Every picture is a memory. Every time we press the shutter on the camera we are freezing a moment of history so we can preserve it forever. It sounds monumentous doesn't it, but it's not: Facebook will certainly tell you otherwise. I log on each day to see the myriad of photos that my so-called 'friends' vomit onto my homepage. Not only do people upload a sequence of the same picture - I have two of them so why not use them - but the other people in the picture will also post their versions of it. The result? Monster albums clogging up the internet providing the CIA with plenty of material should anyone need blackmailing in the future...


It is an age-old question, though. How do we make our holiday photos interesting to the general public? How do we step away from the necessity to have 'been there' to really appreciate someone else's pictures? And, while we're at it, how can we remove this insane fashion for de-tagging and portraying this hideously false image on Facebook? There is no hard and fast solution - no tried and tested method to solve this, but I think I may have hit upon a compromise.


May I invite you to read on...

Wednesday, 18 January 2012

If at First You Don't Succeed...

I like to think of myself as a persistent person. I see no point in doing 90% of a job and not finishing it off. Even if the last 10% is the hardest, to me it's worth it. This is fine if I'm in the driving seat - quite literally when it comes to parking: if I can get it straighter then I will do. If I'm not in a metaphorical driving seat and at the mercies of someone else, then I can end up a little frustrated.

After all they do say that if you want a job doing well, do it yourself.

Well some jobs. For example when it comes to parking, I am pretty horrendous and so it does kind of take a while. But still, I like to do the best job I can.

When it comes to jumping photos, it is more than applicable. As I appear in all of my jumping photos I have to have a designated photographer, it's very difficult therefore to say to someone 'do it like I would' because a) that's unclear and b) really big-headed. I don't just blame my photographers as many are quite competant. I actually blame my [old] camera. It was only when I used it for the last time that I realised the best setting for taking jumping pictures. For the entirety of its life I had been counting a number of seconds while it made its mind up about how long it was going to take to snap closed the shutter.

This is what happened with my next jumping picture. First I will show you the outtakes...





















Not the greatest of successes, I think you'll agree. Those eager beavers may also notice the re-appearance of Marcey the Trampette, but alas even Marcey couldn't make the process any less painful.

But perseverence is key and persevere we did (and we actually changed camera-people)...

Try, Try and Try Again
St Andrews, May 2009
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