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My mojo's been missing for a while but it seems to have come back :)
Had the idea to see if I could find a charity to work with for Assignment 1 of SocDoc but expected it wouldn't be easy. I wrote a brief blog post this afternoon and tweeted it and within no time at all had a meeting set up with a local charity that supports people with mental health issues.
All of a sudden I'm full of entusiasm again !
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Good for you Janet! Look forward to seeing how you take this forward.
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Janet, your mojo you say? mmmm... made me smile! Glad to hear that!
Yiann... my Recesky doesn't like the cold. It stopped working again, and the view finder lens fell out! I worked on study stuff the whole day, but just after 3pm, I decided to walk the few blocks down to Starbucks and stop at the Taiwanese bakery for croissants or something, it was 2'C but sunny, and there are a few nice street corners with wide crossings on the way. Fired two shots, and it started to sulk.... oh well.
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@Janet: That's fantastic, and certainly a good cure for LowMojo!
@Dewald: Really! That's odd. You know when I put the lens I screw it in all the way until is flat against the front panel base. You will find that half way it becomes very tight but keep going. This way when you focus the limit will be when it starts getting tight so you know that you have to be careful. I drop both lenses a couple of times :-O Mine seems to be OK but it will probably start having tantrums soon enough. Still waiting for the chemicals to arrive... can't wait to develop and have smelly fingers! ;-D
And for those Nikon users here is the new pal in town! Actually..PALS!
Nikon D800E
I cannot keep up, seriously!
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Yiann, it is not the outside part that screw in, it is the actual lens inside that focus part that came loose. Because it just clicks together I guess... Luckily if it comes loose it will fall into the camera, not get lost. :-/
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My goodness! 36 million pixels! 100% viewfinder! I really expected to not feel that bothered when the D800 was announced BUT I REALLY NEED TO START SAVING!
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@Dewald: Oh! I see. The holding ring must have come off then. How annoying!!!
@Michael: Yes, trade-in is an option. Still £2.670 is a bit dear!
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Too true...especially since I have told the missus I am not buying any new equipment for the foreseeable. To be honest I am still more than happy with my D700 so I think putting this out of my mind is the best course of action.
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£2,400 on Wex...
I have been waiting for some time in hopes of a D700 upgrade with a video feature. 36mpx is way more than I am likely to need in most cases and I would much rather they had improved the ISO perf. Still half-thinking about this all the same, especially as I have a good trade-in offer on existing kit that would cover 60% of the cost. I would really like to have a decent video function in my camera. The promo film quality looks excellent, if you can get beyond the stereotypical content.
vimeo.com/36305675
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Ah well, too many Canon lenses for it to be any temptation for me. Although I do suspect Canon will continue in the arms race and figure out a way to prize my wallet open once more. It'll have to be pretty unique to replace my 5D2. In fact I keep looking at Fujifilms recent medium format film rangefinders and the allure of chemicals. I'll get a lot more than 36MP if I go that way, and I won't need super large new memory cards to handle the images. Hmmm, wonder if my upstairs bathroom relly is completely light free?
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I got my chemicals! So will be developing tomorrow, as I need to mix a 5L solution and don't have big enough containers... Oh well!
I use a changing bag, it takes time but you get used to it.
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Enjoy the processing Yiann!
Here is a rather more interesting promo film for the D800, for anyone who is interested. youtu.be/2auo10nbPvQ
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Enjoy Yiann! But I'm little thrown... why 5L? All my B&W stuff you only need to mix as much as would fit in the developer tank, in other words, 600ml. Granted, you have very limited cycles to use it with then...
Maybe it's the colour stuff... I know the B&W chemicals expire very quickly once mixed with water, and I don't develop so many films..
( Yiann, I think my Recesky really has a problem with the cold. This morning, at room temperature, it worked perfectly fine... go figure!)
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Make up a stock solution then dilute it to use one shot as needed. It's important to expel the air from your stock bottles, either by using concertina bottles or displacing the air with an inert gas spray. Your stock solution should keep pretty well then.
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@Dewald: Yes, I made the mistake of buying too much chemicals, and yes they're for colour processing. The good thing is that I can keep the mix for 4 weeks for the Dev. and 8 weeks for the other chemicals; but I doupt I will be processing 60 rolls in 4 weeks. Oh well!
