Gloucestershire, UK.
rugglez
I am Rugglez! My name is Matthew Craig, a photographer from Cheltenham in Gloucestershire, UK. After being into photography for a long time, loving to capture those brief moments of time, I decided a couple of years ago to take things a lot more seriously. I love experimenting with new or different techniques and I am always searching for inspirational locations and subjects. I still have a lot to learn, but I am thoroughly enjoying the journey along the way.
Homepage: http://www.rugglez.com
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For Sale – Canon 1DS MkI (Mk1) – Glo’shire £700
Jan 31st
I have my Canon 1DS Mk 1 Body for sale. Full camera specs towards the bottom of the post.
The Camera is in full working order. The leather cover on the grip has come away slightly (see images below), but this does not affect usage in any way whatsoever. A bit of adhesive should get this sorted out.
It had a full clean, service and replacement shutter at Lehmann’s in Stoke (authorised Canon repair centre) in July 2011, and has maybe done 1000 actuations since.
Comes with:-
- 4 x aftermarket batteries. 2 are 6 months old and little used. The other 2 are More >
Current Ideas for Shoots
Sep 18th
A work in progress!
Below are some ideas for shoots I want to get sorted. I do tend to wing it on shoots and don’t plan everything in advance, but here are some ideas to start from….
Locations Home shootsWe don’t need a huge space to shoot in. If you have a room at home that has a bit of clear space and a plain wall to shoot against, we can easily create studio style images. I have my own lighting kit that I bring to shoots – I just need a socket to plug them in to.
Outdoor locationsI More >
Ulorin Vex – The Process
Jul 7th
I don’t claim to be the best PhotoShopper in the world – far from it. I am just starting on the learning curve, but I have picked up a couple of things so far. In this post I am going to show you how I went about editing one of my images from my shoot with Ulorin Vex. If you have any questions, views or suggestions on the editing or the image, please feel free to add a comment. You can leave comments at the bottom of the post.
I took this image in landscape format and left some negative space More >
Ulorin Vex – First Contact
Jul 6th
I started to get in to model photography about 2 years ago now, and I have looked through many model’s portfolios to see who I would like to work with. I have never managed to put a “Top 10″ together as people keep being added to or taken away from my lists as my tastes change or as my experience and fussiness has developed. However, I saw one particular model’s profile very soon after joining the various modelling sites, and she has been the only person that I have dreamt of shooting, basically since day one. No matter how my More >
SVR Take 2
Jun 11th
The second group shoot at Severn Valley Railway – There have been some great things come out of my joining the Net-Model forums. The local meetings (not necessarily Net-Model specific, but many people are on that site) and meeting FastEddie. Ed is a very friendly, energetic, kind guy and very selfless when it comes to sharing his knowledge of photography – if he can help you solve a problem, he is more than happy to do so.
He has arranged several group shoots, which has taken a hell of a lot of organisation getting a bunch of dis-organised photographers and models to turn More >
Paris à pied – Part 2
May 3rd
On my travels around Paris, I decided to have a wander down the Champs-Élysées and came across some street dancers busking outside the Charles de Gaulle Etoile Metro station at the top of the Champs. I think I spent longer taking pictures of these guys than any other subject in Paris!
I have no idea why these guys kept looking right down my camera lens, but I am so pleased that they did. I managed to get a few shots of them mid jump looking straight at me.
This is by far the funniest picture to me. The main busker guy who More >
More rubbish on Facebook
Apr 21st
I wasn’t going to post another blog entry, but I have been getting the following on my Facebook news feed constantly for the last couple of days:-
“INSANE: young teen from United Kingdom did SUICIDE in front of web cam – Watch video here ” “INSANE: young teen from United States did SUICIDE in front of cam – Watch video here” “HORRIBLE!: young babe from Brazil KILLED her self in front of cam – Watch video here” “Wanna see more pics and video?? ”
There are various links that are coming up such as :-
http://www.geator.info/ ** Don’t try and open these links!! More >
Artemis Studio
Apr 17th
This was in theory my second shoot with Artemis, although on our first shoot, she was really a Creative Director. Artemis had arranged a studio day with 2 models that I attended and she stayed around to help me out during the shoot. Her vision was so in tune with what I wanted that I knew I had to shoot with her myself.
This time in the studio, Artemis was modelling for me (as well as providing feedback on images as we went along) and I am amazed at what we came out with. I had tried on previous shoots to work More >
Facebook Tips
Apr 17th
Some Useful Tips.
I thought I’d just share these updates that friends have sent me about my Facebook settings. You may already know these, but just in case….. Feel free to share these around or re-post.
Facebook Account Security SettingsFB has changed and failed to let us know about it. Take a look at your URL address (the top box on your screen.) If you see “http” instead of “https” you DO NOT have a secure session & can be HACKED. Go to Account – Account Settings – Account Security – click Change. Check box (secure browsing), click Save. FB More >
