Remake Remodel

I’m thinking of switching to Movable Type and redesigning the whole site so it may go a bit quiet. I’m going to take part in this QTVR pano event even though, or because, I haven’t shot a 360 for a long time.

Bollard

I’ve made a new page for the Cyclops panoramic camera.

I get quite a lot of hits from people searching for pictures of bollards. They often fail because I removed one so I thought I’d put this up and then people can also tell me why they are looking for them.

More Dodgy Cameras

I took the Cyclops and my home-made pinhole camera out and struggled with both. The Cyclops wasn’t swinging its lens fully and I’m wondering if I might be able to replace the clockwork with a motor. A piece of the pinhole snapped off but that’s a lot easier to repair - Mk II could be in the pipeline. Pictures, if any worked, coming soon.

As usual, a digital picture fills the space.

New Year, New Camera

I’ve been busy making a pinhole camera (120-roll, wide angle, curved back). I’ve put one roll through and it appears to work well enough to put some more through. The pictures should appear here later or failing that, a picture of the camera. I’m sure I must have taken lots of fantastic pictures since the 30th of December but until I find them this train interior will have to suffice.

Restaurant

30 December 03.

Banging and Scratching

I took part in a two-part workshop which involved building a light-operated machine which made sound and making an animation by scratching 16mm film. At the end, all the participants’ machines were triggered by the light from the film projector via all the film animations spliced together. So the machines formed the soundtrack for the film. All this in three hours.

Len Lye did scratch animation and kinetic art.

Sunday

A Sunday wander with Jawed and Kevin who wanted to do Speaker’s Corner. I hadn’t been there for years. It was more entertaining than I’d expected.

The New Book

Work is underway on my next book of photographs. I’ve left it late but I’m planning to have some ready in time for Christmas even though it’s cancelled. There won’t be as many in the edition this time, so if you’re interested in knowing what’s going to be in it let me know.

More Yellow

Art, Mechanics and Technology will collide.

Now Showing

Until November 1st, I have four pictures on show in LIP annual exhibition. [link to pictures removed]. This picture was taken nearby.

Men in Shirts

Lunch time in Docklands. It seemed like a separate city. Not different, but taller and more modern and not much trace of docks.

Ladder in a Ladder, Ladder Got Lost

I suppose if you walk around for a long enough your are going to see a ladder reflecting in a similar way to one you saw recently.

The yellow ladder from the previous entry fell into a mute blog a couple of days ago.