Thomas Fitzgerald Photography

Dublin In Black & White

Thomas — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:57:59 +0000

Here are some more Black and White Images from my collection of pictures of Dublin.

New Gallery – New York City

Thomas — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 18:25:31 +0000

I’ve been slowly getting around to adding galleries of my work to this website. Far too slowly for my liking mind you, but that’s a whole other story. Anyway, after much trawling through my library, my travel section from New York is now online. Here’s the link, and I hope you enjoy!

New York City

Thomas — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:16:54 +0000

A Portfolio of Photography from New York City by Thomas Fitzgerald Related posts:New Gallery – New York City Some Pictures from New York City New York Skyline Related posts:

Spring is in the Air

Thomas — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:51:17 +0000

After what seemed like an eternal winter, Spring has finally sprung. It was great to have a day where it wasn’t freezing, and after my poor health induced quarantine that has kept me indoors for the last two months, It was great to get out with my camera again. I was heading into the city anyway to do some errands so I took my 5D Mark II and a single lens, a 50mm f1.8. I got some lovely shots which I’ll be posting more of over the next few days, but for now here are some by the Liffey (The main river that flows through Dublin for those not familiar with the city)

Wasp in Flight

Thomas — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 14:44:19 +0000

Here’s another one from the archive. Best viewed large (click on the image for a large version). I reprocessed it in Aperture 3 which allowed me to bring up more of the wasp than an older one which I had done. The original Image is here – as you can see – it’s quite a departure.

Before and After (With Aperture 3)

Thomas — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 15:38:59 +0000

Here’s just a quick image I was playing around with in Aperture 3. I really love the new extended range curves adjustment. I love it even more that you can add as many as you want and brush them in and out. Here’s an image from our heavy snow in January.

As you can see the sky is burnt out. I could just use the recovery slider or lower the exposure then use the shadow and highlights to compensate. If I was in lightroom I would probably use the gradient tool to bring the sky back in. But in Aperture 3 by using a curves tool, I can bring the sky back in and have fine control over the contrast and darkness of the sky. Once I have it right I can just brush it on the areas I want. Here’s the result.

I have more before and after images on my flickr site. You can check out my Aperture 3 testing set here. I’ll keep adding to it so remember to check back regularly.

A Day in Kerry Long Ago

Thomas — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 15:08:51 +0000

Another image from the Archives. Taken in Kilorglin, Kerry a few years ago. Eos 5D, Straight out of the Camera.

Feeding Frenzy

Thomas — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 09:46:44 +0000

I was going through my Aperture Library after upgrading to 3.0 and I’m finding all sorts of Images I’d forgotten about. I don’t know how I’d missed this one when I was putting my portfolio for this site together.

I Rest My Case

Thomas — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 10:09:14 +0000

Following up on my comments from the other day about the new Canon Rebel / 550D, DXO labs have run their tests on a pre-production model and the results are…..well, I think they speak for themselves:

“Yeah, but it’s got 18 megapixels maaaannnnn, that’s all that matters”

[UPDATE]
Just a quick point. I picked the D90 because it’s a camera that I know. Bear in mind that the D90 is two years old. I’m not trying to make this a Canon / Nikon thing. I own 3 DSLRs and two of them are Canons. I know test results aren’t everything either, but they do seem to match up with people’s experiences of other Cameras on there so I would give them a reasonable amount of credit.

Aperture 3

Thomas — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 10:44:55 +0000

Apple has finally launched Aperture 3. It’s been two years since the last version came out and this is a much needed upgrade. Apple certainly hasn’t been resting on its laurels however as this is a huge upgrade with over 200 new features. I’ve outlined some of my favourite new features over on my technology blog. I’ve just ordered my copy so as soon as I have it I’ll give it a proper try out. You can check out the full list of new features on Apple’s website, and I suggest you check out some of the cool “Aperture in Action” videos too.