I shot this yesterday and it prompted me to update the Wait gallery. I’m fairly sure you had to work quite hard to find those pictures previously but as part of a slow upgrade of this site, I’ve done something sensible for a change and added it to the photography page. [Pic]
Outsiders
May 5, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Toytown UK
September 1, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Over the last couple of weeks I’ve had a job shooting architectural details at a bunch of London locations. It’s been fun seeing some new places, looking at them in a way I wouldn’t normally do and after the work was done it was also an opportunity to play – making pictures like this one. I feel a new series coming on. [Pic]
The All New
April 1, 2009 By Leave a Comment
I’ve had the 5D Mk 2 since late last year but somehow managed to avoid posting any pictures here. This is one I shot with an old manual lens which I’m using just to make my life more difficult.
The dates for the next running of the Street Photography Workshop have been set (June 6 & 20) and I’m also starting a new, two-day video introduction course (May 12 & 19) mainly covering Final Cut Express. [Pic]
Wait in the Magazine
August 20, 2008 By 2 Comments
This is one of two of my Wait pictures which were published in the latest LIP magazine. You can find it on sale at the Photographers’ Gallery and a handful of other places in London (see list on first link). It’s hard to be too excited about this because aside from the fact that the two chosen pictures don’t make a lot of sense on their own, they edited my text, without any discussion, including adding a line of observation at the end (“I do see them as still figures surrounded by bustling street life”) which I didn’t even make. Sigh. You can see more pictures from this series here along with my original text (which doubtless would benefit from editing but by someone else).
The recent Street Photography Workshop generated this gallery of pictures from the participants. [Pic]
Whenever You Can
August 9, 2008 By 1 Comment
According to this survey digital cameras are the most confusing gadget and 46% of us don’t read the manuals. I spend a fair amount of time teaching people how to use their DSLRs so don’t find any of this surprising. Compared to the simple, manual only, film cameras that I learnt on, the modern digital camera is incredibly complex with a horrible interface and for the novice, an indecipherable manual. [Pic]
The Films of Jacques Rivette
August 10, 2006 By Leave a Comment
Usually long but always intriguing. We managed to see four that were new to me during the recent NFT season and have also been catching up by renting the few available DVDs. Tonight was Histoire de Marie et Julien which may well be his “greatest achievement” but although the cat was very good, of the more recent films, I preferred Va Savoir.
Time to Play
January 9, 2006 By Leave a Comment
I’m sure there will be lots of photoblogs bulging with excitement about Adobe Lightroom but all I have to say is that I’m glad I wasn’t sucked into the Aperture hype – as much as I like Apple. Not wishing to get into arguments over which is better I can see these programs being quite appealing to a lot of photographers who don’t want to deal with the behemoth that is Photoshop, as well as those who need a better way to deal with editing, cataloguing, etc. This picture comes via my first, five minute play with Lightroom.
Newly Served
December 17, 2005 By
I moved my domain last Friday (16 Dec 05) so if you’ve emailed me in the last few days and haven’t had a reply please resend.
Jeff Wall
November 15, 2005 By
If like me, you’ve only seen one or two Jeff Wall pictures in group shows before, then the current show at the Tate Modern is well worth seeing. I’m still wondering how much of my admiration for the pictures is to do with being seduced by the format (huge lightboxes) but they certainly have more interest than say Gregory Crewdson’s huge (non-lightbox) pictures. Perhaps somebody will fund me to produce some of my own pictures as lightboxes and then I’ll have a better understanding (roughly sliced).
Three Bollards
June 10, 2005 By
I went to see William Eggleston in the Real World at the Barbican but the DVD skipped, eventually stalled and the show was abandoned. Michael Almereyda said it was “nobody’s fault”. The discussion between him, Martin Parr and Val Williams was pretty lame too. There should have been a riot or at least the offer of a refund. (Update: the Barbican organised a free re-screening)
Tree and Bollard
January 12, 2005 By
2005 and I was considering trying to post once a week but given that I’ve already fallen at the first hurdle I’ll try to think of a more exciting regime.
November, TCR
November 30, 2004 By
I’ve put together six pictures into a new gallery called November Landscapes (removed May ’05).