Two Stops Down

Here is a recording made on my iPhone and processed with Ardour2 of bells ringing at the local Christmas Eve service.

Happy holidays, and have a good start to the new year!

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I’m playing with ink drawing lately (to be specific, Parker blue-black Quink with brushes and wooden nibs). It’s a lot of fun!

It’s part of some media experiments I’m doing in designing Christmas cards for this year. I’m not a big festive person, but I take any chance I get to make stuff for friends!

Personally I think the drawing above turned out well for a first attempt, and I’ll most likely write an article / record a video that steps through the different techniques I’m learning.

Once again, I’m taking up the challenge of taking one photo a day, maybe even for a whole year. Who knows.

Above are photos for the past two days, the first being on the day I started: November 24th, 2008. I’ll be posting an update monthly with my best shots, or you can watch everything on my Flickr page.

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In other news, I’m about to take my first dive into the world of studio photography. gasp
Earlier today, I ordered a set of two Elinchrom D-Lite flash heads with various other bits and bobs, hopefully to arrive tomorrow. The last time I played with a flash unit was in a portraiture course at the Edinburgh College of Art this past summer, and they’re just so fun. I can’t wait to play with them!

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And finally: Welcome to my new blog. As the subtitle suggests, it will be a little more arty than my last attempts, but I’ll make time to talk about technology and productivity, two issues that I fight with daily. x.x

Until next time, take care, and I’ll have a review of the D-Lite units up soon!