow

Sweets

2009-12-15T12:57:00.001-08:00

Sweets, originally uploaded by Harry Sewell.

I went to the winter wonderland in hype park and all I got was this lousy photograph.

1/250 exposure
85mm @F1.8 (ISO 200)

Full House 31

2009-12-09T17:11:00.001-08:00

Full House 31, originally uploaded by Harry Sewell.

BINGO!

I love the old Streatham music hall.
Bingo is the best, such a random selection of characters

1/40 Exposure @ F1.8 (ISO400)
85mm

Oval angled

2009-12-01T17:37:00.001-08:00

Oval angled, originally uploaded by Harry Sewell.

Strobist:

430EX through umbrella camera left @ 1/2, Vivitar 285 aimed at wall bare camera right

Shot at 10mm @F7.1, shutter speed 1/125

Flashes triggered by Cactus V2's
Styling and make up by Carrie
Model; Kristy Anderson

Canon 85mm F1.8

2009-11-29T11:11:00.001-08:00

L-Dawg, originally uploaded by Harry Sewell.

Strobist: 430EX @ 1/16 power through umbrella camera left , flash triggered by Cactus v2's
Looking for an excuse to try out my 85mm F1.8 prime whilst down in Cornwall celebrating Thanksgiving.

Ayesha

2009-11-05T08:47:00.001-08:00

Ayesha, originally uploaded by Harry Sewell.

Strobist; Vivtar 285 @ 1/2 power bare camera right triggered by Cactus v2's

Went round to Ayesha's amazing flat on Brick lane and took some shots. I was trying to make it look like she is semi trapped under the wallpaper, quite happy with her right arm, but the left arm element is lacking some realism and sharpness.

any ideas how i could improve it?

The Oval

2009-11-02T14:47:00.001-08:00

The Oval, originally uploaded by Harry Sewell .

View On White

Went out to scout a location for a project me and Carrie are working on today, and this is the resulting disgusting area, should be mega; lots of grimey alcoves to hide in and a random army truck to hang off!

this actual shot is a stich of about fifteen pictures (with 10mm lens) so the actual area is a lot more enclosed than it seems in the above

Untitled

2009-11-01T16:20:00.001-08:00

Untitled, originally uploaded by Harry Sewell.

Strobist: Vivitar 285 @ 1/4 power through CTB gel camera left square to my head, 430EX @ 1/2 power though umbrella camera right .

triggered via cactus V2's

I haven't shot much lately hence why another self portrait!

hopefully a few busy weeks upcoming though.....

Sana

2009-10-26T18:28:00.001-07:00

Sana , originally uploaded by Harry Sewell.

Strobist: 430EX @ 1/4 power through Umbrella camera left, Vivtar 285 @ 1/16 power bare through CTB gel camera right
triggered via Cactus V2's