It’s aliiiiive :o)
It’s aliiiiive π
The power supply arrived on Tuesday from eBuyer and I had it installed in a Jiffy.
Amazing peice of kit that lets you plug in only what you need which keeps the internal cable spagetti to a minimum and improves air flow.Installed XP64 and it flys.
What used to take me 2 minutes to compute on my laptop now takes about 10 seconds.
I still have to try passing some effects over some 500mb .tif files, but I’m sure it’ll be a breeze.ChΓͺne Bleu Wines β Launch Event
Wow – this is a late one.
Just back from a corporate event. Chêne Bleu Wines from La Verrière were launching their label in the UK and they were holding the launch party in Belgravia in London (https://www.bottaccio.co.uk/)I was working alongside my friend Helen Jones and we both have studio lighting which we both had to bring in order to light this event.
One area was for after the guests drop in their coats and move through to the wine sampling room so they could try the new range of wines launched on the night.
Due to some limitations on space we set up my large octabox on one of my Elinchrom heads planted on a tall stand and this was used for the couples/portrait shots as the guests arrived.Upstairs we had another 2 Elnchroms set up to light a n area in front of a painted scrim between 2 columns with vases and shrubbery. The theme of the party was Toga and so the Greek look fitted into the rest of the party’s layout nicely. We were using 3 flash heads which left us with our fourth as a backup which was ideal
None of the studio lights were set to ‘slave’ mode to stop them being triggered by the guest’s cameras and so we were triggering all the flashes with my wireless radio triggers (PocketWizards), but even though we were on 2 separate floors we had to make sure they were in independent channels to ensure we weren’t triggering the other set by mistake.
PocketWizards (https://www.pocketwizard.com/) are an amazing piece of kit and definitely worth their weight in gold for their versatility, 100% performance and range of operation
A beast is coming …..
A beast is coming …..
My new PC that is πI decided to retire my old Pentium III which I built about 7 years ago in favour of something a little ….. quicker.
I ordered my components a little while back and they’ve just arrived.
The new system has an Intel i7 chip with 12Gb of 1866 ram and a 1Gb ATI 4890 graphics card ….. all so I can edit pictures quicker.I’ve put it all together, but I’m still waiting on my Dark Power power supply to come before I can switch it on and install all by bits ‘n bobs. It should be here next week, so until then I have my trusty laptop and server to keep me warm π
C.
It seems I’m in the news …. again :o)
The phone’s ben ringing tonight.
It seems I’m in the news …. again πNew footage has been released of the Ian Tomlinson incident …. and in it plain as day is wee me taking pictures (long black coat, white shirt, blue jeans).
https://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/video/2009/apr/21/g20-ian-tomlinson-new-video
I was contacted by IPCC regarding the incident and I’m meeting with them for an interview and delivering high-res images that may be used in their investigations.