Clive, I bought Fuji Hunt 5L kit but it doesn't say that the solution has to be deluted after the initial mix, I read the instructions twice. Is that a general rule for all colour chemicals? Did I misunderstood?
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Ah I was referring to Dewald's B&W as regards the one shot but the advice about minimising oxidation applies.
I never bothered to process my own colour negs as it was such a mechanical process; faster, easier, more reliable and probably cheaper in the long run to let my pro lab do it. I did however have a Durst roller processor system so I could print my own C types, where creative decisions came into the process.
I'm sure if you follow the instructions to the letter you'll be fine.
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Ah Ok! Will do ;-)
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Stumbled onto Wang Jiuliang's work, via Foam magazine website.
Kind of a strange week... one of the public schools I teach at moved into a brand new building, and I was stunned and sad to see the quality of the workmanship, and the blatantly obvious design and material mistakes made... such a waste of money.
Also in the news, the people in power declared a new law against buildings totally made of glass (outer shells and / or internal walls), since in the recent year, more and more buildings built in the past ten years, have started to shed parts, glass being a major issue. Since many of the glass panes are simply stuck onto the frames with silicon. I know the towers outside my building have glass windows where the panes were simply stuck to the frames with some form of adhesive...
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That doesn't sound like a sound practice, but I know more and more things are just being bonded rather than use traditional fasteners.
I've just gone to the video link and paused straight after the advert - could be one of your photographs Dewald...
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Looking for some advice. I've had my iMac for 2 years now and its seemed really slow this last month or so. Maybe because I've got lots more software (not to mention all those images!). I use CleanMy Mac but have been wondering if there's another program which does more in terms of clearing up lose files and finding missing file extensions etc.
Has any one any experience of ProSoft Drive Genius 3? It seems to get a good write-up.
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Forget about cleaning software, Catherine. I'm in the same boat - my 500GB Mac drive is almost full and it's slowed down considerably over the past few months.
Put more memory in it and move your photos and/or music/video files to external USB drives to free up the operating system drive. And then buy an extra USB drive big enough to back up everything - drive space costs pennies nowadays.
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Yeah, I'd agree with what Stuart says - my Mac was painfully slow a little while ago, so I archived a number of lesser used photographs to another (external) drive and everything ran quicker again.
I've tried some of these various utilities in the past, and invariably they tweak something you wished they hadn't tweaked...
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Likewise here, anytime my iMac starts to slow its usually because the hard drive is almost full with photos. I prune out the rubbish then move the stuff I am not currently using to an external hard drive to save space,
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Thanks for the advice Stuart, Rob and Brian. I do regular back-ups but maybe I should get another external drive just for photographs. I still half over half of drive space left but extra memory would be good as well.
What prompted all this, apart from the slowness, was that as I now have PS CS5 I decided to uninstall PSCS4. Afterwards CS5 kept giving me messages that there were support files missing so, thinking this might be to do with CS4 I reinstalled it. I still keep getting the messages though and CS5 is definitely working more slowly. I used to have a PC program which told you what the missing extensions were so you could go online and download them so wondered if you could do the same with a Mac. Maybe I'll have to bite the bullet and uninstall CS4 and 5 and start all over again. It'll be a pain because of having to then put back all the Nik filters.
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Interesting you should mention CS 5 Catherine. Since I installed it I have found my PC working slowly, and also get occasional error messages telling me there isn't enough RAM when I know there is. I didn't uninstall CS4 because I always got messages saying that this will remove shared files when I tried to uninstall previous versions so I just leave them there. This hasn't caused problems with earlier updates but something is not right now.
Beyond running registry clean-ups and checking that PS has enough RAM allocated to it (neither of which help) I haven't had the heart to really tackle the problem yet. I am now hoping that you will find an answer that will help me as well. ; -))
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If you uninstall PS4 and then reinstall PS5 without uninstalling it first, does it not sort everything out (i.e. replaces missing files) without the need to reinstall plug-ins?
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I spent some time on an online 'chat' with Adobe support earlier and was sent a link which might solve the problem of the missing files. It does involve reinstalling CS5 and I hadn't realised you could do that without uninstalling first. Will try in the morning and report back.
