Oh hmv

Walk in kings of leon boxset £10 their three best albums. Fear and loathing in las vegas £3,one of hunter.s.thompsons best. Burn after reading £4,watched it again last night. Twin peaks second season £20,no need to explain that one!
I do however dislike their abandon of student discount and the destruction of nearly every small town record shop. Thing is I am writing this in hmv. Ha. Rebel does not begin to explain.

Duchamp would be proud

Was reading a Abigail Solomon Godeau essay entitled 'playing in the fields of the image' from her book 'Photography in the dock' when i came across this photograph by Harry Shunk. Thanks to a bit of cheeky bic handy craft drawing however it has be redifined. Beautiful.

Film making in schools and colleges

Was hunting through the photography section in the library and found this,great back cover. Was last taken out in May '69,I wonder who by.
Also found a book on photoshop for underwater photographers.

Foreigner - that was yesterday #nowplaying

Alrite tune,catchy and cheesy can't ask for much more.
What really makes me play it is this tasty sleeve design, 80's graphic design at its best. Bright, bold and beautiful.

The brave few

It may be a bit unclear but from my view at the royal court hotel I could see some soles.
I love surfers like this. Perhaps Belfast types who work all week and then drive up to Portrush to get a wave or two and who will get wet no matter what the waves are like. True dedication. Puts me to shame. Still love them though.

This year - part 1 - A start

Well it aint much but at least its a start. I was out taking some photographs and decided I would stick them together to make a wee stopmotion esq video.

Field Fun from guyphenix on Vimeo.

This is also a chance to link you to Sufjan Stevens new awesome free track "too much" which i used in the above clip .

This year - part 1 - A start

Well it aint much but at least its a start. I was out taking some photographs and decided I would stick them together to make a wee stopmotion esq video.

Field Fun from guyphenix on Vimeo.

This is also a chance to link you to Sufjan Stevens new awesome free track "too much" which i used in the above clip .

This year - Part 2

Saw this made me smile. Also got me thinking about my software knowledge and there lack of. I have the basics final cut, photoshop+visual basic.net,well maybe at one stage in my life for that last one,dark days.
I am hoping this year to get friendly with more software:after effects, indesign, illustrator and aperture, I will own you!

I fear to agree

Alas if you have seen this series in the south building of the university of ulster,coleraine you too may agree.
But the spelling is shocking. "frout kake".

Diary of a wimpy kid - view

This is going to be short and bitter. This is a terrible film. Its boring and been done so many times on tv (malcolm in the middle-esq guide to growing up). It is not helped by the fact the main characters manage to be "annoyingly insufferable."
Only half form of saving grace is the character called Fregley and this one scene of him dressed as a unicorn.

Fregley as a Unicorn

The film also manages to destroy any form of love or enjoyment you may get from listening to the teddy bears, total eclipse of the heart(yes even the nicky french version is more enjoyable) and the beastie boys to name but a few.
Total waste of time.
Due to this just being my blog rather than an actual review site I can actually give this film a 0 yep 0/5, 0/10, 0/100 0 out of anything you could think of "times infinity and add a pixie drop"
Done.

Howies - a rant

You may know of these guys, the latest catalogue by them is set in the burren,co.clare.
I always enjoy the catalogues, a mixture between selling travel,clothes,lifestyle,adventure,sport and photography.
The clothes they make are splendid,amazing colours with brilliant designs alk crafted in CHINA.
They promote themselves as this eco, nature loving small welsh company but alas making products in china no matter how 'fairtrade' or anti-child labour you are still stinks of profits and pleasing share holders.

Shoe re-cap

Went back a few days later and found it had highvis tape on them, someones really trying to sell these bad boys.
Might pop down again in a day or two and strap something to them. Ideas?

The dunes, Whiterocks, Portrush

Surely the final frontier for leg muscles.

This year - Part 1

Well this is a pretty big year for me going into my final year at university of ulster, Coleraine. I have spent the last two years supposedly honing my practical skills and developing my theory based knowledge of media. I am going to be putting a series of posts up here of things I am aiming to achieve this year.
Over the past two years i have failed to produce anything that i would consider decent, my A-level stuff is better and that says a lot about the development of my practical skills.
The first thing on this list of things I want to do this year has to be to produce a decent short film. I have plenty of ideas but I need to get going with them, its far to easy to say and not do.
I am hoping to get started into this as soon as possible I have a number of projects in the pipeline at the moment so hopefully soon enough I will have something decent to show for my in devours.