SO a quick Google search reveals that one of my pictures has been ripped off for a music video

Above image shows still at 3.32 of my image in a music video by a band called Nale and beneath my original image

A quick Google search while I was online today revealed that one of my photos from this blog has been ripped off and used in a music video


To be honest I may not have minded if I was asked for the use of the image ( My contact information is quite clear on the bottom of this page and and I check the e mail address regularly, however that did not happen  )


 My job as a photographer is my only form of income and how I pay my bills . People ripping you off without proper consent / licensing is what is killing the trade and making it hard to earn a living in this industry


Quite interesting to see though that even though the picture was a video still that Google managed to pick it up


It may be an interesting few days ........


The link to the music video is below


I suggest if you don't like black clothes wearing screaming musicians that you may wanna view it with the sound off ( As I did )


Nale music video

PORTLIGHTS

Just before Christmas I shot a band called Portlights in Caia Park Wrexham


Taking advantage of an early start and the low sun this time of year I played around with silhouettes and using an off hotshoe flash ( Strobist ) to get some different shots


It's great shooting bands as you get to play around more with composition and just have fun


In the end I was happy with what I got in the short time we had to shoot and nobody broke any bones by slipping on black Ice that seemed to be everywhere in the park


The band I must say were a pleasure to work with very professional and even brought their own props


You can click on the link below to visit their official website

Portlights website

Below is my pic on Leader Guide front

CHESTER squirrels

Took a few snaps of friendly squirrels in a park in Chester . These are some of the least timid wild animals I have come across

I'm sure they're trained to pose for the camera as the come right up to you often too close for the camera to focus

Red Squirrels they may not be but fun to watch and enjoy they certainly are

WEATHER Storms in Rhyl

Parts of Rhyl resembled a giant sandcastle today with sand taking over car parks , seats and climbing at walls 

Might take a while to get all this sand out of my eyes...

LIGHT painting

I have been experimenting with light painting surrounding an object and also text lighting


Think I'm getting somewhere with it 


Other than cropping there  has been no Photoshopping of the above images


Not too bad for a second try

LIGHT switch on Part 2

Pretty Girl Rock Perform

Tupele Dorgu  of Corrie fame plays the witch at this years Pavillion panto Snow White

Snow White AKA Amy Thompson

Few more pictures of the festive switch on

Rhyl High Street 

Whoever was responsible for the sound and lighting there I must say did a great job, the event was a pleasure to photograph with no flash needed . There was also some very talented acts performing .

HUNDREDS of miles apart in the same photo !

 After ruining a reel of film by getting my timings wrong a couple of weeks ago I got a few nice images with this lot . The first pic shown below is a double exposure ( The wind turbine was taken in Scotland and the background was a mural on a wall in Chester almost 250 miles apart )

boats near bridge Garden City Deeside . The Lomography fisheye camera gave it an interesting composition

DAFT PUNK IS PLAYING AT MY HOUSE

I had a bit of a brainwave about light writing just before walking through my front door today . Might keep the technique under my hat until I have a proper play at it . You can even see the streetlight in the background on some shots

CUTEST helper ever

Had a bit of help from my little nephew putting the Christmas tree up today . He's such a cutie

STUPID idea but nice results

As I was in Llangollen today I thought rather than waste fuel on only one job I'd get some stock photos of the castle for archive purposes as it was a nice day and this time of year the sun is low all day 


The four important words from the last sentence "was a nice day " quickly turned into "attack of the gale force driven hail stones, " just before I got to the castle , if it wasn't such a steep climb up I probably would have turned back but I want a reason behind my calves hurting tomorrow


I'm pretty sure I even heard a sheep saying mmmmmeeeidiot meee 


Luckily I think in the 20 minutes or so I was up there I saw all four seasons


Above pics are some of the results , they are also not far from the originals


Next time hot choc and thermals .... actually might wait till summer