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^^^ Good Luck!!
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I took the plunge! Uninstalled CS4 and then followed the instructions which the chat person linked me to re the error message on CS5:
kb2.adobe.com/cps/407/kb407726.html
CS5 has been reinstalled and all the plugins are still there. Whew!! It was very scary!
Why can't they just add extras on so you only every have one version of PS in updated form instead of all these separate ones all over the place?
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Good news! I have just completed my assessment package for TAOP (a mere 3 years, almost to the day, since enrolling!) To say I am relieved is an understatement!
My course notes for DPP arrived last week and I am itching to get started. First aim from the course - complete in less than 3 years!
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Well done Michael. You give hope to us all!
Catherine
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Well done Michael - enjoy DPP!
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Well done Michael. And Catherine!
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Nice one Michael... Go Catherine!
Below is a screen shot of Lr and an image corrected for dust. Or is it an aquarium?
The image made me wonder about your mention about dust Rob, and wondered if you had as much fun as I did?
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Here's my sky at night...
You'll have to click the image.
I was quite alarmed by this, but it's apparent in all cameras, it's just that in the menu of many DSLRs there's a remap pixel option and there isn't on the Hassie. After manually getting rid of these on the first couple of pictures, I did a bit of reading and found out that the Hasselblad Phocus software will get rid of them all for you, kind of like the remap pixels options in the camera menu - takes a second, tops.
On top of this, I have sensor dust as well but I will be giving the beast a clean this weekend, so hopefully that will improve.
Anyway, I think you win Dewald...
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LOL... Rob, your's is much prettier! You've even got different colours!
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I've had a very down and up week, how are you others doing?
Is it just my imagination, or have we shrunk a bit in the past few months?
Anyhow... what are you people up to over the weekend? And how is the Holga lens + digital coming along?
Hope everyone's well, and have a good rest Sat and Sun.
Dewald
PS: We really haven't had a group project in a very long time, Sharon used to deal with them. I was thinking, what would you all say about a small project, just something small, about making a new picture for this Coffee Cup discussion? Yiann's has the place of honour at the moment, and I don't have the heart to replace it with one of mine...
If you are up for something, we can start a new topic, and run with it for a week or so as a little competition or just a project.
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Rob - Have been a bit baffled because I can't see anything in your image except a reflection of my face! Was that what I was supposed to see? Actually - that's a good idea because everyone will see a different face. It could be called 'Image of a thousand faces' or something like that.
Dewald, I'm hoping to do some work on the final part of AOP and catch up with my blog.
Went to see 'The Artist' the other night and really enjoyed it. I thought the photography was excellent and captured that grainy look of old silent films except that I knew it was modern.
Have been having strange thoughts about that website called 'Second Life' and thinking maybe we could create a virtual University with seminars and coffee lounges etc. I'm trying to decide what my avatar would be.
Have a good weekend all.
Catherine
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Hi Catherine... Have you opened Rob's picture to full size? 1024pix? Surely you don't only see a black square?
Not hear of 'The Artist'... will Google it over the weekend...
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I'm just back from spending several hours photographing the charity I mentioned a while ago. Originally my idea was to shot assignment 1 of SocDoc but when I went on a preliminary visit I realised there was also potentially a parallel assignment for PAP in there too. And they also asked if they could have some shots for their website so I've been shooting with three different hats on but have had a great time.
So I think much of my weekend will be spent editing and working on the assignments.
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It's a black square Catherine... but it's got multi colour dots on it. They're hot/stuck pixels on my Hasselblad back.
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Rob - I guess I was more taken by seeing my face! Now, when I peer really closely, I can see an occasional dot.
Janet - Will you be using the same images for each of the three contexts? Hope the editing goes well.
Dewald - It's recently won most of the Awards on the BAFTAs.
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The two assignments will be completely different images but I will just give the charity a disc with a broad selection so that they can use whatever they like.
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Trying to get assignment 1 of P&P completed - I'm three months behind! Not a comfortable space for me to be in I'm usually Mr Organised. Hoping to get the last few images this weekend.
