Jonathan

A powerful photograph

From Syl Arena’s Lessons I Didn’t Learn In Photo School… 3. Powerful photographs touch people at a depth they don’t anticipate. If you want to be a strong photographer… strive to create images that touch people’s lives. The most challenging part of this has nothing to do with the details of creating a photograph andContinue reading “A powerful photograph”

Ubuntu Netbook Remix on an EeePC 701

This morning I tried Ubuntu Netbook Remix (UNR) for the first time. My first impression was that it’s very polished and usable by non-geeks. I’m not an Ubuntu user myself; I use Fedora on all my machines – including my EeePC 901. But my other half, Hana, has an EeePC 701. She’s not a geek,Continue reading “Ubuntu Netbook Remix on an EeePC 701”

Getting old

I realised I was getting old earlier when I was listening to an internet radio station and a trance tune came on. My first thought was that my ALSA server had gone wrong, what with the jittering and odd noises. Back in my day, trance was tuneful, I’m sure of it…

Memories of Korea

I recently inherited a box of slides from my late grandfather. To my delight, I found that they include photographs he took in Korea in 1955 that paint a unique picture of post-war civilian life.I was so fascinated that I built a website to showcase them: http://www.memoriesofkorea.com

My brother’s birthday in Cambridge

Water at Cribbs Causeway

You might not imagine that the Cribbs Causeway retail park in Bristol would be the most romantic or picturesque venue for photography. But using the same filters and settings as I described in my previous post, I managed these shots.

Slow shutter

Today I decided that I wanted to go out and take a photo of blurred pedestrians walking down a street, using a slow shutter. I’d never tried this before but I thought I knew what to do. I used both of my ND filters (an ND4 and an ND8) to limit the amount of lightContinue reading “Slow shutter”

Decisive moment

This is also a decisive question – boiled or scrambled? Eggscellent.

Flies

From Stu: “This week, your challenge is to take a picture of a creepy-crawly – spider, insect, etc. Preferably a real one, and preferably close-up enough to make out detail. Preferably artistically pleasing rather than just a documentary shot.” I hope this picture of a couple of flies on the job will suffice!

New slide scanner

I’ve been playing with my new slide scanner. The typical image quality is demonstrated below. The colours are nice but unfortunately I can’t seem to get it to work at full resolution. I’ll keep plodding on. Worse yet, the auto-loader isn’t particularly good at all – the screenshot below shows the tray of 50 slidesContinue reading “New slide scanner”