I was delving through a few of my old photos today and I came across this little set I had done. I remember this day really well, it was the first time me and Reiss had gone on one of our epic walks across the fields and we saw this little thing in the distance blowing around. At first we wasn’t sure what it was, but on closer inspection it became obvious. We didn’t go to the balloon to find out why it was stuck where it was, or even wonder much about how it got there, it was one of those moments something strange occurs and it just seemed so natural. It always makes me smile when I see this set of images, it sums up Summer for me in a nut shell.
I guess it is a sign of better things to come after this Winter
Hey everybody, on Saturday I went to Southend with my friend Stacey, to do some photography in a slightly different location. It was a nice day, mainly sunny and white cloud with only a small touch of rain at the very end. We actually began our journey at Leigh-on-Sea train station and walked the long walk to Southend pier and then slightly further.
Hey all, It’s been a busy few weeks, not just at work but also with my own little projects and updates. The website is now fully linked up, it’s just pending a few updates to some of the design projects, updated picture and all that. I also collected my new business cards today. At first I was unsure at the finish, they didn’t come out as black as I originally was expecting, but on a closer inspection I am really pleased with how they came out, the background colour is a very dark grey and has a metallic look to it, especially when it shines in the light, I think this has added a little more character to the cards!
Future plans are to get the website fully updated with some examples of projects I have done at work and also the full branding of “visually interesting design” Then I am on the look out for any freelance work I can find, whether that be print work, simple websites or anything.
Hey everyone! Just a quick post to let you know that my new website is up and running (sort of). I say sort of because currently only the photography section is fully linked up and working. There are still a few creases to iron out across the whole site, fonts, domain name a facebook page to link, but otherwise it has progressed well.
Hey everybody, unfortunately there wasn’t any photography done this weekend, I had the unfortunate need to actually do some shopping! I know, it’s painful isn’t it! But hey ho, some good news today, my Limited Edition Shatter Soundtrack arrived in all its shining glory! The vinyl features 10 tracks remastered by the original composer Jeramiah “Module” Ross and is certainly a treat to hold and even more so to listen to.
Some images of the vinyl sleeve and 12″ record are below:
Thanks everybody for stopping by and taking a look. I definitely recommend everyone checking out this awesome soundtrack. In my opinion the best soundtrack of any game that I have every played or heard.
Hey everybody! After last weeks photography success I was on a high so decided to take a trip into my favourite city… London!! I went out with the idea of trying to be as experimental with capturing objects and buildings as I could, in the end I mainly took pictures of buildings, although I am really pleased with how a few of them turned out.
I started my journey outside the ExCel centre at the Royal Victoria Dock on a bridge that goes across the dock itself. From this bridge I had an amazing view of the O2 arena, the Gherkin, London City Airport, Millennium Mills (abandoned building) and Canary Wharf. Once I had finished in the docklands area I decided I wouldn’t take the trains but walk my way through London to Canary Wharf, then down Commercial road through Whitechapel finally ending my journey past the Gherkin and at St. Pauls Cathedral.
Here are a few of the pictures I took whilst on my travels. At the end there is a little video of my attempts to get inside an abandoned building i stumbled across.
This first picture shows the building structure of the ExCel centre, I think it has an amazing interlocking quality. The photo itself is a little bland due to the sky being so cloudy but is interesting none-the-less.
This next picture is one of my favourites. I love the way the blue tones on the glass change from blue at top, white middle to blue again at the bottom, I also find that if you stare at it long enough you begin to wonder which parts of the building are facing the camera and which parts are the other direction.
The only full building picture I took today, the Lloyds building of London is a magnificent structure and is looking quite futuristic and menacing against the sky in the background. Finished being built in 1986 the Lloyd’s building, often referred to as the “inside out building” was a revolutionary new build, having all water pipes, stairways, lifts and ventilation systems built on the outside thus leaving an uncluttered space on the inside. It is the home of the insurance company Lloyd’s of London.
I had to include this photograph in the post, I love the curves of the building and the much darker (possibly open) window at the bottom I believe helps add to the image itself by giving something for the eye to be drawn towards.
