I decided to join Pinterest last night and finished off my profile today. It’s easy to use and looks visually great, but will it have any benefit? Will it be just another site to sap your time and energy.
I’ve bookmarked loads of great photos on ePHOTOzine. When they’re all brought together it shows what superb talent we have on the site.
Have a look and if you join feel free to follow me 
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Headed off up to the Yorkshire Sculpture Park for some photography and it rained!
The weather was dismal – drab grey sky and rain.
First stop was the YSP cafe for home cooked chips and a hummus & olive wrap, followed by scones with cream & jam…yummy!
I used my infrared converted Pentax *ist D and a 28mm f/2.8 lens for today’s photography. No tripod, flash or filters. I was lucky enough to catch the back end of the exhibition by Spanish artist Jaume Plensa. A few of his statues were still on display in the grounds, sadly I missed the indoor exhibition as that closed on the 22nd.
East Midlands to Gran Canaria Thomson Flight TOM 7674
Stayed in Bungalows Cordial Green Golf Av Tjaereborg, 2 Maspalomas
Citroen C1 car booked with Holiday Autos
Holiday in Gran Canaria for a week
A moment in time – 16:08:33 – 16:08:34
It’s always been an ambition of mine to have a mass produced CD of material I’ve recorded. Over the years (many years ago actually) I created single copies of music on cassette. In one band I was in we even went as far as duplicating the cassette several times and creating an album which we placed for sale in Sheffield’s Record Collector (one copy was bought) A review appeared in a local rag, so thanks for buying it.
Well at last, some 20 years later, I’ve finally got around to creating that CD…a limited run of 100 copies with a new band – The Sound of Flak. We’re a two piece electronic outfit comprising David Burleson, previously OxiMoron, and yours truly. The album’s called The Unbalanced and is now available.
The creation was an exciting path. And also a new experience, working out formats for files, and designing the digipack cover / cd label.
More info on our new web site: Sound of Flak
Today I went out into the woods to photograph snow. As I walked around this huge tree branch came crashing down from a great height.
It landed just 20 yards or so in front of me. I’m pretty sure that if it had fallen as I walked under I could have jumped to safety because the crack it made as it broke lose echoed loudly though the wood. But If I didn’t have time to jump or for some reason froze I’m sure the weight would have caused serious harm. Fate?
I just wish my reactions were faster because the snow disturbance as it fell was quite spectacular and it would have made a great photograph.
I’m currently testing the Fujifilm GF670 for ePHOTOzine, the review will go live in a week or so.
It’s quite fascinating that Fujifilm, who’ve reduced their film range, would bring out a medium-format film camera. Medium format is more or less dead and Hasselblads, Bronicas and Mamiyas are appearing on the pages of eBay and are fetching ridiculously low prices. So a fixed lens rangefinder may not be a smart move. I’ve yet to make my mind up.
It is an interesting experience though. Having not used roll film since I sold my Hasselblad 500cm six or so years ago, it was good to see that films have finally got self adhesive seals now…well Fuji Superia has at least. No longer do you have to lick to seal the strip with its foul mint flavoured gum. Now you just pull and wrap. Nice touch!
Then while using it I had to revert back to a flash meter which I’d given up on about the same time the Hasselblad went. And remembering to wind on the film! But the hardest part to cope with is not seeing the results instantly. I have the sealed roll waiting to be processed. I’ve got to decide where to send it, and then wait for the package to return.
Still it’s fun going out with a camera that I can hand hold and get 6x7cm shots – even if it does look like an relic Agfa Isolette. I just hope the results are good. I’ll let you know.