Random snaps

Pics taken with Samsung pro815

HAPPY SNAPPING

The thing with digital photography is that you end up with thousands of images sitting on your hard drive. images mind, not photographs. These days the hip photographer refers to his work as images.

Photographs are so last century!

Anyway once you've got over the initial outlay for the camera, digital photography is far less expensive than conventional film. There's no developing costs, instant results and a vast number of software tools that give you the editing power of a traditional darkroom. Photoshop is the leading editing tool but it can be expensive and there are many free editing suites on the web that can do more or less the same thing. Gimp, for instance is well worth getting used to. But check out the free photo editing software at download.com for many free programs that can help jazz up your digital snaps.

But as I was saying - there's images upon images cluttering up my hard drive. Every now and then I'll string a few of these pics together and make a video presentation. The following features some of my snaps set to music, a traditional Welsh folk song, from the great Max Boyce.

Hope you enjoy.

Do I look like a bloody terrorist????

I was challenged by the police today and told my activities could have terrorist implications - what was I doing, you ask. Well I was merely taking photographs of this interesting old building, a disused flour mill in fact, in Avonmouth near Bristol.

The conversation went like this:

Police: What are you doing, sir?

Me: I'm taking pictures of this interesting old building.

Police: Well you'll have to leave as your actions have terrorist implications. I won't make you delete the photographs but you'll have to leave.

Me: No you won't make me to delete the pictures. They are private property.

Police: If you refuse to move on I shall have no option but arrest you.

I then thought up some rude insults but decided against giving them voice. I tucked my camera under my arm and jumped back in the car. And this is not the first time I've been stopped when out and about with my camera. Talk about a free country - well you could but not in the same sentence as the words United Kingdom.

And just so you can see I was not in any way in a sensitive area this webpage shows the building and gives its grid reference HERE

THE ARCHIVE GOES OPTICAL

Been a busy day today which has not left me with time for a major post so I thought I'd share some of my photography.

Well it's become something of a hobby of mine these last few years and I do take regular walks with old Lennon and the camera's always with us. The snaps here though were taken in my back garden during a spell of excellent weather.

At the moment it's raining again.