Paul T

Thanks for putting the link up Ken.......... We don't make mistakes

I've not posted any shows for a very long time now but thought this may be worth showing but possibly more of interest to those in the trade. It shows the procedure in carving two natural stone urns for a building renovation project in London that my company is doing. The presentation is in monochrome and the photos were mainly taken by myself but also by Ray (my son) and Kevin which some were taken on mobile phones so the quality is not so good with some of the images. My part in production was just the carving element on one Urn. I think this presentation goes to prove that there are relatively young craftsman still about that can produce such architectural work pieces like these classical stone urns.

Charlie FANTASTIC Paul

Thanks for your constructive comments and looking at the presentation again I agree with you in both cases and ask myself what possessed me to include such a technically poor quality image in the presentation. Also the intro pan is distracting and I'm about to rectifie both these very soon. However , pleased you enjoyed most of it. Paul

What a fascinating presentation Peter, held my attention throughout and now know a lot more about lead mining. Great show well constructed, and an informative narration. Paul

It is a nice location and it's free to walk around. The good weather did help to enhance the photographs. I did visit the same place about 20 years ago and the weather was overcast which didn't help me produce very good images that time so my revisit did work out well this time. Thanks for your comments. Paul

Went to the Netherlands last week for three days to a wedding anniversary so took the opportunity to take a few photos of this open air museum not far from Amsterdam. The weather was perfect although windy (ideal for the windmills) Zaans Schans Zaandam Holland is an open air museum with a collection of traditional Dutch houses & windmills. The presentation is approximately four minutes long,twenty nine images and at a screen resolution of 1920x1200. Paul http://beechbrook.com/pte/downloadfile.asp?id=2080

Breathtakingly magnificent! Pans and zooms have been done to the correct amount in my view. Without it the show would have lost it's impact. Well done! Paul

An enchanting,vibrant and beautiful presentation as usual Maureen.I went about three years ago to see the Venice Carnival and would love to return and spend longer than two days next time. Thanks again for a great presentation. Paul

What a nice presentation, beautiful light and very suitable music. I should have liked to see a longer show as this type of subject is close to my heart being a stonemason. Paul

What a beautiful presentation Maureen. About three years a go I went to see the Venice Carnival and did come back with many photo's of the famous tourist areas which every one wants to visit and take photo's of. However, you've done the opposite, searched the hiden Venice and come away with images to enable you to produce an outstanding visual presentation. Paul

Thanks! you are correct and will change it.

I agree, It's now a hundred years today it sunk and out of respect for the dead the wreck should be left alone now, it's been plundered by too many people.

Thanks for that glad you liked it. I did a agreat amount of work in photoshop with the model to creat the sea and the wash from the boat. Also the night shots, plus a little artistic licence with the moon. I did buy Helicon focus with the intention of doing macro stacks but not taken any yet. Paul

On the 15th April 2012 will be the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic which has had much publicity in the media in the last few weeks. So I’ve put together a collection of old photo’s from books and incorporated them with some photos I took of the 350th scale model I made about twenty years ago. For the technically minded the photo’s were taken on a tripod with a plain background. To obtain the full length of the Titanic in focus I used a program called “Helicon Focus” and “Helicon remote” which allows you to take a series of photo’s (I set it for 12) automatically at predetermined focus points from the bow to the stern operated by the laptop connected to the camera. Once you have the raw files the program will then allow you to stack the image layers and blend them together and the result is outstanding. This is my tribute for all those who perished. The show is only three minutes thirteen seconds long and is at a screen resolution 1920x1200 and is 56.4 MB in size http://beechbrook.com/pte/downloadfile.asp?id=2068