tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10212151053334817572024-03-19T12:29:30.313+00:00Tim Myers Photography"Open your eyes to the landscape, to the beauty and form of the scenery"Tim Myers Photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06805307745258670694noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1021215105333481757.post-61532491932174426032009-07-18T12:00:00.003+00:002009-07-18T12:01:36.305+00:00Long Time...It's been a long time since I last posted here. But if you're interested in what I've been up to have a look at my Flickr site - <a href="http://www.flickr.com/tm_photog">http://www.flickr.com/tm_photog </a>for a pictorial runthourgh of the last few months.Tim Myers Photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06805307745258670694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1021215105333481757.post-63802782174256078822009-03-28T16:43:00.002+00:002009-03-28T17:13:47.655+00:00Design and build qualityI've recently had leave to open up computer equipment from three well known manufacturers, HP, Dell and Apple. All three pieces of equipment differed vastly in their design philosophy. <div><br /></div><div>The Dell, a machine built primarily for use in a corporate environment was the easiest to open. A simple slide latch on the top and the lid popped off, revealing a mass of easily removable plastic latches and trays. It worked really well, but wasn't exactly a what I'd call a nice place. </div><div><br /></div><div>The HP printer on the other hand was obviously built down to a price - and never designed to be serviced in the field (indeed HP wouldn't repair this fault, they simply wanted to sell me another printer. 10 minutes searching on the interweb and an hour of work on a Saturday morning and the printer was as good as new). Several screws seemed missing, but my repair guide from the web says these just weren't fitted in the first place. Cheap, coarsely pressed metal which was roughly finished was the order of the day.</div><div><br /></div><div>I also recently replaced the hard disk on my MacBookPro. Everything everybody says about Apple's drive for perfection in industrial design is true - and there's no better way to understand than to look inside one of their computers. Whereas the HP used one length of screw throughout (nobody cares if a screw sticks out an extra 5mm from its thread when it's inside the case - right?), if a screw inside the MBP needed to be .25mm longer or shorter - then it was. Everything was neat and tidy - you could tell that it hadn't been simply designed to be sold, it had been designed by people who cared about their product.</div><div><br /></div><div>"So what does this have to do with photography", I hear you scream. Well I'll tell you. A few weeks ago I was demonstrating the use of large-format cameras to a group of people who'd either never used an LF camera before, or who were just starting out on their journey to true enlightenment :).</div><div><br /></div><div>When working with another brand of camera - admittedly what you'd now call a 'vintage' camera, I found its control of movements - particularly front tilt and swing to be so coarse as to be virtually unusable. In contrast to my Ebony, which can be unlocked and moved by use of the very precise controls, suddenly struck me as a precisely engineered device which was designed by someone who really cared about how the end user would use it - and chose the best methods and materials he saw fit. </div><div><br /></div><div>The older camera in my mind aligns with the Dell and the HP - whilst it will get the job done, it is almost utilitarian in its execution of its task. </div><div><br /></div><div>Does the fact that my Ebony and my MacBook are designed in such a way make a difference to the end result? Arguably no. But I appreciate the design of these things, which to me makes a difference, I'm happier using them than less well designed things, and I hope that shows in the ultimate end result. </div>Tim Myers Photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06805307745258670694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1021215105333481757.post-14043674215387589442008-11-09T18:28:00.004+00:002008-11-09T18:36:34.956+00:00Win a Framed Print!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www1.clikpic.com/guruchill/images/Caldy%20Jetty.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 318px;" src="http://www1.clikpic.com/guruchill/images/Caldy%20Jetty.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />In connection with <a href="http://www.enigmagallery.co.uk/">Enigma Gallery One in Bebington</a>, we're offering a framed print of <a href="http://www.timmyersphotography.co.uk/photo_726712.html">River Dee at Caldy</a> in a free to enter draw.