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About me

Pete Marshall — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 19:29:17 +0000

I am a freelance photojournalist and writer working from a base Birmingham. I specialise in photographing people and places...in the news...or who should be in the news. I try and tell stories with photography, especially about the strengths of working class people doing things for themselves. I am a Brummie by birth and proud of my roots in the industrial heartlands of the United Kingdom. I am willing to accept commissions for photographic and journalistic work of any nature. Please contact me any time and let me tell your story. My website is here.

ABOUT ME

Pete Marshall — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 19:29:17 +0000

I specialise in photographing people and places…in the news…or who should be in the news .I try and tell stories with photography, especially about the strengths of working class people doing things for themselves. I am a Brummie by birth and proud of my roots in the industrial heartlands of the United Kingdom. My main work is around environmental photography, people building lives in new and different ways. I also cover all area of politics with particular interests in the politics of small practical campaigns ; I also cover local politics in the West Midlands. I have spent a lot of time photographing those involved in building new and sustainable ways of living, such as the community on the Isle of Eigg in Scotland. I have a background in the Trade Union movement and have been an active climber and mountaineer. I have a 1st class degree in Visual Communications (photography) from Birmingham Institute of Art and Design (BIAD) I am willing to accept commissions for photographic and journalistic work of any nature. Please contact me any time and let me tell your story.

e mail me at pete@petemarshall.com

phone or text me +44 79323 03469

Fax on 08704908779

For details on my terms see here

I am a member of the National Union of Journalists

Stock photography by Pete Marshall at Alamy

Industrial landscape

troutmask — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 07:11:52 +0000

Image: Infrastructure: The Book of Everything for the Industrial Landscape: Brian Hayes

The Industrial landscape of Birmingham may be my subject for both the fine art and the sense of place modules. I particularly respect the contrast between the late Victorian and earlier industrial build using "blue brick" and iron; its practicality, its confidence in both industry and the future; and the contemporary concrete and plastic temporary environment; which demonstrates the lack of confidence in the future .

Twin Towers

troutmask — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 07:33:56 +0000

Twin Towers Colour, originally uploaded by troutmask.

21st December, 2006

Here's a direct contrast between a new building works and a landmark chimney in Balsall Heath. Not sure what this development will be, offices or shops I guess; certainly nothing as useful as the public baths and factories in the background.

Bordsley Junction Bridge

troutmask — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 17:03:09 +0000

Bordsley Junction Bridge, originally uploaded by troutmask.

30th January, 2007

Starting a series of images around the canals. I want to demonstrate some of my ideas about the value system of early industrial capitalism in Birmingham compared to the post industrial Birmingham of today. The confidence and otimisim of industrialists of that time compared to the cynicism and pessimism of today. Capitalism is an economic system of the rational age, as this age comes to a decline its buildings and developments show that. The canals were the first of the great engineering projects of the industrial age, built as functional and beautiful works celebrating man's power and determination to build a better world. They actually were quickly replaced by the railways but they are still as functional today as when they were built.

I am preently considering using some of these ideas in either Sense of Place or in The fine Art Image.

iron men

troutmask — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 16:55:46 +0000

iron men, originally uploaded by troutmask.

8th February, 2007 This image is for the Fine Art Image. It is linked to text which says The phallic man of iron, rusting and leaning but dominating the "faux" classicism of the Town Hall behind; is contrasted with the small real man hands in pocket struggling and bored in the winter cold. The failings of Birmingham's industrial heritage, its macho past and its desire to be a serious city of culture are ironically captured (perhaps). A knowledge of the history of "The Iron Man" a sculpture purchased for a reluctant city from its maker Anthony Gormley by the TSB and now displayed against his wishes in Victoria Square (Gormley wasn't able to control how his art was used in 1993, he insists on control now) and the Town Hall a building created by Joseph Aloysius Hansom as a music hall in 1834 and loved by the majority of brummies but hated by the majority of architects is useful

Contact Sheet Birmingham Buildings

troutmask — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 07:26:10 +0000

Blue Brick and Iron

Robert Adams, Los Angeles Spring, 1964

troutmask — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 21:01:45 +0000

Robert Adams, Los Angeles Spring, 1964, originally uploaded by troutmask.

24th March, 2007

Robert Adams, Tract House, 1974

troutmask — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 21:04:52 +0000

Robet Adams, Tract House, 1974, originally uploaded by troutmask.

23rd March, 2007

Robert Adams is one of the finest landscape photographers of recent years. His photography has been immensely influential and his book "Beauty in Photography" an important , readable (and perhaps therefore not available in the college library!) contribution to photographic theory. His images are carefully composed and "artful" designs. About themselves, rather than "symbolic" but capable of readings at many different levels. The landscapes of modern America are his usual subjects and are captured in a way that seeks to draw beauty from unlikely subjects. He imposes on a caravan and wooden house the same values that Ansal Adams would place on a forest and mountain.

Henry Callahan, Detroit 1947

troutmask — Sat, 24 Feb 2007 21:06:32 +0000

Henry Callahan, Detroit 1947, originally uploaded by troutmask.

23rd March, 2007

Henry (Harry) Callahan professional engineer and amateur photographer (until he could make a living from photography) here produces a seemingly abstract composition. The photograph is of a branch against snow. It is named "Detroit" as that is where it was taken. The composition reflects other photographs taken around the time, being slightly of centre. The image also reflects some of the surrealist (absurdist) images by Joan Miro.

Man Ray, Kiki with Mask 1926

troutmask — Sun, 25 Feb 2007 21:06:04 +0000

Man Ray, Kiki with Mask 1926, originally uploaded by troutmask.

23rd March, 2007

Man Ray made this picture as part of a series of images with the same model and mask. Man Ray was a painter, sculptor and photographer. Man Ray was important in the development of so called "conceptual" art (is there such a thing as non conceptual art? wouldn't that just not be art?).He realised that the title and the image worked together in the viewers mind, especially in attracting critical attention. In this he was influenced by Marcel Duchamp; whose cubist style painting "Nude descending a staircase" had created a storm of attention, which man ray (rightly) identified as being largely due to the title of the piece. Duchamp himself was the master of provocative titles. This individual picture is labeled "Kiki with a the Mask" which is a simple descriptive (although the importance of the use of "The" rather than "a" cannot be underestimated and is possibly stronger in the original french. The picture is part of a series called "Black and White", which has a surface straight descriptive element but when using a mask of African origin sexually linked with an obviously white european woman starts to take on a whole new subtext. This picture and the series it forms part of is a direct comment on the links between "native" and "European" culture .Giving African artifacts an equal status with a white woman being a revolutionary position at that time, especially in the art world (as up its own bottom then as it is now!).The sexuality in both the mask and the model emphasises this link. This photograph demonstrates modern photography's use of "surrealist" rather than the straightforward symbolism of earlier photographers.

Fay Godwin, Reedy Loch, 1984

troutmask — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 21:02:08 +0000

Fay Godwin, Reedy Loch, 1984, originally uploaded by troutmask.

24th March, 2007

Fay Godwin is one of the most popular of British contemporary landscape photographers. Her photographs express a deep love of the British landscape and a commitment to environmental issues, which were not as fashionable at the time she was working as they are now. She has also produced working collaboration with poets and writers such as Ted Hughes (Elmet) and John Fowles (Land). Godwin herself has been directly political both in important writings such as her essays on land ownership and during her time as president of the Ramblers Association, were she tried(unfortunately not with whole hearted success) to move that organisation away from its petty obsessions with "Rights of way" and towards a more challenging position on the question of access and ownership of land. Many of her images presented examples of pollution and damage in the british landscape (whilst showing its inherent beauty) and have influenced politicians as well as artists. here book "Our Forbidden land" from 1990 should be on the bookshelves of any body who loves the British land and hates what generations of selfish landowners and now stupid and thoughtless developers do to it. A very interesting interview with Godwin for the BBC from 2003 is here, mainly about her most recent work which is in colour.

Minor White, The Three thirds, 1957

troutmask — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 21:03:12 +0000

Minor White, The Three thirds, 1957, originally uploaded by troutmask.

24th March, 2007

Minor White, Sun and Rock, 1948

troutmask — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 21:03:41 +0000

Minor White, Sun and Rock, 1948, originally uploaded by troutmask.

Minor White was a founder member of the f64 group (other members included Edward Weston, Imogen Cunningham and Ansel Adams). each member of this group had a different aesthetic and their work is all very different. The group was not founded with a political intent but rather with a shared commitment to an intense and detailed scrutiny of the world according to the highest principals of technical ability. Adams went on to develop a theoretical basis for making photographic exposures and prints (outlined in his three books, The Camera, The negative and The Print) called Pre-Visualisation and the zone system. Interestingly many so called followers of this system seem intent on a throughally reactionary approach to photography based purely on replicating the techniques available to Adams et al. at the time! However some continue to explore new photographic techniques based on Adams' theories and the best principals of the f 64 using contemporary techniques. An example of this is the development of the application Lightzone a application designed for zone processing of digital captures (which I have used in this module) and a continued interest in the potential of digital imaging techniques.

Joe Deal, Alburquerque,1974

troutmask — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 21:04:04 +0000

Joe Deal, Alburquerque,1974, originally uploaded by troutmask.

24th March, 2007

Frank Gohike, Albuqurque 1974

troutmask — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 21:04:27 +0000

Frank Gohike, Albuqurque 1974, originally uploaded by troutmask.

23rd March, 2007

Hiromi Tsuchida, Lunch Box, 1982

troutmask — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 21:05:15 +0000

Hiromi Tsuchida, Lunch Box, 1982, originally uploaded by troutmask.

23rd March, 2007

Hiromi Tsuchida is a photographer best known for his series of photographs taken of Hiroshima This image is of a lunchbox found after the devastation caused by the bombing of Hiroshima in 1945. Tscuchida interviewed and photographed survivors of the bombing in 1978. He then went on to photograph relics from the landscape around the blast and the documents relating to the event persevered in the Hiroshima Peace memorial. The complete work has a profound emotional impact. This lunch box reflecting the deformities shown in other photographs of the victims and in the landscapes. Art here used to make a strong political statement about the human condition. He also combines landscapes, portraits and still lives to make a whole work.

Deiter Appelt, Liberation of the Fingers, 1979

troutmask — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 21:05:38 +0000

Deiter Appelt, Liberation of the Fingers, 1979, originally uploaded by troutmask.

23rd March, 2007

Dieter Appelt is a contemporary photographer. He says "Making time visible and thus comprehending time" is the basis of his work. This image was made using layers of individual exposures, in the manner of "time-lapse" photography in movies; ut all on one piece of film. It is taken from an important series of image "Memory's Trace". In this series Appelt uses photograph to represent both photographys abiltyto capture a moment and a series of moments in time. Combining stasis and permanence. This particular image can be viewed as a beautiful image and a record of an awful and tragic event..at the same time. The title may lead to either an understanding of Appelt's position or as an ironic comment on the effects of time itself.

Sea of Steps

troutmask — Sun, 04 Mar 2007 12:16:20 +0000

This wonderful Photograph is by Frederick Evans. A fine art photographer working in the early 20th. C. Evens was a allegorical photographer who felt that light was a representation of the spiritral interconnectedness of all things. He uses light and the way it works with in organic matter, especially the stone work of Gothic cathedrals, as a allegorical contemplation on human spiritual nature. In this, perhaps his best known image, he uses the steps rising to a well lit door to give an obvious message that relates to Christian values. It is also a marvellous image in its own right. I do not share his spiritual interpretation of light, but do believe that light is the fundamental observable phenomenon in this universe (I have had the advantage of Einstein's work, which Evens did not). I think that light on inorganic matter especially buildings that relate to industry rather than religion, can be used for the same analogy about light and the interconnectedness of all things but within a rationalist perspective. These ideas are certainly influencing my thoughts at present. This image (Bordsley canal Bridge) is my first attempt and highly influenced by Evans' image Sea of Steps.

Imaginary landscapes

troutmask — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 19:29:52 +0000

Imaginary landscapes, originally uploaded by troutmask.

6th March, 2007

http://www.petemarshall.com/gallery/Moseley_Bog/index.html

This is a series of images all made in a tiny area of Mosley Bog. The are close ups of one particular part of the bog where I often sit. I have used lens movement (Tilt and Shift) to control perspective. The images have been first converted to B&W and then toned with colour in selected areas.

Ernst Haas, Peeling Paint on Iron Bench, 1981

troutmask — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 19:13:05 +0000

Ernst Haas, Peeling Paint on Iron Bench, 1981, originally uploaded by troutmask.

Another image from Haas showing a use of colour and the abstraction of objects by moving in close and isolating the everyday. This process makes us look closely, find beauty in the everyday and become contemplative rather than analytical.The Zen Buddhists ideas have a major influence on many artists thinking about creating

Blackheath

troutmask — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 12:00:10 +0000

Blackheath, originally uploaded by troutmask.

21st March, 2007

Birmingham Panoramas

troutmask — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 12:00:30 +0000

Birmingham Panoramas, originally uploaded by troutmask.

21st March, 2007

Barr Beacon

troutmask — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 12:00:43 +0000

Barr Beacon, originally uploaded by troutmask.

21st March, 2007

Gallery - Birmingham Panoramas

troutmask — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 12:00:47 +0000

Birmingham Panoramas A series of Panorama shots of Birmingham taken from locations around the city. These shots have all been made by taking two shots from the same view point using the shift function as far to the left and then as far to the right as possible. This preserves the perspective which can be lost by stitching shots made from different angles with a fixed lens. This is a work in progress. It requires both the right quality of light, and the right locations where a full view of the city can be gained. These are few in Birmingham. I intend to return throughout the year at different times to continue this process until I have built up a full range of images.