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I'm very very tired. It's been a long couple of weeks. Hope to chill a bit this weekend. Also starting to put together a book for my friend's exhibition. And maybe doing a blog post or two - have been neglecting it recently. Oh, and going to David Hockney on Sunday. Maybe there won't be so much time to relax after all... Oh well.
I am glad you enjoyed The Artist Catherine. I have to say that it doesn't appeal to me but I wonder if I am missing the point.
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Eileen - I do hope you get some time to relax this weekend. The book sounds interesting. I've seen mixed reviews about the Hockney Exhibition so will be interested to read your views. Re 'The Artist', have you seen it or decided to give it a miss. I enjoyed the whole atmosphere of it and all those reminders of old films/stars.
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Thanks Catherine. No, I'm just being prejudiced about the film. I have seen that clip of the man and the comic dog at the table so many times it has put me off. I am probably being very unfair.
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Hi everyone,
What does this W/end bring here in RSA? - wet weather, thats what! PLus I am really struggling to get my mind around how to make meaningful photographs of my next exercised in TAOP rather than simply illustrating the point. Maybe I worry too much and should just take some photographs.
Although not for this weekend, I have been thinking that a series on farm schools in South Africa may be an interesting series to do but would probably fit better with another module than TAOP - procrastination sets in again. I may be able to contrast the farm schools with some photographs of expensive (elite) private schools. Any thoughts from anyone?
Finally, hope to meet up with Vicki who is visiting RSA at the moment from UK.
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Doug don't worry about putting too much into the exercises, if one has the time and inclination it's a fine thing to complete every exercise as imaginatively as possible but it's in the assignments where it really counts.
The worst thing you can do is set yourself too high a standard for the exercises and consequently become bogged down, lose momentum and get disheartened.
All the students worry too much about their photographs, usually before they've even taken them, they should get out and take some, it's the only way to grow stronger as a photographer, go to the photographic gym every day and pump that shutter button. ' }
Oh, also don't be too dogmatic about what will fit where. For example one student produced a book about their eating disorder, with revealing self portraits, for Assignment 5 of TAOP, a very powerful and mature piece of work by a very committed student.
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Doug - the farm schools series sounds so interesting. Think of TAOP as a springboard for it. Give my regards to Vicki if you do manage to meet up. You should certainly have loads to share re TAOP. Try to persuade her as well to join Flickr. so she can join in the discussions here.
Thanks Clive. you've given me permission to loosen up on the exercises even more.
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I've just received an invitation to write something for this site : www.sevenbyfive.net/ . I have no idea what I would write but apparently they have more than 27,000 subscribers so its possibly an opportunity I shouldn't turn down.
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No, perhaps you shouldn't...
Well done with the invite.
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Well done Janet. Yes do it.
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Don't read what I wrote about the exercises as an excuse to skimp on them. The vast majority of students will benefit from executing them and if they don't it will be manifested in their assignments. Even students who think they already know what the exercises are trying to teach them will benefit from doing them because once tested their understanding can be more superficial than they thought it was.
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Catherine, just back form the Hockney. A really impressive and intensely stimulating experience - definitely not one to miss if you can make it.
For photography students I think there is much of interest. There are of course his ground-breaking experiments in the form which are well known. But it's also worth noting that the exhibition is largely organised around Hockney's liking for working in series and for exploring the effect of seasonal change in particular places (sound familiar?). The intensity of his looking and re-imaging of places and seasons is hugely impressive and I think there is much there to inspire. The man is a phenomenon - intensely driven, hugely creative, and full of ideas. Just looking at the exhibition is a bit overwhelming as there is so much to see and reflect on.
But don't take my word for it - or any critic - go see for yourself.
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Thanks Eileen for the review, I was just typing a reply to it which turned out to be fairly boring, so I deleted it again, read Amano's post about reality and fiction, somehow put the 2 together and had a eureka moment of how to sort out something I was totally stuck with (which is too long and boring to describe here!)
Anyway Hockney - I like his bouncing painting and photography off each other creating himself a dialogue. That's how I see almost all of what he does anyway, but that's just my experience of it in a zen diagram I guess(oops have i got that wrong!) :-)
Aha .... got it... Venn diagram is what I meant!
