Looks great on my MacBook and Safari.

Yeah, looks like I should be able to drag with the mouse (like a touchscreen) but you can't. Assumed it was a bug at first and only the first picture in each section had loaded.

(Win 10, Chrome)

If i'm being pedantic I don't like that the top of your logo framing box doesn't line up with the top of pictures.

Also the description text on some photos doesnt really appear to line up with anything.


There are some great Wordpress options on themeforest.
https://themeforest.net/item/fusion-responsive-photography-portfolio-wordpress-theme/16913115?s_rank=8

Fuck it,doesn't matter.

No idea about vlogging cameras, I'm afraid.  Everyone bangs on about the expensive ones so couldn't tell you about budget options.  Digital cameras aren't good for holding value, though.  What I will say is that the feature you want above anything else is a rotating screen so you can see yourself and other camera info.  A quick look at the Sony Alpha a5000 shows a tilting screen but not one that rotates to face the front.

I also couldn't tell you about the specs of your laptop but do know that if you download Adobe Creative Cloud you'll get a 2 week free sample of Lightroom and Premiere to try with.

I haven't done any YouTube stuff myself but I'm told by those who have that you should budget for a decent mic.

Can you recommend some decent, cheap, easy video editing software? I really only need to edit, splice clips together, maybe at a push add titles and overdub a bit here and there, and then export.

Been a busy bee recently.

Got some paid gigs coming up in the next few months.  But as of late, I've been trying to keep myself busy so that my photography pages and whatnot don't look deserted, if nothing else.

Started by looking at some of the local areas that have fallen into dis-repair.  First was a bowling club that's been sitting empty for 5 years.  No hint of any progress with the land.







From there, I went to Firs Park, which is a five minute walk away.  Former home of East Stirlingshire FC, it closed in 2008 and was demolished in 2012.  There is also no hint of anything happening with the land.







My urbex style adventures continued when we went on holiday up north.  There was an old train station that got used on weekends for steam train trips. Had fun wandering about the old stuff.




^^ Those carriages were immobile, btw.



After this trip I went a bit crazy for black and white.

More recently, I was testing out a new lens at the Safari Park.  All I need now is to do the real thing.





Pamela and I had afternoon tea on a steam train for her birthday.  It was fun.  We were at least 30 years younger than anyone else that was there, mind you.  Afterwards I got down to see the driver put the train away in the shed.





Just a few days ago, I went out with one of the girls from work who was looking for some modelling shots.  She was game enough to get into the water after I suggested a 'Lady in the Lake' theme.  Very happy with how this shoot came out.





As well as that, I did a wee video after my mum moved out of the family home after 30 years.  It was impractical for her to stay there with just her husband but after all that time we all got a bit sad when it finally happened.  The move coincided with me transferring a load of VHS to digital so I spliced in some old footage into a video of my photos and topped it off with some manipulative music.  You can watch that here, if you're so inclined.  Prob won't mean much to you, of course.

The biggest thing I got involved in though, was embedding myself with a local amateur dramatic group for a show they were doing.  My sister was playing the main part so I contacted them and they were glad to have me involved.  It was great.  I've often said how photographing something can fall on its arse if you don't have access.  Thankfully I was given full access from rehearsals through to show nights, with the only restriction being that I wouldn't be in the changing rooms while folk were changing.  

It was a project that was fun and I came away with a load of good photos.  This one is probably where the B&W thing started.  I decided to not worry about the different coloured lights and whatnot early on by removing that aspect.  Saved myself a lot of hassle with that.















The coolest thing was that I was there when things went a bit wrong.  In the photos above, the director had kept the company back after a show that he was less than impressed with for a talking to.  I was able to get myself right in the middle of it and get everyone's reactions as they happened.

That's all for now.  I tend to go in phases where I do loads and then have 3 or 4 weeks where I do very little for a variety of reasons.  Happy with the quality of things at the moment, though.

Great stuff there Matt,some reall heartbreakers too. I'm starting to get back into it myself ATM. Bought an Olympic om d e-m10 mk ii. I seem to have lost my old om 50mm though

Top draw photos mate - really good

Nice one Matt. Really like the train driver ones.

Those are lovely, great work again

Yeah I read about that photoshop incident. Such a weird thing to do. It's not even that good a job of it.

I'm interested in that final link but I'm not sure I want to look at it. How graphic are we talking?


I don't photo much but I shot a roll of film over like a 4 month period and finally got the images back. Some are unfocused, most are just of my friends but there's a few nice ones.

They're really nice. What's the Location?  

The twitter thing is more upsetting than graphic tbh.  No blood or guts.

ShabbyMcCrabby wrote:

Thanks Matt. They're at a place called Halls Gap. Very nice little town with some great bush

Should be working for the tourist board Shabs, they look great