Blink

CRW_6714_edited-1.psd, a photo by paul g neale on Flickr.

Blink.

I love it when a post disappears. Today is shaping up to be wet and dark which should be nice and cheery !

I like the wet weather. I like the way the raindrops smash into the electric yellows and greens . I like the way you can walk through the reflections. As a result I usually end up thinking about German painting of the late seventies and early eighties.

What I do not like about wet weather is the constant sense of catastrophe that seems to come with it.

And the flooded houses. Flooding is not unknown here and it is gruesome, life changing, tragic and traumatising.

Unlimited Printing of Money.

I have never fully understood the basics of economic theory and I do not suppose I ever will. What I do understand is unemployment, self employment, getting by, trying to make ends meet, scrimping and saving, making do, keeping the wolf from the door, saving for a rainy day, going without and budgeting. A day out is expensive, a holiday out of the question.

Perhaps what is most depressing is seeing boarded up shops. This isn't the first depression I have lived through, but it is the most intense and harmful.

Topless photos of the Duchess of Cambridge. What more can be said about long lens blurry breasts? Not exactly the most stimulating of images. So , after flirting with the idea of celebrity,willingly creating and performing their own minor roles in the national soap opera, a posh bird gets her kit off and gets papped. Can't wait to see the paintings cropping up in galleries.

The jury is still out about what I feel about the tattoo re- imagery. My feeling is that the surface of the paper should resemble skin as closely as possible and post production kept to a minimum.

Some of the more recent redescriptions of models' faces are beginning to look a little more promising although the lighting can be difficult to manage.

Non Abstract Expressionism

 

Eye Dropper

 

Throw Away

CRW_6582_edited-1.psd, a photo by paul g neale on Flickr.

My.

CRW_6461_edited-2.psd, a photo by paul g neale on Flickr.

It's a new day.

Blimey, it is a major piss off when things go wrong, computers, the lighting, cameras and so on. I have been reading another Complete Guide to Photography, this time one written by Ian Farrell, another Cambridge resident. Its advantage is that it is recent, published in 2011. Actually I have found it quite helpful in one or two technical details.

Otherwise it is shaping up to be a typical non teaching day. I have a stack of older, more damaged images to  get through and a whole set of new images to adapt. The last lot were technically inept due to lighting problems.

Drop in centre

 

Not dropped in

 

Another drop in.

 

Dropped in

CRW_6595_edited-1.psd, a photo by paul g neale on Flickr.