I’m a bit behind the times in my movie watching. I finally watched The Hours this evening. The story and the acting were, indeed, excellent – Nicole Kidman and particularly Julianne Moore. But then everyone I know who had seen it said it was a great movie. And I would almost [...]
Read the rest of this entry »I went down to Jessops and bought some paper developer this morning. I’ve made some contact prints from my pinhole pictures at the Necropolis, and here are a few of them.
I do like the first one with the sun in the corner of the frame.
I had a brief exchange with the other day where the subject of pinhole cameras came up. Which got me quite enthused about the idea of pinhole photography again. I usually use a home-made cylindrical camera with photo paper as the film. It takes super pictures, but it’s not so convenient [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Whilst replying to one of ’s comments I was pondering the fact that I think my photography is improving because I keep shooting the same scene and so end up looking at it in a different way, seeing different things in there and looking from a different angle.
Is that similar to what’s going on in [...]
I hate the weather when it’s like this. It’s so lovely and I want to just go out to the park and enjoy it and instead I’m stuck in this miserable office with these miserable….
Oh gosh! What a horrible dream that was.
Spent a wonderful few hours out on the bike and walking through [...]
I try to stay quiet, but I don’t feel relaxed.
Give up the desire for relaxation and tell me what is left.
I still slightly feel that I am bound!
If you know you are bound you are no longer bound because by knowing the bondage you separate yourself from it, you objectify it.
With this release the “I” [...]
Spent some more time this morning relaxing and enjoying the weather in the park. Took some more photos whilst I was there.
Read the rest of this entry »Fairport Convention
I went to see them for the first time in 1985 in a little club in Birkenhead and was completely blown away. That was their 16th(?) line-up and they’d been going since the late 60s. They’re still going now. Dozens of astonishing musicians have graced their ranks. One of my [...]
Work complete, deadline met, customer happy. Hooray!
I gave myself the morning off to get out on the bike and enjoy a beautiful warm sunny day. Is the light more sparkling this year, or is just that my persistent good mood in danger of becoming monotonously predictable? hee hee.
Over on the north side [...]
