Introducing: Eat Rio Galleries!
Notice anything different about the site today? I’ll give you a clue – I’ve re-shuffled the main menu a little. See it? That’s right, I’ve added a “Galleries” link as the last item on the menu bar.
I don’t want to get too autobiographical on you, but a little bit of background wouldn’t hurt would it? I bought my first camera when I was 7 – it cost 20p from a school fair and was very old and beaten up. Ever since I’ve loved taking photos and although I don’t really know what I’m doing, I really enjoy having a go.
Living in Rio has made me a little obsessive about having a camera with me at all times – you just never know when something interesting, beautiful or noteworthy might come along. One day it’s a crazy girl doing the most expert hair twirling I’ve ever seen, the next day I stumble upon a cool Asian food shop.
So instead of just storing all these photos on my computer at home, I thought it might be nice to group the best ones together into themed galleries.
Currently there are 3 galleries (Multiplicity, The Beach, Cristo Redentor), but I will be adding many more when I find the time to work through my archive. One rather boring note: if you click on the first image while the top menu bar is visible, you may find that it (the menu bar) gets in the way. To avoid this just scroll down a little before you click on the first image.
YAY! Inspiration!
You know, I’ve been wanting to buy one of those really fancy ($1,200) cameras that takes those really good pictures (like yours) and also records videos so I can edit them and post them on my blog. I really want to get it before I leave for Brazil because that will be a great place to take pictures. I especially like working with nude models, for some reason people take their clothes off really easily for me…
Abs,
Alex
Ha ha ha! :D You are so lucky Alex! I have to resort to skulking around the beach taking pervy shots on the sly… [see “The Beach” album and numerous other posts…] ;)
Actually I bought my camera (a Nikon D70) second-hand (used) on eBay about 4 years ago. It’s ancient but still takes a decent picture and if it ever gets stolen I know I will find it easier to swallow than if I’d forked out on some badass new camera (though I’d love to get one of those badass new cameras if I ever become rich).
Beautiful pictures, mate! I especially like the multiplicity ones. So simple but so effective.
Thanks Andrew – glad you like them. It’s a cool effect isn’t it? :)
It is. Do you take separate images on the camera and overlay them in Photoshop or does your camera take multiple “shots” in the same image file?
Option 1 Andrew – the key is to have the camera on a tripod so every shot is taken from exactly the same angle. Then a little tinkering in Photoshop to overlay them.
Here is a tutorial that explains it:
Thanks! I’ll give that a go. All I need is a tripod now…