Time to read: 3 minutesSo I bought a camera. The first camera I ever bought. * anyone alive in the 80’s will get the joke. And if not: wikipedia it. it all started with a photo hunt A few weeks ago, some photographically-minded friends of The Man suggested a photo hunt. This differs from a scavenger hunt in that […] continue reading »
Time to read: < 1 minuteFive years ago, I moved into a small one bedroom flat. And even before moving in, I took measurements, created a floorplan, and tried to arrange the furniture, see how I could make it fit. The amusing thing is I conjured up 19 ways of placing them, starting with 0, the layout they were in […] continue reading »
Time to read: 3 minutesAs the title of the post says, I may have found a camera!!! it all started with a photo hunt This weekend, The Man and a friend of his decided to go photo hunting. There was a lengthy debate about where to go, and we ended up in various lobbies of British heritage, from the […] continue reading »
Time to read: < 1 minuteMonths ago, I saw this excellent photo project “Millenials and everything they own“. It consists of a series of photos of people, next to all their stuff. Like this. So when I started to look for flats, after seeing the first place, my first reaction was to try and figure out what I would need […] continue reading »
Time to read: < 1 minuteI’ve been asked a couple of times what this “365” thing I do is. And in short it’s just a “one photo a day” project. I’m not sure when or where I came across it. I think it was on flickr. The original project called for a self-portrait every day, but I couldn’t manage that. […] continue reading »
Time to read: < 1 minuteI won’t take the credit for this. I saw someone mentioning it. @themattelliott to be specific. The gist of it is that there is a little website which will take instagram photos (yours, someone else’s, from a tag, etc…) and generate a background image for you which you can stick onto twitter. This is what […] continue reading »
Time to read: 2 minutesA friend of a friend needs a website. She’s an award-winning theatre director and professor in the USA, so her website needs to convey her experience and vision. I asked her why she does what she does, why she has chosen to direct, and she said that she loves telling stories, showing relationships about people, […] continue reading »
Time to read: 2 minutesWent to another life drawing session at Candid Arts in Angel. Lovely as always. Here are my sketches from the evening. Uncensored. I’ve never believed in hiding the human form. It is beautiful as is. […] continue reading »
Time to read: 3 minutesI’ve been wanting a “real” camera for a long time, and now that I am dating an amateur photographer and camera collector (when you have more than half a dozen cameras, you’ve got a collection, chéri), my lack of equipment is made apparent on a semi-daily basis. I own a Rollei 35S which is in […] continue reading »
Time to read: 2 minutesHolland Park, a beautiful London park, has picked up and broadcast my photo as its first photo of the year! How cool is that? Here’s the photo that earned the “first photo of 2013” accolade, from my instagram. See it on Holland Park’s facebook page. the story On the first day of 2013, I went […] continue reading »