Dear Oli, It feels like an age has passed since your letter. So much has changed in the world and in myself that I am excited to tell you about it. I am in very good health although have been bed bound more than is usual, I blame living with students, and you will be [...]
Archive for the ‘Personal Professional Development’ Category
Final Letter to Self
Posted in Personal Professional Development on May 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Inspiration – Two in a week!
Posted in Personal Professional Development, tagged pecker, timecode on May 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
In the space of a week two very different films gave me the insight to think differently about the way I see the world. Unlike in theme and production they inspired me to think outside of the normal way of doing things and reminded me of my love for photography. ‘Pecker’ is a film made [...]
Underrepresented – Tinnitus sufferers
Posted in Personal Professional Development, tagged tinnitus on May 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
According to ‘Bupa International’ it is quite common for 1 in 10 people to occasionally suffer from tinnitus and about 1 in 200 are affected so badly it affects their ability to lead a normal life. The thing about tinnitus is there are numerous possibilities when it comes to diagnosis, cause and treatment and there [...]
Why Google Reader benefits my practice
Posted in Personal Professional Development, tagged google, rss on May 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
In our world the amount of information floating around is mind-boggling, thanks to the internet there is no excuse for not knowing. The knowledge is there for the taking and you only have to log on to attain it. As wonderful as this is there can be a lot of information to sift through and [...]
A Talk with Chino Otsuka: Am I Japanese or British?
Posted in Exhibition Reviews, Personal Professional Development, Photographers/Practitioners, tagged british, Chino, family, japanese, Otsuka, photgraphy, review, talk on May 11, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Originally from Tokyo Japan, Chino Otsuka arrived in Britain at the age of 10 to attend boarding school. This sense of dual identity is the main theme in many of her photographs and other works, a kind of quest to find out where she belongs. Speaking at the Herbert Art Gallery in Coventry she eloquently talked [...]
Chungking Express
Posted in Film reviews, Personal Professional Development, tagged chungking, express on May 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Wong Kar Wai’s love story follows two different but equally bizarre romances set against the backdrop of 90′s Hong Kong. The film is split into two parts, the first follows Police Officer #223 the victim of a recent breakup. Every day he buys a tin of pineapples with the expiration date 1st May his thinking [...]
Mop Shop Shoot
Posted in Personal Professional Development, tagged hair, hairdresser, model, mop, shoot, shop, studio on May 7, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Had my first solo photo shoot today. Six different girls modelled and it was a fun few hours. The photo’s will be used on promotional material for ‘the mop shop’ (visit site here http://bit.ly/aaKeoT) a hair salon located in the students union. It was a great experience especially after the last few workshops on lighting [...]
Inspiration – Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day
Posted in Personal Professional Development, Working with Light, tagged pinhole on April 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
As you may know today is Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day, a day to go back to basics and have fun with your homemade cameras. Over Easter I built a camera obscura from a room in my brothers caravan. It was a great experience and the results were amazing. In the pitch black it was great [...]
Recent Publications
Posted in Personal Professional Development, tagged magazine, publications on April 24, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Some work I did for the university in a couple of different papers/reports recently. More to follow soon as I just completed some work for a freelance journalist who works in and around the uni on a few different magazines. The first was a Picture in the university newspaper and the rest of the images [...]
Stock Photo Sites
Posted in Personal Professional Development, tagged photo, review, stock on February 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
After speaking to the creative director at a publishing company about the images they use for their book covers I found that they usually buy the rights to existing photographs and not commission. They were very helpful and sent me a list of stock websites they use on a regular basis so I thought I would check them [...]
