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We had our January break in Nice this year. This is our combined Christmas and Jayne’s birthday present, which suits me as I can ignore Christmas and no presents to buy. A good result all round. We knew that the weather was forecast to be bad for at least three days which was a bit depressing but there’s nothing you can do about it. We flew from Liverpool, a nice little airport, landed in heavy rain – and it rained almost non-stop for three days. South East France suffered flooding, landslips, airlifts – and deaths! Home from home. Despite having walking gear, waterproofs etc., I had to buy an umbrella. I have never seen as many people with umbrellas, even the young lads had them. They are obviously used to rain – but without the wind to rip the brolly to shreds.
Nice has a pebble beach, the sea was rough on arrival but what we realised later, was that the pebbles were three foot deep on top of the concrete bases that the hotels across the road have bars, settees and tables set up on. For a couple of days tracked Bobcats moved hundreds of tonnes on pebbles, later in the week there were carpets and immaculately laid tables set out on the beach every day, even in January. Every day people swam in the sea and in some cases sunbathed. The temperature peaked at 15C but with the lack of wind it was pleasant, at times though it was cold and snow appeared overnight on the distant mountains, the beginning of the Southern Alps I think.
We walked over 90 miles in seven days and for three days in pouring rain, weighing up the photo possibilities, with the intentions of going back when the weather picked up. On Monday, day four, things improved, on Tuesday and Wednesday it was gorgeous, Thursday was duller. If we had had better weather we would have visited Cannes and Monaco etc. but as it was we stayed within walking distance of Nice. We walked up Castle Hill ( Colline du Chateau) several times in different weather, likewise Mont Boron and Mont Alban. The views were stunning. A peninsula below us was Cap Ferrat and we had an epic day out there, over twenty miles including the 14 Km path around the entire peninsula – the second most expensive place in the world to buy a home apparently. The gates on the driveway would cost more than a small house in Huddersfield. A beautiful place though.
We went to the old Town (Vieux Nice), Cimiez, Villefranche-sur-Mer, the fantastic Russian Cathedral, Pretty much everywhere it was worth walking in the time we had. We walked from 8.30 am until 8.30 pm with barstops for a glass or two of French wine – got to keep it civilised! I had a pretty heavy backpack on with my camera gear and waterproofs etc.
All in all we had a great time but! I made a big mistake, I inadvertently put an 8 Gb CF card back in my camera, formatted it - without checking what was on it – and put another 250 photos on it. I realised when I got home that there was a problem. These photos were the best of the trip, Our second visit to the Russian Cathedral, it was closed the first time, in stunning light, and no crowds. I spotted a giant Cumulonimbus over the snow covered mountains, just as the sun was setting and turning it pink and orange. It was similar to the one I photographed at home recently, A photo of which was on the BBC weather coincidentally. I couldn’t believe my luck, the only way I could get a view of it was by taking a ride on the giant Ferris wheel nearby. We ran to it and they took us around five times, each time I fired away and got some fantastic photos – all gone! At the time I was extremely disappointed but you have to put these things in perspective – it’s nobody’s life. We were there for a break and a change of scenery and we got it, the photos make the trip for me but I still have a thousand great photos, there might have to be a next time though.
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Two piece set top and shorts.
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I'm going to try more detailed jeans soon...we will see
so I've begun to set up the studio, lights camera action! i hope to build on this soon enough, but for now, I'm in heaven!!
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My local K-Mart had 15% off 2008 Lego sets, so I popped in to see what they had and ended up grabbing these. I nearly didn't pick up the droid set but figured I didn't want to pay full price for it after the sale.
7670 LEGO Star Wars Hail-Fire Droid and Spider Droid at Amazon
Still part of the set course I ordered (this isn't the largest one - the Miyabi course - which I ordered on a previous visit) in addition to partaking in the a la cart selections.
Unagi (grilled eel), tai (sea bream), hokkigai (surf clam), saba (mackerel) topped with ginger, ebi (shrimp), maguro (tuna), sake (salmon) and hamachi (yellow tail). There were also sake (salmon) and kappa (cucumber) maki.
Testing my new umbrella + swivel head and light stand...unfortunately home alone...it would have been better trying out with someone rather than with an object...
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Bridal Veil Falls near Highlands, Macon County, North Carolina is a little over 2 miles north of the town. Located in the Nantahala National Forest, the falls is roughly 60 feet high (despite the 45' height given in Wikipedia). At one time you could drive behind the falls; now you can only do it by foot. The falls splashes on to rocks where the water drains off . The visual effect is fascinating, depicted in images 6 through 11 in this series.
For websites with more information plus photos see--
www.world-of-waterfalls.com/eastern-us-bridal-veil-falls-...
www.romanticasheville.com/bridal_veil_falls_highlands.htm
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For Blossom:
Lesson finally learned: Value the soulful smile
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Yeah Baby, tell me who you're gonna give your lovin' to?
That girl who catches every eye
Or the one you can set your compass by...
You set it by her soulful smile
The fire in her eye
And the way she goes that extra mile
The love you wanted this to be
Is somewhere down the line
You'll find her eventually
~ Jackson Browne, excerpt from "For Taking the Trouble"
part of my ableton live set for CDM music group. you can see that the tracks are color coded. i used sticky notes of the same colors stuck to my bcf2000 to keep the channels organized.
the songs are all sorted by bpm which is typed in just for reference over on the right. this set (my main one) ranges from 95 bpm to about 150. so it is easy to tap tempo and mix from another djs set.
i typically will play through an entire song but add a looped drum part (either heavy steady kick, or high hat/snare part) into it. in moderation of course! for kind of on-the-fly remixes. there are also a few songs i have mapped acapellas for (not fun) and will actually do on-the-fly remixes, adding/dropping beats etc. its really fun which is my whole goal. i like to play stupid fun music that i like. ace of base? and refuse to play crap i dont like. MIA?
the boxes in white are my remixes which where made separately in arrangement view. you can listen to some of them at www.myspace.com/wearea2dt
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Lots of fun with lighting this morning. I am starting to get the hang of the lighting triangle. The lesson I was following from Lighting: Science and Magic was related to the size of the light source. When I didn't use a diffuser, I got a really nice soft image, with no shadows. I wanted to revisit my shot yesterday and get some shadows, so I shot this with the bare strobe.
580 EX - bare - camera right - 5 ft from subject 6 feet high.
Here's the final shot - www.flickr.com/photos/chrispllatto/6928734529/in/photostream - I hope this helps.
Handmade in crochet -set of 5 potholders - 2 buns, tomato, cheese, hamburger - stacked together look like a Cheeseburger.
Old postcard for Hillbilly Village in Pigeon Forge, TN. Click HERE to check out my more recent visit to this place.....Its looking a little rough these days. You can see the feet of on of their famous hillbilly cutouts in this picture.
The Wonders Of The Younger Tour @ Madison Theater on Oct 16th. I was beyond stoked to be able to finally see The Summer Set, I am a HUGE fan of theirs, they are just one of the catchiest bands I have ever listened to. That same day I ran into old friends, and on friend who was doing their sound asked me if I met them yet, I told him no so introduced me to the members of TSS, and after that I interviewed Brian, boy was it a great day! Everythings fine.