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Next Year…

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Looking back towards Blakeney – Norfolk, UK

I’ve already started to formulate some plans for next year. After all, a year seems like a long time, but it soon goes, so I’m just thinking about where to take things next year. 2011, I think, will be a year in which I want to push my multimedia ideas to the next level - video, audio and photography. Heck yeah, that sounds like fun and a challenge too. I’ve started experimenting around with video recently, shooting and editing material I’ve done via my iPhone, however I really want to move to a much higher standard of work by this time next year. I think that the return to shooting in Norfolk next year will be a great place for developing a large-scale piece of multimedia work.

A couple of items needed to help me along. First is a compact digital HD camcorder, and second is software to produce professional photography slide shows with audio…. with the addition of video too.  The camcorder will also be used for video podcasting, something I want to commence doing later this year. My only worry is the potential pitfalls of shooting video and still images at the same time. It rarely works well – both need different mindsets. I always remember a Larry Burrows (one of my photo heroes) remark that he would shoot black & white OR colour…. but NEVER both at the same time. 

Ways of looking, ways of seeing  and the visual interpretation of a scene – it depend to some degree on the medium you use and sometimes it’s just better to focus on one, than try to do several at the same time.

Shifting Sands

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 Tracks in the sand - Sea Palling, Norfolk, UK

I’m currently going through a phase of wanting to get ready for my Norfolk trip, even though I’m not doing it this year. Last year I made the decision to give Norfolk a break, the project would have a creative interlude for 2010, and come back fresh and reinvigorated for 2011. I will miss it though, which is not surprising considering that I’ve been doing it for five years on the trot. Time for a break me thinks. Last year, I got the feeling that I was becoming… er… too familiar with the place. Although it was hugely tempting to return this year, I’m going to stick by my decision of 2009 and do something else this year…. something very different - I’ll be helping film a vampire movie  in Whitby.

My Norfolk  project came about in 2004, influenced mainly by a photographic book called Northumberland by John Tordai. The book was part of a series, although I only recall ever seeing two books, where a photographer would pick a county they knew and photograph it. Tordai had been raised on Tyneside, so naturally, he chose the beautiful county of Northumberland. Sadly I can’t remember the name of the other photographer, or the exact county that the book was shot in. I do remember though that it was a county located in the south of England. I thought it a fantastic idea to do a long-term photographic project and that made me decide to shoot a project of my own.

My Norfolk project differs in one major respect to the books. I have no links to the county. I like the idea of coming to a subject fresh, just once a year for (and at) a certain period of time. I could do a similar type of project here in my home county of North Yorkshire, but for the moment I’ll stick to photographing the delights of Norfolk. How long will this project last? Initially when I started I thought ten years but I’ve decided to remove any time restrictions. It’s ongoing and ends when it ends. I’ll miss visiting this year but the break is needed.

Back to basics

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Pebble beach -Sheringham, Norfolk, UK

So the UK has had it’s election and the winner is…. well no one really. All of the political parties suffered from a terminal case of mistrust, apathy and a longing for change from the public.

To say that no-one won might be wrong. This could be the start of a process of changing what’s wrong with the country’s political system which, quite frankly, is rather out of date. Maybe the UK public finally won.

The next few days will be interesting….

Out and about

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 Old wooden pallet

The photograph was taken using my Kiev 60 Russian 6×6 camera that i take out every now and again. The camera is heavy, rather clunky and totally mechanical. No batteries needed at all. Great fun to use if you like getting back to basic photography every now and again.

A few more photos from my ‘out and about’ series will be added over the next few days. 

Seventeen Weeks

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Sunbather at Sheringham, Norfolk, UK

This week hasn’t been too bad. It started well when the post delivered a cheque. Yes, i finally got paid for a job completed in late August. Total time from delivery to payment was seventeen weeks. With clients like that who needs enemies! The sad things is, there is nothing i can do about it, AND it’s becoming far more common for clients to pay in that kind of time frame. In their own time sums it up nicely. My record of ALWAYS being paid still stands…. for now.

A number of changes have been made regarding the business presence online. Many of you have already changed over to the new Facebook page. Thank you if you have. It is a bit of a pain moving pages, but i’m actually starting to like using Facebook and i want to develop that page more over 2010. It’s useful for posting snapshots, links and experimental material. I’ve also managed to design a business card that i like which will replace my old, and rather out of date, cards. It needed doing, so it got done. My motto for 2010.