Archive for September, 2005
Minimalist Photography
Sep 27th
I have been on college projects since the weekend and haven”t had much chance to get out with the camera. I wanted to put something online but none of the graphics work is of a worthy standard as yet. I am basically doing loads of research and developing ideas. So I took a break for five minutes and looked around my room. My dad talked of a photographic competition with the theme of “minimalist” that I mean enter in the New Year. This image above might be something I could enter…well it is an idea which could be developed. I am still unsure about the orange glow.
My Birthday
Sep 20th
Yes, I am 19 years old today! I have just got in from a mad day of drinking and socialising. Basically a group of us went into Manchester and drank our way around a few of the student bars collecting free stuff and having a good laugh. Being “freshers” week, Manchester was packed with students and drinks were cheap. We spent the whole afternoon and evening out and thank you very much for everyone who came out. You guys rock! The photo above is a drunken photograph of a lamp post taken on my long walk home. Enough said.
Southport Air Show 2005
Sep 11th
Took a trip over to Southport for their annual air show, it was very impressive, I saw a big variety of military and stunt planes as well as helicopters and an army motocross display team. Getting there at 9 really helped avoid the crowds and made sure I got right to the barrier for a vantage point to get the best photographs. I took over a hundred and the weather was very sunny and perfect flying conditions. The morning was mainly model planes but afternoon brought on the stunt planes, bombers etc. I did end up standing for 7 hours straight without food or drink which wasn’t nice but I got the photos and that’s the main thing! The photograph above is not a model, these are two 1940s Boeing Stearman biplanes with two girls strapped to the top of the wing. They perform an adrenalin pumping series of loops, rolls, and stall turns at speeds of up to 155mph. Impressive.