Cerys is our 8 year-old Irish Wolfhound.
Rushing around yesterday to try to get ready to go out to The Mall for my wife's present and get home in time for the football (and the less said about the football at Ashton gate yesterday the better), the only family member totally unperturbed by the chaos was Cerys. When it comes to lifestyle choices, dogs have a headstart.
Sunday, December 21, 2008
Cerys says "I just don't feel Christmassy"
Sunday, December 14, 2008
Friday, December 05, 2008
Friday, November 28, 2008
Sunday, November 23, 2008
Saturday, November 22, 2008
The Convocation
On Tuesday November 18th, our daughter Aime graduated with a B Sc in Applied Genetics from The University Of The West of England.
This was one of the proudest days of our lives. We count ourselves blessed that we have children who each are happy in their chosen path.
Sunday, November 16, 2008
ST_MARYS_RFC_1230
Right now Flickr Uploader seems to be soo slow and is letting upload one image at a time. Given the rain and the amount of people on the touchline, I went back to the drawing board and tried to create lighting effects in post production
Saturday, November 01, 2008
When you're strange, people remember your name...
Last night my niece and nephew, Archie and Maizie turned up trick or treating. Karen said get your camera so we dragged the kids outside for 15 minutes and shot this.
Saturday, October 25, 2008
Sunday, October 12, 2008
Conkers 0944
during the last week of our holiday, Karen decided that there being a horse chestnut tree in the garden dropping so many conkers onto the ground, a conker tournament was needed. She won. Even though our friend Glen tried to cheat by baking his in the oven the night before (did you know conkers explode if over heated? ... very impressive mess they made too).
Saturday, October 11, 2008
Descent and Dignity
Another grab shot taken whilst on holiday. Istria was beautiful and in September, quiet. A region at peace with itself. Highly recommended.
Thursday, October 09, 2008
Message into space
Bebo users send messages into space, see http://www.bebo.com/amessagefromearth.
That has to be the largest ever friend request. I'm just worried that we'll get a response back that says "you're a minger and we're not speaking to you!"
That has to be the largest ever friend request. I'm just worried that we'll get a response back that says "you're a minger and we're not speaking to you!"
Thursday, October 02, 2008
Waiting at Buje
Taken in Buje in Istria on a glorious Wednesday afternoon walking around the old town with my wife, Karen.
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Friday, September 12, 2008
Saturday, September 06, 2008
Sunday, August 31, 2008
Cruella wants the puppy
Publicity shot for England's finest village Fete at Bitton Saturday 6th September 2008
Saturday, August 30, 2008
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
My bootfair bargain
I bought this Casio CW-75 at a bootfair on Sunday. I saw a blog post last week about a new CD labeler and thought that it would be great to give people something more professional looking. When I saw this on the stall I was really eager but managed to walk around the bootfair again before buying it for a whole pound. Woohoo! My favourite price is free but a pound is close.Sunday, August 24, 2008
Saturday, August 23, 2008
Friday, August 22, 2008
Our room was not as advertised. "Let's try a Luxury B&B" I said. Didn't even like the Full English...
Our room was not as advertised. "Let's try a Luxury B&B" I said. Didn't even like the Full English...
Originally uploaded by steve.wannabe
Monday, August 18, 2008
Big Dog Love 7426
A grabshot at 6.30 tonight. Bria, my brother-in-law's Dobermann does not like to sit still but she can do 10 seconds if there is a treat in the hand above my head. Shot with 2nd hand Zeiss Ikon lens and an Opteka wide angle adaptor on my old Canon 20D.
Saturday, August 16, 2008
If I Read Her Letter Again, Maybe The Words Will Change
One of my first shots with the G9, shot on a recent business trip to San Francisco.
I came out of SFMOMA and was wandering around Yerba Buena Gardens getting back to the Lomo-style just shoot frame of mind when I saw this gentleman lost in thought reading a letter by the water-fall.
I came out of SFMOMA and was wandering around Yerba Buena Gardens getting back to the Lomo-style just shoot frame of mind when I saw this gentleman lost in thought reading a letter by the water-fall.
John Davis 0844
My father-in-law, John Davis. Who very kindly agreed to pose for me at a recent reshoot
Saturday, August 09, 2008
Stairway, MOMA, San Francisco
I love the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. The angles and lines and curves of the building make it such a beautiful tranquil place but it seems not for everyone see Thomas Hawk's blog .
Some people are natural pillocks, others - like the officious official mentioned - abuse the privilege.
Some people are natural pillocks, others - like the officious official mentioned - abuse the privilege.
Sunday, August 03, 2008
Thursday, July 31, 2008
On sustainability
Evening Standard today says that Spain aims to have 1 million electric cars on the road by 2014, why don't we remove road tax and VAT immediately from sales of electric cars to stimulate buyer behaviour ?
-- Steve
-- Steve
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
ecphoto 0753
Whilst in SFO on business I was able to get along to the bay area strobist mini-meetup in Alameda. Evan Cate, pictured here, is a lighting genius who kindly brought his kit along and posed for a photo.
