Happy Birthday Evie from Uncle Stevie

This is my Niece, her name is Evie and she celebrated her 1st Birthday on the 24th April 2011.

I set up a couple of my studio lights and my backdrop and took some photographs to mark the occasion.

 

 Mum Michele with Evie

 Proud Grand parents my Dad Jim and my Step Mother Flora with Evie

Major Archibald Douglas Monteath Mausoleum

I visited the Glasgow Necropolis on Saturday the 9th April 2011 for the first time and i found this Mausoleum to be the most impressive one there. I set my Canon EOS 550D on my tripod and took 3 exposures of +2, 0 and -2 steps, AV set at f16, ISO at 100. I generated an HDR using Photomatix Pro 4 and i edited further using Photoshop.

This Mausoleum was designed by David Cousin in 1842.

Monteath served in the East India Company. Allegedly, Monteath made his fortune when an elephant carrying precious gems belonging to a Maharajah was captured and ‘relieved’ of its load by him. When he died £1,000 was left to build his monument. There was a shortfall, however the Merchants’ House gifted the extra land needed and this spectacular mausoleum was built.

Based on the Knights Templar Church of the Holy Sepulchre, experts dispute whether it is modelled on the Jerusalem Church or possibly their Cambridge Church. This 30 ft diameter Neo-Norman rotunda has grotesque faces around the doorway and each niched window has a different design. In 1850 Monteath’s brother, James Douglas Monteath of Rosehall and Stonebyres was also interred here.

New work

CLOUDS

I took these images from the window of my flat on the 13th March 2011, i plan to use them to replace bland skies in some of my images. Some of my cloud images would make really good canvas prints.

Soldier on Horse silhouette (2)

 

This statue can be found in Pricess Street Gardens in Edinburgh, the previous post is the original shot but i chose to change the sky to make my image more interresting, the sky i added is a from a photograph i took from my living room window, i always see nice skylines from my flat, i recently purchased Photoshop Elements 9 and this is the first time i have ever tried anything like this and i don't think it will be the last.

Soldier on Horse silhouette

Greyfriars Bobby