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Thanks to those bottom-feeding slimes who operate spambots, I was wasting too much time deleting comment spam each day. If you do have comments, please use the feedback form on this site. Thanks!
Pictures from a small gig (and video shoot) that I shot last weekend.
So I’ve had to move Internet hosting providers, and various problems ensued. As a result, all database-backed systems on my sites have been offline for a few days. Articles and other material were available, but this blog, the Dictionary, the forums and lookup databases were not available.
My apologies for any inconvenience.
Musician, producer and entrepreneur Thomas Dolby has released his first new studio recording in almost 20 years!
Best known for 1980s hits such as “She Blinded Me with Science” and “Hyperactive!”, Dolby lived and worked in the Bay Area for many years, but moved back to his native Britain a few years ago. And he’s decided to pick up the keyboards once again.
I was privileged to do a photo shoot with Mr Dolby and members of London’s Clockwork Quartet as part of the preparation for my new book, and now some photos from that shoot have made their way to the cover of “Amerikana.” Exciting stuff!
So I’ve been using a little introductory video in my talks. And since not everyone could make the actual presentations I thought I’d post a nice high-resolution version of the video, which is essentially a slideshow consisting uniquely of photographs from my book.
This video is similar to the one on Amazon USA’s website, only in nifty hi-rez 16:9 form, rather than in a limited 4:3 low-rez version. Unfortunately this means it needs a reasonably fast computer and H.263 playback capabilities. So I’m afraid machines older than around 4 to 5 years may not be able to play it.
Extra special thanks to Neil Cowley of Fragile State for kind permission to use the track The Barney Fade, Future Loop Foundation remix.
Congratulations to Yves Bussière of Candiac, Québec, Canada, who won a free copy of my new book, Mastering Canon EOS Flash Photography.
And to any conspiracy theorists out there, who note that I am also Canadian, I can assure you that I used the random number generator at http://www.random.org/ to select the winning entry totally at random.
Thanks to everyone who entered, and of course, if you didn’t win you can always buy one from a number of popular sellers!
So in celebration of my new book, Mastering Canon EOS Flash Photography, I’m going to be doing some speaking dates in May 2010. Admittedly only three dates, but since they involve three countries I figure that’s enough for a World Tour. The Seattle and Vancouver dates shown below are the rescheduled, post-volcano, dates.
I’ll be talking about the wonders of flash photography, and what flash can do for you. The talks and demonstrations will not be system-specific, and will be of interest to anybody who wants to take better flash photographs regardless of what brand of camera they happen to use. Please drop by - I’d love to see you.
London, England. [talk has already occurred]
10 May 2010. 7 PM.
Apple Store, Regent Street.
235 Regent Street. London W1B 2EL. (map)
Nearest tube: Oxford Circus (Victoria, Bakerloo, Central lines)
Vancouver BC, Canada. [talk has already occurred]
May 22, 2010. 5 PM.
Chapters Broadway and Granville.
2505 Granville Street. Vancouver, BC. V6H 3G7. (map)
Seattle WA, USA. [talk has already occurred]
May 26, 2010. 7 PM.
Ravenna Third Place Books.
6504 20th Ave. NE, Seattle, WA 98115. (map)
Books will be on hand to purchase at the Seattle and Vancouver talks, for those interested.
Thanks to everyone who made it to my informal slow shutter workshops last week. I’ve posted some shots from the event:
http://burningcam.com/2010/slow-shutter/
Please add comments with links to your own work if you were there, camera in hand. I’d love to see what you got.
Thanks also for everyone’s patience. There were some issues with the video projection system, which is why we all had to crowd around my camera to see the results - the projector had gone into sulk mode and wasn’t cooperating!
Because I had to reschedule my Vancouver and Seattle talks because of the volcano, I’ve decided to reschedule the book draw as well. It was originally going to be May 15, or just after the last of the three talks.
So that people in Vancouver and Seattle have the chance to hear about the draw, I’ve decided to move the date on the free book draw to May 31.
Slow shutter.
Participatory workshop by NK Guy.
Light painting is a photographic technique dating back to the 1930s. This long exposure method employs the direct manipulation of light sources to create spectral, dreamlike or even abstract images.
13 and 14 May 2010, 9 PM
Shunt
London, England
So as part of the Shunt Lounge and Theatre Company’s official reopening, I’m going to be running live workshops on painting with light. The workshops will be held inside the cavernous labyrinth of brick vaults underneath London Bridge railway station in London, England. I’ll be working with some fantastic talent - members of the Cambridge University Fire Troupe, dancer Anna-Mi Fredriksson, and pyrotechnician Edward Chiswell Jones.
There is no additional charge for either actual workshop, though the usual £10 admission fee to Shunt applies for the event. (buy tickets in advance) Note that Southwark Council requires that Shunt record the photographic ID of every person who enters the building, so government-issued ID is essential.
The specific times are not yet set for either date, though it’s likely to be around 9 pm.
