Burlesque

Despite the serious lack of tassels and undergarments on show in todays adventure, I wasn’t hugely disappointed and got to set my eyes and lens of couse, onto some beautiful species. Being the young, red blooded man that I often pretend I am, burlesque would be the only answer that I’d come up with given the clues that I presented to my mum for a day out for her birthday; exotic birds and feathers.

Those exotic birds, although from all over the world, were birds of prey, and where you find birds, you’d normally find

Sharing the Love

Although I already had a Facebook profile where I displayed most of my photographs, I’ve decided that I might be better off separating my photographic endeavours and creating a Facebook page – Photos by Dan.

This does not mean I’m giving up on this blog, this is where you’ll find the stories behind the photos. Facebook is just another outlet to distribute my creativity. There’s new cotent and some you’ve seen before.

Of course you use Facebook, if you think it’s worthy, I’d appreciate the Like button being pressed.

Photos by Dan @ Facebook

Being Mobile

If I admit it to the world, maybe I’ll change my ways. I’m quite precious of my camera. I think that I stepped over a milestone on the recent trip to London where I let a complete stranger handle my camera to take a photo of me with my girlfriend; something there’re very few of. This is paired with the fact that we were trapped in a bubble on the London Eye, it added a little bit to my camera’s safety.

After receiving a notification recently of my blog’s anniversary and then looking back over my posts, there is little content compared to the amount of time that has passed.

My camera is big and bulky which doesn’t help I know that I favour night time shoots, which require all the right conditions, and no early mornings the next day. I’m limited, or making excuses.

I do love taking photographs though, and even though I don’t often share them, my smartphone of choice tends to fill the gap quite often.

For the size and it’s features, and countless apps available, there’s not much that you can fault it with. Android’s built in Panoramic feature seems to get a lot of use. Gimmicky or not, I like it.

Don’t get used to SmartPhoneography type posts. They’re perfect for personal memories. The photos wont mean much to many, but to me, it’s like a memory bank in my pocket.

If You Go Down to the Woods Today

There’s something about a walk in the forestry at night with a bunch of camera equipment that’s deeply terrifying. Whilst it would be nice to bump up the ISO and set a wide aperture on my eyes, I left them set to auto and allowed them to adjust. The surrounding evergreens grew thicker and blocked out almost all of the light polluted sky. It was dark, I think I had my eyes open. It was quiet, other than the sound of my heartbeat that elevated with the cardiovascular workout that the steep hillside walk was providing. I fumbled in my bag and grabbed a torch, flicked it on. Nothing much more than trees towered over me. I continued my ascent to find a plateau where I rested for a while before setting up my tripod.

Being a Local Tourist

If I was a betting man, I’d almost be prepared to gamble that you’ve never thought of yourself as a tourist, unless maybe you’d traveled to your destination by aeroplane.

tourist [ˈtʊərɪst]

n

1.

a.  a person who travels for pleasure, usually sightseeing and staying in hotels

b.  (as modifier) tourist attractions

2. a person on an excursion or sightseeing tour

I’d never really thought about it until recently while I was on a small trip to London with my girlfriend. I’d seen The Light Show advertised and like the idea of it and before I knew it we were booking tickets and looking for places to stay. Our itinerary grew as we scoured the internet for anything to do in London that was free.