Blogging from an iphone

Yet more testing of computers

So far I can't get a picture to load.

Bees

The bees are very busy around the Ecinops flowers.

Different camera

Just got a different camera to take pictures with and wanted to see how it looks for blog images.

Laptop Testing

Not a great image tonight, but this image has been produced entirely on my new laptop. Using all the software that I feel I need on my laptop.

Soft focus

Just a couple of soft dreamy images for tonight.

Very Abstract

I was wondering how abstract a landscape image I could create.

Peacock Feather

Just had a short time late this evening for a quick image in the studio.

Echinops

The first Echinops flower has started to bloom.

Poppy Heads

The poppy head is from the garden and the background is an old table top made from untreated wood that has weathered into a wonderful rough background.

"They took my Kodachrome away!"

Although I have not shot a roll of film in nearly ten years, I still have a fond memory of Kodachrome. From the first slide films I ever shot in 1970 on an Instamatic through my time at school and then at college Kodachrome was always the film of choice for my personal work. 
When I started commercial photography Kodachrome with its one or two week turnaround was never used much, deadlines dictated that Ektachrome slide film processed at any number of labs, and ready to deliver in about 2 hours was the main film for everyday use. Even then I still shot Kodachrome when I could in 1987 I had about 70 rolls in my luggage for a trip around the soviet union one of these slides Samerkand is still my best selling image on Alamy, with about a dozen sales a year.


So it is with a slight sense of loss that I read that the last roll of Kodachrome of the production line has now been shot and processed. Via AP 
The process line will still be running until December but after that Kodachrome will just be a memory. All be it, a  memory that is very slow to fade!


The image of the day is of the Echinops that is about to bloom in the garden.

Sunset

My attempt at a more regular post has failed so far. 


My excuse is that I have a new laptop and have spent a good amount of my spare time getting it configured as I want it. 


That is now done so apart from a couple of new cables and a test of the email out on location it is ready to roll. 


The picture today is from my studio window looking west towards the sunset.

Mallow

Its been a few weeks since I last managed an update. Hopefully I will managed to get  back to more regular updates over the next few weeks.

For today I have a few images of the mallow flowers that are blooming in my garden at the moment.