Waiting Outside
Personal blog about photography, geek stuff and life.
When a soldier finds peace from a little girl
Mar 9th
Sometimes, there’s a photo that just says so much about a world that it’s poetic. I stumbled upon this photo and I love it.
The Apple Start up sound: the story from it’s creator
Mar 1st
If you’re reading this on a Mac then you’ll be familiar with the boot up sound that it makes. If you’ve ever wondered who created it and how it was made then view this very revealing video from the sound engineer himself Apple sound designer Jim Reekes. He talks about his other sound creation “sosumi” which has a very funny origin. Play and enjoy.
OMT in San Francisco #3: ‘Let it beep’ from One More Thing on Vimeo.
IGN reviews Battlefield Bad Company 2
Feb 27th
This is the first video review I’ve found from a reputable games review site. Enjoy!
The Red Bullets at the PictureDrome, Northampton.
Feb 23rd
(My Original Blog Post: http://ping.fm/CUEab)
The Picturedrome is a classic venue that heralds it’s greatest glory days back in the 60s. From the front it’s unasuming but it’s when you enter and get to the back to the main hall is where it’s splendor comes into sight. The high ceiling, art deco lights and a bar that stretches all the way across is wonderful, and a great setting to hold a music gig.
I have already said so much about the Red Bullets so I won’t say much except they are getting better and better as a live act. The many hardcore fans were there in soaking it all in. Even though their bass player Mark Wheeler was injured, they still knocked out two amazing sets.
Enjoy the photos, and please leave comments. I like to know what the Bullet fans think.
MORE PHOTOS CAN BE VIEWED ON THIS PAGE
Marriage proposal at a Music gig. Picturedrome, Nothampton.
Feb 22nd
(My Original Blog Post: http://ping.fm/8b13y)
Yours truly has photographed many weddings so I’m usually there at the official part of the marriage, but Saturday night was the first time I was there for a proposal!
I just happened to be at the PictureDrome in Northampton photographing a gig when in the middle the band asked someone to join them on stage, then this guy called out a name of a girl and then it clicked. I had my Nikon D3 ready but I needed the flash (thankfully I packed that). I quickly grabbed it and managed to get these shots. I know they’re friends of the band but I don’t know their names. I wish them well…
Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 parody.
Feb 19th
This is obviously fake, but it is probably the most realistic gaming rendition of modern warfare life!
You’re Beautiful by Phil Wickham. An excellent cover version.
Feb 19th
I’m a Christian and I’m proud of it. Just one of the many benefits are the awesome worship songs out there. You’re Beautiful by Phil Wickham happens to be one of my favourites. I was curious to see what others were doing with that song so I looked up a few on YouTube and found this guy Cory who’s from Oklahoma.
Not only does he remain true to the spirit of the song, but he’s also recorded it properly using proper recording equipment so the sound is much better than a tinny camcorder microphone. Anyway, click the video, have a listen and enjoy!
You can view Cory’s MySpace here
I see Your face in every sunrise
The colors of the morning are inside Your eyes
The world awakens in the light of the day
I look up to the sky and say
You’re beautiful
I see Your power in the moonlit night
Where planets are in motion and galaxies are bright
We are amazed in the light of the stars
It’s all proclaiming who You are
You’re beautiful, You’re beautiful
I see you there hanging on a tree
You bled and then you died and then you rose again for me
Now you are sitting on Your heavenly throne
Soon we will be coming home
You’re beautiful, you’re beautiful
When we arrive at eternity’s shore
Where death is just a memory and tears are no more
We’ll enter in as the wedding bells ring
Your bride will come together and we’ll sing
You’re beautiful, You’re beautiful, You’re beautiful
I see Your face, You’re beautiful, You’re beautiful, You’re beautiful
I see Your face, You’re beautiful, You’re beautiful, You’re beautiful
I see Your face, I see Your face
I see Your face, You’re beautiful, You’re beautiful, You’re beautiful
A Snowy winter Wedding. Harriet and Rob.
