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This image was
accepted in the Northern Counties International Salon of
Photography 2011 and many other internationals.
“Katrya
was taken on 31st October 2009 at the Goth Weekend at Whitby
and has become one of my most successful pictures.
Stephen Bell
and I were hanging around one of our usual haunts at Whitby,
taking pictures of the Goths. We'd been taking pictures of a
small group of Goths when I noticed that their friend - who
wasn't in Goth dress - was just standing patiently to one side
while Stephen and I took pictures of her friends. There was
something about this girl that attracted my attention. Apart
from the fact she was very shy, she had the most amazing face
and eyes and in my opinion was much more photogenic than her
Gothic friends. She was really taken aback when I asked to
take her picture and I remember her friends laughing at her
embarrassment. Nevertheless, she agreed and I sensed that I
would have to be really quick, as she wouldn't hang around for
long. I just asked her to pose where she was standing. All I
had time for was to have a quick look in the viewfinder to
make sure the background was OK and press the shutter. I took
8 pictures before she ran off to catch up with her friends.
When I came
to show the picture all I originally did for post processing
was the usual adjustments I always do in Adobe Camera RAW. It
was about 6 months later when I was revisiting some images
that I decided to "enhance" that original post processing by
carrying out some de-saturation techniques using Photoshop
Layers. I tend to think that these days far too many images
are "over-cooked" and are far too colour saturated, so perhaps
it is this de-saturation technique - and of course Katrya's
fantastic face and eyes - that make this image stand out from
the crowd in Salons.
Nikon D700, Nikon
24-124 zoom lens, 1/250 @ f8. ISO 400.”
Neil Maughan |