<div><br /></div><div>Visit Enigma Gallery one in Bebington between now and Christmas and fill in a form and you will be entered in the draw to be held on Saturday 20th December - it's as simple as that. All we ask in return is that you consider making a small donation to the <a href="http://www.claire-house.org.uk/">Claire House Hospice Charity</a>. </div>Tim Myers Photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06805307745258670694noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1021215105333481757.post-4768320362461248112008-05-12T14:59:00.003+00:002008-12-13T07:55:38.526+00:00Image of the week<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVizXI6QH4_ai5Bd7CTwK6Ggj-tA2PVy6b2PKhR_KRcFKyqyL4Mpg0dDKy7XAapv4WdpqS0Hc6xDD72joLuXZ0rnUGRV8MSMLpA_3VSDCva1sjD1TLKBY36s0st896MokooTq4CxpTImDj/s1600-h/_MG_1561-2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5199777229112612482" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVizXI6QH4_ai5Bd7CTwK6Ggj-tA2PVy6b2PKhR_KRcFKyqyL4Mpg0dDKy7XAapv4WdpqS0Hc6xDD72joLuXZ0rnUGRV8MSMLpA_3VSDCva1sjD1TLKBY36s0st896MokooTq4CxpTImDj/s200/_MG_1561-2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBx0KWrz_cfYFa1EP7rCKJ-_zLagLOR4LVNi7N_w108a43GscLGGH2MImTzKIIEYSfkBhbDDq2rMQPkh_-dJ85Pa2lQv_P5Zj095VecVgEYdAYEwhVfhabT5sB1Py6R4HdLwYSTC-711jU/s1600-h/_MG_1561.jpg"></a>I didn't post an 'image of the week' last week, but I hope you'll like this week's one. This was taken at the Wilson Trophy sailing event held on West Kirby marine lake.</div>Tim Myers Photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06805307745258670694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1021215105333481757.post-60517802808055228562008-05-05T10:04:00.004+00:002008-05-05T10:15:02.435+00:00Rights Grabbing CompetitionsI regularly get sent links to various photographic competitions, and almost inevitably don't enter them because I'm not happy with the Ts and Cs - in general the somewhat over zealous attribution to the rights of my images most of these competitions make. I've now seen that pro-imaging are starting to take a stand against this 'even if you don't win you grant us an everlasting, royalty-free, sub-licensable exclusive license to your image for no cost' attitude; and are publishing a list of offenders <a href="http://www.pro-imaging.org/content/view/212/157/">here on their website</a>.<br /><br />It offends me greatly that 'Take A View', which is run and promoted by Charlie Waite is on the 'Take Care' list. Charlie is a stock photographer; I'd lay dollars to donuts that he'd never submit one of his images to a competition who grabbed rights to one of his images.Tim Myers Photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06805307745258670694noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1021215105333481757.post-71147124231365787282008-04-29T13:10:00.004+00:002008-04-29T13:17:44.209+00:00Fuji Quickload - relationship between the ID code on the envelope and the film rebate code<div align="left">Someone over at the UK LF Forum was asking about the relationship between the code printed on a Quickload envelope and that's marked with orange light on the rebate. </div><div align="left"></div><div align="left">There is a relative relationship between the code on the envelope and that on the film. Once you know one relationship in that batch (the first two letters of the code) you can extrapolate forwards or backwards from that point. The code on the envelope is numbered in decimal, that on the film uses an alpha code using A-J So once you know that BE-3932 on the envelope relates to BE-DJGE you can work back and forth from this point:<br /><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">Envelope Film </span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:courier new;">BE-3931 BE-DJGD </span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:courier new;">BE-3932 BE-DJGE </span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:courier new;">BE-3933 BE-DJGF </span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:courier new;">BE-3934 BE-DJGG </span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:courier new;">BE-3935 BE-DJGH </span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:courier new;">BE-3936 BE-DJGI </span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:courier new;">BE-3937 BE-DJGJ </span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:courier new;">BE-3938 BE-DJHA </span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:courier new;">BE-3939 BE-DJHB </span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:courier new;">BE-3940 BE-DJHC</span> </div><div align="left"></div><div align="left">I've found that this relationship holds true for Velvia (50, 100 and 100F), Provia, and Acros</div>Tim Myers Photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06805307745258670694noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1021215105333481757.post-67234920145995929012008-04-26T07:19:00.004+00:002008-04-26T07:31:18.873+00:00The Navel Stone - Highly Commended<a href="http://www.timmyersphotography.co.uk/images/1042B%20Navel%20Stone.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://www.timmyersphotography.co.uk/images/1042B%20Navel%20Stone.jpg" border="0" /></a> I'm really pleased to say that my image <a href="http://www.timmyersphotography.co.uk/photo_727980.html">'The Navel Stone' </a>was one of two images awarded 'Highly Commended' status at the <a href="http://www.timmyersphotography.co.uk/section82055_55606.html">Wirral Spring Art and Photography exhibition</a>.<br /><br /><br />As ever the submitted works were of the highest standard, and it really is an honour to have received the 'Highly Commended'.