Kevin Pack Photography

Exhibition at Stockport Art Gallery

It has been running for a while now, but I hadn't yet posted about the 118th Annual Photographic Exhibition at Stockport Art Gallery.

The exhibition features over 90 printed images and over 80 digital images. I am showing 6 prints and 6 digital images.

The exhibition runs from Saturday 27th March until Monday 3rd May. The gallery is open from 1pm to 5pm, Tuesday through Friday, 10am until 5pm, Saturdays and 11am to 5pm on Sundays. The gallery is closed on Mondays. For more information about the gallery contact

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It is very short notice, but from 2pm to 4pm this afternoon there will be a photography portrait workshop.  Registration is free but as the number of places is limited you must reserve a place by telephoning Stockport Art Gallery on 0161 474 4453 or emailing

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Launch Event

365 2010 Day 35 - Cynergist at c3stockport Expressions of Love exhibit....
Originally uploaded by R J Bradbury (Rick Bradbury)

Thank you to Rick Bradbury for this shot, taken at the C3 Stockport Photography Exhibition.

The exhibition will be running for the rest of the month in the Open Gallery at Broadstone Mill, Stockport.

On 14th February there will be a special event running from noon till 4pm, so please come along if you are in the area.

Exhibition at Broadstone Mill Stockport

I'm part of the C3 Photography Group in Stockport.

We are having our first exhibition this month in conjunction with Open Studio, Broadstone Mill, Reddish, Stockport. If you are in the area please come along and have a look.

Directions

There are two special events during the exhibition.

There is a special exhibtion launch party tonight (Thursday 4th February) at 7.30pm.  To find the gallery/party start at the reception entrance.  Then from the reception, take one set of stairs up or press "G" in the lift. you will then be on the Upper Ground floor. Proceed to the door and come on in!! Follow the wall round to the left and the Gallery will be at the back.

Sunday 14th February 2010 - Love in the Afternoon.   12noon - 4.00pm
This special event will include live music and crafts for all the family,  tea and St Valentine's day themed cakes too! Entrance will be through the outlet shop.

Project 365

I'm sure some people reading this will already know, but I made one of my New Year resolutions for 2010 that I would try and complete a Project 365.

This requires me to take (at least) one photo every day of the year.

Some people set themselves specific restrictions for their Project 365, such as it comprising entirely of self portraits, but I've decided that as this is my first time I don't want to set myself additional challenges.

I've set up a separate photography calendar where you can follow my entries for the duration of the project. You can also follow me on Twitter.

Many of the photos will be from projects I am working on, or from shoots I have held or been involved with. However I also want to push myself to learn new skills. So you are likely to find me using the project to do quite a bit of experimentation - a lot of which probably won't work.

Don't expect every shot to be a masterpiece. It isn't easy to think of a new concept every day, and there will be some days where I will probably struggle to find the time to take a shot.

Not "Adult" at all

I've been taking a lot of portraits recently.

The shot on the left was taken at Aspire Studio in Blackpool last weekend and is one of a whole collection taken of four excellent models I was lucky enough to work with.

The title reflects the fact that I normally take fashion photographs. I don't normally take glamour or adult photos. In fact this is the closest I have ever got to taking the types of photograph you may see in a lads mag.

In fact, this image only gives the illusion of nakedness. Both ladies are fully clothed.

Personally I still prefer to take fashion shots (either in the studio or out) and environmental portraiture using both off camera flash and natural light.

Kayleigh in the sand

Kayleigh in the sand
Originally uploaded by Cynergist

Model photoshoot with Kayleigh at Crosby Beach, Merseyside on Sunday 11th October 2009.

Purestorm Information:

Photographer: Kevin Pack (Cynergist) kevinpack.co.uk
Model: Kayleigh Howard (Kayleigh_Kisses) strawberry-rock-star.deviantart.com
Details: Group shoot at Crosby, Merseyside

I decided to go for a slightly different look here by applying a soft glow, while still trying to keep some of the finer detail.

Kayleigh in the sky

Kayleigh in the sky
Originally uploaded by Cynergist

Model photoshoot with Kayleigh at Crosby Beach, Merseyside.

Strobist Information:

Canon 430EX II left of camera on stand. Set on full power.
Yongnuo CTR-301 trigger/receiver

The shot wasn't fast enough to completely freeze the action, and unfortunately one hand is hidden behind Kayleigh's head. But I did like the way the sand was kicked up by the heel of Kayleigh's boot.

Model shots

Rain
Originally uploaded by Cynergist

Over the last few months I've taken quite a few sets of pictures on model shoots. I've decided to share a few of those on Flickr.

New Site

The site is going through a bit of a revamp at the moment, to turn it into something a bit more than just a blog.

This blog won't be going anywhere, but it isn't the front page of the site any longer.

Hopefully everything will be up and working again in a few days.

New Software

I visited Focus at the Birmingham NEC this weekend. Which was a very interesting experience.

I watched a few demonstrations and talks as well as attending a Royal Photographic Society awards assessment.

I left with a bag full of leaflets, a monopod and a couple of new pieces of digital manipulation software for my PC.

I've just loaded the first of the programs onto my computer. PhotoTools Professional is a selection of 250 actions for Adobe Photoshop. I thought I would try it out on a portrait photograph I took at a C3 Stockport portrait session. The resulting image is something I could have achieved directly in Photoshop, but it would have taken me quite a long time. Whereas with my new software it only took a few clicks to boost the colours, smooth the skin slightly, but also apply a little sharpening.