Digital

Lets get killed
Originally uploaded by -{The Broken Camera}-

A montage of digital images

insects in paint.
light waves captured in a digital sensor.
light released from the monitor.
chemicals released in the nervous system.

Analog

Earwax
Originally uploaded by -{The Broken Camera}-

Inspired by using some shots I had taken with the Pentax I made this montage. Was pleased scanning images this analogue camera had made. Didn't take much processing to get this in this state. Which is normally the case with working with digital.

The Broken Camera

A face lift and fitting in with my alias at Flickr. Even though the address for this blog is always the same. Born out of necessity after breaking the shutter on my DSLR the SLR featured above is a Pentax P30t which is far from broken. The next thing I have to sort out on this path is a film scanner for digitising negatives. The cost and quality of developing film is variable. I have had some problems with getting my negatives developed at high street outlets which have damaged the actual negative. Leaving blemish s on the prints as well. At the moment I am scanning from the prints. But just getting the negatives developed on their own is more economically viable. I haven't abandoned digital far from it. Just wanting to experiment in blending the two sides together.

The Empire

The Empire
Originally uploaded by -{The Broken Camera}-

It has seen a hundred years of change since constructed in 1908. Of hair styles, music and thought. As theatre, cinema and night club.

With the previous post about Woolworths prehaps the comforting thought is in the number ten and the multiples there of.

The Great Yarmouth Flickr meet

Last sunday amidst the snow fall several local members of Flickr met to discuss all things photography and life. So known by our Flickr login names which is myself as The Broken Camera , Clockworknoggin, WiccySunrise, Oleymoley, StutakesPhotos and SaltyDogJacko we met up in the Pub on the Prom on Great Yarmouth seafront. Sparkfish only got as far as the race course because it was blowing a white one and Sheryl1 couldn't come because of the bad weather. It took some an hour to drive from Lowestoft to Gt Yarmouth. As for me certainly worth walking into town for although the pavements were icy.
So after much coffee and a few pics by some later. It looks as if we're going to meet up sometime next year when the weather and light is better and do a photoshoot some in the locality. Oleymoley brought in his late father in laws Kodak camera. A fantastic piece of equipment that goes upto f45. It says it's a pocket camera but that's for deep pockets!

We'd had discussed the philosophy of of why we took pictures, the fine art of constructive criticism, our cameras, photos, Flickr itself......
Then the weather turned better further along in the afternoon so we all went our seperate ways until next time we logged in and uploaded some more photos.
So the moral of this tale is that the internet is strongest as a social structure when it replicates social interaction with people in the real life through the art of making images.

death on the high street

death on the high street
Originally uploaded by -{The Broken Camera}-

I took this on Sunday morning in the midst of the snow flurry. A couple going in said to the Woolworths employee standing outside "the a man taking photographs..." Well that's usually what happens with cameras. Cameras don't take pictures people do.

I had heard earlier in the week that the Woolworths Group PLC was in financial difficulties. So wanted a shot of this place for old times sake. We all have memories of "Woolies". Certainly of this shop in Great Yarmouth as a child collected many sets of Airfix figures and other items such as sweets. Actually just typing this gave me a flashback to those times of the early seventies. But that's the problem as a brand it seems to hold more as memories of "pick and mix" rather than actually spending any cash there. I used the passport photo booth about twenty years ago and that's it. If they are selling things off cheap I was wondering if they have any rolls of film going cheap?

I know it's abit of an institution here in the UK but the original Woolworths is an American concept was born out of a period of the 19th century that is far removed from today. Time and cultural patterns have changed. It would be worth investigating how much advance the internet has made from high street commerce. Not that is everything but there is a change in the air of how we use the center of urban areas. Much to ponder but an evolution rather than complete change.

It was on the news last week that shops might just get through winter but it's Easter that is make or brake for some. Yes it is indeed a death on the high street.

Structures

Structures
Originally uploaded by -{The Broken Camera}-

Patterns of Entities

Desaturated colour in Photoshop. Some great colours are captured in the original negative but I liked the shapes so hence this as monotone.