Gallery - Blue Brick and Iron

troutmask — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 12:49:41 +0000

B lue Brick and Iron

Gallery - River of Chains

troutmask — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 12:52:54 +0000

River of Chains 1803, four years before the slave trade was abolished, the industrial revolution was at its height in Birmingham. A new Canal, the last part of the Birmingham Canal Navigation, was built. It ran from Kings Norton Junction with the Birmingham to Worcester canal; to Stratford-on-Avon. Where these two canals met a structure called a guillotine lock was built between the two canals to control the water flow between them. This lock was unique on British waterways, it construction controlled by gates of wood, chains of iron and built from Birmingham Blue brick. It stands today. Birmingham a city without a river, without natural connections to the rest of the world had finished its own built river, the canals. The chains made in Birmingham now stretched around the world. From the factories of the midlands, to the legs of enslaved men purchased with guns also made in Birmingham

Module Technical Information

troutmask — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 12:59:21 +0000

All photographs taken with a Canon 1D mkII camera and a 45mm f2.8 TSE lens. Photographs processed from the RAW file in Lightroom. Lightzone was used for any tonemapping or post processing required (Photoshop not used for any images). Web sites created using Lightzone and Dreamweaver. Book layout in InDesign. Prints produced by Peak Imaging on Fuji Cyrstal Lite paper.

Never Hide

troutmask — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 18:55:13 +0000

Never Hide, originally uploaded by troutmask.

19th March, 2007 This is my advertisement for Ray Ban sunglasses produced for a 1:4 format poster. It is based on the 2007 campaign for Ray Ban examples of which can be seen here. As you can see their campaign does not use this posters size.It does use B&W photographs. I have parodied the style using images taken for this module. Personally the joke may be lost outside of Birmingham but if Ray ban wanted to atract some attention in this city they should commission this image immediately! I have suggested this to them, but I am not sure if Anthony Gormley would be so keen although he doesn't seem shy of publicity!

Final work - Fine Art Image

troutmask — Sun, 25 Mar 2007 13:51:46 +0000

Linked here is the pdf of River of Chains. this is on the DVD supplied, but you may also download it. I have produced this booklet as one of the ways of presenting this work. I cannot actually print it because of prohibitive costs. My preferred way of presenting this work is using the web and links are here to a Flash gallery and here to a group on Flickr. Images presented on the web are seen by many more people than any way other than publication. As getting images seen is one of the first steps to publication then using the web and preparing images for display on the web is important to me. Printing photographic images from digital files at any quality is a costly business requiring expensive equipment proper ally calibrated and colour managed. This is not available to me so I would have to pay for it. I cannot afford that at present.

Final Work -Sense of Place

troutmask — Sun, 25 Mar 2007 14:02:58 +0000

A link to the pdf "Climbing with Paul" is here. The pdf is also on the DVD supplied. This work is ongoing and not complete. It is impossible to complete a project like this in the time span given for obvious practical reasons if nothing else! This is a link to "Imaginary Landscapes" another ongoing piece of landscape work, as a Flash gallery here. These images are also used on a Flickr group here. The "Birmingham panoramas" are linked here as a Flash gallery and here as a Flickr set. I have not printed any images are the costs of doing so at any quality are prohibitive and I do not have facilities to do so myself available.

Orkney-Stenness Standing Stones

troutmask — Sun, 08 Apr 2007 15:58:35 +0000

Orkney-Stenness Standing Stones, originally uploaded by troutmask.

7th April, 2007

This would have been the work I wanted to do!

New Module - Commercial

troutmask — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 19:03:31 +0000

Briefed toady on new module. Action taken Contacted Sarah Deschler Press officer forNEC to visit NEC for rece tomorrow (Tuesday) Registered with relevant exhibitions Nepcon and Fire Expo. Websites checked and linked here for further info.

Test shots for Necom

troutmask — Tue, 01 May 2007 19:41:08 +0000

Test shots for Necom ex, originally uploaded by troutmask.

1st May, 2007

Full set of test images here click on each individual image for exif data on exposure

out of that set I have chosen this one. I now have a set up for use at the Necom exhibition. Also spoke to their press officer today, he was helpful.

Test image

troutmask — Thu, 03 May 2007 18:11:04 +0000

Test image, originally uploaded by troutmask.

3rd May, 2007

Obviously this would be made up of different images featuring different ethnic, age and sex profiles

Titterstone Clee

troutmask — Fri, 04 May 2007 21:11:10 +0000

Titterstone Clee, originally uploaded by troutmask.

4th May, 2007

Chosen location for film?

inspiration?

Editing images

troutmask — Sun, 13 May 2007 18:57:27 +0000

a short movie made by myself shows an image being edited using the combination of Lightroom and Lightzone that is now my main work flow. Please enable popups for this movie to play editing in Lightroom/Lightzone

Nepcon shoot

troutmask — Thu, 17 May 2007 15:57:21 +0000

After all the fuss about signing contacts I haven't...so I went to the NEC today expecting problems. There were none. Got there at 9.15 45mins before opening and was allowed in without a problem only a request to ensure I asked permission from stall holders to take their photos. As I was not only getting there permission but also offering to sell them photos I took it was obviously no problem. I am surprised that the NEC should try on an attempt to retain copy write in this day and age. Perhaps they think that students and colleges are easy touches. It would be interesting if a college teaching "commercial" photography also agreed that its students should sign away their ability to make a living..however nothing that happens at the college surprises me any more! I had pretty good co operation and even had a model from one of the stalls. I was able to set up some of the photos I wanted to do. The lighting was impossible so I used flash on all shots (despite the strange instruction not to use flash). I had to go up to 400 ISO in order to get a steady camera using 100mm lens at from f2.8 - f9 depending on the DoF with flash as fill in were possible and as main source where available light was not enough. Web sites made of all the shots unprocessed here http://www.petemarshall.com/gallery/commercial/nepcon/and after processing I have 16 shots I am thinking of using they are here http://www.petemarshall.com/gallery/nepcon/ My time spent on shoot was from 9.15 -13.30. I then spent from 14.30 - 17.00 editing the shoot. I shall claim this as a full day shoot and a half day edit. Expenses are 52 miles at IR rate of 40p per mile plus

Drop

troutmask — Thu, 17 May 2007 21:45:36 +0000

Drop, originally uploaded by troutmask.

17th May, 2007

My favourite shot from Nepcon. Unfortunately no people and doesn't fit the brief..but more interesting and challenging to shoot in the conditions. Getting the focus point spot on and the DoF correct using a combination of available light and flash to freeze the drop//also avoiding reflections from several surfaces.

Better than Corbijn?

troutmask — Fri, 18 May 2007 19:39:07 +0000

A video maker who always users photographic techniques, perhaps not as celebrated as Corbijn...but as this shows easily his equal is Mark Romanek

lightzone processing

troutmask — Thu, 24 May 2007 23:32:44 +0000

For technical information on how my photos are edited watch these films. PhotoTechEDU Day 18: Non-destructive, Selective, Editing of Photographs - Google Video

Titterstone Clee

troutmask — Fri, 25 May 2007 00:05:56 +0000

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Titterstone Clee, originally uploaded by troutmask.

11th May, 2007

a now the video!!!!

One of a series of stills shot whilst planning and storyboarding our video.

First bit of video shot

troutmask — Fri, 25 May 2007 00:15:47 +0000

YouTube - The Megatliths

Rate for the Job

troutmask — Fri, 25 May 2007 08:46:55 +0000

Rates and Allowances :: Freelance UK Lots of stuff here and on the London feeelancers guide

Some films of importance

troutmask — Sat, 26 May 2007 23:21:22 +0000

To me one of the keys to a films qualities is its cinematography. Until recently photography was a major influence on film making. The advent of light weight cameras and speedy digital editing has moved away somewhat from the tradition of carefully lit and composed scenes. However these film makers are to me the epitome of considered picture making. Every scene is considered. The narrative is driven visually by what is in front of the camera, rather than with some clever editing. Powell and Pressburger (the Archers) create a whole world visually in their films. particularly in Black Narcissus. Hitchcock is the master film maker, perhaps the greatest director of all times. Bringing together art and popular culture. Every scene is an exercise in the skill of the film makers arts,. Vertigo is his greatest masterpiece, tension and narrative driven at times entirely visually-there is little dialogue in the whole film and several minutes often go by without any. The Cohen brothers are contemporary directors following in the tradition of quality film making. Fargo shows that good films can still be nominated for Oscars. The clever use of wide angle lenses is very photographic in concept. BFI | Features | Powell & Pressburger | Vertigo (1958) Hitchcock Coen Brothers, Fargo 1996

Vertigo

troutmask — Sun, 27 May 2007 18:02:59 +0000

A particularly brilliant film by the greatest director of all time. All Hitchcock's films are very carefully framed. Whilst Hitchcock is not copying any particular photographer, his use of the camera as a tool which watches rather than intervenes in the narrative is very photographic. Hitchcock once attempted to make an entire film (Rope) in one take (he was not successful but it is quite hard to spot the cuts); Hitchcock lets the action unfold in front of the camera, following slowly and keeping the framing very photographic. There are few cuts in a Hitchcock film and the viewer is drawn in. Hitchcock is an "Art" film director who can also tell a story. Virtually any still from a Hitchcock film would make an OK photograph. In the particular case of the film Vertigo every frame is a masterpiece. The clip I have made and linked here is a fine example.This is a collection of clips from Hitchcock This is the "Muir Woods" scene from Vertigo up the stairs with Jimmy and Kim

Some inspiration

troutmask — Sun, 27 May 2007 18:52:19 +0000

Edward Burtynsky is one of the most interesting contemporary photographers. His large scale works on industrial subjects are a constant source of inspiration..including providing some ideas for the film of the quarry's.

Poppies

troutmask — Tue, 29 May 2007 19:22:34 +0000

Image removed as now licensed

29th May, 2007

Taken just for the colour

"Kodachrome" Poppies

troutmask — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 13:04:45 +0000

Image removed as now licensed "Kodachrome" Poppies, originally uploaded by troutmask.

1st June, 2007

My small tribute inspired by the films mentioned. trying some others; Powel and Pressburger and hitchcock to come!

This is part of a series of still images I am working on that fit in with the theme of the module. They are stylistically processed with particular films in mind. In this case it is the colours of "Kodachrome" the saturated film stock used by film makers to symbolise the period. As seen in "Blue Velvet" (along with the low view point used here) and "Edward Sissorhands". both films which deal with things being "darker" below the surface and use the highly saturated colours to help this along.

"Kodachrome" Poppies

Pete Marshall — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 13:04:45 +0000

Image removed as now licensed "Kodachrome" Poppies, originally uploaded by troutmask.

1st June, 2007

My small tribute inspired by the films mentioned. trying some others; Powel and Pressburger and hitchcock to come!

"Kodachrome" Poppies

troutmask — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 13:04:45 +0000

Image removed as now licensed "Kodachrome" Poppies, originally uploaded by troutmask.

1st June, 2007

My small tribute inspired by the films mentioned. trying some others; Powel and Pressburger and hitchcock to come!

Under the junction

troutmask — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 22:14:34 +0000

Image removed as now licensed Under the junction, originally uploaded by troutmask.

5th June, 2007

Images created with new method. Very much inspired by Edward Burtynsky amongst others. Using TSE lens to take two separate images and then stitching them in CS3. this creates a field of view more like that of a 5" X 4" camera and gives a large enough file for large scale printing. The technique is usually used to make "Panoramas" but is much more interesting to create large images with a massive field of view. It works well in these strange confined places that usually require wide angle lenses with all the distortions. This technique is going to be very useful.

full set of images here

Links to final images

troutmask — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 06:39:55 +0000

Nepcon Set Re-invented images; government propaganda set. General link to finished work and work mentioned in VRJ Please view these images. Please note that information on these images is on the sites. Click on "View" then on "About".

Titterstone Clee

troutmask — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 17:53:34 +0000

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Titterstone Clee, originally uploaded by troutmask.

8th June, 2007

a last visit before the film edit is finished just to take a few more stills, unfortunately the light was very poor. My problems with the film making have been the limits of the video technology in framing the hill in the way I am used to seeing it. Video camera lenses and sensors are a combination of wide angle lens with very small sensor that produces all the distortions I dislike. There are ways round this (using film cameras or very expensive video lenses) however for present I have to live with what was captured. I really wanted the film to look like this, but the technology beats me and the editing process is slow and complex. The use of masks on a moving image is obviously much cruder than with still images. Applications like "After Effects" seem like very blunt tools compared to the sophistication of Lightzone. I am told that given the time, money and skill better results can be had. But again the dynamic range of video is so limited compared to stills photography. Perhaps B&W was a mistake?

Final Edit of film.

troutmask — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 20:53:58 +0000

for medium resolution view on web click here. For a Quick time movie here For a Podcast here. The movie was made jointly by myself and Ben Wisely and his VRJ is linked from his name; so the final piece of work is a collaboration. I am pleased with the final edit of the film, particularly the success of the sound. Obviously finding sound appropriate to an image is always tricky; when the aim is to be as "photographic" as possible then using found sounds seemed appropriate. The sound here were recorded whilst filming using a short wave radio receiver tuned into the side-band. Given the location and the use the area is put to this seemed very appropriate. The feeling of the place comes over in these shots. I particularly enjoy the tracking shot, not least because of the challenges involved in shooting it. Having to set up a track on the side of a hill in the middle of no where was fun. The amount of equipment is quite off putting at first. It was good that there were two of us making this piece and that both of us are rather used to large amounts of equipment, having used large format photography!.

and here is something that has always cheered me

troutmask — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 22:14:05 +0000

up when ever I have been down; please watch before marking!

A brief

troutmask — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 13:15:12 +0000

Creative Strategies....perhaps the most "make work" of all the various bits they go to make up a degree in "visual communications". After mistakenly questioning the tutor about what he meant during the initial lecture, actually a very loud address, I was told to not bother coming again. I didn't. I also didn't submit a few cut up bits and pieces; so I now have to do some actual work to gain the 1/2 credit. I went to see David Miles to receive a brief, and it is actually quite interesting. In fact I could spend some time on it, so I will try and fit it in as it is a good idea, and he didn't ask me to go away and "research" practitioners or any of the other usually busy work required. The brief is

"Twenty pieces of text matched to photographic images purporting to illustrate the texts - albeit taken at an unrelated location. Presented in book form, with reference to source of text and location of image. By 19 August. Too David Miles"

davidjerredmiles@btopenworld.com

Faroese Flag

troutmask — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 16:20:54 +0000

Faroese Flag, originally uploaded by FelixvdGein.

