Another London shoot but the last one!

Finally finished the last shoot that I needed to do for my FMP!

Now the selection process begins. I have dozens of pictures pinned to the wall in my dining room!

I look like I am opening a trampy photogallery!!!

I hope that I can reclaim my walls soon!

The day after the 10 hour sorting session!

Narrowed it down to 72 potential pictures that I am gonna have in the book plus the 750+ for contact sheets plus the others that will find their way in somehow...I am going to need more paper, more ink and some of my sanity back please!

I still have one shoot left to do and I know that I will end up with a large number of pictures that need to be sorted ranked and filed properly so I can create my FMP without going insane!

Battersea better have some sunshine for me tomorrow or I will be the big bald bloke you see crying with his camera!

Off to sleep at lunchtime.

I was up at 3.30am to head to Ham, Richmond and Twickenham.

The drive over there was lovely even if it was as my assistant said "Stupid Early!".

Some nice shots of Twickenham bridge and Richmond lock.

Some nice shots of the big houses that have their own moorings! Found a lovely looking pub but it wasn't open at 4.30am!

Hopefully apart from my Central London trip on Monday that should be me done with shooting my FMP ( Final Major Project ) for my HND and I can get on with the Last Essay and the timed Photoshop exercise.....

Of course I have to edit the pics I took today but not just yet I need sleep!

Cake Sale & Logos

I know that my followers are limited but if either of them is available today then there should be a cake sale in the foyer of Speldhurst sometime today. I have brought along a stunning 'Cherry and Coconut' cake and I am assured that the remainder of the class bakers have some equally tempting delights!

On an entirely unrelated note what should I be looking out for in a Logo?

Should I aim for humour? Should I be looking at Cutting Edge Style? Is plain and simple the way to go? Any comments would be good!

Central London

Who knew that the connections from the O2 Arena were so good?

I was up there again today shooting around Canary Wharf and in Greenwich as well.

O2 arena you have the tube or the Thames Clippers you're in London in 10 mins. I don't think that I will be heading to Dartford or Gravesend station to get into Central London as much as I used to...or maybe I will use the 'Fast Rail' link from Northfleet...that's only 14mins.

Central London is not as inaccessible as people think!

Drop Ins full of Drop Outs

What is the point of a Drop In centre when people can book it?

Drop In surely means that you can 'Drop In' and do what you need when you need to as long as there is a space free?

Booking a space surely makes it less of a Drop In and more of a 'Book to Use'?

If an institution cannot listen to the people who will be staffing these areas, take on the recommendations that they make on resource needs and equipment levels, well what good are they?

Hardly seems like a way to run a 'Modern Education Institution' thats in the process of redesigning itself to meet the needs of its students does it?

Sorry K College but you get only a D- on this one!

Bigger Cards?

Who is now finding that their 8 Gb card is just not big enough?

Is 32 Gb seeming cramped??

How about 2 Tb?

Ok it all seems great in theory...But...

If you have 2 x 8 Gb cards you can shoot 16 Gb in total...if you have one card go 'Pete Tong' on you then you can still shoot the other 8 Gb...If you ONLY have a 2 Tb card then when ( if ) the card ends up spooned...well thats you done for the day and maybe a complete loss of your images?

I think that I will stick to carrying multiple smaller cards for now but...