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Twisted Logic
An assortment of home-recorded guitar instrumentals: Continue reading
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Transatlantic Sessions
30 years since the original TV series was broadcast, the annual tour landed at London’s Royal Festival Hall last night (Feb 9th). The tour is anchored around the virtuoso house band, guided by Aly Bain and Jerry Douglas, and featuring renowned Celtic and Americana roots musicians John Doyle, Michael McGoldrick, Tatiana Hargreaves & Allison de Continue reading
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Quotes about Photography
I stumbled across this article a couple of days ago: https://greatbigphotographyworld.com/photography-quotes/ It lists 149 quotes about photography, aligned to different photographic genres, and wraps up with the following take away. “Reflecting on these quotes, it’s clear that photography is much more than a technical skill; it’s a profound way of seeing and experiencing the world. Continue reading
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Music and Guitars
It all started a long time ago during an embarrassing school talent contest – more like a lack-of-talent contest in reality. With absolutely no grounds for doing so, four of us fresh faced 6th formers decided to be a ‘group’. I can’t remember what we ‘performed’ other than the fact that I was assigned to Continue reading
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Experiments in Photography with Macro and a Light Box
This is a photographic genre I’ve not really explored up to now, but the recent acquisition of a light box has led to a number of thoughts about producing images that are more creative, artistic, or just weird. The Lightbox I’m using is a commercial model; Puluz 30cm, which has built in LED lighting, and Continue reading
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Generative AI and Photography
… the elephant in the room There was a time in the age of film when we thought the camera could never lie. Those thoughts are now confined to the dark room of history as digital photography and the capabilities of image editing software have brought about fundamental and very significant changes to in-camera and Continue reading
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Exploring Coffee: Similarities with Scotch Whisky and Beer
About 3 years ago I made a comment on a website devoted mainly to Scotch Whisky, about some similarities in the process of producing certain drinks, i.e. sourcing of raw materials, the equipment involved, and the production process. I also referred to the subtleties of the flavours and tastes that generate interest and debate. And Continue reading
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Police Dog Hogan
When it comes to finding a name for a band, anything goes, and a quick scan through any library of music and you’ll find an eclectic mix of names covering the entire spectrum stretching from eminently reasonable at one end, to beyond the realms of sanity at the other. A while ago, reading one of Continue reading
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Going Through The Phases
I seem to have this thing about ‘Phases’. It dates back 20 years at my first (early) retirement, when I was starting out on a big project to set up a consultancy business, and needed to choose a meaningful business name. ‘PhaseFour’ became the name and the way that came about can be found here: Continue reading
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