4th May, 2006

and now to the Faroes!!!!

F

troutmask — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 17:06:39 +0000

Grass roof and puffin net

troutmask — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 18:41:07 +0000

Grass roof and puffin net, originally uploaded by troutmask.

20th July, 2007

Campsite bike

troutmask — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 23:25:01 +0000

Campsite bike, originally uploaded by troutmask.

19th August, 2007

Tindh

troutmask — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 23:25:50 +0000

Tindh

Rock , sea, light

troutmask — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 18:31:53 +0000

Rock , sea, light, originally uploaded by troutmask.

23rd September, 2007

A starting point for this years work.

Sibelius, music and abstractions

troutmask — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 18:46:16 +0000

Sibelius said

"It is strange to think that nothing in art nor in music affects me like cranes and swans and wild geese; their cries and their very being. I have seen them flying south, calling their music to the winds, and relived the spontaneity of the sound. This is the thread running through my life..."

Now if Sibelius can't do it who can? Art is often seen as one of the ways of seeing the world around us. A particular way ....which fails dismissaly compared to science in how it communicates itself. So Art becomes inward looking,justifying its existence by spurious claims of "spirituality";which to me just mean more supernatural claptrap. The Art that is most successful in truly connecting and expanded our human understanding of the world is music. This is because music is an abstract art form and unencumbered by any need to relate to individuals perceptions.Music can move emotions and intellect in a way that really comes close to how the emotions and intellect can be moved by the sense of wonder at a star collapsing, the periodic table or, indeed, a swan flying south. Visual art only comes near to this when it too becomes so abstract that it also alienates all but the small elite group of fine art enthusiast. Photography can inspire and bring about that sense of wonder when it throws of its concerns with "fine art" and becomes a medium of record. A medium which can show a window on the world that can only be captured by the lens. Through my lens I can view the world anew. That is my starting point.

Natural Abstractions

troutmask — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 17:29:49 +0000

Natural Abstractions, originally uploaded by troutmask.

12th August, 2007

This is one of the first of the images I have been working on for the module. Some more can be seen here

Here is the National Geographic image referred to below

troutmask — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 19:58:13 +0000

The source of this image and an interesting piece concerning image manlipulation is here

Best Mountain Photos of 2007 Announced - what is wrong with people when this is what wins awards?

troutmask — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 18:21:23 +0000

National Geographic News Photo Gallery: Best Mountain Photos of 2007 Announced

Stinging snow and below-freezing temperatures on Oregon's Iron Mountain couldn't stop local photographer Marc Adamus, who snapped this 20-story-tall pinnacle

How I make my images

troutmask — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 19:32:44 +0000
This is the first of a series of technical notes for my final project. I intend to update and add to these as I go. Along side a separate series of "Why I make my images". First I will outline the equipment I use. Canon 1D mk. II camera Canon TS-E 45mm F2.8 lens various extension tubes Canon Macro Twin Lite MT-24EX flash Canon Angle Finder Canon EF-M split-circle viewfinder screen Tripod and head here is a picture fully armed and hunting for inspiration Most importantly I seek inspiration and travel by bike either this one (around town) Or this one out in the wilds the bikes are very important to the process as I will explain later. The software I use is Lightroom, for basic RAW processing and file management. Lightzone, for selective processing of images, contrast control, burning and dodging. The ubiquitous Photoshop does not usually feature in the way I work with digital images for resons I will also deal with later.

Alain Briot

troutmask — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 06:36:46 +0000

Flickr: Discussing Your favorite Canon lens (not wide-angle) for landscape? in Canon DSLR User Group

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Rsizer..maths and image resizing

troutmask — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 21:55:36 +0000
rsizr lets you intelligently resize your images

Tree, Light

troutmask — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 15:48:48 +0000

Tree, Light, originally uploaded by troutmask.

7th October, 2007

Latest in series..this time using my little compact G5 which can take quite good images. The light was a bit overcast for this shot (I was just wandering looking for things to come back to). I shot this because it is such a strange bend for a wild tree. It almost looks like a graft, yet it is on the top of the Likeys.
Using Lightzone for selective burning and contrast control I was able to recreate the style of lighting that I would like. I may return with my dSLR and a flash to light it again. Also some tilt may be useful on this.

Mr Webb, Webbs Garage

troutmask — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 17:00:04 +0000

Mr Webb, Webbs Garage, originally uploaded by troutmask.

26th October, 2007

A series of images about transience; loosely inspired by the song Peg and Awl by The Carolina Tar Heels. Photographing the disappearing independent garages of the British country villages. A work in progress.
see more here

--troutmask

Image:Sewing awl.jpg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

troutmask — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 17:06:59 +0000

Image:Sewing awl.jpg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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When Pigs Fly: A Brief History of Record Industry Suicide

troutmask — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 09:32:51 +0000
For the major labels, it's over. It's fucking over. You're going to burn to the fucking ground, and we're all going to dance around the fire. And it's your own fault. Surely, somewhere deep inside, you had to know this day was coming, right?

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Webbs Garage

troutmask — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 15:11:13 +0000

Webbs Garage, originally uploaded by troutmask.

2nd November, 2007

From a second visit

Jpicturepost.jpg (JPEG Image, 165x226 pixels)

troutmask — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 09:59:59 +0000

Jpicturepost.jpg (JPEG Image, 165x226 pixels)
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180px-Picture_Post_21-Sep-40.jpg (JPEG Image, 180x243 pixels)

troutmask — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 10:01:52 +0000

180px-Picture_Post_21-Sep-40.jpg (JPEG Image, 180x243 pixels)
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50th ANNIVERSARY OF PICTURE POST - Photo Essays - TIME

troutmask — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 10:03:36 +0000

50th ANNIVERSARY OF PICTURE POST - Photo Essays - TIME
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Picture Post Mock Up

troutmask — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 22:16:42 +0000
A mock up cover for a Picture Post dated 25 April 1940, the day the Faorese raised their own flag and denied the occupying Germans their prize.part of ongoing project

Some images of "Working People" that I enjoy

troutmask — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 21:59:32 +0000

Google Image Result for http://www.archives.gov/publications/record/1998/03/images/iron-workers.gif Iron workers construct the Chrysler Building, New York City, 1929. (Charles Rivers Collection, Robert F. Wagner Archives) LP Cover Maria Dunn We Were Good People Songs inspired by the stories of working people in Western Canada Photographer unknown Stock photo from I Stock libary Market traders (Photographer unkown) Workers erecting mast in Antartica (photographer unkown)
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Some images of "Working People" that I enjoy

Pete Marshall — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 21:59:32 +0000

Google Image Result for http://www.archives.gov/publications/record/1998/03/images/iron-workers.gif Iron workers construct the Chrysler Building, New York City, 1929. (Charles Rivers Collection, Robert F. Wagner Archives) LP Cover Maria Dunn We Were Good People Songs inspired by the stories of working people in Western Canada Photographer unknown Stock photo from I Stock libary Market traders (Photographer unkown) Workers erecting mast in Antartica (photographer unkown)
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Some images of "Working People" that I enjoy

troutmask — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 21:59:32 +0000

Google Image Result for http://www.archives.gov/publications/record/1998/03/images/iron-workers.gif Iron workers construct the Chrysler Building, New York City, 1929. (Charles Rivers Collection, Robert F. Wagner Archives) LP Cover Maria Dunn We Were Good People Songs inspired by the stories of working people in Western Canada Photographer unknown Stock photo from I Stock libary Market traders (Photographer unkown) Workers erecting mast in Antartica (photographer unkown)
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Following the money

troutmask — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 15:21:33 +0000
Canon Professional Network A interesting story of how photographers prepare and shoot a regular event like the Budget day announcement.
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Making Mary- Lollipop Lady

troutmask — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 20:02:11 +0000

Making Mary- Lollipop Lady

These are a set of images that will form part of my people at work series (presently titled "Hard Work").

I am planning a series of images of working people demonstrating positive values in working people. People who do the sorts of jobs that we often take for granted, but contribute to all the quality of lives of all of us.

The images will be made with people from in and around Birmingham and Solihull, with an aim of exhibiting in Solihull and Birmingham as either one piece or two separate sets of images for each area. I am aiming to obtain at least 5 usable images from each shoot. The images will be in co lour and taken to a publishable standard.

The first set is of Mary a Lollipop Lady of fifteen years standing in Solihull. Mary had come to my attention after seeing a snapshot of her taken by a friend whose children attend the school she patrols. The friend provided me with an introduction.

I explained what I wanted to do and obtained her written consent. I also spoke to the local school secretary in order that they would be aware what I was doing.

I also spent a morning with Mary without taking any photographs in order to judge both the techniques required and the sort of shots I would make.

All the shots were made on a single visit. I used a dSLR (Canon 1Dmk II) with a 28mm-70mm f2.8 lens (standard modern photojournalist kit, producing images of a publishable quality). I also used a 580 flash gun for fill in flash and to ensure a consistence to the saturation and exposures of the shots. The shots were taken with the lens either fully opened or stopped down up to 2/3 of a stop. This was to ensure I didn't require too high an ISO (the light is going at the end of school time in late December) and to restrict the DoF so that Mary stands out. Fill in flash at around -2/3 stop was used on the majority of the images. The focus was kept at all times on Mary. The ISO was originally 200, moving to 400 as the light faded.

I took 196 images and copies of them unprocessed follow and larger views can be seen following this link.

Full Image Set
svgallery=Mary_1
I then made a selection from these original images for further consideration. I was particularly looking for images that showed Mary and some of the Children. In a lot of the shots the children were looking at the camera; initially I was unhappy with this, but then decided that it actually worked, the adults are either looking at Mary or the Children whilst the children are easily distracted, this makes both for amusing pictures and shows why a Lollipop lady is required!

The first set of selected images follows and larger images can be viewed by following this link

Selected Images
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Finally I selected 9 images. I have included two "portrait" type shots in this. I processed the shots for contrast, colour etc. using Lightroom for base processing and then Lightzone for selective edits.

The final shots are in the gallery below and larger copies can be viewed by following this link

Mary, Lollipop Lady
svgallery=Mary

Mercian Marble

troutmask — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 23:22:50 +0000
Another shoot in the Hard Work series. A Marble grinding workshop in Balsall Heath svgallery=Mercian_Marble The full gallery is linked here

Car Wash

troutmask — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 23:23:31 +0000
Another shoot in the Hard Work series. The local car wash in Small Heath. This is also a contact source for my planned "Kar Kulta" documentary piece on the Asian car culture in Birmingham. svgallery=Car_Wash Full Gallery linked here

About The Image

troutmask — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 08:59:18 +0000
About The Image Stock
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lightzone: A New Age for Digital Photography

troutmask — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 00:42:57 +0000
lightzone: A New Age for Digital Photography From the designers own Blog.. So, why do we need LightZone again? What is it? Why do you want something like that? The thing is that I really don't like is, well, yes, Photoshop. Actually not Photoshop in itself but Photoshop as a tool for Digital Photography. And it is not just Photoshop really, but all the software that we generally use to edit Digital Photos. What is wrong is that presently all software applications (except for, of course, LightZone :) treat an image as a bucket of numbers, three numbers for every pixel, which are only correlated to the image we see on the screen through a very obscure relationship. Then what the user is asked for is to change the numbers in some other obscure ways, using Levels or Curves tools, and getting feedback from a Histogram. Aside from the fact that many Photographers might not be too interested in the mathematical aspects of image processing, even for people well versed in Photoshop mechanics image editing seems to remain cumbersome and unpredictable. A fair amount of trial and error is always involved and every image seems to require a new effort. My conjecture is that the difficulty lies in the distance between the object being manipulated and the resulting image on the screen. The distance is too large and the brain doesn't bridge the gap. The photographer looses a very important tool: the capacity of pre-visualizing the changes to the image at every step. Maybe the photographer knows fairly well what he or she wants to get out of an image, but how do you get there from the initial image, what are the steps to follow? I think that Photoshop (and all other imaging software of the kind) makes the task of the photographer very difficult because it is very hard to predict what happens at every step of the corrections. It is a sequence of trial and errors that is usually frustrating and misleading. What I think is needed is something that allows a more direct manipulation of the image, something analog to what the brain already uses to represent the image. I think that to modify an image it takes another image. Photography is some 150 years old now, people have been working with images in the darkroom for a long time and the tool that photographers seem to have universally choosen is some incarnation of the Zone System. The Zone System, as popularized by Ansel Adams and others in the 40's, divides an image in various zones of different luminosity and provides methods for altering the relationship between them. Zones can be translated up and down on the brightness scale and ranges of zones can be compressed or expanded. The Zone System provides to the photographer a great degree of precision, allowing to exactly calculate how the different elements of the image have to be transformed, allowing for great predictability in the results obtained in the darkroom. Many think that predictability as the reason why photographers use the Zone System. I don't agree. I believe that the Zone System is actually a way of thinking about images, a framework where the relationship between the graphical elements of an image can be analyzed and thought about even before thinking about what to change. The reason why this framework is successful is that it can be interiorized by the photographer and it allows the mind to play what if scenarios with the image, the changes can be pre-visualized before being performed. Good photographers can do the visualization work at the moment they capture the image itself, they choose the exposure, make trade tradeoffs with what the camera and the film can capture in view of what they want to obtain out of the picture they're exposing. Many people do this consciously, others in a more instinctive fashion, but all good photographers do it. With LightZone I wanted to build a software implementation of the Zone System, a tool that would allow a direct manipulation of an image in terms of zones and light values and thus re-enable the visualization capacity of the human eye and brain. If you made it this far and you are still interested, then please go download LightZone at http://www.lightcrafts.com and tell me what you think of it.

