Friday 4th July 21:12
It's quite strange how you 'discover' websites on the internet. Earlier on in the week, there was a feature on BBC's 'South Today' all about Boxgrove Priory, located just outside of Chichester. We're thinking of having a trip over there during the course of the weekend so I decided to find out a little bit more about it and stumbled upon the 'Qype' website in the process.
Founded in 2005 by German entrepreneur Stephan Uhrenbacher, the Web 2.0 startup centered around social networking and local reviews solely for the German market. It soon extended to include most European cities, being awarded the Red Herring 100 Europe award in March 2007 and in June of the same year, Qype.co.uk was launched. The organisation now has offices located in Hamburg, Paris, and London.
I also felt it time to talk about yet another music artist who I think is exceptional... this time it's Fink who lives in Brighton (about an hour up the road from here). The band have released three albums to date, 'Distance And Time', 'Biscuits For Breakfast' and 'Fresh Produce'. One of their singles, 'This Is The Thing' is currently used on the television advert campaign for MasterCard.
To find out more, please click on the graphic below...
Thursday 3rd July 23:09
After our recent visit to London at the beginning of May, I decided to have a look through some of the images I took whilst in the British Museum. I have a problem with them though, they're nothing particularly new, not only that, I'm sick and tired of seeing images of it over and over again.
Don't get me wrong, I have no problem with seeing different interpretations of the same location but after a while it gets unbelievably boring, particularly when that work is by the same photographer. I've always been a photographer who aims to produce different work each time for I believe that entering the same or a similar shot into competitions is not only cheating on the other entrants, it's cheating on yourself.
Anyhow, I have decided to use this image but in a totally different way to anything I've seen of the British Museum... I shall post once complete.
Wednesday 2nd July 15:10
Arrived home from work to find that our internet connection was down, not only that, I had a huge amount of work to do and to email to a client. Rather than spend the afternoon in a frustrated mood, I asked Tanya whether she fancied watching 'Atonement'. It's an Oscar-winning wartime romantic drama starring Romola Garai, Saoirse Ronan, James McAvoy, Keira Knightley, to name a few. I found it quite entertaining but would have said that it's aimed more at females... having said that though, the Dunkirk scenes are stunning in places.
Later on in the day, we sat down to watch Andy Murray's Wimbledon quarter-final tie with Rafael Nadal. The Scot put up a good fight but was outclassed in every respect by the in-form Spaniard.
Tuesday 1st July 07:06
I started the day by entering into AP's (Amateur Photographer) First View. It's all just a bit of fun but it's great to see so many images of most peoples' 'first view' of the day. Obviously the entry title isn't taken literally for we'd be viewing some awful sights, no doubt!
Anyway, I was quite taken with the morning light streaming through some foliage in our back garden and decided to take a deliberately out-of-focus shot of it, just to be different..
Later on in the day, I received a text message which tickled me and felt the need to share it on here...
People can be quite like slinkies, they don't really serve any sort of purpose yet bring a smile to your face when you push them downstairs.
This particular anecdote reminded me very much of one of my favourite writers, an American who goes by the name of Jack Handey. Rather than me explain just how funny he is, take a look at his website...
I also found these continual scrolling quotes, the ten quotes change each month...
