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If you were the driver of this car, please do get in touch and let us know how you managed to park it on the railings outside the library in Brighton.
Last night went to
Last night I went to the camera club again, and again it was interesting. It was a competition, with an outside judge, Jean Holmwood. The categories were “creative” as well as open sections for the Intermediate and Advanced groups. The creative slides included some that had been obviously digitally manipulated, and then created as a slide. At least one of these was manipulated, and displayed to full screen and then photographed with slide film (he hadn’t noticed that one of the photoshop icons was on the image – that was a bit of a giveaway really :-). It got me to thinking of other ways you could do this. Then I came home and started reading a magazine I’d bought the other day “Digital Photographer” for “enthusiasts and Pros”. On the letters page is a letter asking just that, how to get a digital file onto slide. The answer appears to be that there is a firm based in Nottingham, Viva Imaging that will do that, and if you look for photo labs in your area, check them for “digital film recorder” services. So, at least I know that when I feel confident enough to submit images to these slide competitions, at least I will be able to do so.
One of the photos
One of the photos I took of the West Pier fire is on the BBC web site as part of their “Taken a good picture lately?” set for the week of 29 March – 4 April. Take a look at it here. I’m really rather pleased about that, although it’s a bit odd that they didn’t email me to tell me, I just happened to take a look and saw it.
got around to watching
I got around to watching a programme that Tivo had recorded for us a month or so ago about Lomography. It was really interesting, and I especially like the Rules for photography. No 1: Take your camera everywhere you go. Last time I did this was with my eyemodule [photos]. Hmm, sometimes I wonder whether I should have 2 sets of camera equipment, one for “shoots” and one just to carry around with me. or maybe I should just invest in a camera phone like Richard‘s?
I’m especially taken with the supersampler shots as this is a really interesting concept.
ve had fillings in
I’ve had 2 fillings in the last 4 days. Hmmmph. One on Friday, one today. Friday’s one is still hurting. Today’s doesn’t feel so bad. Smpathy please.
We were in London
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We were in London last night attending an ecademy event. The event wasn’t great, but it was good to meet up with some friends. On the way home we noticed the above sign for a play: The Madness of George Dubya. You can’t quite make it out, but on the far left it says “re-written daily”. No idea what the show’s like, but nice title.
Last night went to
Last night I went to our local camera club for the first time. I had been thinking about going for a while, but didn’t think I was good enough and felt embarassed by my efforts. Over the weekend we popped along to their exhibition at the Gardner Arts Centre and I realised that they had a wide cross-section of styles and talents, and that I wasn’t far behind some of them and so could probably learn by association.
Last night was a slide show by a Father and Son team. Paul, the son, did a show on his different styles of photography and some were very impressive especially this. Father, Roger, did a show based on photos he took during a trip to Patagonia – some very impressive icebergs and glaciers. I have much to learn.
The club has a lot of, how do I put this politely?, older members, but the people I spoke to were all very nice and chatty, so I’ll probably go again.
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I’ve just been for a wander down to the West Pier and it’s still smoking. I wonder how long that will go on for.
There are more photos
There are more photos of the fire, and of the morning after in the gallery now.
West pier on fire
Perfect day for a fire: a week or more of dry, warm, weather and a good breeze to fan the fames. The West (“other”, “old”) pier caught fire just before 10am this morning. We stood around and watched as the blaze grew and bits of the pier fell in on itself. These are the photos taken with my phone.
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In that last photo I was suprised by a helicopter landing on the beach. The photo is actually of it taking off again, but they are big things and make quite an impressive noise up close.
I’m guessing the West Pier web cam is going to be a popular link today. The local news is reporting things like “strong suspicions this was the work of an arsonist” and also that the “West Pier rebuild ‘will go ahead'”.