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What a difference a day makes...

Yesterday, Flickr posted on their blog, about our exhibition, Made in Oxford (at the Jam Factory, until the 31st October), and since then I've had an explosion of views on my photostream. At this moment in time, it's reached 2,652 views, and the photo that they used, has 1,061 views just today, which is amazing.

What isn't so amazing, is that in the blog post, only 1 picture is from the exhibition, the rest are just what Flickr chose from the group pool. The 1 picture, is actually the poster for the event, but no mention of the original photographer, kT LindSay.

So in case you'd forgotten, our exhibition is currently running at the Jam Factory, until 31st October. Come along, buy a framed print, have coffee, have cake, have breakfast, lunch and dinner, have a pint and enjoy the photographs :)

So, we're putting together this little thing…

So, we're putting together this little thing…
Originally uploaded by Garrettc

Alan and Susie

Alan and Susie
Originally uploaded by Jazza2

This past weekend, I was asked to be the unofficial, official photographer for my friends Alan and Susie wedding.

Not my first wedding taking pictures, but the first with a bit more responsibility. But it went fine, was a great day for everyone.

This is the just the first picture of many, more will be uploaded to Flickr over the next few days

Cambridge

IMG_2651
Originally uploaded by Jazza2

Taken on my recent trip to Cambridge

Light Graffiti

Recently as part of the Oxford Flickr group, we met up and took some photos know as Light Graffiti.

Since they have been posted, I've had a few emails asking how's it's done, so I thought I'd expand on my replies here.



First up, things you need. A camera that can do long exposures. I've got a Canon 350d which allows up to 30 second exposures. A tripod, nothing specially about this. And optionally a remote.

Now for the lights. We had glow sticks, torches and sparklers. You can use any kind of light, and if you have different colours, you can make it more varied.



For the above picture, we used a 30 second exposure. One person stood in front of the camera, just a couple of movements of a heart, turned the light off, moved over and did it again, and then again.



And then again for this one, spelling out Oxford. but also with lights behind it, doing circles motions, like the Flickr logo ;)



For this shot, our lovely assistant Anna, ran around with a sparkler. If you look closely at it you can see the sparks comes off the trail.



This one was the last shot of the evening, we pointed all the remaining cameras at the wall, and everyone ran in with whatever lights and just went crazy. I think it worked out well ;)



And for this final picture, our model Pete stood still for 30 seconds, while Al traced a torch around him.

You can find more pictures from our meetup over on Flickr.