Sunrise?

L1081321-2, originally uploaded by dillusional_confusion.

Actually, this is just the arm of a sofa in my living room - with the ceiling lamp illuminating an orange glow above it. Taken from the floor, looking up.

Cinematic rose

Cinematic rose, originally uploaded by dillusional_confusion.

I've been trying out some techniques for getting a cinematic look in my photographs and this is really my first example.

I've learnt that what you need is to use a much wider lens, because the height-crop is quite severe at 2.35:1!

Even so, I think this has a certain beauty.

Ali on orange

Ali on orange, originally uploaded by dillusional_confusion.

Went out to GBK last night and had a really nice Satay burger with fries and my favourite lime milkshake. It was very chilled out in there, which makes a change - it can get so damn busy.

Also watched the 1st transformers movie, so that we're prepared for next weeks release! Hehe.

Raindrops

Raindrops, originally uploaded by dillusional_confusion.

It's been a bit miserable again today. Though I do enjoy the rain, it sometimes sends me off the boil when it comes to photography. I know it's only about state of mind.... I'm looking for nicely lit summer shots, but all there is is greyness.

I realised that what I need to do is look for beauty in the rain, so I took a couple of shots and found this.

No Parking.

No Parking., originally uploaded by dillusional_confusion.

Went to Woburn recently, with Mum. It was a lovely day out, thought I was feeling very quiet.

There were lots of horses and their foals around, and hundreds of deer.. . fantastic.

Today, I am very tired, and we're about to watch a movie.

No Parking.

No Parking., originally uploaded by dillusional_confusion.

Went to Woburn recently, with Mum. It was a lovely day out, thought I was feeling very quiet.

There were lots of horses and their foals around, and hundreds of deer.. . fantastic.

Today, I am very tired, and we're about to watch a movie.

Editing

Editing, originally uploaded by dillusional_confusion.

At work today, I ran a workshop on podcasting. There was also a workshop on video editing, which I attended... all very good stuff!

The pic shows John Naughton, Chris High and Brendan Aengenheister discussing the finder details of an edit.

At home, I'm listening to the Fun Lovin' Criminals, while trying out some new photo tools... mostly things for removing noise from my images... helping be a bit more flexible with my photography and trying to get the most out of my cameras.

The lights of Nero

The lights of Nero, originally uploaded by dillusional_confusion.

We went to London yesterday. I cancelled my picnic, due to lack of interest and also rather poor weather!

There really wasn't much to photograph yesterday, and I had a film camera with me most of the time, so there's maybe a few ok shots from that, when its developed.

I took this while sat in Cafe Nero, in Camden.


On the plus side, Mark and T came round yesterday for a meal and to watch Gremlins. :o)

It's so grey today!

_DSC1606_20081008_6, originally uploaded by dillusional_confusion.

It's horrible weather today, and there's not much interesting going on in my world. Mostly, it's been work! Perhaps something more interesting will happen later!?

I've decided to illustrate today with a slightly brighter photograph from last autumn.

Polling day

Polling day, originally uploaded by dillusional_confusion.

Hey, it was polling day today! Did you vote? I hope so.

Ok, so with all the recent problems that our MPs have been having, trying to find some kind of moral/ethical fibre in their over-worked selves, I can understand that voting seems about as appealing as eating raw eggs.

I vote because I believe in democracy... not just this poor excuse for democracy we entertain in this country, but nevertheless - what we have is better than many!

Anyway, enough from me.

Summer was here!

Sun through the trees, originally uploaded by dillusional_confusion.

Well, we have had a few nice days of sun this week... Hope we have some more coming soon - especially for my picnic!

Today has been a real slog at work - I've really not felt particularly inspired, but I've been going through the motions. It's a rare day that I can find no inspiration at all, so I must be tired! I've been doing some storyboarding for a course video I'm putting together. It's a bit difficult, because I can't apply my full creativity to it - the concept is someone else's.

Rush Hour?

Rush Hour?, originally uploaded by dillusional_confusion.

I was in London yesterday afternoon and passed through Euston station just before the manic rush hour began. Captured this, in the new forecourt.

It was very warm in london... I was thankful to escape into the shade in the station!

Flickr

This is a test post from , a fancy photo sharing thing.

Testing the uploading of embedded flickr photos on this blog.

First entry

Welcome to my new blog.  I'm trying out all sorts of blogging software in an effort to find the best for me.