SunnyPhotography

A contemporary photographer based in Leeds, UK
 

Manni & Nav - The Wedding

Here are a few photos from the wedding of Mandeep and Navdeep. The wedding took place in Dartford, Kent and finished up where we started back in Leeds. It was a lovely wedding ceremony and a brilliant reception.

The photographs are copyright protected with all rights reserved and must not be used without permission!

Enjoy :)

Kind Regards

Sundeep Singh Osahn  BA(Hons) PGDipArch

+44 (0) 7793973248






Posted May 17, 2011
 

Vauxhall Vectra promo

Since my 24mm f1.4 has suddenly decided to focus properly again, I decided to use it for a car promo shoot. The car in question is a 2005 Vauxhall Vectra, Elite spec with lowered suspension and 19inch rims. Very nice!

Believe it or not, there was hardly any photoshop on either of these images! Stay tuned for more pics :) 

Oh, and if you know of anyone that has a Lamborghini, Ferrari, Maserati, Porsche, Aston Martin or even a Rolls Royce that would like a photo taken feel free to pass on my details! 

Sundeep Singh Osahn  

+44 (0) 7793973248




Posted May 11, 2011
 

Shop At Leeds Market Week 2011

"Shop at Leeds Market week is a series of events organised by Friends of Leeds Kirkgate Market, to celebrate the variety and quality of produce that can be found there." - http://shopatleedsmarket.tumblr.com/about

The day for me was very enjoyable as I got to experience the market in more ways than I have ever done and I got to spend more time there than I have all together in the past decade! It was a real eye opener for me and really drove home the idea of shopping at the market as opposed to the local supermarkets. 

These are a few (well, slightly more than a few!) images I took on the 7th May - the final day of the Shop at Leeds Market Week. Everyone I spoke to be it volunteers, customers or traders, were more than helpful and gave me a great insight into the importance of preserving the marketplace and the market's rich heritage. 

Please forward this page on to anyone you may think will enjoy the photographs and for more information about how you can take part in future events please contact the Friends of Leeds Market via email, twitter, facebook or their blog.

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A member of the string quartet from West Yorkshire Symphony Orchestra entertaining shoppers with music.

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Another member of the string quartet from West Yorkshire Symphony Orchestra entertaining shoppers with music.
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A passerby takes a photograph of the string quartet.
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A shopper reads a flyer about Shop at Leeds Market Week.

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An architecture student admires the music.

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A couple stop on their route through the market to enjoy the music.

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The wind quintet perform at The Source's stall.

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Shoppers passing through market.

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A shopper admires a dress on display.

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The coat of arms of Leeds, translated as "For King and the Law".

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A ceiling mounted signpost (that I have never seen before) captured from the balcony of the market.

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Looking down from the balcony at the hustle and bustle of the market.

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A view of Browns Famous Sweet Shop.

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A dartboard in a balcony office that looks as though it has had more than its fair share of Darts thrown at it. 

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The stairs leading to and from the balcony which incidentally is hardly used by the public.

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Jamie Oliver's Ministry of Food proves popular with residents of Leeds - Saturday classes fully booked until July 2011.

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The stall attracts a whole host of shoppers thanks to its market themed tombola.
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An interesting and fair comparison of what you get for £5 from a supermarket and from the Leeds Market.

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Have you ever thought of your journey to and from the market? How far do you travel?.. Over the course of the week more and more people have shown their particular route to the market. This will help provide useful demographics for the market for future events.

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Shoppers enjoying a mid-shop-rest while their children play with toys and have a snack.

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The stall.

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A man enjoys a strawberry at The Source.
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A man is offered some (very tasty!) Yorkshire Chorizo with red peppers.
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Nick provides some useful information to shoppers about the foods available at the market.

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Delicious strawberries that you can buy here at Leeds Kirkgate Market.

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An interesting view of the Market Clock - which is a smaller version of the original clock that is now near Roundhay Park.

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YorkshireChorizo.co.uk - I tried it and I loved it!

