Another shot with a hand wave…taken for my photo365 project while out testing a new Holga effect lens for the Olympus Pen. You will be able to see a full review on ePHOTOzine in a few days.
Peter Bargh
Sights & Sounds
June 28th, 2011
Photo365 – Day 179 – Sneaker Wave
January 27th, 2011
Photo365 – Day 27 – Glint of the future
The old Worksop library closed a few months back when the new two story modern one was opened. It cost 8.4m to build and has state of the art features including a self loan & return system, a cafe, an internet area and modern but almost clinical bookshelves.
When it first opened it was regularly packed. Full of noisy kids treating it like a playground, adults taking a look at what all the fuss was about and regulars just wanting to get back to their usual habits after a few months closure, between change over.
Officials apparently hoped it would bring 1000 people a day to the building – it even opens Sunday! It’s the fist in the country to do so. And they did everything to make it interesting. To me it felt wrong hearing kids screaming and shouting. I’ve always found a library a place of calm, noise free and tranquil, but here noise echoed around like a swimming baths.
I went back tonight to see how things were going and take some interior shots to combine with a set I did of the old library a few years ago.
There were no kids, the place seemed like a ghost town, an empty feeling that was nothing like those early days, the calm had returned, but it didn’t feel comfortable. Too much open space and an unlibrary like feel.
I took a few shots and left. As the automatic doors opened I saw the old 1930s library in darkness, a sad looking building, but in one of the windows was a reflection of new. And interestingly in the foreground to the left is a cross.
It became the setting for my photo of the day.
January 14th, 2011
Photo365 – Day 14 – New Desk
After about 10 years of use I decided it was time to buy a new computer desk. The one I’d been using was an old second hand one of high quality, black inset leather, five draws, real wood type thing. At the weekend I spotted a walnut model with a sliding keyboard draw and a tinted glass inlaid top. Very attractive in looks and price.
So I bought it and five nights later finally got around to assembling it and replacing the old one. While the glass is new (it looks all lovely and reflective, but at the same time reminds me of the windscreen of some chav with his ice filled, twin exhausted, alloy wheeled 206) I decided to take some photos.
The first attempts included the opened out keyboard tray and tight crops of keyboard and mouse with reflected screen in the background. Then I spotted some old mirror glasses that had come out of the back of one of the draws from the old desk. I have a pile of stuff to redistribute as my new desk doesn’t have draws so you might see photos of other bits and bobs soon.
I positioned the glasses at a decent angle so the camera was in one corner and took a few shots. I then thought it would be good to include myself in shot so I went to my ePHOTOzine profile and had that as background, and positioned myself so i was large in the glasses reflection.
And here’s the result. All good fun!