An image with slightly more contrast, this building reminds me a little of Doctor Who’s Tardis. The building itself looks horrible in my opinion and yet I find myself drawn to it, I think there is some beauty in the symmetry it holds which shows through the dirty and dark exterior.
This is definitely my favourite image of the day. The contrast on the building is amazing and when viewed on a large scale really messes with your eyes. This building certainly stood out to me, I’m really pleased I went down the road it was situated on. The grey skies really help add to the look of this photo, so it wasn’t all bad!
As mentioned above here is a little video showing some filmed footage of a quick diversion I took into some burnt out abandoned buildings!
So that is what I got up to this week, I am hoping to be out on another photography trip next Saturday so don’t go away until you have seen that one!
As promised in the previous post I have been out doing some photography. I thought this morning I would get up earlier and make the most of the beautiful blue skies by trying my hand at some minimal photography. The blue skies somehow managed to turn grey half way through my trip, although I do think this aided me to a certain extent. Below are a few of the shots that I got. I’m hoping to go out again next week on another photography session! (click the images to view larger versions)
To begin with I thought I would add to the collection of photos that Upminster Windmill has already collected over the years. Probably being the most interesting landmark in the town it naturally must be the most captured on film. However, I thought this would be the perfect subject to start with some minimal photographs. As you can see the sky was perfect for the occasion.
Next I walked down to St. Andrews Church of Hornchurch. On the way the sky made a dramatic change which to begin with was quite disheartening, but I think it really improved the atmosphere of the image of the spire, especially the tonal changes within the sky.
And of course! What photography trip would be complete without an image of a flag! Sadly I only came across this Scottish flag, but a flag is none-the-less a flag. This image is much nicer with the grey sky, as the blue of the flag probably wouldn’t have been visible against the previous sky.
All in all it was a very nice morning and I look forward to some more fresh winters mornings with blue skies!
Hey everyone, its been a little while since my last post but do not despair I’m still alive!
Recently I was lucky enough to have the chance to write a small article for the Wayfinding UK blog you can view the post here.
The post called upon research I did during my university project and is based upon the differences in airport wayfinding systems. Thanks go out to Hayley who runs the Wayfinding UK blog and who gave me the chance to write this guest article!
There will hopefully be a few more posts of the photography nature and a little bit of variety heading to the blog in the near future, so don’t go away for too long!
Hey everyone, another post which shows some of the updates I’ve made to the airport wayfinding system I am looking into.
This week I looked into the typeface weight on the signs and also how they should be laid out in terms of spacing between icons, arrows and text. Below are a few image examples that I’ve done. For an increased explanation of what I have done please view the embedded video.
The first images show possible ways of laying out the signs for gate numbers. These have been purpoesely coloured yellow to stand out from the rest of the signs within the airport environment. The red and grey bars show the spacing between each element of the sign. Each bar is an icons border width apart, this allows for proportionate measurements when scaling, instead of finding a formula if using a mm scale.
This example of the gate signs i think works a lot better without the type than with. There is no need to have “Gates” repeated down the sign.
This second set of images shows 3 examples of how the main signs could be laid out. The first two are my favourite examples as I feel number three isn’t as clear as it could be with writing as well. I also feel that not every symbol needs to have a word description next to it because the symbols are quite self explanatory, this is why I have left the secondary processes sections as purely icons.
Below is the video i created going into slightly more detail.
Howdy all, I thought I’d make a quick post showing a couple of recent jobs that I have worked on at the sign shop.
First up is this fascia for Sivells estate agents. This was just a simple black aluminium composite panel with vinyl lettering attached to the previous lightbox behind using a series of aluminium box angles. It certainly stands out against the shops either side. We have since installed a trough light above to give it more impact at night.
This second job was done for “The Roofing Centre” and it involved doing 2 ford transits and this smaller transit connect van. This involved 3 simple image wraps on the rear quarters of the vehicle sides and rear.
That’s all for now, there will soon be an update to my airport project, so stick around for that!