<br /><br /><br />The Wirral Spring Art and Photographic exhibition is open to the public at the Williamson Art Gallery in Birkenhead from Saturday <span style="color:#000000;">26th May until Sunday 1st June, open Tuesday to Sunday, 10am - 5pm. It is also open on the Bank Holidays on 5th May and 26th May. Admission is free and there is a free car park adjacent to the gallery.</span>Tim Myers Photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06805307745258670694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1021215105333481757.post-61765279212966593252008-04-25T08:58:00.003+00:002008-04-25T09:07:16.950+00:00Fitting Markins TS-327 spikes to a Gitzo 1325<a href="http://www.markins.com/2.0/product/accessories/TS227.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://www.markins.com/2.0/product/accessories/TS227.jpg" border="0" /></a> I recently purcahsed a set of Markins TS-327 titanium spikes to fit my Gitzo 1325 tripod. The only trouble was they came completely devoid of instructions on how to fit. The rubber pad which the 1325 has by default seemd absolutely impossible to remove. Various options on how to get the foot off seem to have been floated round t'interweb for some time, and most seemed to involve some kind of heavy engineering - hacksaw to the leg or drilling the old rubber foot off. This isn't something I felt comfortable with. FYI the feet feel <strong>really </strong>firmly fixed on to the end of the carbon fibre tube.<br /><br />So I decided to see what would happen if I heated the leg up (theory: most glue melts) , so I searched for an appropriate heat source in the house. The gas hob seemed to be the best item for the job, and after a few seconds heating the very end of the leg, it was possible to grab the foot with a pair of pliers and twist it free. I'm now researching the best adhesive to attach the new spike to the tubes with.Tim Myers Photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06805307745258670694noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1021215105333481757.post-9822759159448839492008-04-23T09:54:00.004+00:002008-12-13T07:55:38.639+00:00Image of the week<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYauz02d-0QkcGtOHKrWdc_oXwnRLWwj5K-DRWYqQAYFCoO272EgX-ONgBrQTcjI9xSPK3uxcz07Rva2FHnst3RgT2KSVGCO4y_G5biFw-MebJthExgjhWzHCJb-ITTlFW6bDiLNVdqHFM/s1600-h/_MG_0686-2.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYauz02d-0QkcGtOHKrWdc_oXwnRLWwj5K-DRWYqQAYFCoO272EgX-ONgBrQTcjI9xSPK3uxcz07Rva2FHnst3RgT2KSVGCO4y_G5biFw-MebJthExgjhWzHCJb-ITTlFW6bDiLNVdqHFM/s200/_MG_0686-2.jpg" border="0" alt="Renault Clio Cup Cars"id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5192377599976562146" /></a><br />I'm starting to post a series of images which are the favourite I've taken in the previous week. Here's the one for the week ending 20th April. This was taken at Oulton Park on a race experience day. How fortuitous that they parked three Renault Clio Cup cars in a lovely row like this!Tim Myers Photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06805307745258670694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1021215105333481757.post-90424204155139720172008-04-22T13:32:00.006+00:002008-04-22T14:06:06.498+00:00Framed images now available directly from the website<a href="http://www.timmyersphotography.co.uk/photo_2035453.html">Framed prints</a> are now available to buy from the <span style="font-family:verdana;"><a href="http://www.timmyersphotography.co.uk/">tim myers <strong>photography</strong></a></span><span style="font-family:georgia;"><a href="http://www.timmyersphotography.co.uk/"> </a>website.</span><br /><br />At present we're only offering a single frame style, a solid oak frame, but we hope to add more frame styles to our range in the coming months.Tim Myers Photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06805307745258670694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1021215105333481757.post-20922628875170470992008-04-22T13:14:00.008+00:002008-12-13T07:55:38.958+00:00Wirral Spring Art and Photography Exhibition<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNPG8pci61Xe00oWZuredu-3Y-wPV43LaIt68Q_TLbkcrb3qdcsPsrIaPG4Ak14fLJDlQWtQ4lnevSN9UOtIITYTfeOkYnFHoimJiKz24UdxBzdHJdMP4CYLFIEPia31-oqPgUyIeXVO-W/s1600-h/1004E+Sunset+at+the+Marine+Lake.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNPG8pci61Xe00oWZuredu-3Y-wPV43LaIt68Q_TLbkcrb3qdcsPsrIaPG4Ak14fLJDlQWtQ4lnevSN9UOtIITYTfeOkYnFHoimJiKz24UdxBzdHJdMP4CYLFIEPia31-oqPgUyIeXVO-W/s200/1004E+Sunset+at+the+Marine+Lake.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5192370500395621826" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQw7rxP0mJ8CLsVywBCgs00tOEzseF71UwC3B6joGQmXYycqc3hB20g6wkHllqeiPtfEvJ3D4Dr_xtep2QW2rkiDNk2j1i3DLBdVBTH_xEY1TK9rYOb1_cP1puce_Sa58LTKTe8-ByzP2l/s1600-h/1042B+Navel+Stone.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQw7rxP0mJ8CLsVywBCgs00tOEzseF71UwC3B6joGQmXYycqc3hB20g6wkHllqeiPtfEvJ3D4Dr_xtep2QW2rkiDNk2j1i3DLBdVBTH_xEY1TK9rYOb1_cP1puce_Sa58LTKTe8-ByzP2l/s200/1042B+Navel+Stone.