Category Archives: General

This is for posts that have no real specific category, such as Art or Photography

Make sure you shoot the messenger

Posted on November 22, 2013 by Guthlac

Last night just before I went to bed I switched on Sky Sports and saw the banner headline that the Heineken Cup had been saved as the national Rugby Union’s had signed a deal. I thought I would have to … Continue reading →

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Kodachrome, You give us those nice bright colors, You give us the greens of summers – Paul Simons

Posted on November 20, 2013 by Guthlac

You just have to love the iPhone Pano function.  However, now that I’ve got home and are able to start to examine some of the details and one thing struck me.   The ISO is really low – this one … Continue reading →

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Sunrise over Hartlepool

Posted on November 20, 2013 by Guthlac

At least it has stopped raining ! Simon Marchini http://www.simonmarchini.co.uk

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More examples of the IPhoneography from Middlesborough and Redcar

Posted on November 20, 2013 by Guthlac

Simon Marchini http://www.simonmarchini.co.uk

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A confluence of issues

Posted on November 20, 2013 by Guthlac

One of the strange things about life is that from time to time things come together to produce a strange and wonderful experience. This happened to me yesterday when I visited the Middlesborough Institute for Modern Art (MIMA). This is … Continue reading →

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When you actually go in the ring, it’s a very lonely and scary place. It’s just you and the other guy….

Posted on November 18, 2013 by Guthlac

I seem to be drifting to a very simplified approach to the the Boxing idea.  I suppose in truth I hadn’t  really got any plans other than try and move away from portraiture …and in this I think I’m succeeding … Continue reading →

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The trouble with boxing is that too often it ends in sadness

Posted on November 17, 2013 by Guthlac

   

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Death on the dance floor

Posted on November 17, 2013 by Guthlac

A sketch/playing with ideas based on a George Bellows print.  

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…nothing that can compare to testing yourself the way you do every time you step in the ring…

Posted on November 17, 2013 by Guthlac

“…nothing that can compare to testing yourself the way you do every time you step in the ring…” Sugar Ray Leonard    

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Continuing the Boxer Vibe

Posted on November 16, 2013 by Guthlac

At the moment I seem to be moving away from trying to make likenesses to some far more powerful imagery.   I have always been influenced by the boxing photography of the early part of the 20th century – I … Continue reading →

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