tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11942752.post896419012599921992..comments2023-10-26T10:17:54.935+01:00Comments on red mum: Add to SetRed Mumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02471648634218431820noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11942752.post-61482591384071539082008-07-26T10:39:00.000+01:002008-07-26T10:39:00.000+01:00As an amateur in love with photography I enjoyed r...As an amateur in love with photography I enjoyed reading this post. Im so grateful for digital. It opens up the possibility to experiment with images for those of us without access to a darkroom. Suddenly, creative photography has moved from being the realm of a select few to being available to everyone with a camera. And, should I admit it???...thank heavens for Photoshop which brings the darkroom to my living room!<BR/>A walk in the park becomes something special when Ive got my camera with me, and oh the misery when I see a potentially great shot and Ive left my lens at home.<BR/>Yes Redmum, I agree with you on how much there is to learn and discover about photography and subsequent editing. And I know exactly what you mean when you mention the number of images that end up clogging your hard drive. Every so often I go on the digital equivalent of a cleaning frenzy. Delete, delete, delete!<BR/>Do you post on Flickr? There are so many amazing images there. Im constantly humbled when I see the most amazing shots and yet (like all photographers) inspired and hopeful that the next photo I take will be The One.<BR/>Great blog..keep up the good work. p.s I came by your blog via All Smoke and Mirrors.CorkaghSnapshotshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06804901095923228634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11942752.post-63270376815993496712008-07-24T11:55:00.000+01:002008-07-24T11:55:00.000+01:00@John Braine - thanks it was good fun, delighted o...@John Braine - thanks it was good fun, delighted one of the pics shows that.<BR/><BR/>@Moochin Photoman, I should have said a shite pic is a shite, composition wise <B>and</B> exposure wise... And now the fog clears I could not work out where I knew you from back at the photomeet in Belfast last September, it was from Belfast Exposed, all those years ago. It is a shame that the community aspect to it has gone. A big shame.<BR/><BR/>@Alan in Belfast, it definitely was worth the trip up though I slept in completely the next morning :)<BR/><BR/>@Marcus it wouldn;t surprise me at all that you have negotiating for a year for online printing. Hopefully it will come together for you, I would be well on for that as it can be a pain in the arse to upload a gaggle of images to sites like shutterfly instead of being able to click a 'print this' button on pixie. You;d think they would jump at the chance, anyway.<BR/><BR/>I thought the name Add to Set was cool too. And would love to see something similar with pixie. there are certainly more than enough amazing images to choose from.<BR/><BR/>@Manuel,who has been talking? ;) And I seem to remember your brother-in-law was into his photography until some of his lens were, eh, liberated!Red Mumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02471648634218431820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11942752.post-63023537600408170262008-07-23T13:08:00.000+01:002008-07-23T13:08:00.000+01:00you went out with my brother in law......oh and lo...you went out with my brother in law......oh and lovely pics.....Manuelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16333257013163173911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11942752.post-88168906140561689272008-07-23T07:18:00.000+01:002008-07-23T07:18:00.000+01:00Would you believe we (Pixie) have been in negotiat...Would you believe we (Pixie) have been in negotiation with various printing companies for nearly a year now. Typical case of old school vs new school. Meetings are 4-6 weeks apart rather than a few days, which we find absolutely frustrating. Do you want to do this or not!<BR/><BR/>I love the style of the Add To Set exhibition, even the name is cool! We are in the early stages of planning an exhibition in Dublin for Pixie users and we will definitely draw some inspiration from this!<BR/><BR/>Great post! See you soon!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11942752.post-27228679874271353922008-07-22T19:51:00.000+01:002008-07-22T19:51:00.000+01:00Having namedropped the BX website, I had a look th...Having namedropped the BX website, I had a look that night and subsequently caught the last day of the Bonfires exhibition over in BX the next day.<BR/><BR/>Wonderful portraits of bonfires, each bonfire similarly framed in its urban environment, with whited out skies ... and only one shot blurry!<BR/><BR/>But the nerd in me dragged me across to the cupboard under the stairs to look at the iMac with the selection of digitised archive photos - many from 20+ years ago.<BR/><BR/>I was surprised that as an archive, there was so little information. Very few shots even had the photographer identified - never mind the year. Was it a pile of negatives, rather than an archive?<BR/><BR/>Anyway, I'll continue being an amateur snapper.<BR/><BR/>Was good to meet up with so many online faces at the launch. Red Mum - Sounds like it was worth the trip up on the bus?Alan in Belfast (Alan Meban)https://www.blogger.com/profile/04647690758839987063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11942752.post-8919393577200525652008-07-22T16:03:00.000+01:002008-07-22T16:03:00.000+01:00Great blog.....time was against us on the night bu...Great blog.....time was against us on the night but i would add that composition and content (the eye) is very important, a shit shot is still a shit shot no matter how much darkroom and photoshop wizadry is applied to it.<BR/>There is only one way to learn and that is by practice.<BR/>I've since learnt that BX weren't that happy with their involvement either. As for BX it is now so far removed from the community ethos that set it up, it is more concerned with their archive and bringing photographers over to exhibit, which as i have noted elsewhere is no bad thing. However they are alienating others in the sector with their attitude so perhaps i am a lil biased against them. <BR/>I used to work there 11 years ago and now i doubt very much if i will ever have any involvement with them despite being an experienced photographic facilitator. I don't like that they gain copyright from the participants so that they can sell on images for their own gain(ie pay expenses of visiting photographers).<BR/>and breath John!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11942752.post-57952776487544314182008-07-22T13:43:00.000+01:002008-07-22T13:43:00.000+01:00That's a great shot too. Would be perfect for some...That's a great shot too. Would be perfect for some ad or poster that needed a photo to depict 'fun'.John Brainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10360573211863125987noreply@blogger.com