Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Darn weather


Guess what! It's raining again just for a change. It makes me laugh that they say on the news that it's the coldest winter ever or the wetest march in years, you would think with all the tecnology aroung now they could inform us when it is going to stop! When will the sun come out? Me and my camera are fed up now with getting wet as are my trusty dogs who are not keen on the rain, doesn't even matter if i'm going to their favourite spot, they'd still rather sit inside beside the heaters!

Sunday, January 17, 2010

A small man

I want tell about a friend of mine who works for a very small man, I call him a small man because he's a bully! He is very oldschool and thinks it's still OK to make his staff cry!



Well that's not all, the company is a bit of a joke he is the Boss and owner and second in command is his son, now under the son is a site manager, under him is the Hr manager who is the big boss's son as well, and under him is the overall office manager and under her is the manager. This is all under one roof in one office, the funniest thing of all is.........There are only two members of staff!!!!! Now am I wrong in thinking of the old saying "Too many chiefs" The boss is what I class as an asshole he has pet people some he loves and some his hates! If he hates you he will do all he can to make you leave, but my friend is made of sterner stuff, he has tried for two...yes two years to get rid of her, but she's still there. He still bullies her every day, telling her she is useless and constantly makes remarks about her weight, this has brought her to tears on several occasions, but still she fights on. He has now issued her with a final written warning without any other warnings for a small mistake in accounting, but even though she handles all the day to day accounting, she's not allowed to see the company bank statements! Am I wrong in thinking this is a bad company!!!! She has phoned ACAS and they actually said, there's nothing she can do as she has no evidence that he bullies her.He has now cut her hours so he is in breach of contract, but again ACAS said,"It's a long drawn out court battle, and it'll be expensive" I mean what the hell are ACAS there for?? Beats me that in this day an age this is allowed to happen. I can see where it will end...She will eventually lose her job and he will get away with it again! So where no I don't know!!

Thursday, January 14, 2010

Monday, January 11, 2010

Whats next?

Well apart from the usual I have many projects coming up. I can't tell you exactly what yet, because I don't want anyone to nick my ideas. One thing I'm good at is ideas and I am writing down one idea every day! whether I will get around to doing them all in my lifetime is another matter, but hey I could always sell them! This year I intend to highlight other local photographers and people that are making a difference in Cornwall. So do check in once in a while as new things will be appearing.

Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Saturday, January 2, 2010

Happy New Year Everyone

Well it's 2010 and what of the distant memories of 2009? Well 2009 for me very eventful. I was introduced to Twitter by my Big Brother, and found lots of new friends. I also used facebook and found some long lost friends. This week I met up with a lady that was in my class at school and it was great, I'm just not quite sure where 27 years went.

'2009' was a bumper year for me, my photography business started to take off, it was a hard slog but towards the end of the year it really picked up! The last thing on my mind was to photograph weddings, but several came up, and they were all very enjoyable. My 1st love is for fine art and I have several book projects lined up for 2010. I have several personal photo-projects lined up plus I will be finishing my HNC and hopefully begin an MA.

I would also like to take this opportunity to thank all my followers for the past few years, and I do hope you enjoy my future works.

Still can't believe it's 2010!

Tuesday, December 29, 2009

It Rained

It rained all day in Cornwall, so I let the kids dress up and I put them in the studio, here are some of the results!



Friday, December 18, 2009

Christmas Time

Well unbelievably its here again, I'm sure I only put the decorations away a few weeks ago! It has gone very cold here in Cornwall, but still no snow...Boooo! I'm not sure if I have ever been witness to a white Christmas in my 42 years! When was the last one in Cornwall? I find it sad that my Christmas spirit has gone. Don't get me wrong I love Christmas but as I get older that feeling of calm and delight seems to have eluded me! I even went to a carol service but that didn't work! I think next year I'm going to go to Lapland and find my Christmas!

Anyway enough of me! How about all of my followers, yes that's you folks, what are you all doing this festive season?

