Sunday: Went to see the Sleeping & Dreaming show at the Wellcome Collection on Euston Road. The entrance, complete with austere-posh cafe by Peyton and Byrne, is open and airy in a way that recalls the Great Court at the British Museum, but the overall effect is overall, nearer, newer, far less grand. Same goesContinue reading “Sleeping & Dreaming”
Category Archives: Photography
Blog not popular? No worries, just obsess over your Flickr stats instead
I know, from careful perusal of my blog stats, that The Wired Jester appeals to a select, discerning audience: mostly people looking for information on the not-quite famous footballer who shares my name, some after information on Wolf Pillows, and every now and then my brother. Despite this, I do check the numbers quite regularly,Continue reading “Blog not popular? No worries, just obsess over your Flickr stats instead”
Flickr definitions: is an image worth a thousand words?
The phrase ‘in the dictionary, next to X, there’s a picture of you’ (where X is a negative term like stupidity) is a bit of an old comic standby – there’s a brilliant Simpsons episode based around it – and it works so well as a joke because it recognises the truth of another oldContinue reading “Flickr definitions: is an image worth a thousand words?”
Tony, Tony, Tony
Front page of the Guardian, yesterday.
A Spring Day In London
I’m currently spending my weekends house hunting, and roving far and wide in search of prey. Criss crossing the capital, I realised on Sundays, you can park on Waterloo bridge, so stopped the car and grabbed this shot of the Thames and the city.
Nikon D40 flash hack
Zenboodah, one of the peeps in Flickr’s Nikon D40 pool, has posted a neat how-to to improve the performance of the built-in flash: a cardboard diffuser/bounce box. Worth looking at until I can afford the oft-recommended Nikon SB-400 speedlight, I think. UPDATE: After a long time, I’ve now found an updated/replacement tutorial.
Wallpaper images: a quest
Speaking of what makes a good wallpaper image, Vanity Fair has an article up about one writer’s crazed quest to track down the location of Windows XP’s “Autumn” background. [via Engadget]
Wallpaper Images
I first learned that Microsoft had approached a Flickr user to supply some of the standard wallpaper images included with Vista a while ago, but that little nugget of info has re-appeared today on Ars.Technica. I think it’s worth linking to the Flickr photoset from which MS bought two of the images that you canContinue reading “Wallpaper Images”
The D40’s kit lens is awesome
The Nikon D40’s kit lens is awesome, especially when it comes to hairy walls.
Nikon D40: A couple of weeks in, time for some ‘terrific honesty’
So I’ve had my Nikon D40, complete with kit lens (18-55mm) for a couple of weeks now – my first SLR and a choice that I arrived at after some fairly protracted hand-wringing. How has it worked out? Brilliantly, to be honest – considering I’ve basically just taken it out and about in London, I’mContinue reading “Nikon D40: A couple of weeks in, time for some ‘terrific honesty’”
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