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Busy, Busy, Busy

The last few months have flown by - hard to believe it's nearly the end of May... So, having part-written countless blog post drafts, I've not had the time (nor inclination I suppose) to finish them. Suffice to say, I probably should. Having had my Birthday recently, I'm now inundated...

Keeping up with the Joneses

I'm not one for product blogs, but sometimes amazing things need attention lavished upon them; and Blackmagic's Pocket Cinema Camera [http://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/blackmagicpocketcinemacamera/] is one of those amazing things. A 1080P HD cinema camera (it captures RAW Wide Dynamic range) with the form factor of a crappy...

Architech Phetish

Yes, I'm making words up now. Architech = Architecture + Technology Phetish = Photographic Fetishism *sigh* Anyway, to the post at hand. http://petermccready.com [http://petermccready.com/] - This website is fantastic and well worth a few hours of your time. Peter McCready's gallery/interactive imagery are a 360° snapshot of the...

New Year, New Plans

The past 18 months have been hectic and pulled me further from my preferred forms of imaging then I'd have liked. Having adapted (for one reason or another) my studio into a lab-slash-workshop, I no longer have the space I would need for fashion or portrait photography (well, I could...

Building a 3D Printer

Much has been happening on the 3D printing front. A few delays in sourcing parts (as will be explained), but otherwise things are going smoothly. After some research and help from the donor of the seed parts, I chose the Ecksbot [http://blog.eckertech.com/] as the basis for my...

New plan. Build a 3D printer. Simple.

As a redux of a plan I had in May, I'm now back on track with building a 3D printer. Spurred on by the release of MakerBot's awesome Replicator 2 [http://store.makerbot.com/replicator2.html], it was either saving up and waiting until later next year, or hacking my...

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