The Notebook is a curation of curiosities and notes on life, design, creativity and space invaders. Recently I've undertaken the 52 Weeks of Progress project, which can be followed here or through my Twitter. Found anything interesting? Get in touch at shane@mahen.net

As Sky soothes the Trees

October 13, 2010, 6:49 pm

Photography


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365, Garden, Sky, Tree

As Sky soothes the Trees

[12/365] Another shot from my garden, my dad got me outside the house when he saw the lighting and prompted me to experiment and play around with some techniques - it turned out to be pretty sound advise since I got a few good shots out of it. Although I am not too happy with this shot because of all the detail to the bottom right - if anyone has suggestions on cropping go ahead...


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Them of Golden

October 12, 2010, 5:00 pm

Photography


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365, Flickr, Garden, Golden, Plant

Them of Golden

[11/365] Prompted by a lessening level of light, I went into my garden and took a few snaps. Capturing the sun off the ornaments, flowers and plants proved pretty fun and I took a variety of shots from different angles with different compositions before finally deciding to work on this shot. It reminds me of cereal adverts when they waffle about their golden wheat...

Here is the link to the shot on flickr


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The Quick Brown Vox Amp jumps over the Lazy Guitarist #2

October 11, 2010, 8:24 pm

Photography


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365, Electric, Guitar, Music, Vox, Amp, Aperture, Experiment

The Quick Brown Vox Amp jumps over the Lazy Guitarist #2

[10/365] Another shot from some experimenting I did the other day. Working on the overall composition - the position of the guitar, Vox amp, wires and position of the lead - was fun. I wanted to move towards a more purple and vintage tone to this shot and took a different path with my post-processing to my other shot. Anyway, enjoy my lead...


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The quick brown Vox Amp jumps over the lazy Guitarist

October 10, 2010, 6:41 pm

Photography


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365, Electric, Guitar, Vox, Amp, Music, Lead, Aperture, Manual Focus



[9/365] I was experimenting with aperture and manual focus, two aspects which I've never considered too much with my own work. I think the resultant few shots came out well, so I'll post one up today and another tomorrow. But for now, enjoy the lead of my electric guitar.

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Cities of Small and the Big Pink

October 9, 2010, 12:20 pm

Photography


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365, Art, Project, Collage

Cities of Small and the Big Pink

[8/365] A shot of my art project which I did last year. We worked on an A2-sized wooden board which we first coated in a layer of newspaper and glue before drawing, adding magazine cuttings, sticking photos on and creating. All in all it was a great project and the final result was pretty slick...


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The World has Turned and Left Me Here

October 8, 2010, 6:42 pm

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St. Joseph, Montreal, Canada

The World has Turned and Left Me Here

[7/365] A shot from the ground towards St. Joseph's church.


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