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Drawings made by Friends of Leeds Market at the stall.

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Have you ever thought of ways to improve Leeds market? Or what you would like to see in the market?.. Share your ideas!

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Two Part II Architecture students show off their design skills. 

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If you would like to use any images please let me know first, as these images may not be used without permission!

 

Kind Regards

Sundeep Singh Osahn  BA(Hons) PGDipArch

+44 (0) 7793973248

 

 

Posted May 8, 2011
 

BLOGGG!!!!

Hi everyone, 

Just a quick update! I'm working on a DIY project at the minute which is going to form part of my new studio :) 

So once it is complete you can expect to see many more portraits and experimental photography. Stay tuned!

Posted April 21, 2011
 

Cloudy Aftermath #photography

After a night of gale force winds the morning after was filled with traffic jams, spurts of rain and more winds. At one point the Sun broke through the clouds and the skies above the distant horizon were calm and blue. This is what I saw. Again, all processing etc done on my iPhone.

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To view more of my photography please visit my flickr page http://www.flickr.com/photos/sunny-photography/

Bye for now :) Sundeep Osahn
www.SunnyPhotography.co.uk

Posted November 12, 2010
 

Cityscape of Leeds

On this very cold Thursday morning I decided to visit a viewpoint that overlooks Leeds city centre. The weather was awful; a gets-on-both-sides-of-your-glasses type rain mixed with a brisk breeze from the Atlantic. I didn't have my 5Dmk|| with me (shame on you! And you call yourself a photographer?) but like a lot of my spur of the moment photos I use whatever camera equipment I have at the time. After all, a pic is better than no pic! Here is the original shot from my iPhone 4G...

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Nothing too special I know.. But after selectively cropping the image to get the picture I was actually after (iPhones only have digital zoom so you're best off cropping later than zooming!) I then processed it to give the feeling of how I saw it: cold and dark.

Here's the completed pic (taken, cropped, processed, watermarked and upload by my iPhone).

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Now what do I label this image as..? Any suggestions?

Until next time!

Sundeep Osahn
www.SunnyPhotography.co.uk

Posted November 11, 2010
 

iPhone madness, madness I tell you!

Hi everyone,

The topic today is, you guessed it, the iPhone. Well not exactly the iphone but more the apps that are available for it to fulfil the question "what apps can I use when I'm out and about to produce reasonably decent images when I don't have my SLR, Mac Pro, Photoshop and Internet connection with me?.."

Well that a tough one... But...

Best app for HDR:
For those of you wanting to play about with HDR images I highly recommend Pro HDR; a pretty decent app that enables you to produce decent HDR images that from saved images or via the camera and allows a fair amount of tweakability. Best app for Panoramic images:
Panoramatic is a highly advance app that uses various algorithms to stitch together your images. Again, you can tweak various settings to get the kind of image you want. Post processing?
A huge favourite of mine is Mill Colour. A fav because it's free (yay!) and because it has awesome built in 'looks' as well as full control over saturation, gamma, gain and lift in all three colours of the digital rainbow (rgb).

Ok so how do I watermark my pic?
Good question.. Go and download the free app 'Impression'. Very simple and does what you need it to!

Here's something I did earlier using only the apps mentioned here.

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And here's one in black and white too.

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Also, this message was written on my iPhone too. Ah.. The wonders of technology!

Until next time.

Sundeep Osahn
www.SunnyPhotography.co.uk

Posted November 10, 2010
 

Cancer Research

Hello friends :) 

Its been a while since i've blogged! I've been pretty busy with lots of projects some of which you'll hear about soon-ish! So thanks for your patience.

The reason for this blog is to help my fiance and her sister raise money for Cancer Research UK. They are running the Race for Life on 20th June this year in memory of their mum, who sadly passed away after fighting breast cancer for a year. I knew her very well and she was like a mum to me, so helping out would mean a lot to me too. 

