Photo taken in the garden on one of those rare sunny days here.

A slightly long walk away from the house I found these fields ripe.

I was out with the long lens one day and captured a few shots of the sheep and their pups who were in a field behind out vet.

Hello, this is my first proper new photo in ages!! Sorry for being away for so long. Just lack of time, lack of motivation and lack of access to Photoshop CS. Hopefully I’ll be able to get a few more done before my trial runs out in 12 days time.

This was taken in the fields near my house after a we got covered in snow (for the first time in years) in February 2009. We don’t get much snow here so I made the most of it and took lots of pics.

I’ve added in brackets the genre of photography for some. So have a browse and let me know your thoughts and whether I’ve missed any?

This was taken on my trip to Hampshire and the New Forest where we found some wonderful donkeys . I was visiting my Aunt who lives with her dog in a mobile home very nearby. The couple in shot are my brother and his girl friend. As you can tell it was cold but you don’t know the half of it – it’s was really cold. We were having a quick wander around while my Aunt had a rest and over the hill we found a few horses and gusts of winds only normally found in the Arctic.

I took this shot and a closer shot but went with this one. From the original I tried to up the mood and atmosphere here.

Vote for the shot on PictPicture.

Flickr entry is here. And bordered is here.

During one morning the light outside our house was amazing. It was very moody and mysterious, so naturally I fired off a few shots. This is one shot which I’ve toned in sepia. I changed the tonal colours as the original lacked colour anyway and so thought the image would work in a sepia-style. Other than that I’ve not changed anything, so that is what the light looked like. Cool eh?

What you’re looking at is the view outside my office window. I’ve set myself up in a small downstairs room – nice a cosy. I saw this light just after getting up and logging on in the morning. The fencing you see is the basketball court that is mainly used by the local kids on the estate as a football pitch. It’s a big bone of contention it being their but if the kids didn’t have such things then they’ll be causing trouble on the streets elsewhere so we shouldn’t complain. The court is built in the middle of the housing on a small patch of grass and you can see the trees on the remaining part of the field.

It was amazing, not sure what caused it, was it the low light coming through the gap in the houses or something else? – but it only lasted 2 mornings and it’s not happened since.

Blog entry at Dark Matter Magazine is here.

Flickr entry is here. And bordered here.

I’m a keen photographer who is learning all the time. Photography is a passion and a hobby that’s taken over my life. I really enjoy taking photos but feel I have a lot of room for improvement. Saying that I can definitely see I’m bettering myself as time goes by. I brought my first digital SLR camera in August 2006 but got serious in October 2007.I would like to eventually combine photography with my other interests; traveling, cycling & pencil drawing. I can’t imagine anything more ideal. My main genres are landscapes, nature, animal, event and sport but enjoy any style of photography and will continue to experiment and explore as many areas as I can.

Along with photography I’m working with Photoshop and love fine-tuning and manipulating photos. I’ve found Photoshop very easy to pick up and use but, again, there is lots to learn.

I have been a regular visitor to flickr and have a large collection of photos, ranging from pure holiday snaps to my recent portfolio shots. For a selection of my images head over to my.photography collection.

I’ve created a several groups, the main ones are: -

World Tour: Do Before You Die:
flickr.com/groups/dobeforeyoudie
(a group of photos that’ll inspire people to travel the World)

Wonders of the World:
flickr.com/groups/wondersoftheworld
(a group of photos you think are ‘wonders’)

British Isles & Ireland:
flickr.com/groups/britishisles
(a group for anything relating to the British Isles and Ireland)

Learn by Picture:
flickr.com/groups/learnbypicture
(a group to post your photos to get feedback and advice from others)

How-to by Photograph:
flickr.com/groups/howtobyphotograph
(a group to post images and their details of how they were created for others to learn from)

Tutorial by Picture:
flickr.com/groups/tutorialbypicture
(a group to post images that are photography tutorials)

So please pop along, share you photos and post your discussions.

I also have a deviantART page where you can buy prints, etc. of my work, have a look here at koltregaskes.deviantart.com

My photos have been used by various people, such as a outside broadcasting company, a major credit card and potentially one photo will be used for a Royal Mail stamp in the UK for Summer 2008. So if you are interested in using my photos or my services please contact me. Finally, enjoy my site!

1. Frosty leaf, 2. Turn on the stile, 3. Bird of Prey, I am not, 4. Candle light, 5. Wimbledon Tennis Championships 2007, 6. Purple sky, 7. Perfect Kaz, re-visited, 8. Branch in the sunrise, 9. Captain’s armband, 10. Pond near Skinners Farm in Edenbridge, 11. City Hall, 12. Rally car racing at Goodwood Festival of Speed, 13. Gorillas at London Zoo

Joe Cornish: http://www.joecornish.com/
George Duffield
Charles Hood: http://www.charleshood.com/
Malcolm Hey: http://www.malcolmhey.co.uk/
Martyn Colbeck
Tom Mackie: http://www.tommackie.com/
Nick Meers: http://www.nickmeers.com/
Elliott Neep: http://www.enwp.co.uk/
Alexander Mustard: http://www.amustard.com/
Colin Prior: http://www.colinprior.co.uk/

Found via Flickr

Miguel Rita: http://www.flickr.com/photos/miguelrita/
Lara Jade: http://larajade.com/
http://larafairie.deviantart.com/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/larajade/
Michaela ? : http://www.flickr.com/photos/55678598@N00/
Kerstin Enderlein: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lichtmaedel/
http://www.kerstin-enderlein.de/

Found via deviantART

Igor Laptev: http://www.igorlaptev.com/
http://igorlaptev.deviantart.com/
Marcin Stawiarz: http://www.stawiarz.com/
http://angelreich.deviantart.com/
Juha M. Kinnunen: http://jjuuhhaa.deviantart.com/

So, I’m going to use the next week or two to post my prep articles, such as why on Earth am I trying this, training courses I’m eyeing, books and mags I’ve got so far and something on software and the wondrous world wide web and what is out there for photographers and artists.

But for now, browse some of my more better pictures here and the rest here on Flickr.