Month: December 2014
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#LapseLondon – Final Video
Triggertrap has just published the finished #LapseLondon video: LapseLondon from Triggertrap on Vimeo. I’m pleased that a couple of my segments made the cut. Read more about the day and see a behind the scenes video here. And to see a fuller version of my shots, check out this post.
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Geminids and Startrails
Last night was the peak of the Geminids meteor shower. So I headed out from the lights of my part of suburbia to rural Bayford (a 10 minute train ride). To be honest, there are still plenty of city lights on the horizon, but it’s the best I can do easily. I set myself up…
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Administrative Note
I’ve just updated my WordPress theme to make it responsive. There may be the odd thing broken around here. If there is, then I apologise. But do feel free to drop me a note if you find anything that seems a bit odd. Hopefully I’ll be able to use some slightly bigger pictures and generally…
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Radio Extra
Earlier this week, Global announced that it would soon be launching Heart Extra on national DAB. This is the first of a big DAB push. They already have Smooth Christmas running on the platform, and that rebrands as Smooth Extra from December 27th. They also have Capital XTRA, LBC and Classic FM all on the…
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#LapseLondon
Last weekend, Triggertrap, the people who make smart phone adaptors for your DSLR cameras, organised an event called #LapseLondon. About forty of us assembled at their offices for some really interesting talks before heading out into a winter London. I managed to not follow the right technical instructions with my first shoot on Carnaby Street…
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The Price of Rental
I missed Guardians of the Galaxy in cinemas earlier this year. But it was well reviewed, and I did plan to catch it. The good news is that it came out on “home video” recently. So I could either buy it on DVD or BluRay, or watch it in download/streaming. If I choose to rent…
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Radio Academy AGM: Some Thoughts
Yesterday was a very interesting evening at the Radio Academy’s AGM. Ordinarily this is a rather dry affair formally closing the previous year’s accounts. It usually happens just ahead of a London event – if only to ensure that the meeting is quorate (a favourite word of Academy Chairman Ben Cooper, we learnt). But last…
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Cyclo Cross World Cup – Part 2 – Men’s Race
As well as photos of the women’s race I also took photos of the men’s race, the weekend before last in Milton Keynes. Cyclo cross seems to have had something of a resurgence in the UK over the last few years. But then again, so has cycling in general. I’ve been going to the Rapha…
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Do We Need an Olympic TV Channel?
It’s a bit of a moot question, because the IOC has just voted to launch one at the 127th IOC session taking place today and tomorrow in Monaco. Recommendation 19 Launch of an Olympic Channel is unanimously approved #olympic #agenda2020 #127iocsession — IOC MEDIA (@iocmedia) December 8, 2014 The full description of the recommendation was…
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My Nexus 5 Battery Woes
I couldn’t put a precise tome on it, but at some point in the late summer or early autumn, the battery performance of my Nexus 5 fell off a cliff. I’m not an unreasonable phone user. My phone tends to get a bit of action on the commute to work, as I listen to some…
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Serial on the Radio
I’m pleased to see that Radio 4 Extra is going to be broadcasting podcasting sensation Serial. Starting this Sunday (i.e. the day after tomorrow), they’ll be broadcasting the series nightly at 9pm, with the final episode airing the same night as the final podcast is released. I imagine that there will need to be quite…
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How Much Does An Artist Earn From The Radio?
There’s a widely linked article recently published in Wired about a track that has been played 168m times on Pandora earning its writer only $4,000. Now the first thing to note is that this number has been diluted a bit because there were three song writers and a publisher involved. The track overall paid $12,359.…