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Monday, April 14th, 200814th April 2008
Monday, April 14th, 2008
13th April 2008
Sunday, April 13th, 2008
12th April 2008
Saturday, April 12th, 2008
Slate pots, in progress.
Good slate is so enjoyable to work with. Making these pots today gave me a really sense of connection with the past. Maybe it’s because slate can’t be worked without slowing down and being patient. Slate is unforgiving to any modern-day rushing around; it won’t hesitate to break with one over-zealous impact.
11th April 2008
Friday, April 11th, 2008
10th April 2008
Thursday, April 10th, 2008
9th April 2008
Wednesday, April 9th, 2008
8th April 2008
Tuesday, April 8th, 2008
This chap lives on my street. He is a real talent on a bike and rarely rides these local park dirt jumps any more – they just ain’t big enough for him.
It seems like shooting this sort of thing is a lesson in keeping it simple; sun near straight on, fast shutter speed, wide angle lens to show the landing/context, getting in very low and close (i.e. lying in the mud in this case), then just shooting loads. On the ‘cool sports’ theme, I love the work of photographer [Ryan Allan] who has shot some amazing skate, bike and surf images, but all shot in an natural, earthy style. Inspiring.
7th April 2008
Monday, April 7th, 2008
6th April 2008
Sunday, April 6th, 2008
Canadian Cove Stiffee Bike & Goodbye lens
The guts of my ‘pub’ lens were sprawled alarmingly over the bottom a bag this morning – it didn’t survive the party the night before. I thought perhaps that a good whack back in place might have sorted it, but if you click on the larger version of this image, the lens may not be quite right? Time for a new pub lens. Canon make [these] light-weight plastic, almost disposable, 50mm pub lenses with really good optics and a street price a fraction of the cost of a proper lens. That’s why they are safe to take in the pub.