Personal photography - India

As promised, here are a few select photographs I took whilst on my recent holiday in India.
India is a fascinating country, and the people were very friendly. I’d love to return in the future to see more and meet some fellow blog authors.

Above is the view from my hotel in Mumbai, overlooking the ‘Queen’s necklace’, […]

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The alphabet, but not as we know it

alphabet light writing

The alphabet in light writing, found on Nir Tober’s Flickr page. If light writing is your thing, check out this previous post of mine, with some light writing YouTube videos.

In this post I showcase a number of creative ways to display the English alphabet. Some fascinating works of art.

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Focus on photography: Chema Madoz

From time to time I enjoy showcasing the work of others, and here’s a photographer I’ve been meaning to feature for some time now.

From Wikipedia:
Jose Maria Rodriguez Madoz (born 1958), better known as Chema Madoz, is a Spanish photographer, most popular for his black and white surrealist photographs.

Visit the Chema Madoz gallery to view more […]

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The Face Behind The Blog update #2

When I first started The Face Behind The Blog Collection, I wasn’t sure if anyone would join in.
Back in May I posted a quick Face Behind The Blog update, giving a little extra interest in the meme. Since then, however, I thought that the idea had slowed and the momentum was gone. That was until […]

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Light drawing and light writing

Light-drawing and light-writing is getting a fair bit of attention lately. Take these two commercials (below) for Sprint (also seen on Marc Schiller’s blog). Quite creative don’t you think?

They remind me of Toben Seymour’s music video for the song Jubilee by the Willowz (shown below).

I’ve been seeing more and more light-drawing over the past month […]

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Chase Jarvis photography in motion

Chase Jarvis, the photographer
Above is an uncut series of still photographs created in five days for personal work and for promoting the 2007 Hasselblad Masters.
According to the photographer, Chase Jarvis, only six to 10 of the 2000 images captured will ever be used commercially or for fine art.
I was directed towards this video by CreativeTechs […]

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The Face Behind The Blog update

What can I say?
I’ve been overwhelmed with the response to The Face Behind The Blog, a little photography project that started up three weeks ago.
As a thank you to everyone who’s participating I’m including an extra link to your personal photo collections.
If you’re unfamiliar with what this is, check out the original post or have […]

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How to insert an image or photo into your blog comment

This is something that’s incredibly easy, and can increase the visual impact of your comments. I recently mentioned how I’d post this little tip after some of you had a few issues when showing off your business card designs (see the latter comments).
I’ve previously written a little about the importance of images in your articles, […]

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The Face Behind The Blog Collection

“One picture is worth 10,000 words”.
Chinese proverb
Putting a face to the name of someone you haven’t met helps recognition and adds a more personal feel to your conversations.
As blogging is truly international, and the chances of meeting the people behind your favourite blogs are slim, today I’m announcing The Face Behind The Blog meme.
What […]

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Here’s a great wallpaper image resource

I’ve meant to tell you about this for a while now. It’s a nice wallpaper image resource, called Socksoff.co.uk.
Taken from the site, “Socksoff is a personal, non-commercial site, no pop-ups, pop-unders, banners or those pesky little ad’s that float across the screen…….Grrrrr!!! It first went live on 12th June 2004 with just a small collection […]

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