RealUpright Photo Blog: hipsta

Welcome!

Hi there!

This is the official blog for Abraxis Photography, a place where I'll post any new, interesting or just enjoyable photographs that I have taken.

I'm very much an amateur photographer, having just bought my first digital SLR camera a few weeks ago. I'm still within the initial period of excitement, where the possibilities seem endless; I'm also fully aware that photography is a very difficult (and subjective) artform, and one that I hope to improve my skills at over time.

All comments are welcome, though of course I would prefer any criticism to be constructive! Advice on anything from composition, technique, lighting, etc would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks for viewing and I hope you enjoy the photos!

Adam

Saturday, 27 August 2011

Close Up Flower Hipstamatic Style

This is (once more) the same photograph I snapped of a pretty flower at Windermere in the Lake District on 20/08/11. This time I applied some photoshop filters to achieve the popular 'Hipstamatic' look - as popularised by the iPhone app of the same name. It gives a nostalgic, super-saturated look, with some texturing and background blurring and a darkened border to really emphasize the 'from the sixties/seventies' look that makes it so popular.

Snapped using Canon 1100D D-SLR with 18-55mm lens with natural lighting