Transaction2007 - Working for the UK Road Haulage Industry & 20 Million Motorists

troutmask — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 00:51:42 +0000
Transaction2007 - Working for the UK Road Haulage Industry & 20 Million Motorists he following statement is released on 10th December 2007 at 10:15Hrs Transaction2007 have decided to release the date and time of protest action earlier than scheduled. This is to enable the motorist and public to better prepare themselves for the coming action. This will be a nationwide protest extending to Northern and Southern Ireland. A date of Saturday 15th December 2007 at 10:00am has been decided for protest action. This date was decided by members as the best possible to enable those who would normally be working during the week to attend. This action will be initiated at a refinery or storage depot somewhere near you. Anyone wishing to support action is requested to make your way there at the alotted time. Transaction again wish to emphasise the importance of legal protesting. Please note: No member from Transaction2007 is available for press or media commenting at this stage. "TransAction 2007" Telephone: 07717 075917 So here is a good story, sort of linked to my Kar Kulta project. So I shall try and photograph their protests this Saturday. I have been in touch with the organisers, who seem a typical load of ranting semi fascists daily Mail readers!!! Should be loads of fun photographing them.
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Why Pay More?

troutmask — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 23:53:28 +0000
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11th December, 2007 Kingsbury petrol distribution centre, Tamworth, Warks.Planned site of Saturdays fuel protest. This is the largest inland petrol distribution site in the UK .
Visited today to have a check out for parking and photograph planning. Also spoke to a couple of tanker drivers, who didn't want to be pictured.

Editorial Photographers UK | Standard response to Copyright Grabs

troutmask — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 12:40:16 +0000
Earlier this year we were encouraged to sign away our copyright as part of a college project. I must remeber this letter to send with my work in the future on any other college project. Editorial Photographers UK | Standard response to Copyright Grabs Earlier this year we were encouraged to sign away our copyright as part of a college project. I must remeber this letter to send with my work in the future on any other college project. Editorial Photographers UK | Standard response to Copyright Grabs Standard response to Copyright Grabs This is a model letter intended to make clear the reasons why those commissioning photography do not need to own the copyright, why it

Protest, rubbish!

troutmask — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 16:23:50 +0000
So, the first time a picture desk (Birmingham Post and Mail) actually asks me to photograph something, the "demo" by fuel protesters at Kingsbury depot, only one person turns up and then he starts an argument because he doesn't want to be photographed. He was outnumbered by me, another photographer and two coppers! Still I got some shots and sent them in as a failed demo, nothing happened story! Not sure they will be holding the front page for this one! But at least it gets my images in front (if only for a second) of picture editors with cheque books. might even get my petrol paid!!!! svgallery=protest BBC story here

Editorial Photographers UK | Photographers

troutmask — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 09:21:06 +0000
Editorial Photographers UK | Photographers

Password protecting web galleries

troutmask — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 20:07:19 +0000

SetupSetup is simple. Begin with an exported gallery from Lightroom.Copy the password_protect.php file into the exported gallery folder.Open the password_protect.php file in a text editor and create one or more username and password combinations. The instructions are at the top of the file, so it should be self-explanatory.Save the file and upload the gallery to your website.Point your browser to your gallery address, appended with password_protect.php?help. Example:http://theturninggate.net/galleries/PasswordProtect/password_protect.php?helpYou will be provided with a line of PHP code. Copy and insert the code into the first line of every page you would like to protect. In the case of a Lightroom gallery, you should open the index.html file and insert the code on the first line. Save the file, and rename the file to have a .php extension (i.e. index.html should be renamed index.php).
The Turning Gate
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Alamy stock photography - Photographer tips

troutmask — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 18:04:14 +0000
Alamy stock photography - Photographer tips Started to submit some images to Alamy. This is more of a good way of checking the quality control aspects of my workflow than to actually sell. Alamy are one of the strictest agencies for quality control. They require uncompressed 8 bit files of minimum 48MB. Which requires considerable interpolation from my original files. The files must be unsharpened and completely noise free, which makes this even harder. I have set up Lightroom to export to Mogrify using Tim Armes plug in for command line interpolation using ImageMagic which I hope will do the job. I have only submitted images so far taken at below 400 ISO and with minimum processing from RAW...so I am hoping these pass. When it comes to images taken in more difficult circumstances, requiring higher ISO's there may be more difficulties.
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Images Accepted by Alamy

troutmask — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 14:12:11 +0000
Very pleased this morning to have my first 11 images accepted by Almay as meeting the required technical standards. I now have to apply keywords and appropriate licenses to each image. This sort of thing really should have been covered at college, especially the importance of licensing, how you make decisions on which type of license to apply to images, property and model releases etc. Still I suppose it is a different world actually trying to sell images and the colleges so called professional practice module is geared to obtaining employment as an employee rather than freelance work. (or of course getting arts council grants for "Art Photography") It is at this stage that some personal advise would be useful. The only pro photographers I know are well established and don't really have to do any of this themselves and when they started of it was a very different market place.... So i will just have to do my best, searching the web and looking at the BJP (a magazine not in the colleges library!!!!!). When my images go on line they will be here svgallery=Alamy

How to upsize a photo for Alamy and other stock photo libraries

troutmask — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 23:10:10 +0000

How to upsize an image for Alamy and other stock photo librariesWe are often asked how to resize images for the Alamy picture library. Here is a quick explanation and howto guide.Alamy ask for files that are 48 Mbytes in size, RGB, 8-bits per pixel, and jpeg compressed using quality 10 or above in Photoshop. This needs some translation.The 48 Mbyte file size is for an uncompressed photo. The image has to be RGB (rather than say, CMYK which has a reduced colour space).Remember that 8-bits is one byte. Each pixel has one byte for the Red, one byte for the Green, and one byte for the Blue colour channels. So, we have 3 bytes per pixel.A typical 8 Mpixel camera will give an uncompressed file size of 8 x 3 = 24 Mbytes. Alamy require 48 Mbytes, or equivalently 48/3 = 16 Mpixels.The source of possible confusion with Alamy is that they ask for a 48 Mbyte file as a jpeg image.Jpeg is a wonderful technology if used right, it reduces file sizes by throwing out information that is the least easily perceived in a photo (it is a lossy compression technique). You can control the amount of information that is lost, but you can very easily overdo it by throwing out information that you can see, leaving behind ugly artifacts. Sample photo increased in size by 130%Figure 1: Canon G7 image enlarged to 48 Mbytes / 16 MpixelThe file size for a jpeg image is highly dependent on the image content. File sizes can be reduced without artifacts or any loss in perceived image quality if the compression setting is not too severe

Submission to Cycle Touring Magazine

troutmask — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 12:42:21 +0000
I have now submitted an article and some images to Cycle Touring magazine. The article is a 1800 word piece on touring in the Faroe islands and the photographs are the snapshots featuring Bikes that are not suitable for placement with agencies. I must remember to take more pictures at a higher quality with bikes on them next time as these pictures are not of high enough quality for large reproduction therefore will not get a top price. Still it would be good if the piece is used for getting further work as everyone asks to see published work before offering commissions. I will attach the commisioning letter and links. Interesting considering the weight placed on CV's and qualifications by the "Professional Practice" module no commissioning editors, picture desks or agencies I have contacted so far have asked for either they want to see.... Published Work Examples of work and your web site. Perhaps the photography department should consider this? This is my e mail with links
Hi Dan, Attached is a word document of an article for consideration. I have written it with the guidelines in mind. Here is a link to a selection of images for consideration. Rather than send a lot of jpgs by email they are on a website. Let me know if you are interested in any of the images am I can provide you with high res. Copies. The images with bikes were taken with a 8 mp compact camera rather than with a pro camera. A couple of the landscape shots were taken with pro equipment and would be suitable for use at any size. However most of my landscape photographs are actually sold through Almay (obviously high resolution images) but don't relate directly to cycling so wouldn't be suitable for ctc use anyway. These images have not been offered elsewhere. This is the link. http://www.petemarshall.com/gallery/ctc/
Link to article

Resolution micro-conference

troutmask — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 11:28:30 +0000

Resolution micro-conference, originally uploaded by sharl.

31st December, 2007

Sounds an interesting conference, strange that Sharl should be talking about the future, when the college he works for hasn't arrived at the present! But Sharl seems to be different to most of the lecturers, in that he is aware of a world outside the so called "fine art" stuff.

Alamy stock photography - About Alamy - Jobs

troutmask — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 20:32:23 +0000
Alamy stock photography - About Alamy - Jobs
Jobs

Customer help

Digital Images Quality Controller

Location
Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
Contract
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Travel Market for stock

troutmask — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 20:49:11 +0000

Kite Surfing, originally uploaded by troutmask.

22nd January, 2008

After reading some of the stuff posted about the changing travel stock market I have tried my hand at getting some more unusual shots of sports and outdoor pursuits around Wales. I hope to build up a small portfolio of decent shots. This isn't one of them! Need to improve quite a few techniques here...but its a start and there are a lack of good images of this sort of thing taken in Wales....

Alamy stock photography - Blog

troutmask — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 20:57:35 +0000

Alamy Contributor Event video
Alamy stock photography - Blog Links to some first rate video presentations on the present and future plans for Alamy market
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Professional Practise

troutmask — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 12:16:29 +0000
Link to documents relating to this module. See all entries labeled Professional Practice for more

Essay

troutmask — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 12:19:23 +0000
Link to final essay

PhotoShelter

troutmask — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 22:46:03 +0000
http://psc.photoshelter.com/user/petemarshall Second agency for images PhotoShelter Very complected tax stuff as paid from US. I have to obtain a US tax emption by first going to the US consulate and filling in loads of forms otherwise I will pay 30% tax on any sales as well as PayPal charges!!!!
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The Four Stones, Clent

troutmask — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 23:45:19 +0000

The Four Stones, Clent, originally uploaded by troutmask.

24th January, 2008

Some sun after weeks of rain....time to get as high as possible in the West Midlands (legally) and take a few snaps for pleasure instead of for gain or to make spurious "art". One of my favorite places.

Another Year, Another Pile of Misleading Statistics From the

troutmask — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 17:51:19 +0000
The IFPI recently published their latest digital music report. Amongst their claims "illegal downloading" outperforms legal downloading by a ratio of 20:1, and that because of this, the recording industry has lost US$3.7 billion.

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PhotoShelter

troutmask — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 19:57:29 +0000
PhotoShelter

Fruit Canes

troutmask — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 12:58:07 +0000

Fruit Canes, originally uploaded by troutmask.

7th February, 2008

Reading week at college. So I have been reading my gardening books!
Photography limited to snapping my fruit canes sinking into a bog!

Welcome to the Imperial War Museum North Home Page : Contact: George Rodger's War Photographs

troutmask — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 23:09:30 +0000

A good excuse for a quick trip to Madchester next wednesday
Welcome to the Imperial War Museum North Home Page : Contact: George Rodger's War Photographs
Contact: George Rodger's War Photographs

Date: 9 February 2008 to 27 April 2008

Location: Special Exhibitions Gallery

George Rodger and Robert Capa

Welcome to the Imperial War Museum North Home Page : Contact: George Rodger's War Photographs

Pete Marshall — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 23:09:30 +0000

A good excuse for a quick trip to Madchester next wednesday
Welcome to the Imperial War Museum North Home Page : Contact: George Rodger's War Photographs
Contact: George Rodger's War Photographs

Date: 9 February 2008 to 27 April 2008

Location: Special Exhibitions Gallery

George Rodger and Robert Capa

Welcome to the Imperial War Museum North Home Page : Contact: George Rodger's War Photographs

troutmask — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 23:09:30 +0000

A good excuse for a quick trip to Madchester next wednesday
Welcome to the Imperial War Museum North Home Page : Contact: George Rodger's War Photographs
Contact: George Rodger's War Photographs

Date: 9 February 2008 to 27 April 2008

Location: Special Exhibitions Gallery

George Rodger and Robert Capa

Railway Workers - Tyseley

troutmask — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 16:56:02 +0000
svgallery=Rail_day Work has started on the Birmingham - Dorridge railway line, causing the usual massive delays. these images taken on the first day; I will be following the work as it proceeds. This is a link to images for the local papers http://www.petemarshall.com/gallery/railtrack/

Sold and published

troutmask — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 19:04:34 +0000
Good result from the CTC magazine piece on the Faroe Islands I did. Email from the editor today -
Pete I like this version better. In fact, I think I can use it right now. I've had to bump another feature, which means there's a slot for a rides piece in the April-May issue. I can offer you a flat fee of 250 pounds for words and pictures (to be used solely within that feature*). If that's acceptable, I'll need to get higher res images from you and possibly a little bit more background info for the 'fact file' piece on the Faroes. Let me know anyhow. * By that, I mean: by me. You can use the pics elsewhere however you like. All the best Dan
I have agreed, sending him images and preparing a fact file on the Faroes. This piece may help get some other stuff published and may even get a commission!

Polaroid Exits the Film Business - PhotographyBLOG

troutmask — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 14:11:42 +0000

Polaroid Exits the Film Business - PhotographyBLOG Polaroid has quit the film business, according to multiple news articles across the web. Boston.com reports that Polaroid is closing two plants in Massachusetts, USA, which make large-format films used by professional photographers and artists. Apparently Polaroid has already ceased production of its famous instant camera range.

Incomers

troutmask — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 18:07:37 +0000

Incomers
Proposal for negotiated project A photojournalist story of the life and work of a resident of the Isle of Eigg of the coast of North West Scotland. The Isle of Eigg has seen dramatic changes over the last decade. Its purchase by the residents was the first such in the UK and led directly to the new land acts governing the sale of land to communities in Scotland. Land rights remain a major political issue for many people particuallary in the highlands. The role of incomers (as those not born in the highlands that have moved there have been called). Many incomers in the past have been rich people buying holiday or retirement property. There are a new type of incomers as will be represented by this documentary piece, who seek to make a life working the land in as traditional way as possible. Eigg has also recently been in the news for at last getting some form of mains electricity (in the form of a small wind farm and cables). The eighty residents no longer relying on expensive diesel generators. I have a lot of contact with the island and will focus on one individual who moved to Eigg five years ago from the midlands (England). He lives from a small holding, forestry and some building work. He has also worked on the local creel boat. He and his partner, who is an herbalist, are now trying to obtain a croft on the island. I will make two visits to the island in the spring. My audience is primary magazines and newspapers and I intend on writing several pieces aimed at different publications to accompany the images. I will also be seeking commissions for the work. I may also produce a small book for final work if this is required. I will also be shooting for various stock libraries whilst on the island.

