On the way to and from a meeting this morning, the world created some beautiful light for me to take advantage of, so I did.
I’ve always wanted to capture the quintissentially British red postbox (and phonebox, but that’s by-the-by) but it always seems really cheesy to make it the main focus of an image, so here it is vying for attention.
Another example of Southampton’s glorious architecture. It’s clear that cab drivers in their wisdom do not like this style, so this is an ode to that glorious and emotive man.
My favourite Rush album, I think.
I decided on Friday that I wanted to give film photography a go. There’s something about the results from a film camera that seem so natural and unaffected and I love that. After trawling the amazing Ken Rockwell’s site for a day (I must donate to this man, and if you use Nikon, so must you), I set my heart on a Nikon FE and began watching eBay for them. There weren’t too many, but there seemed to be some excellent examples so I quickly got really excited about it. I even bought some film! Upon unboxing said film, Charlotte delighted in telling me that she was surprised at my foray into film, as the rolls contain gelatine. My heart hasn’t sunk quite so low in some time (yes, a great indication of how easy I have life, but it’s really all relative!), and I simply had to find some vegan-friendly (my non-consumption of any animal-death-derived products isn’t really characteristic of vegetarians) film. Turns out, there’s no such thing, so that killed that!
I have, however, resolved to shoot like a film photographer. As all users of digital cameras, I am occasionally guilty of chimping, an act that I find repulsive, but occasionally useful (especially in low-light!). I am now giving this up in favour of trusting my instincts. On top of this, I will not be processing images (unless they absolutely need white balance or a touch of levels) to see if I can emulate a more natural look to my photos.
Such an awesome place. I’m going to miss not living so close to it – it’s been really nice just riding around it these past few mornings. Decided to take my camera today – nothing special, but still something.
When it comes to taking photos of ships, it’s difficult to get in a decent position at Southampton docks. I have previously moaned about being unable to take a decent photo from the same place that the following Norwegian Jade one is taken from, however, sideways-on seems a lot worse. Careful what you wish for, I guess.
Some people just really want to go on a cruise, I guess.
QM2 looking flat and dull and like there’s a silver bullet caravan in front of it.
Event photographers are like parasites. They get in your peripheral vision with their flashes and their barging and have a habit of inflicting a bit of annoyance on at least one attendee of any event they’re at. Gig photography, you can get away with to a certain extent; there are generally lights and noise and more than one bargy individual so you can blend a bit.
Tonight, however, I am a hypocrite. I wanted to play with my new flash stuff, so I threw self respect to the wind and took my camera. As a side note, it’s just my luck (and maybe an omen) that my camera battery began to die when I took it out of my bag! Nonetheless, it reaffirmed my suspicion that you can’t take artistically viable photos of someone talking in a room where there are flipboards on the walls! My shyness resulting from disdain at flashing cameras at events like this have not helped at all, but for what they are they’re ok. With that in mind, here are some blokes talking about some stuff, maybe even pointing at a screen. Enjoy.
Dan Griffey, the organiser of OpenWeb
Kev Wilson, talking about the iPhone app development cycle. Turns out it’s pretty similar to any development cycle, but with the added loveliness of the App Store.
Jof Arnold telling people not to write iPhone apps for profit unless you’ve got an ass-load of money to plough into it, you’re doing it for a client who has an ass-load of money to plough into it, or you’re doing it for anyone who’s prepared to make no money from it!
Paul Boag, pointing out the obvious. With crazy eyes.
I will almost definitely write more words here later. Not feeling it right now. Not to put too fine a point on it; ASIWYFA are awesome, and the rest pale into insignificance. I had to stop taking photos in the first song because I thought they were going to trash my camera!
