Photography Joel Meyerowitz Over the last few months I've been growing more and more interested in photography. Not just the practical side but the rich history that goes with it. On my journey for knowledge I came across Joel Meyerowitz, a photographer based in New York. He is probably most well
Process Evernote for writing When I first built this site, I started a blog which was terribly built, not in a CMS and a nightmare to maintain. Back in those days, I didn't think about keeping copies of things so that site is now lost in the depths of time but the
Photography Halifax under snow I like walking through Halifax first thing in a morning. Hardly anyone around, very peaceful. Even more so when there's snow around.
Photography Movember 30th I made it all the way through November without shaving my top lip! It's not as difficult as I thought it would be to be honest so will definitely be taking part again next year. For the final day I decided to do a silly shot.
Photography Winter wonderland Well, sort of. Halifax isn't exactly a wonderland. Anyway, here are some Wintery shots taken this morning on my customary walk from the train station [http://gowalla.com/spots/1043555] to the coffee shop [http://gowalla.com/spots/690636].
Photography Wander through town Every morning I take various routes though Halifax town centre. The days when Luisa catches the train from Halifax (which tends to be most), I tend to walk up through The Piece Hall [http://www.thepiecehall.co.uk/] en route to the coffee shop and this morning was no different,
Apps Invisible Interface (round 2) Not to be confused with my article from earlier this year [https://blog.nocturnalmonkey.com/the-invisible-interface/]. I've been thinking a lot lately about how we go about using our devices and computers. Times are changing and people don't see devices the same way they did ten
Photography This is me I took some shots earlier to update my Movember page [http://uk.movember.com/mospace/891812/] and I thought a couple of them were alright so I thought I'd share. The first shot is an outtake which I like purely because of the DOF. The second is the
Self-improvement TV is killing my time In November 2009, Luisa and I moved from our flat in the village I grew up in to our first proper house. I can't remember why exactly but due to the TV cabling being set up to receive Virgin Media (and we weren't subscribed to them)
Music Alexisonfire, Leeds Met Last Saturday, Lu and I descended upon the city of Leeds to enjoy an evening of drinking with some loud, heavy music in the form of Alexisonfire mixed in for good measure. I'm not really any good at reviewing music, so this will be an entirely subjective string
Personal Doing mo' for charity It's that time of year, the days get shorter, the Northern Hemisphere is generally darker and a lot colder, Christmas starts to show it's weary head in shops and on telly and of course, let's not forget Movember! For those who don't
Photography Thorpe Park Went to Thorpe Park for a friend's birthday. Nothing much to say really, I just walked around and shot pictures.
Photography Coffee and bokeh This weekend Luisa and I made the journey down from Yorkshire to Kent visiting her family. On the way down the M1 we stopped off to get some much needed coffee. Before we hit the road again, I took a shot of my cup of coffee sitting on the car
Photography Project 50 // Week seven On the home stretch and still not completely out of ideas, although some days I was admittedly cut down by late nights and... ahem, alcohol. Day forty-four ~ New boots Tonight we went out for a few drinks and some food. Lu bought some new boots so I thought I'
Photography Project 50 // Week six Week six has been a mixture of inspiration and... well, not so much. Despite that I kept on going, really just trying to find my feet with off camera flash. Day thirty-seven ~ Magicman I've been interested in close-up magic on and off for the last ten years. I
Photography Project 50 // Week five Five weeks in, only two weeks to go! This week has been interesting as I've made the first small steps in to strobist photography! Using Rick's recommendations [http://ricknunn.com/strobist-startup-kit/], I got my hands on some great gear for a decent price. I'm
Projects New exercises For quite some time now I've been eager to pick up my pens and pencils again to do what I spent most of my teenage years doing, drawing. Before I discovered the wonders of the web, I was very much an analogue type of person, the only time
Photography Project 50 // Week four Nothing much to write as an introduction this week. Some days I've been filled with inspiration, others I've been completely lost for ideas but still keeping it going regardless. Day twenty-two ~ Starman This shot was inspired while browsing a blog post displaying some lovely examples of
Inspiration Weekly inspiration // Week three Another quiet week for inspiration I'm afraid this week. Despite lots of things going on this week, I've not really been bookmarking a great deal of things. Still, I've got a few cool things to pimp so here goes. 8 Faces issue #1 released
Web Get TextPattern on the move My mate and local web designer, Oliver Ker [http://oliverker.co.uk/], is a long time fan of a particular flavour of CMS called TextPattern. I tried it once for a project but for some reason I found ExpressionEngine easier to get my head around. Anyway, for the last few
Photography Project 50 // Week three It's that time of week again, for a round-up of the last seven days. Like last week, it's been pretty tough to come up with ideas and it hasn't helped that the weather has been poor. Anyway, I managed to keep up with a
Illustration Preparing artwork I've decided to make a few changes since the launch of the journal. The typography I'd chosen wasn't working for me and it looked a bit too clean for what I wanted. I'm going to try adding some illustrative elements to the
Inspiration Weekly inspiration // Week two This weeks inspiration has an array of things for you to nibble at. Some are inspiring, some are just amusing and others are simply off the chart of awesomeness. Augmented (hyper)Reality: Domestic Robocop [https://vimeo.com/8569187] This video cropped up on Twitter or Delicious (can't quite
Photography Project 50 // Week two Continuing on from last weeks [https://blog.nocturnalmonkey.com/project-50-week-one/] round-up is week two of Project50. This week has been quite tough, a couple of days I was lacking inspiration and others were no brainers. On with the show! Day eight ~ Reflection First self shot of the project. I experimented
User Experience Sainsbury's missing a trick? This morning I went to my local Sainsbury's to pick up a few ingredients for a birthday meal I'm cooking for Luisa. I wandered around with my shopping list and picked up what I could find. After my shopping trip, whilst eating my breakfast I decided