Incomers

troutmask — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 18:07:37 +0000

Incomers
Proposal for negotiated project A photojournalist story of the life and work of a resident of the Isle of Eigg of the coast of North West Scotland. The Isle of Eigg has seen dramatic changes over the last decade. Its purchase by the residents was the first such in the UK and led directly to the new land acts governing the sale of land to communities in Scotland. Land rights remain a major political issue for many people particuallary in the highlands. The role of incomers (as those not born in the highlands that have moved there have been called). Many incomers in the past have been rich people buying holiday or retirement property. There are a new type of incomers as will be represented by this documentary piece, who seek to make a life working the land in as traditional way as possible. Eigg has also recently been in the news for at last getting some form of mains electricity (in the form of a small wind farm and cables). The eighty residents no longer relying on expensive diesel generators. I have a lot of contact with the island and will focus on one individual who moved to Eigg five years ago from the midlands (England). He lives from a small holding, forestry and some building work. He has also worked on the local creel boat. He and his partner, who is an herbalist, are now trying to obtain a croft on the island. I will make two visits to the island in the spring. My audience is primary magazines and newspapers and I intend on writing several pieces aimed at different publications to accompany the images. I will also be seeking commissions for the work. I may also produce a small book for final work if this is required. I will also be shooting for various stock libraries whilst on the island.

Faroes Stuff

troutmask — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 18:13:49 +0000
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troutmask — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 19:50:31 +0000
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Eigg -some background

troutmask — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 22:48:52 +0000
After decades of problems with absentee landlords, the island was bought in 1997 by the Isle of Eigg Heritage Trust, a partnership between the residents of Eigg, the Highland Council, and the Scottish Wildlife Trust. At the time, the population was around 60; in 2005 it was 87. The ceremony to mark the handover to community ownership took place a few weeks after the 1997 General Election and was attended by the Scottish Office Minister, Brian Wilson, a long-standing advocate of land reform. He used the occasion to announce the formation of a Community Land Unit within Highlands and Islands Enterprise which would in future support further land buy-outs in the region. The first major project of the Heritage Trust was An Laimhrig, a new building near the jetty to house the island's shop and Post Office, a tearoom, craft shop, toilet and shower facilities. There is a sheltered anchorage for boats at Galmisdale in the south of the island. In 2004 the old jetty was extended to allow a roll-on roll-off ferry to dock. The Caledonian MacBrayne ferry "Loch Nevis" sails a circular route from Mallaig around the four "Small Isles" - Eigg, Canna, Must be just about the most famous photographic book ever published and certainly the most influential. A book that makes documentary, photojournalism int art. A political visual poem to America, that echoes the time exactly. The hidden America is laid bare by Frank. Carefully composed shots show a view of the USA that went a lot further than many were happy with at the time. Each image works on its own, but collectively makes a statement much greater than any individual piece could do. This is the height of photojournalism, story telling and commitment. A real model to any photographer. Deep South by Sally Mann I am always a little cynical at the whole concept of "Fine Art Photography" feeling that a fine artist may use photographs but alone photography serves other purposes; however if I had to choose one contemporary photographer who justifies the label "Fine Artist" it is Mann. Her work bears the repeated viewing and the emotional qualities of Turner or even Picasso. This book is my favorite, not just because of the photographs themselves but because her sparse text is so well written an deepens the understanding of the piece. The landscape is used as a model for the people and the problems of the place. A sense of the place and its meaning to Mann is conveyed in a work of great beauty. Raised by Wolves by Jim Goldburg The best thing to me about this book is that Goldburg takes a pretty common subject for photojournalism, the homeless, drug addicts etc., and yet breath new life into it. No polemic or fake concern; Goldburg stands aside from his subject and observes with a cool eye the reality of lives. He also lets the subjects speak for themselves. I admire this greatly, although personally don't think I would be happy working in such an uncommitted way.

Eigg: The Story of an Island: Camille Dressler

troutmask — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 10:34:42 +0000
Amazon.co.uk: Eigg: The Story of an Island: Camille Dressler: Books Eigg: The Story of an Island
Blogged with Flock
Just returned from a visit to the island. Successful despite some poor weather. Had a long talk with Cammie, who wrote this book and got some good background stuff.

Incomers

troutmask — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 10:39:30 +0000
A selection of images from this visit. svgallery=eigg

Ralph Ellisons "Invisible Man"

troutmask — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 20:08:18 +0000
I have to do a photograph to illustrate this book. Read it some time ago and may have to re read it. But I have a simple idea that may work. Notes on the book
metaphors, images, and allusions to enhance the emotional and intellectual impact of his novel. For instance, Ellison invokes the colors of the American flag with red of sloe gin, the Optic White of Liberty Paints factory, and the blue of "What Did I Do to Be so Black and Blue?" by Louis Armstrong. Ellison also uses the language of music throughout the novel to characterize the deeper meaning of a scene. Armstrong's jazz, the street blues of Peter Wheatstraw (Peetie or Pete Wheatstraw was the stagename of blues singer William Bunch), and a heartfelt solo by a gospel singer all become central metaphors for interpreting the message behind Ellison's meandering and sometimes surreal plot. Another allusion used by Ellison occurs after the main character discovers he has been deceived by the school master, which subsequently leads him to acquire an interim occupation at Liberty Paints. At his new job, the character is instructed to add ten drops of "Grey stuff" to a can full of black paint. After the paint is shaken, the main character peers into the can and beholds a "pure white" paint. This allusion hints at the mindset of Americans at those times, an addition of ten drops of indoctrination to the African-American soul can instill in him the love of white America; or it could illustrate that what is considered "pure white" isn't exclusively white. This is also a vague reference to Jim Crow-era laws that were based on the percentage of "black blood" one had in order for such to apply. Motifs of blindness and darkness also run through the novel, often alongside the metaphors of light and sight as truth and knowledge. For example, the Reverend Homer A. Barbee, a speaker who comes to the Narrator's school, and whose story glorifies Dr. Bledsoe and the purpose to the school (a purpose the Narrator finds to be false and subservient to the white benefactors), is blind. Perhaps his blindness can be seen as an indicator of the school's blindness, or even the blindness of the Narrator before he learned to despise the school. Later in the novel, the Narrator discovers that Brother Jack, whom he had revered and respected as a true visionary, is blind in one eye, thereby losing philosophical respect for the brother who, he comes to learn, used him as a poster-boy to earn the support of Harlem. The fact that Brother Jack only has one eye can also be seen as a reference to the cyclops in Homer's Odyssey. In fact, Invisible Man contains numerous references to the Odyssey, both cyclopean, and other. For example, during the 'Battle Royal' scene, when the Narrator faces the dancing white woman, she is described as "a fair bird-girl girdled in veils calling to me from the angry surface of some gray and threatening sea." in other words, she is described as a Greek siren, beautiful women (usually portrayed with scaled feet or with a fish tail for their lower extremities) who sing from a rock at sea in order to lure sailors to their deaths. Brother Tod Clifton's name may have German origins. In German, the word "Tod" means death. This could possibly be foreshadowing his death in the climactic point of the novel. As the title suggests, the importance of invisibility is also a major theme in the text. While the narrator often bemoans his state of invisibility, there are a number of advantages to it as well that allow him to remain undetected and inconspicuous.
Post some trial images when I get a chance

Ralph Ellisons "Invisible Man"

Pete Marshall — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 20:08:18 +0000
I have to do a photograph to illustrate this book. Read it some time ago and may have to re read it. But I have a simple idea that may work. Notes on the book
metaphors, images, and allusions to enhance the emotional and intellectual impact of his novel. For instance, Ellison invokes the colors of the American flag with red of sloe gin, the Optic White of Liberty Paints factory, and the blue of "What Did I Do to Be so Black and Blue?" by Louis Armstrong. Ellison also uses the language of music throughout the novel to characterize the deeper meaning of a scene. Armstrong's jazz, the street blues of Peter Wheatstraw (Peetie or Pete Wheatstraw was the stagename of blues singer William Bunch), and a heartfelt solo by a gospel singer all become central metaphors for interpreting the message behind Ellison's meandering and sometimes surreal plot. Another allusion used by Ellison occurs after the main character discovers he has been deceived by the school master, which subsequently leads him to acquire an interim occupation at Liberty Paints. At his new job, the character is instructed to add ten drops of "Grey stuff" to a can full of black paint. After the paint is shaken, the main character peers into the can and beholds a "pure white" paint. This allusion hints at the mindset of Americans at those times, an addition of ten drops of indoctrination to the African-American soul can instill in him the love of white America; or it could illustrate that what is considered "pure white" isn't exclusively white. This is also a vague reference to Jim Crow-era laws that were based on the percentage of "black blood" one had in order for such to apply. Motifs of blindness and darkness also run through the novel, often alongside the metaphors of light and sight as truth and knowledge. For example, the Reverend Homer A. Barbee, a speaker who comes to the Narrator's school, and whose story glorifies Dr. Bledsoe and the purpose to the school (a purpose the Narrator finds to be false and subservient to the white benefactors), is blind. Perhaps his blindness can be seen as an indicator of the school's blindness, or even the blindness of the Narrator before he learned to despise the school. Later in the novel, the Narrator discovers that Brother Jack, whom he had revered and respected as a true visionary, is blind in one eye, thereby losing philosophical respect for the brother who, he comes to learn, used him as a poster-boy to earn the support of Harlem. The fact that Brother Jack only has one eye can also be seen as a reference to the cyclops in Homer's Odyssey. In fact, Invisible Man contains numerous references to the Odyssey, both cyclopean, and other. For example, during the 'Battle Royal' scene, when the Narrator faces the dancing white woman, she is described as "a fair bird-girl girdled in veils calling to me from the angry surface of some gray and threatening sea." in other words, she is described as a Greek siren, beautiful women (usually portrayed with scaled feet or with a fish tail for their lower extremities) who sing from a rock at sea in order to lure sailors to their deaths. Brother Tod Clifton's name may have German origins. In German, the word "Tod" means death. This could possibly be foreshadowing his death in the climactic point of the novel. As the title suggests, the importance of invisibility is also a major theme in the text. While the narrator often bemoans his state of invisibility, there are a number of advantages to it as well that allow him to remain undetected and inconspicuous.
Post some trial images when I get a chance

Ralph Ellisons "Invisible Man"

troutmask — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 20:08:18 +0000
I have to do a photograph to illustrate this book. Read it some time ago and may have to re read it. But I have a simple idea that may work. Notes on the book
metaphors, images, and allusions to enhance the emotional and intellectual impact of his novel. For instance, Ellison invokes the colors of the American flag with red of sloe gin, the Optic White of Liberty Paints factory, and the blue of "What Did I Do to Be so Black and Blue?" by Louis Armstrong. Ellison also uses the language of music throughout the novel to characterize the deeper meaning of a scene. Armstrong's jazz, the street blues of Peter Wheatstraw (Peetie or Pete Wheatstraw was the stagename of blues singer William Bunch), and a heartfelt solo by a gospel singer all become central metaphors for interpreting the message behind Ellison's meandering and sometimes surreal plot. Another allusion used by Ellison occurs after the main character discovers he has been deceived by the school master, which subsequently leads him to acquire an interim occupation at Liberty Paints. At his new job, the character is instructed to add ten drops of "Grey stuff" to a can full of black paint. After the paint is shaken, the main character peers into the can and beholds a "pure white" paint. This allusion hints at the mindset of Americans at those times, an addition of ten drops of indoctrination to the African-American soul can instill in him the love of white America; or it could illustrate that what is considered "pure white" isn't exclusively white. This is also a vague reference to Jim Crow-era laws that were based on the percentage of "black blood" one had in order for such to apply. Motifs of blindness and darkness also run through the novel, often alongside the metaphors of light and sight as truth and knowledge. For example, the Reverend Homer A. Barbee, a speaker who comes to the Narrator's school, and whose story glorifies Dr. Bledsoe and the purpose to the school (a purpose the Narrator finds to be false and subservient to the white benefactors), is blind. Perhaps his blindness can be seen as an indicator of the school's blindness, or even the blindness of the Narrator before he learned to despise the school. Later in the novel, the Narrator discovers that Brother Jack, whom he had revered and respected as a true visionary, is blind in one eye, thereby losing philosophical respect for the brother who, he comes to learn, used him as a poster-boy to earn the support of Harlem. The fact that Brother Jack only has one eye can also be seen as a reference to the cyclops in Homer's Odyssey. In fact, Invisible Man contains numerous references to the Odyssey, both cyclopean, and other. For example, during the 'Battle Royal' scene, when the Narrator faces the dancing white woman, she is described as "a fair bird-girl girdled in veils calling to me from the angry surface of some gray and threatening sea." in other words, she is described as a Greek siren, beautiful women (usually portrayed with scaled feet or with a fish tail for their lower extremities) who sing from a rock at sea in order to lure sailors to their deaths. Brother Tod Clifton's name may have German origins. In German, the word "Tod" means death. This could possibly be foreshadowing his death in the climactic point of the novel. As the title suggests, the importance of invisibility is also a major theme in the text. While the narrator often bemoans his state of invisibility, there are a number of advantages to it as well that allow him to remain undetected and inconspicuous.
Post some trial images when I get a chance

Invisible Man

troutmask — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 17:01:48 +0000
Photo shoot for cover. Model shot stationary in distance with moving passerby ignoring him against a street setting as in book svgallery=invisible_1 Cropped for size of Penguin Modern Classic book covers (19cm x 12cm) svgallery=invisible_2 Selected image and processed image svgallery=invisible_3 Final cover made to match series using InDesign

invisible_BW, originally uploaded by troutmask.

