In General Blogging on March 29, 2008 by Alasdair
Saturday morning in London town. Peruvian coffee in a New Zealand style. Croissant. Shopping for cheeses, new season asparagus, some wild beef, some bloody good chocolate and some dark german beer. Taking a few photos while I wander around watching the Market fill up. And now I’m sitting here sipping a rich hot chocolate in the shadow of a whoremonger’s cathedral, watching the river slip by. In a minute I’m going to go and take a wander up to one of the finest collections of modern art in the world, just to see what’s new. Then it’s off to buy a bottle of whisky before nipping home prior to watching some roller derby this afternoon.
It’s a rough old life. Hope your weekend looks as good to you as mine does to me.
Another one of those shots where I knew exactly what I wanted the (heavily processed) shot to look like when I took it. I was struck by the silver dishes that the tomatoes were sitting in, and the light on them and on the tomatoes, and I wanted to see if I could get the tomatoes to take on some of the characteristics of the dish. It’s not a natural looking effect, obviously, but I’m big on irony in photography so it pleases me.
This actually looks rather better at larger sizes, so you may wish to click through for a larger version.
on March 29, 2008 by Alasdair
In Livejournal on March 29, 2008 by Alasdair
Saturday morning in London town. Peruvian coffee in a New Zealand style. Croissant. Shopping for cheeses, new season asparagus, some wild beef, some bloody good chocolate and some dark german beer. Taking a few photos while I wander around watching the Market fill up. And now I’m sitting here sipping a rich hot chocolate in the shadow of a whoremonger’s cathedral, watching the river slip by. In a minute I’m going to go and take a wander up to one of the finest collections of modern art in the world, just to see what’s new. Then it’s off to buy a bottle of whisky before nipping home prior to watching some roller derby this afternoon.
It’s a rough old life. Hope your weekend looks as good to you as mine does to me.
In General Blogging on March 28, 2008 by Alasdair
Does anyone know a reliable means of getting the current phone number associated with a UK address? Yes, I have googled, but all the references I can find via google are incorrect…
Edit: Crisis over, the number in question has called me.
In Livejournal on March 28, 2008 by Alasdair
Does anyone know a reliable means of getting the current phone number associated with a UK address? Yes, I have googled, but all the references I can find via google are incorrect…
Edit: Crisis over, the number in question has called me.
Spent ten minutes arseing about with the camera, trying to get a photo or two to accompany some writing about whisky. This is one of the better results, even if it is something of a savage crop from the original.
on March 27, 2008 by Alasdair
And the first photo taken with my new camera that I put online is… some scaffolding. I have a number of different variants of this, but the short answer to why I like them is “the sky”. The fact that on a reasonably bright day, I can take a shot of something looking up, and retain quite a lot texture in the sky. Never mind the gain in megapixels, the automatic metering on the new camera is much, much better than on the old one, and I think I am going to enjoy this.
on March 26, 2008 by Alasdair
In General Blogging on March 25, 2008 by Alasdair
Thanks for the birthday wishes, whether they be in person, via email, on farcebook, or wherever.
I may have slipped, and bought myself a birthday gift. Bless Jessops and their 12 months interest-free. Expect some test photos at some point in the near future.
on March 25, 2008 by Alasdair
In Livejournal on March 25, 2008 by Alasdair
Thanks for the birthday wishes, whether they be in person, via email, on farcebook, or wherever.
