Trying Exposure.co

Like Storehouse for the iPad, Exposure.co is a great app to use on a PC for putting photos into a story format. Did a quick one yesterday with my photos from our visit to York last year:

https://lozzom.exposure.co/york

New pocket camera - Sony RX100 iii

Just taken delivery of a Sony RX100 iii. I wanted a compact camera that I can always have on me. My Olympus E-PL5 is great but not quite small enough to fit in trouser, coat or shirt pocket.

The Sony looks very promising. Although the sensor is smaller at 1 inch than the micro four thirds sensor of the Olympus it promises to offer great performance. The built in zoom lens is fast with a maximum aperture of 1.8 at the lower end of the zoom range. The icing on the cake would have been a touch sensitive screen like the E-PL5 but life is never perfect.

Wi-fi connection to iPad or iPhone works well - very easy to set up and transfer images.

One feature which I think was unintended by Sony is the pop up flash which you can tilt up with one finger to achieve bounce flash.

Very early days yet, but a couple of low light photos from the first few days of ownership

Warwick Castle Wedding

I was invited to a friend's wedding at Warwick Castle a week or so ago. The venue was excellent for a winter wedding and the food was marvellous. Took my pocket camera - Olympus EPL-5 with 45mm f1.8 lens; here are a few photos from the day.

The Bride and her Father

Revisiting Berlin with the Storehouse app

https://www.storehouse.co/stories/r2ejo-berlin-2014

Christmas photos

Everybody takes photos at Christmas whether it be with phone or camera.

This year I only went and found my camera once over the Christmas period and at the time had had a few 'bevvies' which didn't help. However I did like the photos below of our little niece Anya and her Dad Andre

Ross Darby and Lizzy Coughlan

Really enjoyed putting this quick video together of a great song from Ross and Lizzy. Filmed last Sunday in a quiet area of the Artisan restaurant in Coventry.

Looking forward to capturing some more tracks with these two great local musicians.

Www.facebook.com/Ross.darby

All done in one take; used three cameras to get a few angles and caught the audio with a Zoom H4N.

Added a smidgen of reverb as the sound in the room was so dry.

Lizzy Coughlan and Ross Darby

hopefully you will be able to view this Facebook video from this link

Snatched on iPhone from an Open Mic session at The Establishment, I love this song. This was only their third or fourth performance - hopefully many more good things to come from them.

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Coventry Telegraph Calendar 2015

Super-psyched as they say in the US to have a pic chosen for the month of June.

I had forgotten that I had sent some photos in for this and missed the shortlisting and online voting; only found out when someone asked me whether it was my pic in the paper.

Charles Dexter Ward and The Imagineers

Popped down to the newly opened Fargo Village in Coventry last week to see the brilliant Charles Dexter Ward in action

Fargo

Fargo Village in Coventry opened at the weekend and promises to bring a whole new dimension to the city offering niche and unique retailers, artists’ studios, creative workspace, crafts, cafes, markets and entertainment space. Affordable rents will allow new businesses to set up, thrive and survive in an attractive environment, in a community of like minded people.

Fargo is bringing a piece of the London cool scene of Camden and Brick Lane to Coventry. Twenty years ago these were run down areas of London but with investment into the creative industries they have now become major attractions bringing in visitors from all over the world and in turn supporting the local economy. To emulate some of that success here would give Coventry a huge boost in perception and appeal to locals and visitors. Fargo Village will inject energy and fun into Coventry.

Bavella

Spent a lovely day on a little beach by the river which tumbles down from the mountains at Bavella gorge in Corsica

Corsica

Visiting the beautiful French Island in the Med

Photos are from an evening out in Porto Vecchio

Berlin

Just had a lovely few days in Berlin. The weather was fantastic, the place was buzzing, great bars and cafes and the public transport is brilliant.

So many places to take photos

Beer, dog and sofa - what more do you need?

Pocklington - York

Spending a couple of days in the lovely village of Pocklington in Yorkshire

The Gait Inn in Millington

Visited the wonderful York Minster

and the superb, free National Railway Museum

not to mention just wandering around York

Godiva Festival

The Godiva Festival in Coventry is a great free festival put on by the local council in the city's War Memorial Park. It is spread over a weekend in July each year, although it had to be cancelled in 2012 due to so much rain making the ground waterlogged and unsafe. The acts are a mixture of local talent and well know headliners.