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Just been reading the duckrabbit blog . There's a video post which gave me a bit of a lift.
vimeo.com/24715531
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Eileen - it was good to read a much less jaundiced view so I'm going to make another effort to get there (the queue to even get tickets for that day was so long that we gave up before).
Anne - I thought it was a Venn diagram you meant. Would love to see it from you pictorially - it would be short and definitely not boring coming from you!
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Thanks Catherine! I needed to hear something like that.
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I keep telling people you can only do it by making work; not imagining what you might make then dismissing it because you've already decided it won't be good enough.
It's funny how people give much more credence to ideas they read in books or see on videos than things that are told to them.
Hockney's output for his exhibition was very impressive, he went to the painting gym everyday and revelled in the work, like a child discovering powder paints for the first time but with decades of experience at his command.
There were some extremely sensitive depictions of light, particularly in the iPad work; the technical quality of which I found very surprising given the size of the prints.
I got more from his Yosemite paintings than I do from Adams but perhaps that's just familiarity.
I even preferred his versions of the Sermon on the Mount to the original, they engaged and connected; the Sermon on the Mount as told by Peter Tinniswood.
All in all an inspiration for photographers as to how to free yourself and delight in what you're doing without thought of critique, also a demonstration of how hard you need to work to achieve something worthwhile.
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Your first sentences really struck home Clive because that's what I'm doing all the time!
I suppose the thing about books and videos is that I can keep reading and watching them so they hammer themselves into a different part of my brain (the unquestioning one that accepts things without censoring).
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I thought at the Hockney that although the galleries were relatively crowded the main video room was jam packed and although there was an attraction in getting to sit down a lot of people were standing and it occurred to me that people perhaps feel more at home watching videos than standing in front of a painting wondering if they've looked at it long enough yet to be credible.
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There was a programme on Sky Arts a couple of weeks ago about the Hockney exhibition which I enjoyed - great for those of us who wont get to London to see it !
Its on again on Thursday at 7.00pm, Sky Arts 2.
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Off to New York for the weekend, 3 days in the big city. I hope to be able to post some interesting photos, although that is not the primary reason for going. Heidi is very tolerant of my obsessions, but this is really a bit of down time for the tow of us. Having said that, I already have a couple of photography related plans, a visit to MOMA and then an hour in BH Photo (i think that is all my credit card could take). Anybody got any other suggestions, galleries, photo related stuff?
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Videos can be so much more of an immersive experience than looking at paintings especially now we're so acclimatised to looking at a screen and ignoring the surface of it as though it wasn't there.
I'm going to set that to record Janet thanks:-)
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There is a Culture show special next Monday 27th February BBC 2 7pm "David Hockney: The Art of Seeing" should be interesting so set your timers.
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Shaun,
Take a walk on the High Line, great views, start at the top end and walk south. www.thehighline.org/
You'll end up in the meatpacking district - uber trendy hang out at night or you can walk to the village picking up some real fish n' chips if you don't do trendy... www.asaltandbattery.com/
The Met is my fave spot, the roof is closed but it's in Central Park and the weather is almost 60F, www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/current-exhibitions
Don't forget B&H is closed Saturday!
Check timeoutNY for current happenings... newyork.timeout.com/things-to-do/this-week-in-new-york
Have fun, Tanya, NYC!
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...and then go and buy Joel Sternfeld's 'Walking the High Line' book. That man is a God, in my opinion.
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Thanks for the tip Susan - I have set my recorder.
Have a wonderful trip Shaun.
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Stuart/Shaun. Sternfield's book is a great reference- obviously the High Lane has changed, but it is amazing how many of the old structures are still there. PS Watch out for the Standard, some risque window posing going on there!
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Have a great time Shaun and looking forward to your impressions. At least we'll have plenty to watch on tv whilst you're away!
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Thanks for the advice and good wishes, we'll have a ball. The High Line is a must, thanks for reminding me. I saw a documentary with Joel Sternfeld shooting from there, excellent. My little pocket camera for this trip will not compete, but the views from there are quite unique. Thanks Tanya!!!
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Never heard or seen anything about The High Line!
