Kevin Taphouse Photography

This is a photograph of one the many butcher shops to be found in Oxford’s historic Covered Market, taken for the “A Month in 31 Pictures” flickr challenge. In this photograph i wanted to show off the butchers various joints of meat from a lower viewing angle, which puts the various

products front and centre with the actual butchers and shoppers in the background, as to not distract from the display. I also decided to not use flash and just the light that was available (a mixture of artifical light and daylight coming in through the glass in the roof of the market).

Again i decided to convert this to a monochrome image as it allowed me to bring more detail out using various methods in

Digital Photo Professional.

3rd October – A Month in 31 Pictures.

Camera settings were as follows -

Exposure:      0.02 sec (1/50)
Aperture:     f/4.0
Focal Length:     70 mm
ISO Speed:     200
Exposure Bias:     -1 EV
Canon Exposure Mode: Program AE

Taken on the 3rd of October 2009.

Image processed in Canon’s Digital Photo Professional using Picture Styles and the RAW image file format.

For more information about the Oxford Covered Market follow these links -

Wikipedia entry for the Covered Market.

The Covered Market website.