Blake Bodycote Photography

[Blake]

I'm not sure, I got the 400 because I knew it'd be decent for shooting at golden hour and it has appealing grain. What do you recommend?

 

[Robert]

these are really good

 

[Blake]

Thanks

 

[cody]

Your photography is amazing dude!

 

[Blake]

Thanks man, I've got a photo to upload soon that I think all of you guys will love. Hopefully haha.

 

[TheObserver]

Dude this is one of my favorite threads ever. The pics are awesome. I'm not the best with photography but I'm a critic about what looks good and what doesnt. All of your photo's look good haha

 

[Blake]

Yamba Main Beach Panorama by BlakeinatorMate, on Flickr

 

[BrandonWeir]

That place looks siiiiick. As does the picture.

 

[Blake]

Yeah it is. Got my film developed. I have to say, when scanned they are quite dull compared to the prints. Any idea why?

Here is just some I took. As I said before, the prints are MUCH better. The colour and contrast is much more pleasing.


Film by BlakeinatorMate, on Flickr


Film by BlakeinatorMate, on Flickr


Film by BlakeinatorMate, on Flickr


Film by BlakeinatorMate, on Flickr


Film by BlakeinatorMate, on Flickr


Film by BlakeinatorMate, on Flickr

View them all here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/blakeinatormate/sets/72157628849691609/with/6689085849/

 

[Can]

Blake, the shots using film look great, I really like the look of the cow.

 

[Blake]

Thanks, I'm going to take them into photoshop and set the white and black point, fix colour balance and apply a curves adjustment to see if it will fix the overall flatness.

 

[Blake]

So I scanned the prints I got and what can I tell you, they are much better. Anyone have a clue why this is the case?


Film - Scanned Print by BlakeinatorMate, on Flickr


Film - Scanned Print by BlakeinatorMate, on Flickr


Film - Scanned Print by BlakeinatorMate, on Flickr


Film - Scanned Print by BlakeinatorMate, on Flickr


Film - Scanned Print by BlakeinatorMate, on Flickr


Film - Scanned Print by BlakeinatorMate, on Flickr

 

[DonaldM]

Content is cool but you need to ditch that film. Contrast is funky.

 

[Blake]

Apparently, when I scan the negatives it's almost nessasary to use a program like VueScan in order to get the contrast and colour balance right. My scanner doesn't allow me to change colour balance or contrast settings which is a real shape.

How do you go about scanning your negs?

 

[DonaldM]

Well it helps that I only shoot b&w but we also have really nice scanners in the studio.

Even the prints are way off. Like I said earlier, check out some different film. I think you'd really enjoy the kodak ektar

http://www.google.com/search?q=koda...-8&hl=en&tbo=u&tbm=shop&source=og&sa=N&tab=wf

 

[Zach!]

Damn, I haven't posted on here for ages or let alone flickr.


Illuminating The Sky by BlakeinatorMate, on Flickr


Illuminating The Sky2 by BlakeinatorMate, on Flickr

Last night, there was a really big storm. Lightning was flashing non-stop in the clouds just south of us. I quickly grabbed my tripod and 60d and set up on the wharf. Most of the lightning bolts you couldn't see, so I had to take quite a lot of shots hoping a lightning bolt would appear.

In all the rush I forgot to grab a light source of some kind. So because of that, I had to go off what I had on the back of my camera and if the horizon wasn't straight, I adjusted the legs to what I thought was straight. I only had to straighten in lightroom to .2 of a degree.

I also needed a light source to see on my lens how far it was focused, luckily for me magic lantern has this integrated into live view.

I shot these at a 30 second exposure at f/8 and ISO 400.

this picture is amazing..ive always wanted to get a picture of lightning

 

[Blake]

Green Point, Angourie by BlakeinatorMate, on Flickr

 

[ottom]

Last one is really good. Nice colors and i love how the sun looks.

 

[Bear Grylls]

Well dam. Blake you make me want to quit! haha

 

[Blake]

Turners Beach, Yamba by BlakeinatorMate, on Flickr