Feb 18th
(My Original Blog Post: http://ping.fm/mgDnO)
You can view more hightlights from the wedding by clicking this link
2010 began in the most wonderful way, a white snowy Wedding!
If I may rewind to the previous night were I attended the rehearsal, it was a great experience driving down the back roads of Bicester. My Tom Tom, as wonderful as it is, doesn’t always take me the quickest way, it was dark, cold, icy and snow that night so I had to rely on my sat nav to get me to the church in time. The road was very slippery, but that’s why having a 4 wheel drive Audi comes in handy. Also, it was left to me to make a very big decision, more on that later.
There I met Harriet and Rob. Two of the most lovely people you could ever meet. I could see the excitement in Harriet’s face as all their hard work and planning was coming to this day.
On the very cold Wedding morning, myself and Kelly arrived with plenty of time to setup and to discuss any changes that may have happened. I asked Kelly to setup at the back with the 80-200mm on a tripod while I covered the Harriet’s arrival.
I waiting outside with two of the ushers. It was -5c with a sharp wind that chilled through our coats. But it was good fun, there was plenty of friendly banter about the cold and that helped to take our mind off the cold.
Harriet arrived in fashion, a very beautiful classic Bentley. The bride needed assistance getting out of the car because of the slippery conditions but her and the brides maids were having a good giggle about it walking up to the church.
Then the big entrance, I dashed ahead to get to the front to get the classic ‘coming down the aisle’ shot.
The rest of the ceremony went without a hitch, at the request of the pastor I was limited to where I could move but the newly weds knew this so it was not a problem.
Next came the the group shot, it was my big decision last night to take the big group photos inside the church; last night people were undecided about indoors or outdoors because of the freezing temperature and they all looked to me to decide so I said “indoors” to which everyone had a mini sigh of relief.
Photographing inside presents it’s own challenges; how do I get a good angle to fit in 100 people? Go UP of course! So with a bit of negotiation I went up to where the organist was playing and took the big group shot from up there.
Before long, it was time to get to the reception. We got there with plenty of time, however a few of the brides maids arrived late, because of this Harriet wanted to stay in the car until everyone had arrived which mean we had to wait outside for a bit longer, this was a great opportunity to take candid shots and more focused photographs of the gorgeous Bentley.
After a more group shots inside, I had completed my half day assignment and it was time to go. We wrapped up by taking establishing shots of the breakfast room before the guests entered.
Windows Mobile 7 will fail.
Feb 17th
Once again Microsoft have not heard what the customers want. They failed with Vista because they thought they could dictate to the customers and look how that turned out.
With Windows Mobile 7, they have made the mobile phone the everything device when it can’t be that. Whenever you try to treat a small device as a big device you just get programs trying to run faster than the hardware is able to; Microsoft’s previous solution to this is to make the HARDWARE more powerful when they should be making the software simpler.
Windows Mobile 7’s interface is a barrier, it makes me think about where I want to get to when really I just want it to run the program I tell it to. There are too many buttons, options and ‘things’ cluttering the OS that the human eye doesn’t know where to look. Many people have complained about the iPhone’s simplistic interface but believe me that although it does look easy it take someone who KNOWS User Interfaces to design and implement, it also takes the vision of Steve Jobs to implement that and produce it for the masses.
One thing Microsoft must sort out is their message; what are they trying to say by releasing WM7? Are they targetting iPhone users or are they aiming for the corporate stuffy suit market? Whatever it is, right now Microsoft is saying an awful lot, but the message is lost to most of us.
A new addition to my Wedding Gallery. Sarah and Phil Page.
Feb 15th
(My Original Blog Post: http://ping.fm/ThGmm)
Just a quick post to let you know I’ve just created a new gallery for a Wedding I completed in December for Phil and Sarah Page. It truly was a memory day, and you can see and read all about it by going to this link! http://ping.fm/VoWMH