Archive for the ‘Everything else’ Category

Milly’s song for Haiti

Tuesday, March 9th, 2010

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.

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The very stylish 1980s

Wednesday, February 24th, 2010

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…)

Spring 2010 fashion colours

Friday, February 12th, 2010

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.

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Where are the children?

Wednesday, January 6th, 2010

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.

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Nikon D700 firmware 1.02 update

Wednesday, January 6th, 2010

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.

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Q: How sexist is Amazon? A: Very!

Wednesday, December 16th, 2009

Presents for herI 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…)

Murmurations

Monday, December 14th, 2009

Murmurations, the album. Out now.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…)

Get the 2010 Photo Wall Calendar now

Monday, November 16th, 2009

2010 Photography Calendar by Wolf KettlerThe 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.

Preview and order the 2010 photo wall calendar

Morrison’s linguistic aberrations

Friday, October 9th, 2009

At 8:10 this morning Morrison’s linguistic aberrations by Wolf KettlerI 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.

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Say NO to corporate greed

Tuesday, September 15th, 2009

The annihilation of photographers’ rights

Campaign against the Guardian newspaperThe 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.

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Bill, the Master Spammer

Monday, September 14th, 2009

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.

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Ein Photo Shoot ist kein Fotoshooting

Friday, September 11th, 2009

Für meine deutschsprachigen Besucher, Fans und Kollegen

Ein photo shoot ist kein FotoshootingDas 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.

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