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5192370504690589138" /></a><br />I'm pleased to say that two of my images, <a href="http://www.timmyersphotography.co.uk/photo_1308385.html">'Sunset At The Marine Lake'</a> and <a href="http://www.timmyersphotography.co.uk/photo_727980.html">'The Navel Stone' </a>have been selected for display in the Wirral Spring Art and Photography Exhibition which is held at the <a href="http://www.wirral.gov.uk/LGCL/100009/200070/1017/content_0000523.html">Williamson Art Gallery in Birkenhead</a>.<br /><br />The exhibition runs from Saturday 26th April to Sunday 1st June, open Tuesday to Sunday, 10am - 5pm. It is also open on the Bank Holidays on 5th May and 26th May. Admission is free and there is a free car park adjacent to the gallery.Tim Myers Photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06805307745258670694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1021215105333481757.post-52911964167037694882007-08-06T19:02:00.000+00:002007-08-06T19:06:22.660+00:00Autumn Landscape WorkshopsFollowing on from the sucess of my landscape photography course earlier in the year, I'll be running another Wirral-based lanscape photography course in the autumn. This will be on Saturday the 29th of Spetember. You can <a href="http://downloads.timmyersphoto.com/autumn07course.pdf">download an information and booking form for the September course</a>Tim Myers Photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06805307745258670694noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1021215105333481757.post-15212294111533265272007-07-03T17:31:00.000+00:002007-07-03T18:11:11.679+00:00Dilution of TrustThis morning on my way to work I heard a report on The Today Programme about Michael Grade speaking to the Royal Television Society about the current state of affairs in the TV industry. After the recent scandals regarding premium-rate telephone lines and actors appearing on daytime chat-shows, he warned the industry not to 'dilute the trust of the viewer'.<br /><br />Yesterday I was showing the set of prints which are going to Dee Fine Arts to an interested party. When looking at my picture of <a href="http://www.timmyersphotography.co.uk/photo_728042.html">'Last Light Over Hilbre' </a>they asked me "How much time did you have to work on that in Photoshop?". My response of "None - that's exactly how the transparency is" seemed to astound them. I explained how I'd used an ND grad filter to balance the levels of light in the sky and on the rocks in the foreground, and metered to allow enough detail to be caught in the dark areas of the rock but yet to allow detail to remain in the clouds in the sky.<br /><br />I've recently seen images presented as 'exactly as taken' which would violate several knows laws of physics, require some major plate tectonics and a drastic change in The Earth's path through space.<br /><br />Have the advances in digital imaging made in the past 10-years or so already diluted the trust of the public to a point where they can't believe anything a photographer presents to them as an accurate representation of the scene which is being illustrated? I hope not, but the proliferation of over-saturated, manipulated, composite images which I see again and again posted on websites is sometimes very saddening. If you feel the need to manipulate images in this manner I feel you should be honest about it. Admit the fact, you've got some great photoshop skills!Tim Myers Photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06805307745258670694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1021215105333481757.post-45605477061069213092007-06-20T17:49:00.001+00:002007-06-20T17:53:17.054+00:00Wirral Photographs in Dee Fine ArtsI'm really pleased to let you all know that as from the 9th of July, my photographs will be available to buy through <a href="http://www.deefinearts.com/">Dee Fine Arts</a> in Heswall. I'm really pleased to be able to offer my work for sale through such a reknowned establishment.Tim Myers Photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06805307745258670694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1021215105333481757.post-35573920813569527862007-06-14T20:43:00.000+00:002007-06-14T21:03:39.546+00:00Hello, old friend.On Wednesday night I went out to shoot my comparison between 'Old' Velvia 50 and 'New'. Fuji sent me a roll of 120 film, so, for the first time in about 2 years I pulled out my Bronica SQ-Ai.<br /><br />I shot with the Bronica for about 3 years, and came to be very 'at home' with it, however since switching to the 5x4 Ebony SW45, I have rarely used it, certainly not in the past year. When I took it out of the camera bag I felt instantly at home with the camera once again.<br /><br />Many of my frustrations which angered me just before I switched to the 5x4 camera seem to have disappeared, and the square format once again felt refreshing rather than limiting.<br /><br />Two years on my decision not to sell the Bronica to buy lenses for the LF camera still feels like the right one, look out for more sqaure images, as I think the Bronica will be making more trips out in to the field with me.Tim Myers Photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06805307745258670694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1021215105333481757.post-74758698981100133132007-06-11T19:07:00.000+00:002008-12-13T07:55:40.064+00:00Safari on Windows!