I wanna start with some talk about a new plug-in for Photoshop that I just heard about called Exposure by Alien Skin. I heard about it over at MJR and it's capable of replicating the look of various colour and black and white films. Now, I haven't shot much film personally but I do know that I love the look and "feel" of images caught on celluloid over those created digitally. I can't really vouch for the accuracy of the results but I do know that one for Ilford HP5 is pretty good and I've heard that the Tri-X is pretty darn accurate too. What I do know is that it's made my workflow a lot easier and I love the outcome of the images at the end.
Until I can afford another 35mm camera, this has definitely made me a lot happier with the digital images that I shoot and I definitely recommend it.
Anyway, on with the photos. Slightly eclectic mix today:
Worked for a day at some posh toff farmer's fair in a town near where I live. I took a few shots during my lunch break. This man more or less sums up my sentiments regarding the event:


This made me laugh. Shame there wasn't any live ammunition in there, the kid would have been knocked right on his ass.

Because I'm Cpt. Supercool, I made two frames.

This pooch was the only one not going crazy at all the kids running around

Yours truly in my friend's dorm room.

This is one random frame from my mate's police induction ceremony. The room was packed full of people and hot as hell. This woman's family somehow managed to rope her into fanning them for a good 30 minutes or more.




I made friends with another pooch!

Every single area of campus was being turned into impromptu photoshoots . This is without a doubt a big part of graduation day and I wanted to capture it. It also saves me having to pose people myself ;)

This guy was staring me down the entire time I was walking in his direction so I made a frame just to annoy him ;)

Nothing says "You've Graduated!" like overpriced promotional alcohol.


I took some time out to shoot some of the non-graduates whenever things started to calm down because of new ceremonies starting. This guy had been here by himself for about an hour, as far as I could tell, and was on his second or third packet of crisps. Nothing like a healthy lunch.

I liked how oblivious this guy seemed of what was going on around him.

I could have made a side project simply of the interesting hair styles I saw that day

Sniped a friend of mine, Steph, as she came out of her ceremony.

She very kindly posed for a second just before she melted into the huge crowd of smiling, tearful parents.

I dubbed this girl "Marshmellow Lady".

Apparently Jesus was graduating today too

Around the lake there was a whole plethora of parents posing and bossing around their associated graduates for photo time. I decided to go for another session of "stealing" other people's photos while they took them.

Decisive.

I find it slightly amusing that I can pull off headshots of similar or better (normally better) quality in a fraction of the time, and without any specialist equipment or even the subject's notice, than the overpriced hacks doing the "official" ones.


Speaking of agitated children...


...I'm so going to hell for that one.
Some graduates really knew how to work those robes...



Mischevious children were amok. Amok I say!


Waiting on the ceremony to come out

I spotted this guy below me while I was waiting

And this guy to the left of me

Finally the procession started

Our elusive Vice-Chancellor


My mate's girlfriend Lucy making some adjustments.





Hipshot. I think I'm getting better at them.


Thanks for reading, hope you've had a good week.