...a plethora of creative nonsense...
Reading Time: 2 minutesWalking around Hyde Park, I have come up with an idea I want to play with. I have always been quite taken with the local roofscapes – in a heavily built up inner-city area like this there is such a jumble of walls and roofs, …
Reading Time: 4 minutesWhat could be a better antidote to the winter blues than this. An evening of Burlesque at the Brudenell Social. Photographers welcome.
I actually really enjoyed this. Of course, who (if you are into girls that is) would not like a bit of sexy performance. But it was a privilage to be able to take photos as well, as this is a new thing to try.
Reading Time: 3 minutesWe’ve had quite a bit of snow over the last couple of weeks, to a point that takes me back to my childhood when I remember (whether accurately or not) far more beautiful snowy days. The first batch was round my birthday, just before Christmas. …
Reading Time: < 1 minuteSome breif, boredom releiving experiments with the Lensbaby Macro Magnifiers. Just thought I would share this macro of a decayed, mummified russian dwarf hamster. You’re welcome.
Reading Time: 2 minutesTo pass the time with this cold winter weather, I have been playing with some still life ideas. For Christmas I got the macro lens adapters for my Lensbaby Composer – these are old school simple magnifying lensses that screw into the filter thread. Combined …
Reading Time: 3 minutesHaving read about this slightly obscure and bizzare lens in Practical Photography, I decided I had to try one. Birthday present time… The Lensbaby Composer is a concept both simple and fraught with complexity. It is simple lens casing with a ball and socket joint, …
Reading Time: 12 minutesIn the 1930’s, Penrose conducted a sociological investigation comparing statistics relating to crime and mental disorder in various European countries. Penrose discussed a number of possible conclusions that could be drawn form his data, but two that showed noticeable statistical significance were as follows: in countries with better provision of hospital beds for the mentally disordered the prison population tended to be lower and in these countries the number of deaths attributable to homicide also tended to be lower.
These findings will be used as a springboard to discuss the dilemma of whether the most appropriate method of addressing the social problem of mentally disordered people who unlawfully kill others is penal or therapeutic disposal- that is whether the emphasis of the sentence should be on punishment or treatment.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteI’ve messed about for a couple of months with Jalbum (which is great, but a pain in the arse) and I really cannot handle ftp any more. I am moving this to a wordpress installation, and here it is. I am going to backfill going …
Reading Time: 2 minutesIt’s not often you get to meet a real reindeer, but we have had some visiting at work this week!
Reading Time: < 1 minuteWe do love a good sunset here, and as we approach the turn of the year again, here’s just a few more that I have found lying about on the hard drives, in and amongst other sets this year.
Reading Time: 2 minutesPart of the structure of the fish-eye lens functions as a magnifier, and along with this I have picked up some other magnifying lenses. These are a cheap and ceerful way to get macro photography effects, by acting simply like a magnifying glass in the …
Reading Time: < 1 minuteJust a quick one. had a quick go at stitching together a panorama today, of the view from my office window over campus. I’m quite pleased with how this has turned out.