Jonathan

Teeny tiny

This week’s Photo Challenge is called What is it?. The idea is to take an extreme close up of something, so it’s hard to tell what it is. I’m still getting to grips with my new Canon 450D, but I bought a set of macro extension tubes and I’ve been experimenting. I may or mayContinue reading “Teeny tiny”

You know when you’re a geek when…

You know when you’re a geek when, as I did, you see a lady in church wearing a pale jacket with blue, green and grey rings, and you think “Oooh, OpenSolaris!”

Hasn’t he grown?

Back in November, I introduced you to my new cousin Joshua. I saw him again this weekend, and he’s grown such a huge amount! Needless to say I took millions of photos, but this one was my favourite. That’s not his mum in the picture; it’s my mum! Quite a fitting image for Mothering Sunday.

servepics.com

A while back, my younger brother Edmund wanted a photo blog, just like his big brother’s 🙂 I set him up with a free subdomain from No-IP. The address used to be edmund.servepics.com. I couldn’t fault the service from No-IP, but unfortunately free domains don’t only attract impoverished teenage photographers. They attract spammers and phishers,Continue reading “servepics.com”

Some self portraits

Over the last few months I’ve amassed quite a bit of photographic lighting equipment but I don’t often get the chance to play with it. Hana was out this evening, so I moved all the furniture aside and turned my kitchen/living area into a studio. (You can see from the last shot on this pageContinue reading “Some self portraits”

Springtime in Bristol

From the title, you were probably expecting some shots of nature. But no – these photos are taken from a couple of walks around Bristol docks with Paul and Ian. This week has been the first sunny week since last year and it was really good weather for taking photos on film. As this filmContinue reading “Springtime in Bristol”

Plug & Play

This week’s Photo Challenge theme was Plug & Play. This is a fairly uninspired shot, but I wanted to test out my new camera – a Canon 450D. I tried to aim for a slightly unusual subject, as part of the Challenge this week is to avoid lots of similar entries by doing something unpredictable.Continue reading “Plug & Play”

Shots of Bristol

This week I shot another roll of black & white film in my SLR. Last night I developed it, and tonight I’ve scanned and uploaded the highlights for your viewing pleasure. Unfortunately I think I overdeveloped the film a little, so some of the brighter areas are burnt out. Never mind. First of all, hereContinue reading “Shots of Bristol”

On top of the world

Well, on top of the roof of the Bristol University physics department, which is a pretty tall building on top of a pretty tall hill. This afternoon I managed to get access to go up there with some colleagues. Unfortunately I’d just finished a roll of film in my SLR, but I managed to borrowContinue reading “On top of the world”

A crazy idea

As I cycled to work this morning, I had a crazy idea. It’s just daydreaming and will probably never happen, but it’s fun to think about. I’ve already posted this idea to the linux-audio-user mailing list in case anyone there has any insights on synthesising/sampling engine sounds. I want to measure how fast I’m turningContinue reading “A crazy idea”