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Lost: Photo Mojo

Craig — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 22:08:36 +0000

Last suspected sightings in April 2010 and July 2009.

No confirmed sightings since January 2009:

Reward offered to those who help me (re)discover it.

Classics

Craig — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 13:28:54 +0000

I was wandering around Waterstones earlier today, and came to the conclusion that I’ve not read enough “classic” books.

Now, my definition of classics might not be the same as most; I’m not talking Little Women, or Pride and Prejudice. No thanks, not my cup of tea. I’m talking more about the ones I should have read when I was at school:

Moby Dick
Alice in Wonderland
Of Mice and Men
The Catcher in the Rye

I’m starting an Amazon Wishlist for them; would love to hear some suggestions.

Update: The list

I have. Do you want?

Craig — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 19:06:14 +0000

All items must be collected from LE11.

Sony CHC-CL5MD hifi and a random assortment of blank and non-blank minidiscs – £40 – http://amzn.to/aQHXlB

~~Shuttle SN41G2 – no PSU, no Optical Drive, No Hard Drive. – Free~~
Rough Specs: AMD Athlon XP1700+, 1GB RAM, ATI fanless Graphics Card

~~ATX “slim tower” PC – (Probably) Similar spec to above, but with Optical Drive and PSU. – Free~~

~~ATX PSU (~300W) – Free~~

~~Random Matrox twin VGA output graphics card (AGP) – Free~~

~~Logitech USB keyboard – Lots of buttons, and a fair amount of dust and dirt – Free~~

The Best Part of My Day

Craig — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 20:08:38 +0000

The Best Part of My Day, originally uploaded by CraigGrocott.

Day 1 – Cheeseburger, fries and onion rings. Washed down with a nice cold beer.

This could be a mistake, but I’ve decided to start a new photo-a-day-for-a-whole-year project….

I promised myself that I would a few weeks back, I’ve bought a new camera recently and have been focusing on taking photos when I’m hiking, most of which end up here, but I wanted to get back to the level of comfort and confidence with my camera that I had back when I was doing the 365 days project.

I was fairly reluctant to do another self-portrait project because last time it just became a real chore frankly. I was struggling with the theme, and threw out a plea on Twitter; I didn’t get a flood of responses if I’m being honest, but huge thanks to Mr Dyson for the concept of “The Best Part of My Day”. I’m not sure that this one won’t go the same way as 365 days, but we’ll see…

The remaining 364 photos will, of course, be better than this first one; except for when, y’know, they’re not…

Easy, like Sunday morning

Craig — Sun, 30 May 2010 20:42:15 +0000

Easy, like Sunday morning, originally uploaded by CraigGrocott.

Some days are just designed for lazing around in the park.

Putting on my best poker face…

Craig — Mon, 24 May 2010 19:52:13 +0000

"BEST", originally uploaded by CraigGrocott.

Going back through some of my old 365 days photos. I’m tempted to start again, the next 12 months are going to be… interesting…

It might be time to settle down at the table, play the cards I’m dealt and not be afraid to go “all in”, wether I have the cards or not.

61 Hours

Craig — Wed, 19 May 2010 20:57:38 +0000

61 Hours, originally uploaded by CraigGrocott.

I read this in a weekend, two sittings basically, and I can’t wait for the follow on, which should be announced next week!

Video on the GF-1

Craig — Sun, 16 May 2010 20:49:37 +0000

Video on the GF-1 from Craig Grocott on Vimeo.

It’s very slow to focus, but that’s a ‘feature’ of the lens. Apparently you can get much better results if you get to grips with the manual focus.

Scotland / GF-1 field test

Craig — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 22:32:01 +0000

Go here for the rest.

Lumix GF-1

Craig — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 17:25:12 +0000

I finally caved and bought a Panasonic Lumix GF-1, with the 20mm pancake lens of course.

I’m selling my Canon 400D, and all the lenses. I plan on starting fresh if/when I can afford a real (full-frame) dSLR.

Review to follow, until then read this one.