Having a nine week old baby has severely limited the amount of time I’ve spent seriously focusing on photography recently. Apart from the million shots of him currently taking up the majority of my phone’s memory. Instead I’ve been spending time researching new photographers and trying to post process some of my old shots to imitate them. I know I should create my own style but I find it quite fun!
Last year I started to see a lot of pictures by Lee Jeffries. You can check out his Flickr here. I was even more interested to find than Lee was a fellow Boltonion! I’m going to be speaking to Lee when he returns from Miami so watch this space!
Now, I don’t claim to be able to hold a candle to LJ but here are a few of my modest attempts to put my own spin on his style.
All are street portraits from my travels, heavily edited using first lightroom then finishing touches using Snapseed on Android. Let me know what you think in the comments below or share your own attemDUePmW
Robert Poole 
February 9, 2016 at 5:57 pm
I think the first one is great, the style of the PP works really, really well with the shot.
The second one is very good, but perhaps the nose has crossed over into the world of looking like a pen drawing for my tastes. (Obviously YMMV)
The third I’m very much on the fence with… Some parts of it (namely the fabric of the head gear and shirt) I like the best of the three, but other parts (namely the nose and moustache) have transcended reality a bit too much for me!
Of course I could easily say that about LJ’s “originals” (sic), but please don’t tell him I said that 🙂
Do you think this PP technique is something that you’ll adapt into your work flow and make your own, I mean as a evolution, not a homage of LJ?
Overall, my comments about noses aside, I think it’s a really strong look that draws out the visual character of the subjects, and I think it’s worthy of further exploration.