Ouch
Matt Pickersgill had a nasty crash a while ago. Not sure I’d want to see the footage if I’d done that much damage to myself!
Running the gauntlet
The daily commute is starting to feel like there are people out to get me.
I had to go over to Brockley this morning to collect some paperwork from my boss. Some woman pulled out of a side street almost taking me clean off my bike and just drove off. Chased after her but she didn’t understand why I was quite so shaken up. “Why are you going mental?” – “errr because you almost killed me!”
Then on the ride over Waterloo Bridge there was an ambulance and police car attending to a guy who had been hit by a bus. His front wheel was pretty screwed but he looks like he had a lucky escape! It sent a chill down my spine for the rest of the ride in as I was almost knocked off there by an idiot bus driver a few weeks ago. This bit below is so dangerous as the buses come up the hill then swing in for the bus stop without looking.
Not to mention the three people who seemed to want to throw themselves under my wheels stepping out in front. Anyway, for once I’m glad to be at my desk! Bring on the cooler weather.
Another rider down
On the way to work yesterday I saw another horrific scene at Oval. A lorry in the middle of the road and police and ambulances around. Apparently a woman died after being dragged under the wheels. The driver was also over the limit according to early reports. My thoughts are with her family.
This seems to be happening more a more regularly on my way to work. The additional lorries that arrive with the Olympics are not going to help either.
Film is real
So after acquiring a new camera from eBay last week as well as a big bag of Fuji Films I went out on Sat morning before going to work.
I still can’t get out of the habit of checking the back of the camera for the image preview and histogram but I was starting to get it by shot 34. Really enjoyed using the camera and not knowing what was coming out.
I got the film done at Snappy Snaps below the office as they’re good guys in there. Just wanted to get it back quickly and see if any of the shots were ok? To my surprise there’s quite a few I like. The quality of the tones and also the texture from the film grain is incredible. A lovely quality to it. Will be shooting a fair few more rolls of this. A few of my favourites below…
Edit. Thanks to Richtea at singletrackworld.com for helping me sort out the spaces between the images! That’s been annoying me for quite some time now.
Model making
So for the first time in about 5 years I’d say I actually got my hands dirty and made a model! I spent all weekend in work doing it but actually enjoyed it. I’ve forgotten how fiddly 1:200 models are. I’m sure my fingers were slimmer at uni. Fingers crossed it does the job.
Here’s the aftermath…