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPyE_6As7La3vMMlK9hPiPxLphvlWa5LlKaK1gpUV-Ro6Ty73ZZ_Yd_kaItt-ROkbsdBX9LdY1PbFLRKevcMl0f95t7qLSGMQYZ8p4dq8PDr-rwWmj6IhyphenhyphenqYxXVVQNeY1oO368seAO_e76/s1600-h/safarionwin.png"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPyE_6As7La3vMMlK9hPiPxLphvlWa5LlKaK1gpUV-Ro6Ty73ZZ_Yd_kaItt-ROkbsdBX9LdY1PbFLRKevcMl0f95t7qLSGMQYZ8p4dq8PDr-rwWmj6IhyphenhyphenqYxXVVQNeY1oO368seAO_e76/s320/safarionwin.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5074889606068216626" /></a><br />Whenever I make a change to my website I end up pinging one of my Mac-wielding friends over MSN and asking them to check 'if it looks right in Safari'. Well, today at the Apple WWDC, St. Eve announced that Apple were to launch Safari for Windows, so I can now check the layout in Safari myself! <div><br /></div><div>You can grab Beta 3 today. It runs very well on my Dell D820 running Vista. And yes, this post was composed using Safari on a PC. <div><br /></div><div>Has St. Eve shot himself in the foot here? I was contemplating re-entrancy to the Mac fold prior to this - now I don't think I'll be buying a MacBook anytime soon.</div></div>Tim Myers Photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06805307745258670694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1021215105333481757.post-33476412852925306892007-06-08T08:02:00.000+00:002007-06-11T19:24:56.462+00:00Confusion of Scale<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.timmyersphotography.co.uk/images/Navel%20Stone.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px;" src="http://www.timmyersphotography.co.uk/images/Navel%20Stone.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />How big is the stone in this image? Whilst one may make an educated guess, there's nothing concrete to allow you to form any conclusions as to absolute scale. In many ways I feel that this adds to a photograph, as it creates a sense of wonder, and makes the viewer contemplate the scene and what their ultimate relationship with it is.Tim Myers Photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06805307745258670694noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1021215105333481757.post-22467149415820950882007-05-31T18:21:00.000+00:002007-05-31T18:38:26.409+00:00Reintroduced Velvia 50I recently received from Fuji UK a promotional roll of the re-introduced Velvia 50 and its associated datasheet. Well, from inspection of the datasheet the characteristics of the film look identical. The code is still RVP, it's still called Velvia (not Velvia II), and the sheet film notch-code is still the same. I'm really hopefull that this film will respond like the 'old' discontinued RVP did (If so I can shoot all the Velvia that's in the freezer and re-stock it with steak). So, it's out with the Bronica, two 6x6 backs, one loaded with old and one with new, and shoot some direct comparisons.Tim Myers Photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06805307745258670694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1021215105333481757.post-10661206799397116242007-05-30T20:22:00.000+00:002007-06-11T19:25:40.687+00:00Desert Sands - a photograph of Hoylake<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.timmyersphotography.co.uk/images/red%20rocks%20large.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px;" src="http://www.timmyersphotography.co.uk/images/red%20rocks%20large.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />There are few places on The Wirral where the bedrock is exposed along the coast. Hilbre Point, just a short distance from the centre of Hoylake is one of these locations. I'm attracted to the form and shapes in these rocks, the weathered strata exposing geological information preserved millions of years ago. In the case of these relatively rapidly eroding rocks, one can often marvel at the sheer magnitude of the geological timescale.<br /><br />This image to me typifies the abstract quality one can achieve through the medium of photogrpahy. There is nothing in the image to imply scale, the viewer is left to decide how to interpret the size of the image. In making this image, which was taken under a vivid blue sky, I was undecided if I should correct the obvious cast this made in the image, particularly in the dried salt. I'm happy that I left the image unfiltered, contrasting the blue of the sky in to the warm iron red of the sandstone.Tim Myers Photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06805307745258670694noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1021215105333481757.post-16277492913279090392007-05-30T19:46:00.000+00:002007-05-30T20:10:42.302+00:00Photography of The Wirral and BeyondSeveral people have asked me if I'd provide them with more information about the creative processes behind my photographs. I'll be posting some insight to some of my more popular existing images, and keeping up to date as I place new photographs on the website.Tim Myers Photographyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06805307745258670694noreply@blogger.com0