Chester Whitwell » wellington

Dan and leah’s wedding

Chester Whitwell — Thu, 23 Dec 2010 05:48:23 +0000

A stunning day in Wellington and a stunning couple to photograph. Old St Paul’s church, the botanic gradens and civic square made for some beautiful locations.

Drop Kick Cousins

Chester Whitwell — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 21:22:58 +0000

I was asked by my friend Sean to help out creating an image for the DJ’s ‘Drop kick Cousins’.

We did the shoot at Iko Iko on cuba street. Each member was shot in the same window which I later fliped and composed into a wider shot of the store.

original shots

final image

I used Illustrator to create the window stickers and Logo. each widow was created as it’s own PS file then placed into the wider shot as a smart object. I used layer adjustments to create the vignette.

First post and a photo

Chester Whitwell — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 06:55:50 +0000

Welcome to the first post on my new site.

I took this photo in breaker bay. it’s a 30″ exposure at f 5.6. I’ve used Lightroom to correct the the yellow glow from the sodium street lights and add a couple of gradient filters to darken the top and bottom of the image.