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It’s been about a year and a half since my trumpet’s been out of the case.. good craic yesterday getting back into the swing of things yesterday though..

drop in to the real gig this wednesday

“The lady concerned was entitled to her privacy and not to have a passing stranger take a photograph,” said the sheriff.
[From BBC NEWS | Scotland | Edinburgh, East and Fife | Man fined for taking photograph]

Caught this to day on BBC News… and then thought it might be worth having a look into what the [...]

We’re in a bit of an in-between stage at the moment - we’re half moved out from our flat, half packed up, and half getting ready to move back to Glasgow. In the meantime we’re hanging out in a wee house in the country, with J revising away for finals and me doing my best [...]

Amazing photgraphy and a behind the scenes look at the Olympics from Vince Laforet

Had a beautiful evening last night.. ending up listening to an artist I’ve heard very little of, but lots about, after picking up a copy of Metro and randomly opening up at the gigs page - a pleasant surprise!
Like Duke Special, the resident Nothern Irish population turned up in force to see Foy Vance… and [...]

In the hope that it’s useful for some googling photographers.. there’s a wee hidden update that gives Aperture 2.0 RAW support for the Canon 450d. Nice to finally be able to play with RAW!

The swiss summer has most definately kicked off.. we headed to Murten last week and took a wee ferry all around the lake. I’m thoroughly impressed with my new camera (Canon 450d), although I don’t think i’ve owned anything with so many settings before! At least with film you’re pretty much stuck with the same [...]

Just a regular night after church in the pub.. about two years ago?
Act of random connection:
Uisge Beatha (the pub’s name, the gaelic for whisky) = Water of life = John 7:37 - adds just another little layer of pentecost meaning.. (More out of a sense of coincidence than something to infer something out of!)

Today I bought my first digital SLR after a few years of thinking it would be a good idea.. but never having a regular enough job to ever think about getting one! 
 I’m going to try and not just let this become a photoblog.. perhaps i’ll whip up another one for that, or have some special [...]

hand developed print with ink (or “trying to make some kind of presentable art from a poorly developed print!)
[originally posted April 07]