Sylleptic » photography http://blog.markhopwood.com Mark Hopwood's blog Tue, 27 Jul 2010 10:44:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 V&A Village Fete http://blog.markhopwood.com/2007/07/29/va-village-fete/ http://blog.markhopwood.com/2007/07/29/va-village-fete/#comments Sun, 29 Jul 2007 11:38:44 +0000 mark http://www.markhopwood.com/?p=140 V&A Village Fete

Some of my photos from the V&A Village Fete can be found here.

The Fete was a great afternoon out. The highlights for us were:

  • Texteducation, where competitors tapped out text messages on modified dance mats against each other and the clock
  • The badge making, where we chose items from a collection of catalogues to be made into badges, enjoying the shopping process without having to buy the actual goods
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Trafalgar square today

Trafalgar square today,
originally uploaded by harkmopwood.

Trafalgar Square has been turfed to promote greenery in London. Here are a couple of shots from my phone.

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Trafalgar square today

Trafalgar square today,
originally uploaded by harkmopwood.

Trafalgar Square has been turfed to promote greenery in London. Here are a couple of shots from my phone.

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One thing that’s particularly clever about the work is the use of London as a 3-dimensional backdrop. Some of the sculptures are placed behind others, on slightly higher rooftops, so you can see both at the same time. A lot of planning went into this work…. They didn’t just drop them on random rooftops.

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There are 3 sizes, for different size cameras and the biggest one can take a tripod head like the ones Manfrotto make.

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Anyway, my entry for Dreamscapes is here and if you like it you can vote for it by clicking through on the photo.

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Test posting to Flickr and blog at the same time

Test posting to Flickr and blog at the same time,
originally uploaded by harkmopwood.

If this worked, it means the whole MT XML RPC thing is working.

Fingers crossed.

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I don’t know why I’m so pleased with this, but it’s a really nice close-up. Please vote for it!

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Their first event of 2007 has just been announced, and it’s on March 31st, centred on Portobello and Notting Hill in West London.

You can register here.

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A robin eating a worm out a man’s mouth.

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