Photography
Al the Artisan Joiner
Jo the Tapestry Weaver
Mark The Gingers Man
I’ve know Mark through work for years. He is a botanist working on Gingers (Zingiberaceae). He came into the office to ask for something and I asked in return if I could come up to his office and take his photo. The herbarium offices have big windows with blinds which gives great opportunity for messing…
Read More Mark The Gingers Man100 Portrait Photos
I love my photography. Although I enjoy making close-up and landscape images what fascinates me most are portraits of people. I’d like to concentrate on this kind of photography from now on so, as an ice breaker, I have set myself the goal of photographing one hundred different people by the end of 2013. Starting…
Read More 100 Portrait PhotosSeton Collegiate Church
A Historic Scotland Property. Good For Learning about the history of the area – battle of Preston Pans is not far away. Also good to stop on the way past. Could form part of a walk up from the coast. Not So Good For A day out. There isn’t that much there. Although it is…
Read More Seton Collegiate ChurchTwenty Years And At Least Twenty Pounds Lighter!
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A friend just sent this photo of me collecting Rhododendrons in SW China in 1994 – as good as twenty years ago. Looking in the mirror I think I need to loose some weight. Thin suited me better!
Read More Twenty Years And At Least Twenty Pounds Lighter!Nikon D80 Spotty Sensor
A couple of weeks ago I got my gorgeous Micro-Nikkor 55mm f2.8 serviced so that the diaphragm works again. A.J.Johnstone in Glasgow did a really nice service. I used to use this lens a lot for plant portrait work on Fuji Velvia. Some people say that 55mm is too short for macro work but for…
Read More Nikon D80 Spotty SensorMindful Portrait Photography – A Manifesto
I would like to reconnect with my photography but I would like to do it in a way that is informed by my Buddhist practice and that becomes part of that practice. This topic has been in the back of my mind for some time but has now crystallized into this manifesto for action. A…
Read More Mindful Portrait Photography – A ManifestoChina 1994
These are the photos of my trip to China way back in 1994 that are hosted on Flickr. [AFG_gallery id=’1′]
Read More China 1994Time Lapse – First Attempt
I spent several evenings last week trying to make an interval timer for shooting time lapse movies out of a Lego Mindstorms robotics kit. This involved several trips to Maplin and some soldering as well as learning to program in the weird drag and drop enviroment. I’d nearly finished when I came across a cheap…
Read More Time Lapse – First AttemptBlipfoto.com – Looks Like Fun
I have just been introduced to blipfoto.com. A photo journal where you upload an image a day. It has re-kindled my desire to take photos. It will be interesting to see how long it keeps my interest. There appear to be quite a few people who are addicted! I have added a plug-in to the…
Read More Blipfoto.com – Looks Like FunContemplative Photography
A friend just introduced me to BuddhistGeek which looks like a wonderful source. I enjoyed listening to this podcast on The Practice of Contemplative Photography – which I would highly recommend. It certainly chimes with how I have felt about my own photography.
Read More Contemplative PhotographyLast Weekend @ Bangor
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Mixed feelings at the ending of the last weekend of the Bangor Mindfulness course. It doesn’t look like I will continue next year for a whole host of reasons that’ll I will no doubt blog about once I have the assignments out of the way.
Read More Last Weekend @ Bangor2010 Ends Damp and Misty
After the snow was gone. These are some woods in Chilterns in South Buckinghamshire at the closing of the year.
Read More 2010 Ends Damp and MistyRoyal Botanic Gardens – November 2010
Sledging on the Meadows – November 2010
Snow Clouds Over Arthur’s Seat November 2010
Barclay Church from the Meadows – November 2010
Trying to get a photo blog right
I have been messing around trying to make my blog more photo-friendly – but without much joy. I use Apple Aperture which is integrated with MobileMe and Flickr. I have a MobileMe gallery so I could include images from there but Apple don’t provide an API just a rather inadequate RSS feed. I could use…
Read More Trying to get a photo blog rightEdinburgh Snow
I think I need to look for some photo blogging software. This gallery isn’t that inspiring.
Read More Edinburgh SnowMore Relations
These are some of my blood relations in 1906. The two guys on the right hand end of the second row down are Chadwicks and the first guy on the front row is a Nicklin.
Read More More RelationsSt Stephen’s Old Church
DIY Book Scanner: Learn By Doing
In the last weekend of the Christmas break I was sat in Starbucks in Waterstones in Edinburgh considering which of a stack of potential books I was going to spend my Christmas book tokens on. I had just been playing with a Sony eBook reader and so was thinking maybe I should take the plunge…
Read More DIY Book Scanner: Learn By DoingKAP – Another photographic box ticked
You may not have heard of it but Kite Aerial Photography is quite a widespread hobby. It involves strapping a camera to a kite and flying it over something interesting. The camera can be fired remotely or just on a timer. Serious people build complex radio control rigs to move the camera around and point…
Read More KAP – Another photographic box tickedOld Boats from Shady Past
Last weekend we got away from the city for the first time this year to camp in Northumberland and visited The Holy Island of Lindisfarne. This is a tourist mecca of an island accessible via a causeway that is only open at low tide. Think of many retired people with ice creams and you will…
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This is where we will dissect the alien
My First ‘Serious’ Edinburgh Gigapan
View this full screen! This is my first reasonably high resolution Gigapan. It is around 760 megapixel. It was a dark day on Saturday but I am quite happy with the results. You can see this pan along with some of my other efforts on my Gigapan home page. What I think is really ‘cool’…
Read More My First ‘Serious’ Edinburgh GigapanMy Maternal Grandparents Wedding
My maternal grandparents were in the Salvation Army. This is their wedding in 1928. It is worth clicking on the image and having a closer look. It is one of those photographs where you feel you can connect with the people in it. I wonder why it has that feel when some photos don’t. Was…
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