Interesting :-)
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It's an old elevated railway, now restored as an inner city park, running for a few miles, I think. Joel Sternfled did a study before the renovation, when it was very wild. Provides a really unique outlook to the city. Have added to our itinery and as Tanya said it takes you into some pretty interesting areas for the evening. Hopefully I will have some photos to post
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Enjoy Shaun... the link Tanya (?) gave was great!
Just off to bed, but had to share with someone, because if I don't, not sure I'll be able to sleep... just emailed in PWDP As. 3!
I'll do the coffee thing tomorrow morning ;-)
Have a nice eve to you people in the west.
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it sounds great Shaun - remember reading about it a while ago. I would/could be jealous but it's been ameliorated because we've booked for a week in Brittany in May.
Well done Dewald - you're closing in on Level 3.
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Well done Dewald, always a good feeling! Think how great you'll feel when Ass. 4 of Landscape disappears down the wire. Catherine, congrats, May in Northern France should be beautiful.
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Go Dewald!
And May in Northern France does sound wonderful Catherine.
I have spent much of today dealing with another computer crash. I've finally lost patience with this machine and decided to buy a new one a year ahead of schedule. This one can always be restored (after an average of between 1-2hrs on the phone with support techs) but the stress when it does fall over is considerable, as well as the time lost. It's had a new motherboard and replacement drive (one of the raid 0s) which helped a lot but didn't completely eradicate crashes. I think it's like when you get a car with a dodgy motor - they never really work well. New desktops aren't cheap, and I hate the thought of reinstalling everything yet again, but hopefully the new one will be more reliable so I won't have to do this again for a few years at least.
Sigh. Time for a cup of tea I think..
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Oh - that's a pain Eileen. What are you going to get? Also, I keep seeing these adverts for hiring/renting computers (PC World). It can sound tempting - don't know what you think.
Re Brittany - we're going a bit further south towards La Baule as we know the area well but haven't been for 10 years. Staying at a smaller more fishing type town - Le Croisic. Hoping to get some good photo opportunites of craggy coastline and fishing etc as well as eating lots of sea food and visiting the local markets. Looks like I'm heading for People and Place next.
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Time for a Mac!!! They're wonderful....
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Definitely Rob. It took me a while to be persuaded but now I'm a convert.
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Catherine, our friends have a cottage near there! Batz sur mer. We've stayed a few times and it is very pleasant. Derelict church to have a look at, but the salt flats have a lot of potential.
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My father-in-law has a small house in St Brevin - not a million miles away... You should come back with some pics...
Enjoy NY - probably about time I went back for a visit.
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I remember the Church John. There's such a variety of landscape around there - plus the more sophisticated aura of La Baule. Thank goodness we're taking the car so we can take all our lenses etc! There'll certainly be many pics Rob. Wonder how much it will have changed in ten years.
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Eileen, have you thought of building your own? Talking about desktop not laptops. You can browse the ready-builts at www.overclockers.co.uk/, they can also build one for you according to your requirements; or you can DIY. I believe they offer support as well as having a good forum.
I built my own and have no complains so far. I did have a disk issue due to a virus that was undetected by Norton but it was sorted with not much trouble... Yes it was a bit of a pain to reinstall all the software but not the end of the world
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Shaun, have a great time in NY.
Dewald, GO YOU! ;-)
Catherine, I've only been in Brittany during the summer and it can quite hot, so it'll be interesting to see it in Spring. Enjoy it when the time comes.
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I have thought of building my own Yiann but now isn't the time. I just want something good and relatively straightforward in place before mine finally dies. I've spent much too much time fiddling with computers recently and don't want any more complications for a while. Same for Macs. Something to consider at my next upgrade (hopefully quite a few years away).
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Novatech are usually pretty good too.. www.novatech.co.uk/barebonebundles/?p=intel
Just put your own drives and graphic cards in and away you go.
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Shaun, one more spot, after you get off the High Line - the Olive Tree (macDougal & W3rd) - booths, chalk, Charlie Chaplin, cocktails or herbal tea - food is good too but for take out get falafel at Mamoun's next door! www.comedycellar.com/olive.shtml
mamouns.com/ Just watch out of you need the bathroom in the Olive Tree whilst the comedy show is on downstairs they'll make fun of you as you have to walk in front of the comedian!
