The past couple of weeks have seen me spending my Wednesday evenings working late at NPL recording and photographing their latest ‘Protons for Breakfast’ course which lasts six weeks and aims to to teach people of all ages how science impacts us on our daily lives.
Through a mixture of lectures, live demonstrations and hands-on activities the students get taught and shown wide ranging areas of science; from the fundamentals of electricity and light in weeks one and two, to debates on climate change and health issues with mobile phone use.
For more information, you can check out the Protons for Breakfast section on the NPL site, or read the official Protons for Breakfast blog.
See some of the goings on from the past couple of weeks below;
Electrification with a Van de Graaff generator during Week 1
Week 2 saw the students exploring the wonders of light
Listening to a talk on optical illusions and light from week 2.
Last weekend the London Fashion Weekend saw out the end of February and closed the main London Fashion Week at Somerset House. I’m not one for fashion, but this event proved something not to be missed – offering a chance to get up close to the catwalk by selling photographer tickets which allowed access to the photography box, providing unprecedented views of the end of the runway.
Events selling photographer tickets do seem very, very rare – but something which I’ve thought about for quite some time; why some events don’t sell tickets for photographers (even at a premium if they must) is beyond me – after all, the organisers normally always are in favour of us and love the free publicity we photographers provide – maybe they can learn a thing or too from the London Fashion Weekend event!
So, without further a do, below are are a few highlights of the shots I took while I was there of the models showcasing outfits from a whole range of designers, including Betty Jackson, Jasper Conran and more.
As always you can also see more in the photography section.
Outfit by Betty Jackson
From the Swallows & Amazons range
Mecia Simson, winner of Britain’s Next Top Model 2009, showing off another outfit from Betty Jackon’s collection
From the Candy Rock range
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Last weekend saw the annual MCN Motorcycle Show arrive into town at the ExCel Center in London. Aswell as displaying the latest bikes and accessories from all the top bike manufacturers, the MCN Babe of the Year contest was also counting down to the final; where out of hundreds of applicants, who were whittled down by modelling agency CT, just six took to the stage in a chance to win a year’s modelling contract and be the face of MCN for the next year.
All weekend, visitors to the event had the chance to phone in and vote for their favourite, however, there could only be one winner; who was Georgia Graham pictured below shortly after being crowned Babe of the Year 2010;
When asked what it would mean to win; Georgia, 20, from Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland said; “I was bullied as school for being ugly, so I want to prove the bullies wrong by winning”. See the rest of the post for more photos of the winner and runners-up.
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Taken in Hampton Court Palace Gardens – View Large
1/200 sec at f4.5, ISO 100
The other day I recieved Dane Sander’s book “Fast Track Photographer” for free through the post after winning it in a twitter contest where he was giving away 500 copies. Who is Dane Sanders I here you ask? Well he’s a professional wedding photographer living in Southern California who is also a regular speaker for Adobe and Pictage as well as having been featured in many professional photography magazines.
The excerpt for the book states;
“Fast Track Photographer gives you powerful tools for discovering your core strengths and a foolproof plan for maximizing them in the flat new world we live in. If you want to build a recession-proof, competition proof photo business in the 21st Century, you need to throw out the old rule book. You need to get on the Fast Track.”
Even though I am not a wedding photographer, and have never taken any photos at one, I still look forward to reading the book as I can hopefully apply what it discusses to other situations.
If you want to find out more about Dane Sanders you can visit his site, or follow him on twitter here.
