Attack of the Clones

Attack of the Phil's, originally uploaded by Phil Steere.

Had an urge to do a clone shot tonight, not done one for ages but they usually make people smile (or scared!)

For those that would like to know how it's done:

Set up a tripod and stick the camera on a 10 Second self timer.

I take a picture of the empty room in case I need it (but usually you don't) start taking the pics and then merge them in photoshop bringing layers back and forth as neccessary. I usually use a layer mask to select the bits I need and then paintbrush/rub out as needed.

This quick tutorial explains it pretty well: http://youtu.be/i2LYcAakCx0

Enjoy!

Cyprus Cat

Cyprus Cat 1, originally uploaded by Phil Steere.

I got back some Cyprus at the weekend where I was helping to photograph a friends wedding.

I had a great time, the weather was good and damn hot!

Although I didn't manage to get many personal shots done, I took loads at the wedding!

Anyway, to keep you going, here is a Cypriot cat.

Lets call him Dave.

Prepare for Launch!

Check out this brilliant time lapse video of the preparations of the the last Shuttle launch.
Very interesting stuff!

Here is the blurb from the website:

In this unique time-lapse video created from thousands of individual frames, photographers Scott Andrews, Stan Jirman and Philip Scott Andrews condense six weeks of painstaking work into three minutes, 52 seconds (read here how they did it). The action starts in the hangar-like Orbiter Processing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, where Discovery has been outfitted for its STS-131 mission. The vehicle is then towed to the 525-foot-high Vehicle Assembly Building, hoisted into a vertical position and lowered onto its external fuel tank and twin solid rocket boosters. Then it’s off to the pad on the giant Mobile Launcher Platform, where the shuttle is encased in its protective Rotating Service Structure until just before launch on April 5, 2010. The film ends with a glimpse of Discoveryand the STS-131 astronauts coming in for a landing 15 days later, back in Florida where it all started.



Original Link here: http://www.airspacemag.com/multimedia/videos/Go-For-Launch.html

Brighton Toy & Model Museum

Brighton Toy & Model Museum-1.jpg, originally uploaded by Phil Steere.

I have always walked past the Brighton Toy and Model Museum under the train station in Brighton and thought, "Hmm, I should really go in there sometime..."

So on Saturday I did!

It was pretty cool, although I thought there might be a few toys from the 80's and 90's but there weren't.

Lots of train sets, meccano, matchbox toys, puppets, models and loads of other stuff.

Well worth a visit!

Here There Be Monsters, The Hobgoblin, Brighton

Here There Be Monsters, The Hobgoblin, Brighton 17/07/11, a set on Flickr.

Last night I went to a gig where my good friends Here There Be Monsters were playing at the Hobgoblin in Brighton.

They had put on a full afternoon of metal goodness with 8 bands on the bill.

Check em out: www.myspace.com/htbm

I managed to get some ok shots, lighting was pretty rough though!

Brighton Beer Festival 2011

Brighton Beer Festival 2011, a set on Flickr.

I was invited to take some pictures at the brilliant Brighton Beer Festival this weekend. I had a great time, the band was good and the booze was even better. I managed to stay off the beer just long enough to get the shots I wanted...not all of them were in focus though!