HAVE A HAPPY HAPPY CHRISTMAS AND A WONDERFUL NEW YEAR XXXX

Monday, November 30, 2009

The World of Steampunk: Goggles, Gaiters & Glory

There are two main kinds of steampunk. The first, which shall be called here, traditional steampunk, envisions a future as the Victorians imagined it. The writings of H.G. Wells and Jules Verne are good examples. The second, industrial steampunk, sees a far future world that harkens back to Victorian culture, for example a bustle dress made of kevlar. There are also other temporal options like clockpunk (c. 1500s) and dieselpunk (WWII).



I just love the whole idea and the amazing design used, the goggles shown here are great, but I thinks its really cool having a complete costume, very MadMax.

Your view

What is contraversial photography? Well i'm interesteted in your view. I want to know what makes a picture contraversial, is it taboo subjects, or are they shocking images as were taken by Oliverio Toscani for Benetton? Throughout history many images have been slammed, banned, and caused outrage by why?

Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Friday, November 20, 2009

Holiday yipee!!!!

I'm haveing a break, I'm going to London for four days this week to visit my big brother and take some piccys, and meet some autors how exiting. We will be have a Twissup via twitter so follow me and come along!

Cornwall Film Festival




Had the pleasure of meeting and photographing Jon Ronson writer of men who stare at goats. Lovely guy!

Saturday, November 7, 2009

Rock Stars

These guys were great, don't know what they are called but they rocked.

Friday, October 30, 2009

My Toybox!



Here are selection of my best toys: From the left....1921 Rolleiflex, 1951 Eastman folding pocket camera (Bigger pockets in those days!), 1958 Kodak retinette, Mark 1 Box brownie, 1958 Rolleiflex, 1989 Mamiya 645 pro, 1890 shutterless glass plate camera, which I am resoring to it's former glory and yes I will be using it! and a pocket russian plate camera from 1920(Very rare)I do have many others but these are my favourites. Hope you like them too. If your reading this in facebook, Check my blog as I'm not sure why it's posting to Faceache!

Monday, October 19, 2009

Time flies

It's amazing, apart from commissions I've not taken and personal shots all week! I will need to rectify that this week and get some piccys up! But I did spend the weekend riding!

Monday, October 5, 2009

Ready for Battle

To think Henry the eighth sat in this castle in Falmouth UK. It has a real feeling of history, The only thing is it's rubbish. They have plastic people....actually badly made plastic people with cannon soundtrack. Come on Pendennis make this naff effort worth visiting. The history is there so take advantage of it.

Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Oh Dear

Doing an essay at the mo, looking at contraversial advertising, who would believe that this ad acually went on public display!!!! I mean in which year did sufficating babies become general non practice, It's amazed me!

Friday, September 4, 2009

A new concept

Well I've reached the 21st century now and am posting this entry from my iPhone. It feels a little odd being so remote and wireless! Anyway I will post some pictures up next week from a couple of weddings.

Tuesday, August 11, 2009

An interesting blog

I found this blog which, if you're a photographer you may find of interest. It's a blog about Strobists which is basically take high quality photographs using only flashguns instead of high end studio lights. One great pioneeer of this style is Joe Mcnally, check him out on google. But in the mean time take a look at this blog...Very interesting!

http://www.strobist.blogspot.com/

Thursday, August 6, 2009

Stormy days

This is one of my new gallery artworks, I'd be interested in your comments!


Thursday, July 30, 2009

Hello All

Sorry folks, i've not had much time to blog recently. I am working on a set of eight prints for a gallery, but you know what it's like you start then your mmod changes then the 1st pictures arn't good enough, so it goes on. I'm also working on a personal project in film with my trusty Rolleiflex. Also doing my college summer project, but never fear I will be posting pictures again very soon. Here's a bit of fun I created for a friend of mine!


Friday, June 12, 2009

Part


On the scrounge again, I need a tiny part for my rolleiflex, if anyone has any old bits i'd be grateful.