Jasper Tandy » abstract

Brighton

Jasper — Fri, 20 May 2011 06:18:59 +0000

They say the best camera is the one you always have with you. That is to say, people trying to sell an app for your iPhone say the best camera is the one you always have with you. Buy yourself a nice camera and you’ll want to take it everywhere. It’ll become part of you after a while. Some day, you might even stop producing utter crap. Not today, though.

Never drink Haymakers cider.

Some White

Jasper — Wed, 18 May 2011 15:28:32 +0000

Just one of those days where work is totally uninspiring. I’ve been on a bug-fixing spree for the last three weeks, and it’s finally beginning to crush my spirit. That being said, it’s nearly over and fun new projects are just round the corner. I suppose if I was a little better, I wouldn’t have to spend so long fixing bugs. And if I wasn’t so rushed to finish everything, I would be a little better. The magical circle (triangle?) of code.

Thought I’d treat myself to an early finish, then I saw the time and realised I was actually treating myself to a normal-time finish. Wandered round the house and snapped a few of my favourite details. Catdog ended up getting in the way of the first one, but it turned out OK, I suppose.

Wandering Oxford Street and Southwark

Jasper — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:35:06 +0000

London is so good. One day I might go mad, quit my job and spend the rest of my life taking photos around London. We managed to cover a tiny amount of Oxford Street and Southwark before it got dark today – don’t know the areas well enough to find well-lit stuff yet. Also, remember to charge your batteries before going out shooting all day.

Oxford Street

Southwark

It’s difficult to make strawberries look bad.

Jasper — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 20:33:50 +0000

Strawberries are the best fruit. I’m not a huge fan of the taste, but look at those things. They’re so cute!

London’s Buildings

Jasper — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 18:54:52 +0000

I only had my camera out for ten minutes but there are some amazing buildings in the area we were in. I can’t remember what it was called, though. Dan…?

334: burgess road campus

Jasper — Fri, 01 May 2009 08:03:53 +0000

This is one of those areas that I’ve always wanted to get a few shots of, but it’s pretty far to walk it from my house, and the only other time I was near it was on a commute, and no-one stops when they’re commuting.

You’re going home. Now.

Annoyingly, I’ve become predictable even to myself, and I took a tonne of photos that I’ve already taken of other buildings before, so these are the “new” ones.

I don’t believe I’m at a stage in my life with my camera where I actually think these would look better with an overcast sky. Still, I’m not the sort of person to force it just because it’s what I want.

289: ah crap

Jasper — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 00:28:27 +0000

turn the light on, I forgot to take a picture!

248: Hospital

Jasper — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 09:14:10 +0000

Really nice morning this morning. Walking Charlotte into work, the sun was hitting this building just right.

With a decent amount of light and a steady hand, the iPhone camera isn’t all /that/ bad.

229: Trees

Jasper — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 22:02:33 +0000

Today, I wanted to create an abstract, moody forest effect using remote flash.

I don’t know why, but when I’m at the in-laws’ house, I always get in the mood for abstracts. This is the head of the bed in Charlotte’s old room, with the SB-800 firing at a 45° angle towards the camera, which is in turn angled up towards the flash at 45°.

This whole setup was a great exercise to show Nikon’s genius product design. As soon as you get pro glass, you need to pro flash setup. The on-board flash is set to command with "zero" output (obviously it needs some output in order to trigger the flash), but at this range, the lens was casting a shadow over my subject. Annoying. I’ve taken a look, and for a mere £200, I can get an IR trigger that won’t affect the shot. This will also be useful for when I start increasing the size of my flash army and getting umbrellas and stands.

Just as you think the expense is over, more mounts up. Bloody cameras.

216: Dried Flowers

Jasper — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 23:45:47 +0000

I wanted a new desktop background. Can’t decide if this is too busy. I’ve not had a photo as a desktop for ages.