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Even though its a spoof song for the The Office (USA) it’s...

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:45:44 +0000

Even though its a spoof song for the The Office (USA) it’s a hell of lot better than most of the cr*p in the charts recently..

I’m off on holiday for the next week, I’m sure to...

Wed, 10 Jun 2009 10:00:00 +0100

I’m off on holiday for the next week, I’m sure to take some photos (well atleast I hope) I might share them, then again I might not… oh the indecision!

Tom

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Sun, 07 Jun 2009 15:54:58 +0100

Death Cab For Cutie - Little Bribes (Fan Video) Truely excellent...

Sun, 24 May 2009 08:58:12 +0100

Death Cab For Cutie - Little Bribes (Fan Video)

Truely excellent work, I’m always a fan of these literal videos, gets an A from me.. not an A+ as it does drag a bit towards the end but that’s a bit harsh.

You’d have to be deaf to hear that. Tonight on BBC4

Tue, 19 May 2009 09:49:00 +0100

You’d have to be deaf to hear that.

Tonight on BBC4

northerndelight: via: http://kitsunenoir.com

Mon, 18 May 2009 08:26:24 +0100

northerndelight:

via: http://kitsunenoir.com

Compile please I'm lazy......

Sun, 17 May 2009 09:31:00 +0100

I got this from amazon last week and for a ‘photographic compilation’ its pretty damm good!

Photo Art - Thames & Hudson - RRP-£25 - Amazon @ £16

Its quite a monster at nearly 600 pages and containing nearly a hundred current, emerging, or downright unusual photographers (complete list here). I have already placed an order for our library at College to get a few copies as its so solid. I really recogmended it, even if like me you probably have a book shelf overloaded.

I would say my book shelves are at ‘load factor’ five, (ready to crumble) how is your book shelf looking??

A true masterstroke from Spike Jonze Everyone I have shown it to...

Sat, 16 May 2009 09:49:11 +0100

A true masterstroke from Spike Jonze

Everyone I have shown it to has felt for it……

Matt Burgess ‘In search of a new home’

Fri, 15 May 2009 08:22:47 +0100

Matt Burgess

‘In search of a new home’

Photographers Thursday - Larry Sultan

Thu, 14 May 2009 10:00:00 +0100

$2.79 - Is too much to pay.

Mon, 11 May 2009 19:00:28 +0100

$2.79 - Is too much to pay.

Don’t you just love ‘em! I do its...

Sun, 10 May 2009 16:21:54 +0100

Don’t you just love ‘em!

I do its Tado

www.tado.co.uk

MultiColor Search of Flickr

Sun, 10 May 2009 09:46:22 +0100

MultiColor Search of Flickr:

Honestly you can play with this site for hours… select a colour from the right, and then another and enjoy!

Photographers Thursday - Joel Sternfeld

Thu, 07 May 2009 17:00:00 +0100

Joel Sternfeld - McLean, Virginia. Dec 1978

Sternfeld travelled across America capturing images of the surreal and seemingly impossible. This image is part of his famous series ‘ American Prospects’. Sternfeld limited himself to two images per day during his trip so he had to choose his moment very carefully, which resulted in some fantastic images.

I am always amazed every time I see this image as I see it as technical and artistic perfection. The colour is perfectly the balanced, the subject matter is interesting and the narrative of the image draws everyone in. When I present this image to my class’s I always have to insist that this image is not constructed..It’s real… A fireman is actually buying pumpkins as a house burns down..

Its Dark in my Darkroom… a bit spooky too….

Tue, 05 May 2009 10:00:00 +0100

Its Dark in my Darkroom…

a bit spooky too….

Polaroid-a-go-go

Mon, 04 May 2009 11:22:00 +0100

I was introduced to this little baby during a rather unexciting mid-morning meeting. I have always had a love for all things Polaroid. I think its just the instant nature of it all!

Well the Polaroid Pogo Printer has it all from the point of view of a modern digital Polaroid. First small enough to fit in a pocket, second rechargeable, third bluetooth enabled, and finally instant dry prints.. with no ink required.

It does sound too good to be true, and well yes it is a bit. Much like Polaroid ‘Film’ in the days of yore (post old’e I believe) the paper contains all the ink, and thus costs.. at present cheapest is about £12 for 70 sheets (just over 20p a print). The printing works by heating the paper and running it through the magic ‘zink’ system.

So grab a phone, take a photo, send via bluetooth and within 30 seconds you have a print. Oh yeah and the prints have a sticky back so can be stickers too… is there anything they haven’t thought of??

Well… they are only 2x3inch prints, so bigger ones would be ace.

Cheapest deal on the printer in the UK is currently over at Amazon.co.uk at about £79 and the pink one is on clearance.. at a cool £69 but strangely doesn’t appeal to moi.

That's just unfair..

Sun, 03 May 2009 10:56:00 +0100

I’m writing a very exciting report on assessment in education.. interesting thing is I have just realised that some GCSE’s are impossible to pass even if you know what your on about!

Gregory Crewdson - On the set. One photographer I admire....

Mon, 16 Feb 2009 19:34:00 +0000

Gregory Crewdson - On the set.

One photographer I admire. Beautiful images created with almost no regard for cost of difficulty, impressive!

Me, Myself and I…. Hello I’m Tom, welcome to my...

Mon, 16 Feb 2009 19:27:29 +0000

Me, Myself and I….

Hello I’m Tom, welcome to my blog

testing...

Wed, 11 Feb 2009 09:15:15 +0000

This is a test 1….. 2….. 3………. (echo….)