Archive for January, 2010

Killing Bono

January 22, 2010  |  People  |  , ,
Killing Bono

It isn't every day you get to take photographs of famous actors on a real life film set but in a unique twist of fate I had the opportunity to take photos on the set of music comedy Killing Bono. This chance occurrence didn't arrive due to my photographic ability...

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Through the Mill

January 17, 2010  |  Landscapes, Streets  |  , , , ,
Through the Mill

During a walk along the Lagan towpath I took a number of photographs. The images started with the cliched nature shots of swans, moving to the contrast of ugly road bridges against the natural river and finally ended up with complete urban decay. It was shocking to see the decay and rubbish that polluted the river although it is hard to think it should be expected when we walked for over a mile and didn’t come across a single bin. Read More

Stainless

January 6, 2010  |  photo  | 
Stainless

A little bit of an abstract photograph captured using the iPhone 3Gs. I often struggle to capture a photo in focus using the iPhone but I am reasonably pleased with the depth, focus and reflections captured in this photo. It is interesting to see the level of detail on the...

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Experiments in Milk

January 3, 2010  |  Blog, Macro  |  ,
Experiments in Milk

In 1937 Edgerton began a lifelong association with photographer Gjon Mili, who used stroboscopic equipment, particularly a “multiflash” strobe light, to produce strikingly beautiful photographs. It was Edgerton who discovered that trying to capture translucent liquid splashes was nearly impossible and thus moved to creating the splashing using milk. Although I...

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