New work – “River Work” – Painterly

Hi everyone,

Metaphorically-speaking I pulled just about all of my rabbits out of the hat for this one and it’s got tress in it! πŸ™‚

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Kind regards

leigh sig 2

New work: “People watching in Prague”

Hi everyone,

Painterly market scene, Prague

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Kind regards

leigh sig 2

It’s not called noise it’s called texture.

Hi everyone,

I submitted more than thirty additional works to Alamy. I heard back that an image had failed their QC process because it had noise and was soft. I’m not it the least bit worried or offended about that as they are a photo agency and as such they assess things using their own criteria and I am not, nor do I desire to be an editorial photographer. What I am annoyed about is that if one or more images submitted do not pass their QC then all the submitted images fail.

I cannot find any way of identifying which image/s apart from the one that they mention that have/might fail QC and therefore just re-submit the other images in-bulk. What it looks like one has to do is re-upload and re-submit one by one or a few at a time at the best and keep on doing so until the submitted images have all passed QC. I have e-mailed them for clarification on this point and I am awaiting their reply. If this is the way that their system works then I shall request that they delete my account as the QC process takes on average 24 hours every time and thus it’ll take weeks if not months of trail and error to upload my work, something I have neither the time nor inclination to do.

Kind regards

leigh sig 2

 

New work: Ham House in the Winter

Hi everyone,

Somewhere I’ve returned to quite a few times over the years ever since I was a kid. One can sit on the lawn and the squirrels are so tame that they’ll take food from one’s hand.

 

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Kind regards

leigh sig 2

Skylum Photolemur 2 for freeπŸ†

Hi everyone,

I though I’d share this with you, hope it is of interest.

From Skylum Software:

“We’ll give away Photolemur 2 for free for three days once this video gets 100,000 VIEWS!

All you have to do is follow these 3 simple steps:

1. Watch this video.
2. Share this video with your friends on social media (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter) to get more views.
3. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to stay tuned.”

Additional I got quite a nice photo tutorial e-book by e-mail after subscribing to their channel. I know this is an advertising campaign by them but free is free πŸ™‚ .

Kind regards

leigh sig 2

People like trees.

Hi everyone, according to Flickr my most popular four works, all of them with trees in them.Β  No coincidence that they were all Explored on Flickr. Okay, I can take a hint and fortunately I live near plenty of trees!. πŸ™‚ . You’ll find all my Explored on Flickr works on this page.

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Kind regards

leigh sig 2

“A tad spooky”

Hi everyone,

A building and trees that I passed on my travels and, unless in the unlikely event that I’m lucky enough to visit icy wastes or a barren desert, then I see lots of tress and buildings on my travels πŸ™‚

Oh, by the way, I removed an eyesore danger of electrocution warning sign from this image so be careful if you go there! πŸ™‚

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Kind regards

leigh sig 2

“A sense of impending suspense”

Hi everyone,

Suspens-ion Bridge πŸ™‚

I like to try and keep things fresh and do something different. I thought I try another surreal work for a change.

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Kind regards

leigh sig 2

I joined Alamy Stock Photos and Images

Hi folks,

I joined Alamy Stock Photos and Images. I upload three images which have passed their quality control. I have a portfolio page there which is work in progress – https://www.alamy.com/portfolio/leighkempΒ .There’s not much to see at the moment as I can’t figure out how to get my uploads to appear on the portfolio page πŸ™‚ .

I’m not publicising it widely as I’m going to leave it at just the three shots for time being until I get a feel for the site and whether it looks like it’ll be worth it. My gut feeling is that it’ll be another of those sites where one’s work disappears like a drop in the ocean but one’s got to try new things.

Kind regards

leigh sig 2

 

 

“Palatial”

Hi everyone,

Ultra-wide angle shot of Hampton Court Palace.

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I wasn’t happy with this work so I re-worked it :

palatial framed

 

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Best wishes,

leigh sig 2