Yup I’ve gone and done it now and used a bit of flash, not only that but I’ve added sound to a webpage, for those of you that don’t know these are two of my most hated things, behind dentistry and being shot in the face… (more…)

I just had one of those massive panics that I really don’t enjoy…… You know the kind, lost keys, misplaced credit cards, accidentally deleted every picture you have taken in the past 4 months…. (more…)

Last night I went out to a goth event with some friends of mine with the main aim of taking some pictures. I got the pictures we wanted pretty quickly and so had the rest of the evening to play around.

I had fun experimenting with flash coupled with long exposures, which gives a sharp image coupled with light trails.
This is something I think I might try to use more as I found some of the effects quite pleasing. I didn’t get anywhere near as many pictures as I would like as the club was so dark that I was having to focus manually and even then was only hitting about 1 in every 3 pictures…

Last weekend I went to see my friend Elizabeth in an armour festival. This involved various people in traditional Japanese armour putting on quite an impressive display. I took the camera and am slowly trawling through the photographs. Some of them will make their way into the galleries, but for now take a look at the contact sheets. I’m almost halfway through the pictures, but it is taking a lot longer than I thought and if I plan on doing event photography properly, I need to streamline the workflow as the current one is not entirely practical.

The rest of my week has been totally wiped out with a cold, this has led to me pulling out the “sick” lesson. (more…)

Following up to my last post, I finally got a bank account and now a phone number sorted out, so I am fully registered up. Today, it is fair to say, was one of those where I earn my money. There is something systematically wrong, or there is some form of reverse selection at play as there should not be the concentration of struggling students in one school. (more…)