April 3, 2012
It was a great day on Sunday for the start of the new season of the BTCC.
I decided not to fill my memory card up with lots of pictures of cars driving around the track this time, as I have SO many of those! I made a point of taking pictures of the people – drivers, mechanics grid girls etc.
I am preferring this up close and personal approach as I think it is giving me better images.
February 2, 2012
Each wheel has power/suspension/steering, rear folds under middle - gives 2m length
October 17, 2011
I picked up a couple of iPhones 4s last Friday, a white 8GB and a black 64GB. I was impressed at how easy it was to transfer all the data from my old phone to the new one via iTunes, the snappiness of response and the quality of the screen. I did notice a bizarre problem with the camera of the 64GB black phone however.
Inevitably I wanted to experiment with the much talked about camera. I tried to take some test pictures, but the camera wouldn’t fire, instead I saw a screen with vertical bands of purple colour. I tried all sorts of setting combination’s to find out what was happening. The Face-time camera worked fine, and the rear camera where the flash was turned off and when shooting HDR, but with the flash turned on, or “auto” set in a dark room, the LED light/flash came on, but the shutter doesn’t fire, and the purple bars appear.
I took it straight back and swapped it over for a new phone that is now working fine. Has anyone else had this problem?
October 9, 2011
July 3, 2011
Last night I went to a Victorian picnic and music hall evening at the Bluebell railway in Sussex. I took a few photos, and was able to get some creative 2nd curtain flash images that I was pleased with of stunning violinist Victoria Yellop.
February 20, 2011
Extract from press release
Photographs by Wayne Grundy who is a car enthusiast and technology expert. He trained as a Mechanical Engineer with a degree from Imperial College, as well as an MA in Car Design from the Royal College of Art. He was a multimedia consultant for the Automobile Association’s Multimedia department. Involved with the digitisation of publishing content he pioneered the use of Quick Time Reality (QTVR) softwear to create panoramic images used on the CD-ROM’s ‘Virtual London’ and ‘Virtual Paris’ Passionate about photographing cars, he uses his professional eye to create strong and powerful imagery.
Starts tomorrow for the private view (LinkIn and Facebook friends contact me for invite)
The exhibition is open to the public from February 28th – March 18th- The Gallery is part of Kingston College
Penny School Gallery
55 Richmnd Road
Kington Upon Thames
K12 5BP
January 25, 2011
In association with ASA Infinity Studios I am running a masterclass aimed at amateur photographers to provide an insight into digital workflow. During the inter-active event delegates will have the chance to photograph a classic car, within the studio. I will be discussing techniques and the processes from exposing the photograph through to producing the finished print, using Lightroom and Photoshop. The large studio has an infinity cove and electric turntable making it easier to shoot the car at any angle and free of distracting backgrounds.
January 10, 2011
“It’s all done with layers and masks” creative post processing.
I am giving a 1.5 hour lecture about creative photographic post processing techniques. It is at the Brighton and Hove Camera Club, Methodist Church Hall, Portland Road, Hove, Tuesday 11th 7 for 730 start.
December 15, 2010
I have just bought the baby Canon s95 which has a 10 MP 1/1.7 sensor and RAW capability. An extensive review will follow. Initial impressions are positive with a solid, well made body and really good controls for a compact with an EOS style rotating wheel on the back and a ring around the lens that can be configured to perform one of several functions such as ISO, exposure correction etc.
All this and it fits into my jeans pocket!
December 2, 2010
The story of how code breakers at Bletchley Park cracked the Enigma and Lorentz Ciphers during World War 2, and lessons we can learn for the cyber security world of today.