27th March, 2008

Published!

troutmask — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 12:12:18 +0000
[caption id="attachment_307" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="article in CTC "Cycling" magagazine"][/caption]

Published!

troutmask — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 12:12:18 +0000

Beijing 2008 logo - Tibetan Flag

troutmask — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 20:34:55 +0000

Beijing 2008 logo - Tibetan Flag, originally uploaded by oddsock.

29th March, 2008

New Plan

troutmask — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 16:53:24 +0000
Now making some changes to original book plan after review with tutor and looking at my first book. Format of book changed to a 33 X 28cm which works well with images both in 35mm format and 5X4 format. Using B&W images mainly. Re planning text. These are a set of present images I am working with svgallery=new_incomers_BW Now also outlining the shots I require for next weeks visit to Eigg and reading the two Histories of the photo book for further inspiration.

Blurb Book

troutmask — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 15:08:42 +0000

Incomers

An island life

By Pete Marshall

variations of Incomers

troutmask — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 09:15:04 +0000
I have saved as PDF's different versions of my final book to show how it developed click to download cover_1 incomers incomer 3 Incomer 4 Incomer 5 Incomer Print Incomer final 1 all above link to downloads of small versions of the book not including the cover as this was made separately.

incomers - an island life

troutmask — Sat, 03 May 2008 13:44:56 +0000

incomers - an island life, originally uploaded by troutmask.
3rd May, 2008
Image as prepared in sRGB This converted to HP profile as will be when printed (if your monitor is not calibrated this will show little difference)

Car Wash

troutmask — Sun, 04 May 2008 18:23:31 +0000
Another shoot in the Hard Work series. The local car wash in Small Heath. This is also a contact source for my planned "Kar Kulta" documentary piece on the Asian car culture in Birmingham. svgallery=Car_Wash Full Gallery linked here

Colour Management for blurb printing

troutmask — Sun, 04 May 2008 19:55:08 +0000
Obtained the HP profile in order to soft proof my images. I have used sRGB as the output as this is what Blurb converts to anyway. Soft proofing using the HP semi-matt profile shows the images as they will appear in the book. There is a considerable loss of contrast, which is usual, bu no colour cast that I can detect, so my B&W images should be OK. There is an article about this linkedblurb-color-management

Incomers (small version)

troutmask — Mon, 05 May 2008 18:07:47 +0000
The isle of Eigg sits of the north west coast of Scotland. It is an unlikely place for a revolution to take place; but in 1997 it became the first island in Scotland to be owned and controlled by the people who live and work there. This book records two "incomers"; a young couple from the English midlands who are building a life on the island. read more | digg story

Technical stuff

troutmask — Wed, 07 May 2008 17:49:57 +0000

This is a set of images that go together to make my book.
svgallery=incomers_book Here is the details of how they were made. All the photographs were taken on my last two visits to Eigg. The were taken on a Canon 1D mk II camera using either a 28-70mm f2.8 or a 70 - 200mm f2.8 lens. Occasional use of a 580 Canon Speedlight was made as appropriate. A polarizing filter was also occasionally used. The shots were taken in RAW. Initial processing, selection, key wording etc. was carried out in Lightroom. One image (the woods) was an HDR image created from 3 exposures in Photoshop due to the large dynamic range of light present. The images were made into B&W and all final processing carried out in Lightzone. All images were exported as 16 bit tiffs, resized as appropriate using LR/Mogrify and then placed on the page in In Design. Text was also added in In Design. The pages were exported as sRGB 8 bit JPEGS and placed in the Blurb software to make a final book. This was exported for printing. Prints of images were prepared using Qimage and printed by Peak imaging on Fuji Crystal Archival paper. The prints for college display were mounted on polar white, museum grade board and framed in black 50cm X 50cm frames by myself. The prints for display on Eigg were mounted on foamboard by myself.

Technical stuff

troutmask — Wed, 07 May 2008 17:49:57 +0000

This is a set of images that go together to make my book.
svgallery=incomers_book Here is the details of how they were made. All the photographs were taken on my last two visits to Eigg. The were taken on a Canon 1D mk II camera using either a 28-70mm f2.8 or a 70 - 200mm f2.8 lens. Occasional use of a 580 Canon Speedlight was made as appropriate. A polarizing filter was also occasionally used. The shots were taken in RAW. Initial processing, selection, key wording etc. was carried out in Lightroom. One image (the woods) was an HDR image created from 3 exposures in Photoshop due to the large dynamic range of light present. The images were made into B&W and all final processing carried out in Lightzone. All images were exported as 16 bit tiffs, resized as appropriate using LR/Mogrify and then placed on the page in In Design. Text was also added in In Design. The pages were exported as sRGB 8 bit JPEGS and placed in the Blurb software to make a final book. This was exported for printing. Prints of images were prepared using Qimage and printed by Peak imaging on Fuji Crystal Archival paper. The prints for college display were mounted on polar white, museum grade board and framed in black 50cm X 50cm frames by myself. The prints for display on Eigg were mounted on foamboard by myself.

Inspiration for "incomers"

troutmask — Wed, 07 May 2008 19:20:13 +0000
In the book itself I do explain some of the thinking behind the project. I have been considering a documentary about Eigg for several years since my first visits. I didn't want to just start photographing the people until I had got to know them and become accepted; the islanders have had a considerable amount of press interest in recent years and haven't always been happy with the results. Also many tourists behave in a very intrusive manner with their cameras. I therefore stuck to landscapes and wildlife whilst getting to know the place well through regular visits. I have been interested in land rights issues for many years, arising out of my experiences as a climber and mountaineer. I also love the poetry of John Clare who has been a fixed point in my thinking about the British countryside for a very long time. I finally decided to start working on what I hope will become a long term project recording the life on the island. A project I have provisionally called "Land without a Laird" and "incomers" is just the first stage of this. I want to involve the islanders as much as possible in the process very much in the way that "Raised by Wolves" was produced. I started this with Dean and Berni. I have lent Berni a small compact Canon G5 camera, which I was able to buy second hand for

Inspiration for "incomers"

Pete Marshall — Wed, 07 May 2008 19:20:13 +0000
In the book itself I do explain some of the thinking behind the project. I have been considering a documentary about Eigg for several years since my first visits. I didn't want to just start photographing the people until I had got to know them and become accepted; the islanders have had a considerable amount of press interest in recent years and haven't always been happy with the results. Also many tourists behave in a very intrusive manner with their cameras. I therefore stuck to landscapes and wildlife whilst getting to know the place well through regular visits. I have been interested in land rights issues for many years, arising out of my experiences as a climber and mountaineer. I also love the poetry of John Clare who has been a fixed point in my thinking about the British countryside for a very long time. I finally decided to start working on what I hope will become a long term project recording the life on the island. A project I have provisionally called "Land without a Laird" and "incomers" is just the first stage of this. I want to involve the islanders as much as possible in the process very much in the way that "Raised by Wolves" was produced. I started this with Dean and Berni. I have lent Berni a small compact Canon G5 camera, which I was able to buy second hand for

Inspiration for "incomers"

troutmask — Wed, 07 May 2008 19:20:13 +0000
In the book itself I do explain some of the thinking behind the project. I have been considering a documentary about Eigg for several years since my first visits. I didn't want to just start photographing the people until I had got to know them and become accepted; the islanders have had a considerable amount of press interest in recent years and haven't always been happy with the results. Also many tourists behave in a very intrusive manner with their cameras. I therefore stuck to landscapes and wildlife whilst getting to know the place well through regular visits. I have been interested in land rights issues for many years, arising out of my experiences as a climber and mountaineer. I also love the poetry of John Clare who has been a fixed point in my thinking about the British countryside for a very long time. I finally decided to start working on what I hope will become a long term project recording the life on the island. A project I have provisionally called "Land without a Laird" and "incomers" is just the first stage of this. I want to involve the islanders as much as possible in the process very much in the way that "Raised by Wolves" was produced. I started this with Dean and Berni. I have lent Berni a small compact Canon G5 camera, which I was able to buy second hand for

First response to incomers

troutmask — Tue, 13 May 2008 21:05:12 +0000
E mail from the "Ecologist" magazine
Hi Pete, Received your press release on your book. It is too late for our June edition but may be an interesting photo feature for July/August? Who else is running it? All best Pat Pat Thomas Editor The Ecologist
Going to offer first rights for pictures and a story for sensible payment. Magazine has a circulation of over 30,000 and is just the audience I am seeking. Don't expect much in the way of payment, but would be a great opportunity. Got my cheque today for the Faroes piece (took a reminder letter, the pains of freelance!) but all helps.

Final statement

troutmask — Thu, 29 May 2008 15:05:45 +0000
Pete Marshall This was my original proposal as posted on my RVJ
"February 14, 2008 - 2:07 pm

Incomers

Proposal for negotiated project A photojournalist story of the life and work of a resident of the Isle of Eigg of the coast of North West Scotland. The Isle of Eigg has seen dramatic changes over the last decade. Its purchase by the residents was the first such in the UK and led directly to the new land acts governing the sale of land to communities in Scotland. Land rights remain a major political issue for many people particularly in the highlands. The role of incomers (as those not born in the highlands that have moved there have been called). Many incomers in the past have been rich people buying holiday or retirement property. There are a new type of incomers as will be represented by this documentary piece, who seek to make a life working the land in as traditional way as possible. Eigg has also recently been in the news for at last getting some form of mains electricity (in the form of a small wind farm and cables). The eighty residents no longer relying on expensive diesel generators. I have a lot of contact with the island and will focus on one individual who moved to Eigg five years ago from the midlands (England). He lives from a small holding, forestry and some building work. He has also worked on the local creel boat. He and his partner, who is an herbalist, are now trying to obtain a croft on the island. I will make two visits to the island in the spring. My audience is primary magazines and newspapers and I intend on writing several pieces aimed at different publications to accompany the images. I will also be seeking commissions for the work. I may also produce a small book for final work if this is required. I will also be shooting for various stock libraries whilst on the island."
The only change from this is I actually used two residents rather than one. I would also add the people of Eigg as a separate audience and I am doing a show for them and their visitors during the Feis Eige in June. I also have written a piece for the "Ecologist" magazine which will accompany five of my photographs as the photo feature in the July issue of the magazine. The concept behind the work is also contained in my RVJ here
Inspiration for "incomers"
Pete Marshall This was my original proposal as posted on my RVJ

Pete Marshall.com

troutmask — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 07:00:51 +0000

Eigg: The Story of an Island: Camille Dressler

troutmask — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 07:21:08 +0000
Amazon.co.uk: Eigg: The Story of an Island: Camille Dressler: Books Eigg: The Story of an Island
Blogged with Flock
Just returned from a visit to the island. Successful despite some poor weather. Had a long talk with Cammie, who wrote this book and got some good background stuff.

Variations of Incomers

troutmask — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 07:24:47 +0000
I have saved as PDF's different versions of my final book to show how it developed click to download cover_1 incomers incomer 3 Incomer 4 Incomer 5 Incomer Print Incomer final 1 all above link to downloads of small versions of the book not including the cover as this was made separately.

Technical stuff

troutmask — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 11:24:20 +0000

This is a set of images that go together to make my book.
svgallery=incomers_book Here is the details of how they were made. All the photographs were taken on my last two visits to Eigg. The were taken on a Canon 1D mk II camera using either a 28-70mm f2.8 or a 70 - 200mm f2.8 lens. Occasional use of a 580 Canon Speedlight was made as appropriate. A polarizing filter was also occasionally used. The shots were taken in RAW. Initial processing, selection, key wording etc. was carried out in Lightroom. One image (the woods) was an HDR image created from 3 exposures in Photoshop due to the large dynamic range of light present. The images were made into B&W and all final processing carried out in Lightzone. All images were exported as 16 bit tiffs, resized as appropriate using LR/Mogrify and then placed on the page in In Design. Text was also added in In Design. The pages were exported as sRGB 8 bit JPEGS and placed in the Blurb software to make a final book. This was exported for printing. Prints of images were prepared using Qimage and printed by Peak imaging on Fuji Crystal Archival paper. The prints for college display were mounted on polar white, museum grade board and framed in black 50cm X 50cm frames by myself. The prints for display on Eigg were mounted on foamboard by myself.