Exploring with the Pentax P30t and the lens that came with it. Pleased to say it all works. Got my film developed from what I took on the Sunday and Monday. The supense was killing me. Like the anticipation of sex on a first date. So I'm pleased to say the good majority are keepers. Even the Somerleyton sunset hand held at F3.5 @ 1 sec exposure with it's Orton effect is usable. That's special as I'm really surprised how that came out hand held The combination of good breathing technique and the light meter really worked well! Should remember to take it out with my £10 50mm f1.7 prime next time. Which is abit faster in low light. Don't take too much out just the barest minmum. Spent most of Monday evening and Tuesday scanning them in and retouching. Still more to do. The lens is good and took sometime to get used to it in feel. Being slightly more telephoto at 28-80mm rather than my 18-55mm lens which I'm more used to. Especially at the wide angle. As with all zooms it appears to work best in the mid range and gives you.

A statistic is both meaning less but means something

There were 5,694 uploaded images in the last minute on Flickr and these were the most poplar tags used for images. The larger the type face the more popular they are used.

africa
amsterdam

animals
architecture
art
august
australia
baby
band
barcelona
beach
berlin
bird
birthday
black
blackandwhite
blue
boston
bw
california
cameraphone
camping
canada
canon
car
cat
chicago
china
christmas
church
city
clouds
color
concert
cute
dance
day
de
dog
england
europe
family
festival
film
florida
flower
flowers
food
france
friends
fun
garden
geotagged
germany
girl
girls
graffiti
green
halloween
hawaii
hiking
holiday
home
honeymoon
house
india
ireland
island
italia
italy
japan
july
june
kids
la
lake
landscape
light
live
london
macro
may
me
mexico
mountain
mountains
museum
music
nature
new
newyork
newyorkcity
night
nikon
nyc
ocean
paris
park
party
people
photo
photography
photos
portrait
red
river
rock
rome
san
sanfrancisco
scotland
sea
seattle
show
sky
snow
spain
spring
street
summer
sun
sunset
taiwan
texas
thailand
tokyo
toronto
tour
travel
tree
trees
trip
uk
urban
usa
vacation
vancouver
washington
water
wedding
white
winter
yellow
york
zoo

Taxus baccata

Taxus baccata
Originally uploaded by Mark Sargeant

Taxus baccata

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Yew
My late father must have planted these in the 1950's hence they're so mature. They take such a long time to grow. My grandfather planted a hedge in the 1920's and that is very mature and acts as a good wind break. Indeed relatively younger single specimens can be very special when left to their own devices to grow to maturity. As indeed conifers can be.

ghosts

ghosts
Originally uploaded by Mark Sargeant

A particle or a wave?

Experiments with a home filter. In this case cloth.

The tower

The tower
Originally uploaded by Mark Sargeant

Seen from a far and now much closer through the grass.

In the park in b&w 3

In the park in b&w 3
Originally uploaded by Mark Sargeant

In the park today in b&w

In the park in b&w 2

In the park in b&w 2
Originally uploaded by Mark Sargeant

In the park today in b&w

In the park in b&w 1

In the park in b&w 1
Originally uploaded by Mark Sargeant

In the park today in b&w

John Kiki paints

John Kiki paints
Originally uploaded by Mark Sargeant

John Kiki
www.targetfollow-arts.co.uk/artists_info.php?id=36

Took this in his studio earlier this week. Some of the paints he uses in his mixed media work.

Manifestations of time and space

Manifestations of time and space
Originally uploaded by Mark Sargeant

"...for us physicists believe the separation between past, present, and future is only an illusion, although a convincing one."
Albert Einstein

Infinity

Infinity
Originally uploaded by Mark Sargeant

without end

eternal setting sun

eternal setting sun
Originally uploaded by Mark Sargeant

A timeless state of change.

Love of a void

Love of a void
Originally uploaded by Mark Sargeant

The film noir of an August seaside town

Light projected onto clouds

Light projected onto clouds
Originally uploaded by Mark Sargeant

Light and shadows from a Ferris wheel play with clouds.

Hand held shot from last night. Was really pleased to get this. Using curves in Photoshop to bring out the detail more.