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Well Done Dewald, have a great time Shaun. Sorry to hear about your PC Eileen. Almost finished final Assignment for DPP. Should be wrapped up and sent later today or in the morning! Now for Ass 5 P & P.
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Have fun with As. 5 PaP Brian. Strangely, I was looking at my own PaP As. 5 this morning, reflecting on how I feel about the work I did nearly a year ago.
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Do you feel you've moved forward? I dont think I have - certainly not at the moment...
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The answer is Rob, I don't know. I've certainly moved into a space where I am closer to what I want to do with landscape, and doing what I really like photography-wise. Which I guess is movement in itself.
I did find a sentence in my assignment document, for PaP As. 5, that I wish to include more of an invite in my work for the viewer to engage in, and not just images to be 'enjoyed'. This I feel I've made strong progress in. But when it gets to mass market usable work... I have certainly stepped back. This comes more with reflection on my As. 3 for PWDP, where only this afternoon I stumbled upon M Freeman's two interesting blog posts on the Freeman view on slideshows / photo essays... and it strengthened what I'm thinking about my work not moving towards publishing / event photography. This in itself doesn't bother me in the least, as I'm not interested in it. Just, that the PWDP course seems to push students towards it. There is a lot to learn, granted, no knowledge ever go wasted, but well...
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The thing is Dewald you proved that you can make the sort of saleable photography that would appeal to libraries, etc. in TAOP. It doesn't make sense to tread water for the rest of the degree. It's like riding a bike, once you've learned you don't forget. You can always go back to it if you want to make money from your photography.
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Thanks to everyone who has mentioned holidays as its spurred me on to book one. Wales for a week in May, that's quite exciting enough for me:-)
Congrats Dewald and Brian on sending off assignments
Cheer up Rob, at least you're not going backwards like me! At least artwork wise I am, (non-photography artwork I mean) I've had a very depressing week sorting out some work for an exhibition, i've come to the conclusion that the old stuff was much better than the newer stuff and its taken some coming to terms with but now I have I feel fine again, at least I know what not to do now! And why I did do what I used to do
Not only that, but spring is here and there actually seems as though there might be some colour around to photograph I even caught myself approaching some flowers earlier ;-)
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No, no - not the flowers....
I've been looking at my work recently and wondering what I'm trying to say - I feel a little hemmed in by the project I've been doing, which wouldn't have been my first choice. I'm running out of inspiration with it.
Also, is my work now any better than it was when I was doing earlier units? I'm not so sure it is, although I feel I have moments of lucidity (people, please feel free to agree with me here 8-! ).
Maybe my "eureka" moment is coming, I feel I'm inching forward, which is good, but I wanted to be sprinting over the finish line...
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I hear you, Rob. My own photography seems to have stalled since last summer and I've been toying with the idea of stopping after level 2. But I think (hope) it's all just due to the soon-to-be-unemployed situation. I'll probably be back on track once I find a new job.
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Interesting, this feeling of not making progress. I also feel like that from time to time. I tell myself that it may be just a sign of being in transation, not happy to make work I once would have done, but not quite in a new place yet, and that some day I will get to the other side. Not sure if that is right though...
On a different subject - am looking at options for a new PC, and thinking of getting a new monitor also (some day I will have to give up this CRT monster - I think I may be the last person around still using one and it is losing contrast). I had saved up enough for a nice professional monitor but the unexpected computer purchase means I need to divert some of that fund, so am looking at cheaper but still good options. Has anyone tried the Dell Ultrasharp range? Thoughts?
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The 24" plus ones sound like real contenders at that price point.
A very comprehensive review here plus a comparison to the next price point up www.tftcentral.co.uk/reviews/dell_u2412m.htm
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Strange how several of us are feeling similar things at the same time. Eileen's description of 'being in transition' certainly fits me. Don't think I've mentioned if before, but I've been going to drawing lessons for a while. Last night we did more on drawing in perspective. I just couldn't get my head around two point and three-point. Have also noticed that any drawings I do tend to be more impressionistic. Is this telling me anything I could use for photography?
Re the PC Eileen, have you thought of getting a new monitor but with a Mac Mini drive?
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