Inspiration for "incomers"

troutmask — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 11:25:20 +0000
In the book itself I do explain some of the thinking behind the project. I have been considering a documentary about Eigg for several years since my first visits. I didn't want to just start photographing the people until I had got to know them and become accepted; the islanders have had a considerable amount of press interest in recent years and haven't always been happy with the results. Also many tourists behave in a very intrusive manner with their cameras. I therefore stuck to landscapes and wildlife whilst getting to know the place well through regular visits. I have been interested in land rights issues for many years, arising out of my experiences as a climber and mountaineer. I also love the poetry of John Clare who has been a fixed point in my thinking about the British countryside for a very long time. I finally decided to start working on what I hope will become a long term project recording the life on the island. A project I have provisionally called "Land without a Laird" and "incomers" is just the first stage of this. I want to involve the islanders as much as possible in the process very much in the way that "Raised by Wolves" was produced. I started this with Dean and Berni. I have lent Berni a small compact Canon G5 camera, which I was able to buy second hand for

Press Release - Incomers

troutmask — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 11:26:25 +0000
I have sent out a PDF press release to local papers in the area around Eigg and also to selected magazines. I will send again nearer to the exhibition. The text is

Pete Marshall Photographer - degree show

Birmingham Institute of art and Design and the isle of Eigg - Scotland

Open day show at BIAD, Gosta Green, Birmingham Thursday 18^th June 2008. Exhibition on isle of Eigg, the Ceilidh hall, Saturday 14^th June 2008.
My book "incomers - an island life" will be launched at these two venues. A set of prints from the book will also be exhibited at the same time. A web site http://www.petemarshall.com/incomers/ also showcases my book. The book and web site celebrates the life of two islanders, Dean and Berni. Both are originally from the English midlands. Dean is from Walsall in the West Midlands and Berni from Nottingham in the East Midlands. The isle of Eigg celebrates 11 years of being owned by the community this year on 11^th June. The island also received lots of recent publicity earlier this year for at last having mains electricity entirely supplied by renewable sources. This book is my final project for my BA Visual Communications (Photography) Hons. at Birmingham City University (formally UCE). I hope to continue working on a documentary project with the islanders provisionally entitled "Life without a Laird", in the next two years. Previous work for my degree has been published, a documentary on cycling in the Faroe islands was published in the April/May edition of "Cycle" the magazine of the Cycle Touring Club (CTC) and can be seen here http://petemarshall.com/faroes.html My web site is here http://www.petemarshall.com/ I can be contacted by e mail at pete@petemarshall.com Or phone on 079323 03469 Or phone on 079323 03469

Final statement

troutmask — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 11:28:17 +0000
Pete Marshall This was my original proposal as posted on my RVJ
"February 14, 2008 - 2:07 pm

Incomers

Proposal for negotiated project A photojournalist story of the life and work of a resident of the Isle of Eigg of the coast of North West Scotland. The Isle of Eigg has seen dramatic changes over the last decade. Its purchase by the residents was the first such in the UK and led directly to the new land acts governing the sale of land to communities in Scotland. Land rights remain a major political issue for many people particularly in the highlands. The role of incomers (as those not born in the highlands that have moved there have been called). Many incomers in the past have been rich people buying holiday or retirement property. There are a new type of incomers as will be represented by this documentary piece, who seek to make a life working the land in as traditional way as possible. Eigg has also recently been in the news for at last getting some form of mains electricity (in the form of a small wind farm and cables). The eighty residents no longer relying on expensive diesel generators. I have a lot of contact with the island and will focus on one individual who moved to Eigg five years ago from the midlands (England). He lives from a small holding, forestry and some building work. He has also worked on the local creel boat. He and his partner, who is an herbalist, are now trying to obtain a croft on the island. I will make two visits to the island in the spring. My audience is primary magazines and newspapers and I intend on writing several pieces aimed at different publications to accompany the images. I will also be seeking commissions for the work. I may also produce a small book for final work if this is required. I will also be shooting for various stock libraries whilst on the island."
The only change from this is I actually used two residents rather than one. I would also add the people of Eigg as a separate audience and I am doing a show for them and their visitors during the Feis Eige in June. I also have written a piece for the "Ecologist" magazine which will accompany five of my photographs as the photo feature in the July issue of the magazine. The concept behind the work is also contained in my RVJ here
Inspiration for "incomers"
Pete Marshall This was my original proposal as posted on my RVJ

Eigg Ceillidh hall.

Pete Marshall — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 10:05:14 +0000

My Photos, originally uploaded by troutmask.
18th June, 2008

Eigg Ceillidh hall.

troutmask — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 12:18:44 +0000

My Photos, originally uploaded by troutmask.
18th June, 2008

Sharl

Pete Marshall — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 22:24:10 +0000

Sharl, originally uploaded by troutmask.
18th June, 2008
I have entered the brave new world of camera phone ownership. This was my first go. I think camera phones are great...absolutely wonderful. 8-)

Two bits of good news.

troutmask — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 13:20:13 +0000
1. My article based on "incomers" will be in the next edition of the "Ecologist" magazine; which has now gone to press. Available at all good newsagents (and WH Smith's) 2. I got my degree results today and have a first class honours degree in Visual Communications (photography); so confirming the recent press speculation about standards slipping I suppose.

cameraphone

admin — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 23:09:07 +0000

my phone
New blog site for my cameraphone uploads Pete Marshall

light-jumping Boris

troutmask — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 23:25:58 +0000
Press Gazette - I had to get on my bike to put light-jumping Boris in the frame

17 June 2008
There are some jobs, no matter how good they seem, which no one wants to do when first suggested. Getting up at the crack of sparrow

More cameraphone stuff

admin — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 14:56:42 +0000

One of the things I particullarly like about my camera phone is the shape of the sensor,

rather than apingapeing the 35mm style of a 3:2 format, my sensor in the phone is very near to 5:4. 5:4 is a great format and is really good for composition. Given that the phone also uses a screen to compose rather than a viewfinder, it is all rather like using a view camera!

Actually the fact that there is no focus, aperture or shutter to control, composition is all with a phone so they can make great tools for teaching and learning a lot about photographic composition,

Now if only I can find a crack for the phones firmware that allows me to save the RAW data from the sensor (I shall ask Ben Wisley about this) it would be really good.

RAW files from camera phones

troutmask — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 15:44:31 +0000
DNG Phone Camera brings 'Digital Negatives' in S60 world! Tried this on my phone, unfortunately it doesn't work. A more "recent" camera phone is required. Hopefully somebody else I know may be able to lend me an N series Nokia, with which I think this hack works.

Wonderful coffee discovery

troutmask — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 19:39:01 +0000
Freshly roasted coffee from Hasbean - Indian Monsoon Malabar (ref MOO1) per 250g Bag
Now this stuff is special and only

Laura's Exhibition

admin — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 18:52:45 +0000
Be there, or be square!

Jacob Epstein's Lucifer

troutmask — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:12:55 +0000
More with the camera phone.
Pity I can't get the RAW file saving hack to work on my phone as it makes any processing of the image dodgy to say the least. Still the little lens is remarkably sharp. Better than many of the awful "kit" zooms sold with dSLR's. Holding the camera steady is also really easy and best of all camera phones are completely ignored by everybody. I have always loved this statue; which doesn't get the attention it deserves. The gallery doesn't even sell postcards of it, preferring the pre raphelite daubs. Perhaps the fact that most people think its Gabriel rather than the devil himself points to a lack of biblical knowledge on the part of the good citizens of Brum. Personally I think the fallen angel forced to do bad by an arrogant and evil god is a rather good symbol of the city, perhaps not quite as good as the Iron Man!!

Jacob Epstein's Lucifer

troutmask — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:12:55 +0000
More with the camera phone.

Pity I can't get the RAW file saving hack to work on my phone as it makes any processing of the image dodgy to say the least. Still the little lens is remarkably sharp. Better than many of the awful "kit" zooms sold with dSLR's. Holding the camera steady is also really easy and best of all camera phones are completelycompletly ignored by everybody.

I have always loved this statue; which doesn't get the attention it deserves. The gallery doesn't even sell postcards of it, preferring the pre raphelite daubs. Perhaps the fact that most people think its Gabriel rather than the devil himself points to a lack of biblical knowledge on the part of the good citizens of Brum. Personally I think the fallen angel forced to do bad by an arrogant and evil god is a rather good symbol of the city, perhaps not quite as good as the Iron Man!!

Jacob Epstein's Lucifer

troutmask — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:12:55 +0000
More with the camera phone.
Pity I can't get the RAW file saving hack to work on my phone as it makes any processing of the image dodgy to say the least. Still the little lens is remarkably sharp. Better than many of the awful "kit" zooms sold with dSLR's. Holding the camera steady is also really easy and best of all camera phones are completelycompletly ignored by everybody. I have always loved this statue; which doesn't get the attention it deserves. The gallery doesn't even sell postcards of it, preferring the pre raphelite daubs. Perhaps the fact that most people think its Gabriel rather than the devil himself points to a lack of biblical knowledge on the part of the good citizens of Brum. Personally I think the fallen angel forced to do bad by an arrogant and evil god is a rather good symbol of the city, perhaps not quite as good as the Iron Man!!

Birmingham Libraries

admin — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 14:12:23 +0000
Watt and Priestly, glorious symbols of the enlightenment, stand before the building described by Prince Charlie as "looking more like a place they burn books rather than store them" A truth well said by the big eared idiot. However inside the building the best values of municipal enlightenment remain. A place dedicated to the pursuit of knowledge in all its forms. Free to use and staffed by polite and helpful staff; the best council staff in Birmingham. Despite the reign of terror by first Thatcher and then Bliar; both attempting to turn the nation into a selfish branch of Tesco's, more concerned with mortgages and Big Brother, than the pursuit of knowledge, the public libraries remain. A beacon of hope in a world full of bullshit.

Birmingham Libraries

troutmask — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 14:12:23 +0000
Watt and Priestly, glorious symbols of the enlightenment, stand before the building described by Prince Charlie as "looking more like a place they burn books rather than store them" A truth well said by the big eared idiot. However inside the building the best values of municipal enlightenment remain. A place dedicated to the pursuit of knowledge in all its forms. Free to use and staffed by polite and helpful staff; the best council staff in Birmingham. Despite the reign of terror by first Thatcher and then Bliar; both attempting to turn the nation into a selfish branch of Tesco's, more concerned with mortgages and Big Brother, than the pursuit of knowledge, the public libraries remain. A beacon of hope in a world full of bullshit.

Birmingham Libraries

admin — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 18:13:35 +0000
Watt and Priestly, glorious symbols of the enlightenment, stand before the building described by Prince Charlie as "looking more like a place they burn books rather than store them" A truth well said by the big eared idiot. However inside the building the best values of municipal enlightenment remain. A place dedicated to the pursuit of knowledge in all its forms. Free to use and staffed by polite and helpful staff; the best council staff in Birmingham. Despite the reign of terror by first Thatcher and then Bliar; both attempting to turn the nation into a selfish branch of Tesco's, more concerned with mortgages and Big Brother, than the pursuit of knowledge, the public libraries remain. A beacon of hope in a world full of bullshit.

Buy the ecologist!

admin — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 21:06:44 +0000
Everybody should buy this months edition of the "Ecologist" magazine, be the best

Morning Coffee

troutmask — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 20:12:57 +0000

Morning Coffee, originally uploaded by troutmask.
25th July, 2008

the Zeiss lens f/0.7 as used by Stanly Kubrick

troutmask — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 12:56:26 +0000

Above all it is the light that made BARRY LYNDON famous: the light of its interiors that stems from hundreds of candles, sometimes from only a few. Back then no lens was strong enough for such sequences without the support of artificial light. As early as 1968 Kubrick had run first tests with especially light-sensitive film material but the results could not satisfy him. During the preparations for BARRY LYNDON Kubrick found out about a special lens that Carl Zeiss Oberkochen had developed for NASA's space photographs. This lens with 1:0,7 and a focal length of 50mm was two f-stops faster than all other film lenses at that time. Kubrick had camera specialist Ed DiGiulio integrate it into an old Mitchell BNC which had to be completely remodeled to accommodate the large lens. This enabled cameraman John Alcott to film interiors with available light but it also held a directorial challenge: The much interpreted artificiality and hypnotic slowness of the protagonists is partly due to the technical requirements of filming: actors had to pay attention to not move too fast thereby leaving the extremely limited depth of focus.

the Zeiss lens f/0.7 as used by Stanly Kubrik

troutmask — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 12:56:26 +0000

Above all it is the light that made BARRY LYNDON famous: the light of its interiors that stems from hundreds of candles, sometimes from only a few. Back then no lens was strong enough for such sequences without the support of artificial light. As early as 1968 Kubrick had run first tests with especially light-sensitive film material but the results could not satisfy him. During the preparations for BARRY LYNDON Kubrick found out about a special lens that Carl Zeiss Oberkochen had developed for NASA's space photographs. This lens with 1:0,7 and a focal length of 50mm was two f-stops faster than all other film lenses at that time. Kubrick had camera specialist Ed DiGiulio integrate it into an old Mitchell BNC which had to be completely remodeled to accommodate the large lens. This enabled cameraman John Alcott to film interiors with available light but it also held a directorial challenge: The much interpreted artificiality and hypnotic slowness of the protagonists is partly due to the technical requirements of filming: actors had to pay attention to not move too fast thereby leaving the extremely limited depth of focus.

the Zeiss lens f/0.7 as used by Stanly Kubrick

troutmask — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 12:56:26 +0000

Above all it is the light that made BARRY LYNDON famous: the light of its interiors that stems from hundreds of candles, sometimes from only a few. Back then no lens was strong enough for such sequences without the support of artificial light. As early as 1968 Kubrick had run first tests with especially light-sensitive film material but the results could not satisfy him. During the preparations for BARRY LYNDON Kubrick found out about a special lens that Carl Zeiss Oberkochen had developed for NASA's space photographs. This lens with 1:0,7 and a focal length of 50mm was two f-stops faster than all other film lenses at that time. Kubrick had camera specialist Ed DiGiulio integrate it into an old Mitchell BNC which had to be completely remodeled to accommodate the large lens. This enabled cameraman John Alcott to film interiors with available light but it also held a directorial challenge: The much interpreted artificiality and hypnotic slowness of the protagonists is partly due to the technical requirements of filming: actors had to pay attention to not move too fast thereby leaving the extremely limited depth of focus.

the Zeiss lens f/0.7 as used by Stanly Kubrik

troutmask — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 12:56:31 +0000

Above all it is the light that made BARRY LYNDON famous: the light of its interiors that stems from hundreds of candles, sometimes from only a few. Back then no lens was strong enough for such sequences without the support of artificial light. As early as 1968 Kubrick had run first tests with especially light-sensitive film material but the results could not satisfy him. During the preparations for BARRY LYNDON Kubrick found out about a special lens that Carl Zeiss Oberkochen had developed for NASA's space photographs. This lens with 1:0,7 and a focal length of 50mm was two f-stops faster than all other film lenses at that time. Kubrick had camera specialist Ed DiGiulio integrate it into an old Mitchell BNC which had to be completely remodeled to accommodate the large lens. This enabled cameraman John Alcott to film interiors with available light but it also held a directorial challenge: The much interpreted artificiality and hypnotic slowness of the protagonists is partly due to the technical requirements of filming: actors had to pay attention to not move too fast thereby leaving the extremely limited depth of focus.

the Zeiss lens f/0.7 as used by Stanly Kubrick

troutmask — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 13:03:51 +0000

Above all it is the light that made BARRY LYNDON famous: the light of its interiors that stems from hundreds of candles, sometimes from only a few. Back then no lens was strong enough for such sequences without the support of artificial light. As early as 1968 Kubrick had run first tests with especially light-sensitive film material but the results could not satisfy him. During the preparations for BARRY LYNDON Kubrick found out about a special lens that Carl Zeiss Oberkochen had developed for NASA's space photographs. This lens with 1:0,7 and a focal length of 50mm was two f-stops faster than all other film lenses at that time. Kubrick had camera specialist Ed DiGiulio integrate it into an old Mitchell BNC which had to be completely remodeled to accommodate the large lens. This enabled cameraman John Alcott to film interiors with available light but it also held a directorial challenge: The much interpreted artificiality and hypnotic slowness of the protagonists is partly due to the technical requirements of filming: actors had to pay attention to not move too fast thereby leaving the extremely limited depth of focus.

