Movember Mo for money Years seem to be flying by so quickly these days. It seems like only yesterday I was writing [https://blog.nocturnalmonkey.com/archive/doing-mo-for-charity] about my first attempt at growing a moustache for charity, yet here I am a year on writing about the same subject. I've decided
Photography First frost I woke this morning to find the world dusted in frost. Bloody freezing but it makes pretty much anything worth photographing.
Photography Leeds Guitar Night 2011 This weekend, we went to see Giuliano Modarelli, Erik Mongrain and Jon Gomm play at The Wardrobe in Leeds. We managed to get a spot right next to the stage so I was able to get some decent shots of all three performers. If you ever get a chance to
Photography Misty morning These Friday walks along the canal to work are really becoming a regular thing. I think there is a stark difference between these and similar shots I've taken before thanks to the Autumn weather conditions. I always like shooting at this time of year.
Short Film Alma I've seen this short film many many times since I first came across it 18 months ago. Everything about it is simply wonderful; the story, character design, animation... it's got everything I love about animated films.
Apple Steve Jobs Like many today, I woke to hear the sad news that Steve Jobs had passed away. There have been many wonderfully [http://ryanhavoctaylor.com/personal/reflection/] eloquent [http://elliotjaystocks.com/blog/steve-jobs/] blog posts published in tribute to a true visionary and I wanted to add my own to show
Photography Analog for Mac I'm not really in the habit of writing about apps but I just wanted to put my thoughts down here in case anyone was wondering whether Analog is worth buying. For those who don't know, it's a new app for Mac for applying effects
Photography The day I turned 26 A few shots taken on the morning of my birthday. The early morning sunrise gave some great lighting conditions.
Photography Wedding day plus three To kick off our week off, we had a number of errands to run so we spent much of the time in the car. We did manage to stop off for breakfast in Leeds.
Photography Project 50 // Black and White Nearly on the final stretch of Project50. The shots here sit within the Black & White category.
Photography Wedding day plus one The day after our wedding we had some family and friends at our house to carry on the celebration with some food and drink. I took many shots of guests but want to keep most of them offline.
Photography Project 50 // Colour Continuing to focus on certain areas, this time I was trying out colour for emphasis (or absence of contrasting colour in some cases).
Photography Lewin's, Halifax August 30th is my best man's birthday so we went into town for a celebratory beer. On our way to one bar, I snapped a few shots of this pub for Project50. This shot is an outtake which I wanted to post because I love the varied colour
Photography Homemade macro I work in an office next door to a guy called Dan [http://www.flickr.com/photos/dan_ambler/] who dabbles in photography. Occasionally, I'll break my day up by popping next door for a chin wag about something or other. Last week I were out on work&
Photography Walk with Luisa Lu and I paid a visit to my Mum and decided to walk down the canal (because I don't do that often enough, do I?). It was decent weather out so it seemed pointless taking the car.
Photography Caterpillars at DC Most Fridays at work often end with beer. If the weather is poor, we head to a pub but if it's fine, we tend to have a drink on our terrace. Our Client Services Director is growing a whole host of stuff, including lettuce. On this particular Friday,
Photography Project 50 // Composition Another set of photos from Project 50, this time trying to focus on composition. I think I've achieved some interesting shots with an odd one which isn't too great. I suppose it's a plus that I know where some went wrong and can learn
Photography Shooting in Yosemite If I weren't so afraid of heights, I would really love to do this. I've done rock climbing before but nothing higher than around 10 metres. I think I would actually freeze with fear. The views from that height must be incredible.
Photography Salts Mill Spent the afternoon with Luisa and my Dad walking around Salts Mill, taking a look at loads of Hockney work and trying our best not to spend loads of money on books.
Photography Friday walk I walked to work along the canal and took many shots. Nice way to start the day.
Photography Rule of thumb When shooting handheld out in the wilds of the world you might find in certain situations, like densely populated woodland, your images are suffering from a bit of motion blur. The main reason for this might be your shutter speed isn't quite fast enough for your lens and
Photography Project 50 // Exposure As I wrote [https://blog.nocturnalmonkey.com/back-to-basics/] before the project began, I wanted to split the project up into 5 separate sections to focus on different disciplines. The first ten days focussing on exposure and relying less on corrections in post-production. Corrections to exposure that is, I allowed myself
Photography Lomokev's influences, friends and heroes Posted by my mate on yesterdays project50 shot [http://www.flickr.com/photos/nocturnalmonkey/6018790029/], the video below is a presentation by Kevin Meredith, a photographer and author whose book (Hot Shots) sits in that pile I shot yesterday. Worth watching when you can sit and watch the slides.
Photography Compose, then recompose So for my first real article on this blog, I wanted to write about something that only really registered with me on a conscious level the other day and that is the idea of moving around a scene while shooting for better composition. This is a simple idea that most
