Big thanks to Simon J who lent me his prime lense. This lense, thanks to it's fast apateur and human eye perspective qualities. I popped out this morning and shot around 200+ stills with it - 20 or 30 of which are…
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NIKON 1.8 50mm prime
Getting thereFurther to my recent posts about my new photography obsession - The Brenizer Method - I'm now at the stage where I feel I'm getting somewhere. This was one of three shoots I did this afternoon -= the others =- meh, but…
- 2014 Harrogate Festival Fringe
In the intimate climbs of Spiegeltent earlier this evening, Eirene and I had front row n center, for a talk by a Punk Rock elder statesman, John Robb. He talked about his (first hand experience) take on the roots of…
The Brenizer MethodThis evening, I've been mostly experimenting with a photographic technique I'd read about called The Brenizer Method , named after the awesome portrait photographer, Ryan Brenizer . Unlike the LOMO analogue alchemy I've…
- Spiegeltent Harrogate
For the past couple of years around this time of year, an incredibly 'Harrogate' corner of Harrogate - nestling behind the Crown Hotel in Crescent Gardens, has been enhanced, for two weeks only (as part of the Harrogate…
Libertel 166 BI had at unexpected bonus couple of hours in the sun today. The organiser of a meeting I was due to attend unexpectedly declared that he'd moved the meeting to outside. He'd brought cake as well. Double bonus. That took…
Compelling content"A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life." Charles Darwin This 365 project I'm doing - where I'm blogging every day for a year occasionally leaves me a bit short, when it comes to…
Weekend EndI write two main types of blog. Those that are about something else , and those that are about me and/or my family . I'd had a great idea for a blog about something whilst I was in the bath this morning but I can't for…
- Litter on The Stray
Why is it that some people think it's OK to leave litter on The Stray? (A central public green space in my hometown of Harrogate, North Yorkshire). Not just the odd sweet wrapper, but the remnants of a whole…
- Lifelogging by Memoto
From conversations I've had, I know that some people are going to love this idea of this, some, hate it. The photographer in me loves it because I've learned that to get a good photo, you often have to take tens,…
- Techno pushchair
Even if I didn't have kids, I'd probably want one of these pushchairs. They've got more features than my first car had. As well as the touch button robotic folding and unfolding mechanism (see video below), it's got…
- Interior orientation
Someone gave me the heads up on this today : Google Business Photos . In a nutshell, it allows a business to bring Google mapping inside their business premise, as Zweifel & Co. of Germany have done with the wine…
- It's mid week already
Wednesday tomorrow. That sounds better in the closer to the grand weekend scheme of things than it's Tuesday. That's come around quick. I'm just writing a quick blog now because I've got a 'meeting' in The Swan on The…
- It's all in the Bank
Bank holidays are fantastic things. It's more than an extra day, a 1/3 extra weekend, it's an actual mini holiday. We should by now, as a human race be able to organise things so that we can have more holiday, more…
Cutting it fineI have 9 minutes to write a blog. Just woken up in Brundenell Social club Leeds. Been at the cricket. Well above average.