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.