"Our mum was a sufferer from Breast Cancer (Nov 06). She had received the best care possible at this time and had gone into remission too, unfortunately all the treatments proved to be too much for her body and doctors suspected that the cancer had come back quicker than they expected, she passed away exactly a year later (Nov 07). By sponsoring us today, you'll be helping raise money to help researchers find a cure and save others suffering with cancer and prevent the loss of loved ones around the world.


So please dig deep and sponsor us today so that we can help beat Cancer today!

Events like Race for Life are vital in funding Cancer Research UK's life-saving work into preventing, diagnosing and treating cancer. By sponsoring us now you can help more people survive cancer."

So I'm asking anyone who reads this to help raise a bit of money to provide for more research, treatment and more importantly support for sufferers of cancer. 

Here's the link: http://www.raceforlifesponsorme.org/xxambixx

Photo: A Sikh husband sits with his beloved wife and their 4 year old nephew. Photo taken in July 2007, four months prior to his wife succumbing to breast cancer. 

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This is the link again http://www.raceforlifesponsorme.org/xxambixx

Thank you :)

Sundeep Singh Osahn

+44 (0) 7793973248

Posted May 16, 2010
 

3D Photography - where do I start?

Hi everyone!

Todays topic is 3D photography. Many people are only discovering 3D photography but not many of us know exactly that 3D photography was actually first done in the mid-1800s. Many portraits of royals, important societies and buildings were shot using a 2 camera set-up and the prints were then viewed through special viewing binoculars which then gave the images their 3D effect. In hindsight it was quite ingenious actually but quite inevitable. 

A simple (THE simplest way i've found) to create a 3D image (and i've only really done one so far..) is to take a photo of your subject through your left eye then move the camera to your right eye and take the same shot. Assuming you kept everything relatively level and your focus was on the subject at hand everything will fall into place nicely.

Processing

There are 3 methods of processing each with their own difficulty level. The easiest way is to put the two images side by side. Done. Now you have to try and see the 3D image by crossing your eyes - many people find this part the hardest but i've written a sure fire way you can learn to see 3D Cross View images:

1) pick out a point on the photos which stands out - an area of contrast perhaps or a particular person. 
2) Look at the two side-by-side images but put your index finger 6 inches in front of your face in between the line of sight of your eyes and the photos. 
3) Look at your fingertip.
4) move your finger forward and backward (while keeping your focus on your fingertip!) until the two photos overlap in the background. You should slowly see the area you picked out in point 1 overlap.
5) shift your gaze to the point you picked out in step 1.
6) allow your eyes to adjust to the image and move your finger out of the scene - if you are straining too much relax and try again. And remember to keep your head and eyes level otherwise it wont work.

Once you have mastered this technique you will find that the 3D Cross-View images are far superior to almost any other 3D method as it maintains the colour and lighting of the original images and gives a perceived resolution increase due to each eye having a separate image to look at.

The second method is to use photoshop or a similar peice of software to filter out the red channel on one image and overlap it with the other image. This gives the standard '3D' look of red + cyan. It isnt ideal because a lot of colour is lost, but the image is still in 3D. (I might go over that in a tutorial at a later date - its not that difficult really)

The third method is a GIF animation where each image is shown in a flickering manor. Your brain will process this as a 3D image (and its more on the lines of how 3DTV is processed) but this can only be viewed on a computer screen whereas the other two techniques can be printed.

A Few Examples

Here is an excellent Anaglyph (red/cyan glasses) 3D image: 

This is a 3D image from 1903 shot in India, Amritsar at the Golden Temple. 

And this is my latest 3D photograph using the Cross-View technique Sachkhand 3D Crossview

Have a go at making your own 3D photograph and send me a link! 

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Sundeep Singh Osahn

+44 (0) 7793973248

Posted March 19, 2010
 

Nemo acting all cute and innocent!

All together now... "awwwwwww!!!"
yeah, sometimes she's all cute and innocent looking but that doesn't last very long! Admire her in this pose while you can!

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Sundeep Osahn
www.SunnyPhotography.co.uk

Posted March 5, 2010