Michael Gradwell Photography - Professional Secrets

by Michael Gradwell

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This photograph from a Morecambe wedding shows how grounds can be tidied, photographers taken out of the picture, it can be changed to sepia, and a vignette added.

This photograph shows how this picture can be superimposed on a mirror that lets you look into the bride and groom's thoughts.Notice the removal of the postbox and the guests in the doorway.

A picture at the end of a jetty on Windermere may be your favourite picture of the day, but look how much better it looks when the fuel pump is missing and it is changed to sepia.

A first dance photo may bring back many happy memories, but you may prefer black and white and a blurring effect of the guests taking your photo.

Blurring the background can also handily put the focus on the ring.

This Lancaster wedding needed nothing more than a conifer to make a great photo, but you can have it changed to sepia and have a vignette too.

This wedding at the Blackpool De Vere Hotel shows how the bride can walk down the aisle with her father, then technology can leave the three of them in colour and the rest of the picture is black and white. For good measure this picture has been cropped as well. You get all amended photos.

This bride and groom in Glossop, Derbyshire, were simply crossing the road after their picture had been taken. What a difference it makes when the post is taken away from the groom's head. Look more closely and the road markings have gone, as well as the guest having a drink.

And finally anything or person can be taken out of the photo. Michael Gradwell has a favourite example in which the airbrush takes him out. Look very carefully and you can see his shadow. There must be a superhero whose shadow still remains!