The BBC have posted a great article on why it’s not normally a good idea to place two world champions in the same team. The article goes on to make reference to “Hamilton/Alonso in ‘07, Prost/Senna ‘88-’89, Mansell/Piquet ’86-87”
If your an F1 fan and this is a cracking read, even if you follow the odd race, its a good insight as to why this year will have fireworks!
The article can be found here.
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I have been aware for around a year that the government intended to rewrite a large proportion of the UK copyright laws surrounding the digital online use of photographs, in fact, I wrote about in this blog article. I was also made aware a few months ago on how the government planned to give non-commercial websites free reign on any image they so desire in an attempt to “curb copyright infringement” and to “make getting clearance to use an image easier” these statements are not only laughable but they are totally ludicrous. Its similar to saying we are removing all national speed limits in an attempt to reduce speeding offences. There has been a petition set up on the 10 Downing street website and I urge all of you to sign up here.
I have just been informed the post that contained my review of 2009 has disappeared from my site. It was posted during the server change which is maybe where my post has got too!
Anyway, here is the reposted review of 2009 in movie form
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This is a short video of some of my favourite shots of the year.
This list is by no means exhaustive, I had to keep editing the list down so I could bring the video in under six minutes. I think it is a true reflection of my work this year though and I’m very proud of it.
I’m sure your all aware that the 2010 winter Olympics are underway in Vancouver. You may or may not know that the opening and closing ceremonies of the olympics are the most watched events on TV.
The Boston Big Picture has some pretty amazing images of the ceremony on display here.
Yesterday Apple released information on their much anticipated tablet called the iPad. Speculation of this device had been blowing around the internet for quite a while but it reached fever pitch at the beginning of the year when Apple announced a ‘media event’
Last week I spent the afternoon shooting Lizzie & Paul’s wedding in Warwick. I started off covering Lizzie’s preparations at the Warwick Arms then moved down the road to the Lord Leycester Hospital, Its a fantastic old building dating back to the 15th Century.
We had hoped to spend a few hours in Warwick getting some great portraits of the newly married couple but unfortunately the great British weather didn’t oblige us although it stayed dry enough for us to get some shots down by the river at the foot of the castle.
For the reception we moved to a small central restaurant called 7 Square. The restaurant was beautifully decorated and a perfect size for the wedding. I often comment how much I enjoy winter weddings because of the soft, low light. Well this wedding was no different but it was really pushing the limits of what was possible without using flash. Throughout the whole day, apart from the portraits in front of the castle I was running at 3200ISO to avoid using flash but I think the extra effort was well worth it as the low natural light gives a 3D effect to the images.
I hope you enjoy the images.
Martyn
If your a fan of motor sport and great photographs you may want to take a look at the Big picture article on the Dakar rally.
As I am a big fan of both I was totally blown away with the quality of the images in this gallery. Covering a sporting event is difficult enough, when its stretched out over 6000 Km its amazing that anything gets photographed!
Take a look at the article for yourself!
Following a server update my hosting company have mislayed quite a few of the files my blog needs to function correctly.
I have been advised they are working to correct the issue.
Please accept my apologies for this (hopefully short lived) technical issue.
Martyn
Ps I have written this from my iPhone so please excuse the lack of formatting.
*UPDATE*
Thanks to the guys at CMD most of my stuff is back online so hopefully the blog is back to normal, if anyone notices anything a wry, drop me a note.
Well we’re into December, Christmas cards are rolling through the door so I guess it’s about time-
I want to wish all of my customers, readers and suppliers a very merry Christmas from all of us at Greswolde photography.
There are a lot of exciting new things coming in 2010… I can’t wait!
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