IBYP? More anti-photographer behaviour
Quizzed over terrorism... and all for taking this photograph - Portsmouth Today.
This is silly. When did we adopt the Napoleonic Code for Photographers: again it seems, we are guilty until proven innocent.
This is silly. When did we adopt the Napoleonic Code for Photographers: again it seems, we are guilty until proven innocent.
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Got your tickets yet?
If you don't and you are a photographer, you'll regret it.
 clipped from kps.purefineart.co.uk
Tom Stoddart
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Friday, July 18, 2008
Photoportunity on Technorati
Photoportunity on Technorati Fame at last. I am ranked 4,447,622th on Technorati.
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Ideas for the next shoot
Just read an article on Clockwork Orange and am considering something entitled 'Pardon me, brother'
-- Steve
-- Steve
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Ten Songs about Photographs - Shoot The Blog
Ten Songs about Photographs - Shoot The Blog
apt but I can think of others:
Ringo Starr - Photograph
The Who - Pictures of Lily
Flock Of Seagulls - Photograph of you
apt but I can think of others:
Ringo Starr - Photograph
The Who - Pictures of Lily
Flock Of Seagulls - Photograph of you
Sunday, July 13, 2008
This Is The Modern World 0734
One of set of images from which I've picked one for the Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait competition. It's not the shot that I went for but one that I came back to after waking up with the image in my head.
Saturday, July 12, 2008
Friday, July 11, 2008
A Duty Well Done
This is the final version of the shot below. The background was overlayed with a texture ( a section of an 11th C stone plinth) and some dodging and burning done to age the subject.
Sunday, July 06, 2008
A Duty Well Done 0647
Shot for CD cover art for A Duty Well Done (c) Richard Whitehouse and Des Henly, Release August/September 2008
I was working to a tight brief to create an image based on the song which talks of a fighting's man's loss of dignity. The rage a hero feels when his country apparently abandons him to fate and what little care there is. When sometimes so much is owed to so few, how do the few receive it?
I was working to a tight brief to create an image based on the song which talks of a fighting's man's loss of dignity. The rage a hero feels when his country apparently abandons him to fate and what little care there is. When sometimes so much is owed to so few, how do the few receive it?
Saturday, July 05, 2008
English Children: Life in the City (1949)
I was born in 1955 but my childhood life was similar. It's strange that change accelerated during the period post-1965. Who put their foot on the gas?
Thursday, July 03, 2008
Home Secretary green lights restrictions on photography
British Journal of Photography - Home Secretary green lights restrictions on photography
Is she absolutely stark staring bonkers? For heaven's sake
Is she absolutely stark staring bonkers? For heaven's sake
Ovation TV | Close Up: Gregory Crewdson
Thanks to strobist (http://strobist.blogspot.com) for highlighting this one. Gregory Crewdson has always been a favourite photographer. His work is striking yet subtle, evocative and laden with mystery. Not all of us have the budget for a soundset but the art of telling a story within a single image should be a goal.
Saturday, June 28, 2008
Hannah Cain, Daughter Of The South
I think that's it for this series. Now on to a shoot tomorrow for a CD cover.
Saturday, June 21, 2008
Royal Corps De Ballet De Warmley 0601
The Royal Corps De Ballet De Warmley and their performance of Swan Lake
Inimitable, formidable! If only Brian Sewell had been there to review the tribute to terpsichore. A the delicate footsteps as they trip across the stage conjuring images of elegance and grace for all to appreciate.
Inimitable, formidable! If only Brian Sewell had been there to review the tribute to terpsichore. A the delicate footsteps as they trip across the stage conjuring images of elegance and grace for all to appreciate.
Sunday, June 15, 2008
Laci and Bori's Stunt BMX Act
Yesterday afternoon we were privileged enough to get a behind the scenes view at John Lawson's Circus during their 2008 30th Anniversary Tour.
The greatest show on earth has nothing on these guys. This is a phenomenal performance.
Dear reader, please go along and take your family. It's absolutely wonderful entertainment.
The greatest show on earth has nothing on these guys. This is a phenomenal performance.
Dear reader, please go along and take your family. It's absolutely wonderful entertainment.
Saturday, June 14, 2008
Hope And Virgil Cain
Getting to the end of the frames from this series but this one has been on my mind. And that's not the sky as a backdrop, it's one of our best white bedsheets.
Friday, June 13, 2008
Thursday, June 12, 2008
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Hannah Cain is My Name
Really proud of this one. It sums up the whole feel of the day. I wanted to convey the sense of loss, confusion and defiance that might have existed at the end of the civil war in the US. The song refers to the Danville Line so the yard at Bitton Railway station as my backdrop was really a good fit.
Monday, June 09, 2008
Classic Photoshots in Lego
Classics in Lego - a set on Flickr
Funniest and most original thing I have seen in years!
Great work
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Funniest and most original thing I have seen in years!
Great work
[Caption]
Sunday, June 08, 2008
Virgil Cain is My Name
First shot from a shoot today with Ian, Julie and Sally Coombs themed around the period shortly after the end of the Civil War.
