Bonfire Night 2010

I went out for Bonfire Night to watch the fireworks with some friends.
I took along my 550D and f1.4 50mm along for the ride.
Manual settings on the 550D make it so much better to use than the 500D.
I'll probably do a comparisons post in the near future.

Anyhow, I mashed the clips I took together and here is the result!


The track is Cigarettes by Russian Red.
No copyright infringement intended.



Also in HD.

I'm going to be doing more video's from now on so subscribe to my Youtube page to keep up to date!

Bed Building

Here's my second DSLR video.

Again, shot with a Canon 500D and 50mm f1.4 lens.

The story to this video is that we returned home after a heavy night out and one of my flatmates managed to accidentally destroy his bed with the help of a friend. This video is the process of rebuilding the bed as best we could.



Also, I think the 550D is probably a more realistic aim for my next camera opposed to the amazing but also expensive 7D.

Video SLR

Yesterday I had a play around with my flatmate's Canon 500D, capable of recording HD video.
I paired it up with my 50mm f1.4 lens as I was shooting inside in low light.

I love the depth of field and the way that I can control the focus, although I must admit, an auto focus wouldn't be missed.

I made a couple of videos last night. This is the first one.
I reduced the quality to just under 720p to help my mac process it.

It's called San Andreas.



Let me know what you think!
I really want a Canon 7D now!

Old Bike. New wheels.

My bike frame is old and the axel dropouts are smaller than the modern equivalent.
So I got a puncture in my old rear tyre yesterday and thought I might as well just replace the wheel with the new one I have.
Unfortunately due to the difference in axel bolt sizes I'm required to file down the dropouts. Found out that it's the hardest steel ever! I only have a crappy file :(
What should I do?

I can't live without my bike! I've ridden it everyday since returning to the toon and now I'm condemned to snail pace walking. Boooo.

Free Nando's for students.

Free half-chicken for students at Nando's with this voucher: http://www.peri-perichallenge.co.uk/
You still need to buy a side and a drink but it saves you £5.80.
Yum yum.

Mini Munny Mario

I bought this Mini Munny way back last year when I visited Amsterdam on a class trip. I did a few initial sketches and markups for the little guy but I never really got onto working on him. It's finished now.
The hair is acrylic paint but the rest is felt-tip pen (I got lazy).
It's inspired by Mario.

I <3 Bike.

This is my fixed wheel bike. Fixed wheel ie. pedal forward and you go forward, pedal backwards and you go backwards. No coasting.
It's got a chrome Carlton frame, a StrongLight 50tooth chainwheel and a 14tooth sprocket. I'm just in the process of fitting some new Halo Aerorage rims wheels on it. A bit of a pain because with it being an old frame the dropouts are a couple of mm smaller than the axels on the new hubs. So I've had to file down the hardened steel dropouts to make them fit. I did the front ones last night, I think I'll try and do the rear ones tonight and get the rear wheel fitted tomorrow with the help of the guys down at Recyke-y-Bike.