Project LV One – Day 50 – When projects collide

Posted on June 12, 2014 by Guthlac

Deep Time

Whilst I was away last week I was able to capture some images that I can use for one of my other long term projects – Deep Time.   Some of you may recall that I have a great deal of confusion about this project and these images have only added another level of confusion – just when is the best time lighting conditions to capture images for this project?

So far the images have been captured on a variety of lighting conditions and this has lead to a differing in the look and feel of the images.  I’m not at all sure whether this adds to the images or distracts but I guess at this time it doesn’t really matter.

For the information of anyone out there who might care – the top two rocks date to the Carboniferous period and the bottom two to the Devonian.  So the rocks above are around 150 million years younger – not bad considering they are only about 30 miles apart – as the crow flies.  It really is no wonder that Britain is the home of Geology.

 

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Project LV One – Day 49 – England’s Disney World

Posted on June 11, 2014 by Guthlac

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Waddesden Manor is without doubt the strangest place I have visited in a very long time.  It is an example, if you ever needed one, that when you have an awful lot of money then you can just about do anything you want.  In the late 19th century Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild decided that he would like to build a French Chateau in England for a weekend get away.  So, according to one of the information panels, he and 100 other workers created this place on top of a hill in Buckinghamshire.  Actually it took around 10 years to complete and I’m sure that the Baron worked really hard to create this master piece of money no object.

Just as in Walt Disney World in Florida you have to park a mile or so away from the house and are then bused up the hill to north lawn.  However, it was a lovely day so we decided to walk through the manicured park land and climb up the hill.   Whilst leaving you out of breath at times the walk is worth it because the rolling Buckinghamshire countryside slowly opens up as you climb.  You also have the bonus of seeing the wonderful wildlife – much better than sitting in a bus.

The place itself is unlike any National Trust property you will ever come across because, whilst belonging to the trust, it has a significant trust fund all of its own to maintain the place – it shows.  However, the catering is not unto the National Trust standards if you have any allergy  problems – which as far as I am concerned is a big black mark.  Perhaps in the main resturant it might have been different but I still think this is a very bad.

So go and enjoy Waddesden Manor – it really is like nothing else you will find in England.

 

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Project LV One – the first volume has been published

Posted on June 10, 2014 by Guthlac
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Project LV One – Day 48 – So this is why I subscribe to Creative Cloud…

Posted on June 10, 2014 by Guthlac

Laugharne Castle

I know, I know it is a bit of a fatuous comparision but a valid one – the same person, i.e. me, worked on the image using an iPhone 5s and then worked on the same image using Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop.  I’ll let you decide which is the better image but for the record I think the Adobe Creative Cloud (CC) version wins hands down.

Of course the iPhone image was made on the move whereas the CC was created in my digital studio and took around about half an hour to create but the one thing is clear.  If you get the right conditions the Pano function of the iPhone does create a wonderful starting point from which to make an impressive image.

 

 

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Project LV One – Day 47 – Disney Doodle

Posted on June 9, 2014 by Guthlac

Pluto

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Project LV One – Day 46 – What kind of artist am I?

Posted on June 8, 2014 by Guthlac

Mickey Mouse Doodle

This is a thought that has been rumbling around in the back of my head for sometime and I might have set forth some thoughts on this in the past.  The reason why this has come to the fore again just now is because I went to the end of year show at the Loughborough School of the Arts.  As I walked around it became apparent to me that whatever they were producing, and I am not judging on their individual merits, they certainly aren’t really producing the art that would want to or probably could have done.   I got the distinct impression that figurative art was not something that is encouraged at Loughborough.  Now I am well aware that may well not have been the case as it was not the choice of the artists there.  Nonetheless, it was clear that what I produce is not what the young artists of the day want to make.

I have realised for sometime that tend to doodle than make considered pieces.  This may be because I am coming to this whole area at a much later age and view art as something I enjoy making, no matter what the standard might be, and that is it.   I have no ambition to exhibit my work beyond what I might show on this blog and certainly don’t want to make any money out of it.  This is where this doodle I made this afternoon comes in.  I really enjoyed making this and this is as far as I want to take it, I’m aware that should I want to take it any further I might have copyright problem, but I am happy with it.  Perhaps one day I might want to go further but I doubt it.  In truth I enjoy what I do and I have the good fortune not to need to take these things any further.  I was told a story recently of a man who thought he might make a name for himself as an artist only to find that he just hadn’t got what it takes, for whatever reason – and that is a whole other discussion, and got very disillusioned about this.  I find that very sad.  I make my art for me and as long as I’m happy with what I make I don’t have to please any one else.

 

 

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Project LV One – Day 45 – Catching Up

Posted on June 7, 2014 by Guthlac

Newgale Beach Still trying to catch up with things from my trip to west Wales.   Here is the wonderful Newgale which, like most of west Wales, suffered during the winter storms.  Still the summer is just around the corner and lets hope they have a great season – might help them  start to get over the winter.

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Project LV One – Day 44 – Student Show

Posted on June 6, 2014 by Guthlac

Oh the joys of attending final
Degree shows… Actually it is quite interesting if a little confusing – you are surrounded by over excited as well as over Ernest young adults who want to have creative career. Some of them may succeed but most may find other things to pay the bills.

Anyway good luck to them all and may they succeed in whatever they do.

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Project LV One – Day 43 – Hi Fidelity

Posted on June 5, 2014 by Guthlac


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On the final day of my latest cultural tour of Britain we stopped off at Bristol.  This was a first for me as I had never properly visited the city before.  I had passed through the city when I was young and had had a business meeting on the outskirts the city itself was a mystery.

One of the shops I visited was a music store that could almost have been out of the movie High Fidelity.  This is the first time I have been in such a store for a very long time.  To add to the whole retro feel the chap behind the counter, perhaps the John Cusack character in the movie, started to play Burlesque by Family, a local band who I really liked in the 1970’s.  However, to prove this wasn’t the 70’s I noticed that now vinyl is sold by the GSM, much as quality of paper is.

 

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Project LV One – Day 42 – crappy wifi

Posted on June 4, 2014 by Guthlac

Another day another hotel and the wifi is shocking. I’m at the top of the hotel and I can only assume the base station is in the basement! I downloaded this image from Dropbox using 3G on this phone and the same image to my iPad using WIFI – I don’t think I need to say which was quicker.

The castle BTW is Laugharne Castle which is just around the corner from Dylan Thomas’ famous garden shed where he wrote Under Milkwood – this is a very pretty part of the world even when it is drizzling.

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