Milly wrote and recorded a song after imagining what it might be like to be in someone else’s shoes – in the earthquake. Her Dad played the instruments and recorded her song.
It is a beautiful song and Milly’s lyrics and her singing are an amazing accomplishment, considering that Milly is only seven years old.
When I was on holiday last week, I discovered at my parents’ house an old slide of me. It was taken in February 1982 and I was dressed up for Fasching (carnival). I was very young then, which makes me wonder how and when time has passed.
If I remember rightly, I was on the way out with my then-girlfriend and her two sisters to the Höhlenforscherball, an annual carnival’s event, which (more…)
Whilst the weather may still be cold and grey, and gangs of snowflakes put in their appearance for a dance, there was a feeling of spring in the air this morning – or perhaps it was only a trick that my mind played.
Colour forecasting for fashion is serious business and Pantone is one of the heavyweight players in this game, setting trends, which are being used by many fashion houses.
Snow is so rare in Britain, at least in the south, that it is always a welcome and exciting diversion to me.
At the first sight of a single snowflake, the country falls into deep chaos. To the media and quite possibly a large proportion of the population, the prospect of a little disruption seems like the end of life as we know it. It is not just that snow is exciting – you simply cannot ignore it.
Nikon Europe has today released firmware update 1.02 for the D700 digital SLR camera.
In this update auto white balance performance has been improved, support for 64Gb memory cards added and some other camera settings have been modified.
I was visiting an electronics retailer’s website earlier today and noticed a link “presents for her”. Curious as to what these presents for her might be, I clicked on the link and found a not entirely unexpected (more…)
A murmuration is the sudden occurrence of an audible event or a low, continuous, indistinct sound. Apparently, also a flock of starlings. All of which seem appropriate because Murmurations is also the latest album from Urthona and The Asterism.
Neil Mortimer, the self-confessed camera-shy (I am working on that) half of the duo, explained to me that the music is to do with heavy rural and strangling (more…)
The 2010 limited edition photography wall calendar is now available for online ordering. The A3 (30 x 42 cm) sized calendar is printed on high quality, heavy paper and features photographs from Britain (Wiltshire and Somerset), France (Paris) and Upper Austria (Steyr and Mühlviertel).
Only 200 copies of the calendar will be produced. Each calendar is numbered and signed.
At 8:10 this morning 
I promised myself that I would not go on about it but, as the expression goes in German, I cannot jump over my own shadow. So I will, go on that is.
The annihilation of photographers’ rights
The Guardian News & Media (GNM) group’s new terms, which came into force on 1 September 09, mean that freelancers no longer receive income from commissioned images, which are subsequently re-used by the group.
For the past two or three weeks I have been receiving daily spam comments on my blog from the same individual, Bill – no, not Clinton, Gates or kill – Bartmann. Judging by the various web links he tried to sneak into my blog, he is some sort of get rich quick schemer, or something like that.
Für meine deutschsprachigen Besucher, Fans und Kollegen
Das hässliche Wort Fotoshooting kommt von der Unsitte in deutschsprachigen Ländern, ein englisches Wort zu entwenden oder ein englisch klingendes zu erfinden, ~ing anzuhängen und dann zu denken, es sei authentisch.