Portfolio
Posted: Mon 5 February, 2007 Filed under: Five Year Plan (now Ten), Getting Organised, Photography 2 Comments »About four or five months ago now, I bought up the domain I wanted for use as a portfolio for my photography. I did some basic development of it, then got distracted by other things.
And so it remained.
However, over the weekend just gone, I’ve finally got working on it again – and even better, it’s now got some photos on it! There’s still a way to go, and I need to re-do some of the styling and programming (well, that’s what the train journey to and from work is for, after all) but it’s one hell of a way further on the way to being a decent portfolio site than it was, say, three days ago.
Of course, once I’ve got everything sorted, I’ll add in a link here (and in the meantime there’s always a small selection on my ImageKind page) and hopefully be able to do some promotion and so on in that way too.
New Media
Posted: Fri 2 February, 2007 Filed under: Own Business, Photography 1 Comment »Had an interesting conversation today with a media company up in Manchester.
Following on from the photographs I did for a charity up there back in November ’04, they now want to use those photos in a TV advertisement. I’m not quite sure what they plan to do, but it’ll be interesting to see once they’re done.
Oh, and yes, I still retain copyright on the images, and I’ll get a copy of the TV ad as well to add to the portfolio.
I have to say, I’m really quite chuffed about the entire thing…
Photographic Paraphenalia
Posted: Sat 16 December, 2006 Filed under: Five Year Plan (now Ten), Getting Organised, Own Business, Photography Leave a comment »This week, I’ve sorted out the last semi-major purchase of photo gear this year. It’s already just over a year since I bought the EOS20D, and I’m still really pleased with it – although I’ve known there was extra stuff I needed to buy.
So this week I’ve been able to get the 100mm f2.8 Macro lens (which is bloody huge) plus lens hood, a Speedlite 580EX flashgun, and a small home-studio thing so I can start taking some specific photos of stuff that Herself has been working on – which will also be one of the websites for developing very soon now.
As such, I’ve now got pretty much all the stuff I want right now, and the set-up I’ve got is capable of wide-angle landscapes, macro, portrait, flash, and all the general types of photography I’m currently interested in.
I just don’t want to think about just how much it’s all cost, or what the value of the gear is!
Lego® bricks
Posted: Wed 29 November, 2006 Filed under: General, Photography Leave a comment »(via Slashdot)
Fantastic photo-story on how lego® bricks are made. Makes for really interesting reading, along with some great photos.
Long Weekend
Posted: Wed 8 November, 2006 Filed under: Animals, Domestic, Photography, Travel 1 Comment »So, a brief list about the weekend…
- Happy Hound because of
- Quiet nights
- Quiet village
- No fireworks
- Daily visits to Dunster beach, at least an hour each time
- Visit to Tarr Steps on Saturday
- Daily walks in the local park, which also had a stream
- Happy Us because of
- Happy Hound (see above)
- Being less than 300 yards from the village pub
- Fantastic weather
- Nice cottage through English Country Cottages
- Peace and Quiet
- Being able to turn off for a few days
And that just about sums it up.
Oh, and lots of photos that I need to do something about at some point soon.
Walks, Woods, and Fireworks
Posted: Sat 28 October, 2006 Filed under: Animals, Domestic, Photography Leave a comment »This afternoon we’ve taken Hound up to Burnham Beeches again, and she’s had a great time.
The past week, and the next couple, are the worst time of year for Hound – there’s fireworks all over the place, and Bracknell seems to become like a war-zone with them going off every night. While I’ve been away, there’s been a whole week already with fireworks every night, so Hound has been fairly stressed. I took her out this morning (she’s still been getting walked every morning, but apparently when Herself does the walk, it’s just not the same) and she ran round the local park like an absolute loon, burning off some of that nervous energy that’s built up over the week.
So Burnham Beeches was always going to be part of the plan this weekend, and she’s had a great time.
It also gave me the chance to get some photos with the new lens, and it’s a fantastic bit of kit – even though it was the “wrong” lens, it’s still great, and is providing me the chance to get a lot of a certain type of photos I was wanting to experiment with.
But the most important thing for us was to make sure that Hound had a really decent run – and she’s most definitely had that now. And we’ll most probably be doing something very similar tomorrow, although not at the same place. Variety is the spice of life, and all that jazz.