Monthly Archives: February 2012
Photography ‘Advice’
5 Top Tips For Budding Photographers! 1. Don’t bother. 2. … wait what? I have noticed a trend emerging in conversations I have with a fair amount of people since I left university. After passing through the pleasantries, social constructs haven’t deteriorated that far yet, it inevitably comes up that I’m […]
Underdogs and Superheroes
This Wednesday your latest blog comes from the hands of the writer at 5am on a Sunday morning. Why? Because I have a cold and I need something to do as I’ve seen every episode of Mythbusters at least once. But illness is not something which gets me down because […]
Curly Wurly 28/2/12
Carrying on with the short break from photography on curly wurly (remember there’s still the photo blog!) in an attempt to go back to my roots I’ll be looking at artists that initially inspired me all of those years ago and also looking to contemporary artists- designers, illustrators, painters so […]
Getting Reacquainted With Poetry
I have nicely arranged myself with my laptop on my hotel bed in Amsterdam to write this blog. A long weekend here with friends has turned out to not be a great time to do some reading as we are using the opportunity to really catch up, which of course […]
…Experience
Now what does every creative want but no other creative want to give?…Experience. How many times have you been denied a job or an internship because you didn’t have enough experience? And how many times have the positions you applied for been a great way to get said experience? It’s […]
Yelling at concrete – Name.
There is a lot to be said for your name, it is basically what defines you before anyone even meets or sees you, they can be told your name and from that point have made several assumptions about your look your character and your style, this I have found to […]
The Sound of Restoration
Remember David from Harlech Beach? He’s grown up. The Sound of Restoration Hey Joe, where you goin’ with that gun in your hand?[i] Hey Joe, I said where you goin’ with that gun in your hand? The advantage of having the repeat function meant the music could blare continually without […]
Antoine Buttafoghi – Photo blog 51!
Back in October we covered the Hasselblad Masters competition in which I featured the work of prominent artist Atoine Buttafoghi and after doing so we managed to get in contact with this mysterious figure, which gave me chance to really explore the length and breadth of his work! I have […]
Day of the Dog
Film trends come and go, but every year you can bet there will always be at least one dog-centric summer blockbuster. I’m not talking the CGI movie dogs like recent bomb Marmaduke, I’m talking the type that along with children, actors reputedly should never work with. Reassuringly, these films more […]
Medfest 2012
I attended this event in Cardiff some weeks ago, and found a few ideas floating around in my mind, namely, that of the responsibility (or perhaps not as the argument goes) of film-makers to accurately and sympathetically reflect illness and mental health on screen. The UK-wide film festival, supported by […]
