Monday, November 30, 2009
Horseshoe Pass, Wales
It didn't occur to me until after I had taken this shot that this is the view from the lay-by where a policeman killed his children and then himself after separating from their mother.
Cold but Beautiful
An austerely beautiful autumn day today - a chill northerly wind only partially counteracted by a bright sun. The red kites that live along the M40 were particularly noticeable, about 20 of them massing over some trees about six miles north west of High Wycombe - they made a beautiful sight.
Sunday, November 29, 2009
The Art of Photography Defined
"As for [Henri Cartier Bresson], I think that any art where there is a single obvious meaning is a failure except in advertising and propaganda.... The perfect photograph should hurt to look at, but be compelling enough that you can't look away."
These comments are by a guy called Hugh Crawford and are from a thread on The Online Photographer and for me sum up what I think Art, and photography, are largely about, albeit that I would replace "hurt" with "invoke melancholy". Why melancholy? Because the most beautiful things in life (and Art should, I think, be about beauty) contain elements, however small, that are indicative of their own decay. It is why great Art cannot be appreciated at its greatest at the moment of its conception.
These comments are by a guy called Hugh Crawford and are from a thread on The Online Photographer and for me sum up what I think Art, and photography, are largely about, albeit that I would replace "hurt" with "invoke melancholy". Why melancholy? Because the most beautiful things in life (and Art should, I think, be about beauty) contain elements, however small, that are indicative of their own decay. It is why great Art cannot be appreciated at its greatest at the moment of its conception.
Thursday, November 26, 2009
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
More Mac Awfulness
Interesting. Now that I have a Mac, I find that I hate Quicktime even more than I did previously. It really is like something out of the stone age, slow and arrogant and awful.
On the other hand, I will admit, without let or hindrance, that I like the touchpad on my Mac - it comes naturally now for me to use one, two, three or four finger gestures that mean moving through a workflow, for example using Nikon Capture NX, is faster and more satisfying than it could ever be with a mouse.
On the other hand, I will admit, without let or hindrance, that I like the touchpad on my Mac - it comes naturally now for me to use one, two, three or four finger gestures that mean moving through a workflow, for example using Nikon Capture NX, is faster and more satisfying than it could ever be with a mouse.
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
More Mac Misery
Highlight, cut and paste? Well, yes, most of the time. But then suddenly, with no reason at all, you can't. You can highlight all you like but copy? Cut? Nah, not this time matey - anyone would think you wanted reliability!
Monday, November 16, 2009
Sunday, November 15, 2009
Why Macs Suck post no. 812
1. Along with all the other annoying things about Macs, why can't you copy and paste to and from the fancy looking but non-functioning address book piece o' crap that comes bundled on your "it just works"TM Mac?
Saturday, November 14, 2009
Brighton Pier
Popped down to Brighton on the South Coast of England today as there were forecasts of stormy weather. I wasn't disappointed.
Monday, November 09, 2009
Sunday, November 08, 2009
Saturday, November 07, 2009
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Some Recent Shots
Wahey, I've discovered a little programme designed to quickly and easily resize images on my Mac (one area where the PC wins hands down - Powertools, Resizer, install, right click, resize.... no faffing needed) - thanks to nplima (Nuno - Nuno Lima?) on macrumours for leading me to smallimage. I've not correctly installed it on my machine yet but I'm getting there. Anyway, some examples:
Daily M**l Readers in Public
Whoops, back again - couldn't resist it (and things going a bit slowly over on 5000k - no offence Alan, I know you are busy). Anyway, from a comment regarding the Daily Mail, Britain's most hateful paper (and that is saying a lot):
"I don't know what it is about Mail readers, but they always annoy me more than any other people reading papers in public. All those middle-aged, puffy-faced women, soaking up the hatred on the northern line, as they read about the latest manufactured moral panic - it's a bit like watching someone shooting up smack in the seat next to you."
A perfect description of how they make me feel.
"I don't know what it is about Mail readers, but they always annoy me more than any other people reading papers in public. All those middle-aged, puffy-faced women, soaking up the hatred on the northern line, as they read about the latest manufactured moral panic - it's a bit like watching someone shooting up smack in the seat next to you."
A perfect description of how they make me feel.
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