Busy, busy, busy
Things have become rather crazy in Lori-land lately. For some reason my evenings and weekends have been booked up and so I’m having to do a lot of planning ahead, hoping that my friends don’t think I’m...
View ArticleInspiration: Rankin
I’ve been pondering something in the last few days. I wonder how many people have been inspired by the Rankin Live exhibition to take more photos, improve their studio skills, or even just to pick up a...
View ArticleI’m a Photographer, Not a Terrorist
On Saturday, the I’m a Photographer, Not a Terrorist campaign organised a mass photo gathering in Trafalgar Square, in defence of street photography. Quite a few people showed up too! As the campaign’s...
View ArticleHappy Birthday Photoshop
Believe it or not, Photoshop is almost 20 years old. There’s a very interesting article on The Guardian’s website on how we learned to love Photoshop, charting its journey from software that fitted on...
View ArticleFinally catching up
My Flickr photostream has been sitting unloved for months now. Aside from a few scans of some lomo shots that I did when I was looking for images to illustrate a BitchBuzz article I was writing in...
View ArticleTime And Relative Dimensions In Space
On Flickr, Jazz Devil commented on this photo that it made her “think of the Doctor Who theme tune” so it seemed like a suitable thing to update my blog with before the weekend. The new series starts...
View ArticleMaking photographs
When I was about 12, I had a cheap red camera for taking snapshots of my friends and family. In the early 1990s I got myself a compact black Olympus Mju II that took amazingly sharp shots as long as...
View ArticleHalf (marathon) Nelson
Last August, I had my photo taken by Rankin as part of a massive exhibition of his work that was on show at the Old Truman Brewery for a few months. I tweeted while I waited for my turn in front of the...
View ArticleNaughty Red Riding Hood
On Sunday I had the pleasure of taking part in a dark and twisted bedtime stories-themed photoshoot. I was Red Riding Hood and Topper was the Wolf – our friends Claire and Benjamin were Sleeping Beauty...
View ArticlePhotography for beginners
I wrote about my own photographic journey last year, but I’ve only ever given advice when someone has asked for it. After spending a day with my trusty Lomo LC-A and comparing notes with a friend on...
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