Photography by Jon Bowcutt - BPE2 & PSA3

I thought I’d start 2010 with my top 10 highlights / images from my work during 2009………. So in no particular order here we go!
1) Taken from the Compo clubs 6435 Charter on the Pontypool & Bleanavon Railway – My first visit and it blew me away with its industrial look but set in a [...]

“What are those initials after your name?” This is a regular question i get asked when on the lineside & via the website. Quite simply they are levels or achievement gained from entering photographic salons (competitions) that are run by photographic societies all over the world. Basically you download an entry from pick 4 images [...]

Well its been a long time since my last post but i think this deserves to be shared….Dave Sims (commonly known as Digital Dave @ work) is a superb photographer he’s also a member of Solihull Photographic Society, we also sit next to each other at work so the subject of photography & photoshop techniques [...]

Ever thought about converting dull digital images into monos….? Yes i hear you all say, but they always look as flat as a witches breast…! Well have a go with my step by step guide, all you need is photoshop a dull uninspiring colour image and a bit of time…..What you waiting for then??? Get [...]

Right lets get one thing straight on this subject! If your histogram is over the cameras dynamic range on the white end of the scale than your in big trouble. If there’s no definition at all in the sky then there’s very little you can do to recover it…Cause there’s nothing there to recover!
But having [...]

Ive uploaded my final set of train images which date back to 1995 (with the majority between 2001-2007) All are from the Great Central. I was keen to see how scanned slides fared against my Digital RAW files…..My conclusion was that Digital cameras can give you alot more scope and the amount of post processing [...]

The latest gallery update on my website includes the pictures from the Severn Valley Railway steam gala taken last weekend. The gala featured a fine collection of large express trains from all regions & 2 trains from the home fleet. Even though these large trains provide wonderful subjects they dont look right on single line railways…….There [...]

The latest upload provides the opportunity to show you the first new Steam engine to be built since 92220 “Evening Star” . Whilst still in experimental grey makes the colur images look a bit drab Monochrome does her proud. My favourite shot of Tornado is below. Take alook at the other Gala images and let [...]

 Below is my favourite shot from the Q6 mineral train charter from the Great central railway on the 19th Jan 2009.  Is it yours?? Take a look at the rest from the day on the gallery link below and let me me know if you agree of not………..

Q6 on Minerals Charter link…….Click here.

Welcome to my first blog!
As my photoshop skills have improved over the last year, it made me wonder about revisiting those shots that were never quite there & just archived as records of the day(Digital mining as its now called)…..One such case happened recently towards the end of 2008 with Don Bishop when photographing 6024 on the Yuletide Torbay [...]