...a plethora of creative nonsense...
Reading Time: 2 minutesJust got back from a little bash up at Fell Edge, up on the moors, courtesy of a couple of friends. Camping, barns, dinner and some bands, all in all pretty nice. As usual I took a few shots for the portfolio. It was dark …
Reading Time: 3 minutes[This is a back-post from the Suburban Acid Saturation Website] Now I have almost got the AudioAddictz set beaten into submission, I thought I would spend a moment to reflect on the process of writing a live hardware set. I (slightly verbosely) regard it as like …
Reading Time: 3 minutesBurlesque, as we know is big stuff at the moment, and for my friend Michelle’s wedding we were treated to some more. Darn Shame. This was at the Alea Casino down on Leeds Dock, which hires out a function space. It’s quite nice, but in …
Reading Time: < 1 minuteI am not really, so I like to say, a man for having heroes. However, in a very academic manner, one person for whom I have a lot of respect is Emiritus Professor Zygmunt Bauman. The School of Sociology has just run a conference to …
Reading Time: 4 minutesOver the year I have been exprerimenting quite a lot with flowers. I started this last year with the Tamron Macro Lens, but since Christmas I have been doing a lot of work with the Lensbaby Composer and the Macro Magnifying lenses, inspired by the …
Reading Time: 3 minutesSo who knew that Todmorden had a festival. Actually, every Hick Town has a festival nowadays, so it’s not really big news. But we had to investigate… Given the grand idea to meet in Wetherspoons for a fry-up at 8am, which then degenerated to tequilas …
Reading Time: 3 minutesAfter having a go in Kirkstall and Knaresborough recently, I wanted to try some more long exposure water shots. We are lucky in Leeds to be one of the greenest UK cities (not that living in Hyde Park feels like this at times) and Meanwood …
Reading Time: 3 minutesWe went to Opera in The Park, which was brilliant, and had me in tears when they opened with O Fortuna! from Carmina Burana. Much as I complain at times about Leeds Shitty Council wasting money, I think there are worse things they could spend …
Reading Time: < 1 minuteJust a quick post to show an expreiment. I read a nice tutorial ecently in Practical Photography about creating an image in the style of a Dutch Oil Painting and thoguht I would give it a go. The random skull, which I have no idea …
Reading Time: 3 minutesA little more restrained this year than the 150 or so pictures I got when massively excited by my new camera last year), here’s a few from Kirkstall Festival this year. Kirkstall Festival is a bit of a mixed bag. It has a masive funfair, …
Reading Time: 2 minutesAfter the food festival the other day it seems I am back in Roundhay again. It’s easy to forget how much Roundhay Park has to offer. It is quite huge, over 700 acres in total. After being under various ownerships over centuries, Roundhay park was …
