Quick street photo upload.

Probably my favourite street shot I have taken in years. Needs to be viewed on computer, not gonna get the full thing looking on a phone. It's not often a photo works out like this with the sun setting between the buildings, the passer by with the umbrella on the street and the reflection of the wet ground in the alley. I've been doing photography long enough to know that these don't come a long that often.

Glasgow.

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My Time With The Iphone 4 So Far (Photography)

Recently I decided to upgrade from my old Sony mobile phone which I must have had for around 4-5 years as it was done. Everyone around me either has an iphone or some kind of fancy android thing. I wasn't really into getting one as all I did was text but then I saw all these awesome photographers getting great results from their iphone it seemed like it would be fun to just shoot with a phone and process on the spot rather than get home, load the images on to the computer and process in photoshop. Don't get me wrong I love my Canon 5D MK 2 and get great images from it but sometimes its a bit over kill to carry around and I've gotten a little sick of sitting in front of the computer for hours at a time looking through and processing images. So this iphone seemed like a good idea just to have as a pocket camera that would free me up from carrying around my SLR all the time. Yeah I could have bought a compact camera but I really didn't want to as they are overpriced for what they really are. With the iphone I could text, use the internet, send emails, shoot photographs, network and oh yeah don't forget about actually calling people.

Anyway I went for the Iphone 4, downloaded instagram and have since started to use it as my compact camera and I have to say I am very impressed, of course the quality is not good but for some shots who cares. It is so liberating being this restricted when it comes to controls and processing options. It kind of reminds me of when I shot a lot of film with my Vivitar Ultra Wide and Slim camera which had no controls but I always liked the results as you had to get really creative.

I haven't really shot too much yet with the phone but I am having a blast so thought I would post my results here as a sort of Iphone photography diary thing.

So here's some of the images so far:

Sandend beach as the tide is coming in.

A dull day at Sandend beach. 

Sandend beach through the long grass when the tide is fully in.

This is to the right of the beach. I love just wandering around here.

The highway at night.

Trees at the side of the road.

A very misty sunrise on the way to Glasgow.

Couldn't resist shooting this sunset. 

Part of an abstract painting I did.

Last light.

Rainy day on the way to Glasgow on the megabus.

Rain clouds with the sun trying to battle through. 

Rainy day giving way to some better weather.

On way home from a great weekend in Glasgow.

Cat just after the Mark Lanegan concert.

Ewan in The Moorings Bar, Aberdeen a few weeks ago. 

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DIY altered 50mm lens

Some people have asked me about this altered 50mm lens that I have been using so thought I would quickly write a little abut it, here it goes.

It's basically a cheap 50mm lens that broke. After initially being annoyed that it broke I decided to play around with it, taking it apart, putting it back together, moving things and so on. I can now use it in such a way that I can control (well semi control) the surreal nature of the results and to be honest it's the most fun I have had with photography in ages. It's amazing how the most fun things in this world come out of nothing. In my life all the best things have happened like this, either coming out of nothing or stumbling onto it  by complete accident. That 50mm lens that cost me £100 about three years ago and you know it was alright for the price, it did the job but after breaking it is now a lens that gives me something special that I never would have bought.

I have yet to use it regularly as I have other new lenses that I have been testing out but I plan on taking it everywhere with me from now on. It just makes everything look interesting, lets be honest a lot of stuff in the world is just plain boring to look at but this lens can capture the scene for what it is but also gives a surreal view on it, kind of like how I see the world I suppose, I love it.

Here are some images I have taken with it so far.

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New Mogwai EP

I see Mogwai have a new EP up and streaming on the Guardian website. I'm off to give it a listen, Love this band. I listen to their music a lot when working on photo's, has a great atmosphere when creating things.

Anyway you can listen to it here, I'm off to edit some more wedding photos and give it a listen. Also check out their other releases if you haven't already, Really into "The Hawk Is Howling" at the moment.

Cheers!

Some Recent Photography.

Been quite busy of late so thought I wold do a post with some new images I have taken over the past month or so. It will also be interesting for me to see what kind of images I have taken, everything is a bit of a blur to be honest. Think I will now do something like this every month or couple of weeks just to keep myself and everyone else updated on my goings on.

2 men, 2 very different days.

One man on his way to work, the other cruising in his shiny new classic car.

Waiting Patiently.

Lonely tree on my travels.

Parked up hog