Kabbadi at BIRMINGHAM Eid Mela

admin — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 17:51:45 +0000
The BIRMINGHAM Eid Mela was enlivened this year by a Kabbadi match. A totally wonderful event and really great to photograph. Some of my pictures taken are linked here. I have succsefully sold a couple to Asian newspapers. Photographing the event was great fun, although it was as dangerous as Bull Fighting!

Kabbadi at BIRMINGHAM Eid Mela

admin — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 17:54:23 +0000
The BIRMINGHAM Eid Mela was enlivened this year by a Kabbadi match. A totally wonderful event and really great to photograph. Some of my pictures taken are linked here. I have successfully sold a couple to Asian newspapers. Photographing the event was great fun, although it was as dangerous as Bull Fighting!

Kabbadi at BIRMINGHAM Eid Mela

troutmask — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 17:54:23 +0000
The BIRMINGHAM Eid Mela was enlivened this year by a Kabbadi match. A totally wonderful event and really great to photograph. Some of my pictures taken are linked here. I have successfully sold a couple to Asian newspapers. Photographing the event was great fun, although it was as dangerous as Bull Fighting!

Lightroom 2 hits the streets

admin — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 21:18:28 +0000
After several months in Beta the latest version of Lightroom is out. The pricing is interesting. In the past ADOBE just charged the USD $ price in GBP

Lightroom 2 hits the streets

admin — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 21:19:11 +0000
After several months in Beta the latest version of Lightroom is out. The pricing is interesting. In the past ADOBE just charged the USD $ price in GBP

Tools for journalists reporting from China

troutmask — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 21:12:48 +0000
"The China story is our greatest test - it's a golden chance to showcase quality journalism for democracy." Aidan White, General Secretary, International Federation of Journalist Lets hope so here are some of the sites already blocked to journalsits in China despite the assurance given to win the games (and with the co operation of google) FalunData Falun Gong wiki The Falun Gong site (they are mad but since when has being mad stopped a religion espousing its views?) The Free Tibet Campaign Dalai Lama website Please do your best to spread the links and also to place the details on other servers that are not blocked if you know how. Lets fuck up the Chinese fascist state by every method we have.

Tools for journalists reporting from China

troutmask — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 21:12:48 +0000
"The China story is our greatest test - it's a golden chance to showcase quality journalism for democracy." Aidan White, General Secretary, International Federation of Journalist Lets hope so here are some of the sites already blocked to journalsits in China despite the assurance given to win the games (and with the co operation of google) FalunData Falun Gong wiki The Falun Gong site (they are mad but since when has being mad stopped a religion espousing its views?) The Free Tibet Campaign Dalai Lama website Please do your best to spread the links and also to place the details on other servers that are not blocked if you know how. Lets fuck up the Chinese fascist state by every method we have.

Tools for journalists reporting from China

troutmask — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 21:12:54 +0000
"The China story is our greatest test - it's a golden chance to showcase quality journalism for democracy."
Aidan White, General Secretary, International Federation of Journalist

Lets hope so
here are some of the sites already blocked to journalsits in China despite the assurance given to win the games (and with the co operation of google)
FalunData
Falun Gong wiki
The Falun Gong site (they are mad but since when has being mad stopped a religion espousing its views?)

The Free Tibet Campaign

Dalai Lama website
Please do your best to spread the links and also to place the details on other servers that are not blocked if you know how.
Lets fuck up the Chinese fascist state by every method we have.

Tools for journalists reporting from China

troutmask — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 21:21:39 +0000
"The China story is our greatest test - it's a golden chance to showcase quality journalism for democracy." Aidan White, General Secretary, International Federation of Journalist Lets hope so here are some of the sites already blocked to journalsits in China despite the assurance given to win the games (and with the co operation of google) FalunData Falun Gong wiki The Falun Gong site (they are mad but since when has being mad stopped a religion espousing its views?) The Free Tibet Campaign Dalai Lama website Please do your best to spread the links and also to place the details on other servers that are not blocked if you know how. Lets fuck up the Chinese fascist state by every method we have.

Kabbadi in the Park

troutmask — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 23:53:31 +0000
The BIRMINGHAM Eid Mela was enlivened this year by a Kabbadi match. A totally wonderful event and really great to photograph. Some of my pictures taken are linked here. I have successfully sold a couple to Asian newspapers.

Published!

troutmask — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 21:05:39 +0000

Tools for journalists reporting from China

troutmask — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 22:21:30 +0000
"The China story is our greatest test - it's a golden chance to showcase quality journalism for democracy." Aidan White, General Secretary, International Federation of Journalist Lets hope so here are some of the sites already blocked to journalsits in China despite the assurance given to win the games (and with the co operation of google) FalunData Falun Gong wiki The Falun Gong site (they are mad but since when has being mad stopped a religion espousing its views?) The Free Tibet Campaign Dalai Lama website Please do your best to spread the links and also to place the details on other servers that are not blocked if you know how. Lets fuck up the Chinese fascist state by every method we have.

Kabbadi at BIRMINGHAM Eid Mela

admin — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 22:24:22 +0000
The BIRMINGHAM Eid Mela was enlivened this year by a Kabbadi match. A totally wonderful event and really great to photograph. Some of my pictures taken are linked here. I have succsefully sold a couple to Asian newspapers. Photographing the event was great fun, although it was as dangerous as Bull Fighting!

Kabbadi at BIRMINGHAM Eid Mela

admin — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 22:25:23 +0000
The BIRMINGHAM Eid Mela was enlivened this year by a Kabbadi match. A totally wonderful event and really great to photograph. Some of my pictures taken are linked here. I have succsefully sold a couple to Asian newspapers. Photographing the event was great fun, although it was as dangerous as Bull Fighting!

Buy the ecologist!

admin — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 04:40:52 +0000
Everybody should buy this months edition of the "Ecologist" magazine, be the best

Buy the ecologist!

admin — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 04:42:21 +0000
Everybody should buy this months edition of the "Ecologist" magazine, be the best

Buy the ecologist!

admin — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 04:45:43 +0000
Everybody should buy this months edition of the "Ecologist" magazine, be the best

Lightroom 2 hits the streets

admin — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 04:47:48 +0000
After several months in Beta the latest version of Lightroom is out. The pricing is interesting. In the past ADOBE just charged the USD $ price in GBP

Tools for journalists reporting from China

troutmask — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 04:49:43 +0000
"The China story is our greatest test - it's a golden chance to showcase quality journalism for democracy." Aidan White, General Secretary, International Federation of Journalist Lets hope so here are some of the sites already blocked to journalsits in China despite the assurance given to win the games (and with the co operation of google) FalunData Falun Gong wiki The Falun Gong site (they are mad but since when has being mad stopped a religion espousing its views?) The Free Tibet Campaign Dalai Lama website Please do your best to spread the links and also to place the details on other servers that are not blocked if you know how. Lets fuck up the Chinese fascist state by every method we have.

Buy the ecologist!

admin — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 05:02:39 +0000
Everybody should buy this months edition of the "Ecologist" magazine, be the best

Tools for journalists reporting from China

troutmask — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 06:32:35 +0000
"The China story is our greatest test - it's a golden chance to showcase quality journalism for democracy." Aidan White, General Secretary, International Federation of Journalist Lets hope so here are some of the sites already blocked to journalsits in China despite the assurance given to win the games (and with the co operation of google) FalunData Falun Gong wiki The Falun Gong site (they are mad but since when has being mad stopped a religion espousing its views?) The Free Tibet Campaign Dalai Lama website Please do your best to spread the links and also to place the details on other servers that are not blocked if you know how. Lets fuck up the Chinese fascist state by every method we have.

Lightroom 2 hits the streets

admin — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 06:33:57 +0000
After several months in Beta the latest version of Lightroom is out. The pricing is interesting. In the past ADOBE just charged the USD $ price in GBP

Lightroom 2 hits the streets

admin — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 06:41:35 +0000
After several months in Beta the latest version of Lightroom is out. The pricing is interesting. In the past ADOBE just charged the USD $ price in GBP

Lightroom 2 hits the streets

admin — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 16:47:39 +0000
After several months in Beta the latest version of Lightroom is out. The pricing is interesting. In the past ADOBE just charged the USD $ price in GBP

Lightroom 2 hits the streets

admin — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 16:48:55 +0000
After several months in Beta the latest version of Lightroom is out. The pricing is interesting. In the past ADOBE just charged the USD $ price in GBP

Eigg Ceillidh hall.

troutmask — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 16:50:55 +0000

My Photos, originally uploaded by troutmask.
18th June, 2008

Birmingham Libraries

admin — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 16:53:03 +0000
Watt and Priestly, glorious symbols of the enlightenment, stand before the building described by Prince Charlie as "looking more like a place they burn books rather than store them" A truth well said by the big eared idiot. However inside the building the best values of municipal enlightenment remain. A place dedicated to the pursuit of knowledge in all its forms. Free to use and staffed by polite and helpful staff; the best council staff in Birmingham. Despite the reign of terror by first Thatcher and then Bliar; both attempting to turn the nation into a selfish branch of Tesco's, more concerned with mortgages and Big Brother, than the pursuit of knowledge, the public libraries remain. A beacon of hope in a world full of bullshit.

Technical stuff

troutmask — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 16:54:40 +0000

This is a set of images that go together to make my book.
svgallery=incomers_book Here is the details of how they were made. All the photographs were taken on my last two visits to Eigg. The were taken on a Canon 1D mk II camera using either a 28-70mm f2.8 or a 70 - 200mm f2.8 lens. Occasional use of a 580 Canon Speedlight was made as appropriate. A polarizing filter was also occasionally used. The shots were taken in RAW. Initial processing, selection, key wording etc. was carried out in Lightroom. One image (the woods) was an HDR image created from 3 exposures in Photoshop due to the large dynamic range of light present. The images were made into B&W and all final processing carried out in Lightzone. All images were exported as 16 bit tiffs, resized as appropriate using LR/Mogrify and then placed on the page in In Design. Text was also added in In Design. The pages were exported as sRGB 8 bit JPEGS and placed in the Blurb software to make a final book. This was exported for printing. Prints of images were prepared using Qimage and printed by Peak imaging on Fuji Crystal Archival paper. The prints for college display were mounted on polar white, museum grade board and framed in black 50cm X 50cm frames by myself. The prints for display on Eigg were mounted on foamboard by myself.

Kabbadi at BIRMINGHAM Eid Mela

admin — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 17:09:05 +0000
The BIRMINGHAM Eid Mela was enlivened this year by a Kabbadi match. A totally wonderful event and really great to photograph. Some of my pictures taken are linked here. I have succsefully sold a couple to Asian newspapers. Photographing the event was great fun, although it was as dangerous as Bull Fighting!

Kabbadi at BIRMINGHAM Eid Mela

admin — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 17:11:12 +0000
The BIRMINGHAM Eid Mela was enlivened this year by a Kabbadi match. A totally wonderful event and really great to photograph. Some of my pictures taken are linked here. I have succsefully sold a couple to Asian newspapers. Photographing the event was great fun, although it was as dangerous as Bull Fighting!

Lightroom 2 hits the streets

admin — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 17:24:18 +0000
After several months in Beta the latest version of Lightroom is out. The pricing is interesting. In the past ADOBE just charged the USD $ price in GBP

the Zeiss lens f/0.7 as used by Stanly Kubrick

troutmask — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 17:25:38 +0000

Above all it is the light that made BARRY LYNDON famous: the light of its interiors that stems from hundreds of candles, sometimes from only a few. Back then no lens was strong enough for such sequences without the support of artificial light. As early as 1968 Kubrick had run first tests with especially light-sensitive film material but the results could not satisfy him. During the preparations for BARRY LYNDON Kubrick found out about a special lens that Carl Zeiss Oberkochen had developed for NASA's space photographs. This lens with 1:0,7 and a focal length of 50mm was two f-stops faster than all other film lenses at that time. Kubrick had camera specialist Ed DiGiulio integrate it into an old Mitchell BNC which had to be completely remodeled to accommodate the large lens. This enabled cameraman John Alcott to film interiors with available light but it also held a directorial challenge: The much interpreted artificiality and hypnotic slowness of the protagonists is partly due to the technical requirements of filming: actors had to pay attention to not move too fast thereby leaving the extremely limited depth of focus.

Eigg Ceillidh hall.

troutmask — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 17:26:54 +0000

My Photos, originally uploaded by troutmask.
18th June, 2008

Birmingham Libraries

admin — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 17:27:58 +0000
Watt and Priestly, glorious symbols of the enlightenment, stand before the building described by Prince Charlie as "looking more like a place they burn books rather than store them" A truth well said by the big eared idiot. However inside the building the best values of municipal enlightenment remain. A place dedicated to the pursuit of knowledge in all its forms. Free to use and staffed by polite and helpful staff; the best council staff in Birmingham. Despite the reign of terror by first Thatcher and then Bliar; both attempting to turn the nation into a selfish branch of Tesco's, more concerned with mortgages and Big Brother, than the pursuit of knowledge, the public libraries remain. A beacon of hope in a world full of bullshit.