Saturday, June 07, 2008
Larry Herman Touring Exhibition
Larry Herman .NET: Home
Larry Herman has a touring exhibition in the UK this year. No dates/locations yet it seems.
Larry Herman has a touring exhibition in the UK this year. No dates/locations yet it seems.
Friday, June 06, 2008
Thursday, June 05, 2008
On Photographers Rights
MyFox Washington DC | Union Station Photo Flap
Interesting story. The same "no photography" policy applies at Bristol Temple Meads, one of the world's more beautiful railway stations. And at The Mall Bristol and, I'm sure it will apply at the monstrous lump of concrete that is Cabot shopping mall.
It seems that where photography is concerned we have now adopted the Napoleonic code where the onus is to prove innocence rather than guilt.
Should we look back in 10 years and bemoan the lack of a first decade Cartier-Bresson or Arbus or even Parr, here will lie our explanation "you can't take photographs here".
Interesting story. The same "no photography" policy applies at Bristol Temple Meads, one of the world's more beautiful railway stations. And at The Mall Bristol and, I'm sure it will apply at the monstrous lump of concrete that is Cabot shopping mall.
It seems that where photography is concerned we have now adopted the Napoleonic code where the onus is to prove innocence rather than guilt.
Should we look back in 10 years and bemoan the lack of a first decade Cartier-Bresson or Arbus or even Parr, here will lie our explanation "you can't take photographs here".
Sunday, June 01, 2008
My life lies below deck
Almost the last of the images from the living history day at Gloucester City Docks on April 20th. This gentleman, immensely congenial, agreed patiently to pose whilst I got my lights ready. A member of the bluejackets reenactors
Thursday, May 29, 2008
On Cough Mixture
Having had a lousy cough for the whole weekend, I finally took some cough mixture to try to move it on.
Bad idea.
I only took 3 doses over 8 hours but by the end of the day, my short term memory had gone and I was in a haze.
And I was still trying to work.
Fool.
And I still have a cough.
Bad idea.
I only took 3 doses over 8 hours but by the end of the day, my short term memory had gone and I was in a haze.
And I was still trying to work.
Fool.
And I still have a cough.
Sunday, May 25, 2008
We Will Return, We Still Believe
Just as a follow up to yesterday evening's post. Today I'm a little deflated but defiant. Football is mostly about disappointment interrupted by brief bouts of sheer elation.
Saturday, May 24, 2008
Losing
Well that's it. 1-0. Hull City are now in the prem and we are in the Championship for another season. Ah well. It was a good day. The camaraderie was exactly what football should be. And if we have to lose then what a goal to lose to.
-- Steve
-- Steve
Friday, May 23, 2008
Top 10 whoopee! spiffing
made the portrait category Top Ten in Canon's The Assignment. having a great week.
Now a Lee Trundle hat-trick would be a great finish.
Now a Lee Trundle hat-trick would be a great finish.
Big Dog Love 7392
Dylan, Our Deerhound-Wolfhound Cross
3 years old, a loving loopy food-monster
No sense of personal space. This is how close he gets when he wants attention
3 years old, a loving loopy food-monster
No sense of personal space. This is how close he gets when he wants attention
Thursday, May 22, 2008
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Bristol City V Palace
One of the reasons I woke at 5.30 a.m. this morning was this game. Funny. 53 years old. All the wisdom accrued but still I get excited over a football match.
I know it means nothing in the scheme of things but this is special. Entertainment: yes. Stress-relief: yes (I can shout for 90 minutes). But sometimes football transcends the human condition.
There are times when everything focuses on one man and a ball and what he can do. This is one of those times.
Whatever happens, and being a City fan prepares you for disappointment, this has been a great and memorable season. On with the motley!
I know it means nothing in the scheme of things but this is special. Entertainment: yes. Stress-relief: yes (I can shout for 90 minutes). But sometimes football transcends the human condition.
There are times when everything focuses on one man and a ball and what he can do. This is one of those times.
Whatever happens, and being a City fan prepares you for disappointment, this has been a great and memorable season. On with the motley!
Friday, May 09, 2008
Campaign to make WTF? extinct
WTF? is ubiqitous. Used on TV, newspapers, radio but it's just not nice. It's coarse, rude and useless. This is the launch of the campaign for its removal from common use.
Instead I shall use IBYP (I beg your pardon?), a little heard phrase from an earlier, more gentle, mannered and courteous age.
I urge you, dear reader, to join me.
Instead I shall use IBYP (I beg your pardon?), a little heard phrase from an earlier, more gentle, mannered and courteous age.
I urge you, dear reader, to join me.
Tuesday, May 06, 2008
"Rather One Tyrant 3,000 miles away
.. than 3,000 tyrants one mile away!"
Loyalist Motto from the Revolutionary War
not a composite image. Just a lucky choice of ISO 800 and f16
Loyalist Motto from the Revolutionary War
not a composite image. Just a lucky choice of ISO 800 and f16
Saturday, May 03, 2008
I Celti - The Trader
Another shot from the Historic Re-enactment Day at Gloucester Docks on April 20th
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