Sounds, Images, Words
Last week I posted a review of this year’s MusicMatters conference. Now, it’s time to focus on the live showcase, which this year was bigger than ever. MusicMattersLive took over the main square and six venues in Clarke Quay for three nights of original live music, featuring bands from Asia, Europe and North America. Unlike [...] Read full article
My holiday in Adelaide is drawing to a close. Today was one of those deeply relaxing days; open blue skies, dry warmth, nothing to distract from the relaxation. I watched a little football, went for a easy bike ride, ate some great food, drank some fine wine and found myself, as I often like to [...] Read full article
I’m now deep into my holiday in Adelaide. After a fun weekend, I awoke to sad news on Monday, my beloved cat Sara had passed away in the night, after a full and fun 19 years of life. I had picked Sara out as a kitten from a shelter and she had been my companion [...] Read full article
This afternoon I took a quick trip down to the Adelaide Kite Festival. The weather was very different to yesterday’s visit with the sun beating down. Being a nicer day, the event had a bit more of a carnival atmosphere today. Again I was struck by how diverse (and congenial) the crowds were. I spoke [...] Read full article
This afternoon I took a little sojourn to the beachside village of Semaphore to look at the Adelaide International Kite Festival. Adelaide seems to pride itself on being a “festival city,” there seems to be a least one every time I’m here. That said, I’ve never seen beachside kite flying carnival, so I packed my [...] Read full article
Last night I was out on the beach photographing here in Adelaide. It was a bit of a frustrating evening. As often happens, I met some interesting people and had some nice conversations. But, the clouds were not co-operating, and I couldn’t get the image I was looking for. After the sun had set, I [...] Read full article
OK, I have to admit my series on doing HDR photography has been a bit of a mess. I set out to write a step by step guide to my approach to High Dynamic Range photography, but I’ve kept rethinking and perhaps over-thinking my explanations and so, stopped posting the series. I will come back [...] Read full article
This morning I finished the painting you see above. It’s 30×20 inches and will hang opposite the entranceway to my studio here in Singapore. So everyone who comes in will see it. You can also catch a glimpse of the painting from the comfortable chairs in the lounge outside the studio. I wanted something bold, [...] Read full article
Coming Into Light is an extraordinarily well put together introduction to the life and work of early photographer and film maker Edward S. Curtis. Originally created for the American Masters TV series on PBS, the film is now available as a standalone documentary. I’m very glad it is, because this is quite a remarkable piece [...] Read full article
While I was live-tweeting during this morning’s Social Media Week Singapore Keynote, A few comments came back about the idea of passion points. The way I understand it, passion points are the interests people talk about on social media. For example, one of this morning’s speakers, Damien Cummings, suggested the passion points in Singapore are [...] Read full article