F-117 Tests by San Diego Air & Space Museum Archives

F-117 Tests, originally uploaded by San Diego Air & Space Museum Archives.

Gunnery Training by San Diego Air & Space Museum Archives

Gunnery Training, originally uploaded by San Diego Air & Space Museum Archives.

尘。 by gzi24◎歌無岸

尘。, originally uploaded by gzi24◎歌無岸.

Untitled by MA!LO

Untitled, originally uploaded by MA!LO.

Selworthy Trees (Mono)

Selworthy Trees (Mono), originally uploaded by tom_gifford.

An old one which I'd forgotten about from a few years back.

Islington

Islington, originally uploaded by tom_gifford.

Southwark

Southwark, originally uploaded by tom_gifford.

More lunchtime wanderings around Southwark and Bermondsey.

Untitled by Mick van de Wiel

Untitled, originally uploaded by Mick van de Wiel.

diptych1web by joshua black wilkins

diptych1web, originally uploaded by joshua black wilkins.

I'd love to have a go at trying tin types at some point.

Capacity

Capacity, originally uploaded by tom_gifford.

Spotted on some lunchtime wanderings around Bermondsey.

Untitled by 李奐

Untitled, originally uploaded by 李奐.

Portrait of a boy wearing a... by Powerhouse Museum Collection

Portrait of a boy wearing a mask holding a rifle, originally uploaded by Powerhouse Museum Collection.

lesunsetlesautres by hoogmoet

lesunsetlesautres, originally uploaded by hoogmoet.

St Bride

Over the weekend I went for a Time Out & National Trust tour of the St Bride Foundation building with some friends of mine. We were given a quick history of the building and saw some of its treasured books such as the Kelmscott Chaucer, a beautifully-printed version of the Canterbury Tales illustrated by Edward Burne-Jones and designed by William Morris. They also have a first-edition copy of Samuel Johnson's dictionary which must be worth a few quid.

The real highlight of the afternoon though was a talk on letterpress and printing in general down in their workshop. Surrounded by presses and cases full of lead type we were given a great potted history by a volunteer called Ben (I think?) who was hugely enthusiastic and knowledgeable on the subject. They run a whole series of print workshops there which look like they would be great fun and well worth a look. Bizarrely we then finished up in the old bath house which is now the Bridewell Theatre.

It was really nice to visit somewhere a bit different on a dull Sunday afternoon and get to have a proper nose around the building. I'm pretty geeky about type and print in general so I was easily pleased, but I can definitely recommend a visit if you get the chance.

Anywhere Out of the World by Nightdriver

Anywhere Out of the World, originally uploaded by Nightdriver.

Titina by Didier_82

Titina, originally uploaded by Didier_82.

"Fische Salzkartoffel" by drakegoodman

"Fische Salzkartoffel", originally uploaded by drakegoodman.

Untitled by William's Wish Wellingtons

Untitled, originally uploaded by William's Wish Wellingtons.

The Jaws by James Charlick

The Jaws, originally uploaded by jamescharlick.

Milan

Milan 05, originally uploaded by tom_gifford.

Just got back from a weekend in Como and Milan. Failed miserably to take any good shots as I was too busy eating my own body weight in Italian food. This photo is possibly the best of a bad bunch. Boh...

Untitled by .Cloudy.

Untitled, originally uploaded by .Cloudy..

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Spotted these gates on my lunchtime wanderings. The photos didn't really work for me, but the sequence sort of lent itself to a quick and easy GIF.

000012 by 周十三

000012, originally uploaded by 周十三.

One of those photos where I know I love it, but I can't explain why!

~ by kudaphoto

~, originally uploaded by kudaphoto.

Dawn of digital

After years of devotion to my weird and wonderful collection of analogue cameras I've finally dragged myself kicking and screaming into the modern world. I've cracked and bought myself a digital SLR after much indecision. Of course being a camera geek it's compulsory that you spend at least four months reading endless reviews before making any kind of purchase. In the end I plumped for a Nikon D7000 to sit alongside my much loved old Nikon F3.

I'm still getting to grips with not having to wind the film on after each shot, but I had a little play with it last night and I'm enjoying it so far. Just for fun I thought I'd have a quick go at animating the Mexican skull above. Clearly lighting isn't one of my strengths, and with the benefit of hindsight I should have turned the TV off first as well but not to worry. It was really good fun mucking about with something a bit different that would have been a bit more of a faff using film.

It's a whole brave new world out there of memory cards, video, RAW files and all kinds of new-fangled technology. I'm not quite sure I'm ready for it yet, but I guess even a stubborn fucker like myself has to give it a go...

Festival Fox by Åna

Festival Fox, originally uploaded by Åna.

∆∆∆ by Maurizio Strippoli

∆∆∆, originally uploaded by Maurizio Strippoli.

Typography of Recession

It's not an uncommon sight on the high street these days by any means, but there was something about the care and craft that had gone into these two examples from a bar on New Oxford St that caught my eye.

harvest by Tom Kondrat

harvest, originally uploaded by Tom Kondrat.

smoke monster by auspices

smoke monster, originally uploaded by auspices.

Untitled by ideolocator

Untitled, originally uploaded by ideolocator.

crossing the red light by farb.rauschen

crossing the red light, originally uploaded by farb.rauschen.

Polaroid Miniportrait M403R by Redfoxpress

polaroid Miniportrait M403R, originally uploaded by Redfoxpress.

Palermo Pics

Holiday pics from a trip to Sicily – no photographic cliché left unused!

Space Suit by San Diego Air & Space Museum Archives

Space Suit, originally uploaded by San Diego Air & Space Museum Archives.

...and another!

Space Suits by San Diego Air & Space Museum Archives

Space Suits, originally uploaded by San Diego Air & Space Museum Archives.

I found these fascinating Space Suit images via the excellent http://www.thefoxisblack.com/category/science/space-suit-of-the-week/ (via http://danielgray.com/blog/re-covered-books.html).

.. by lab oil

.., originally uploaded by lab oil.

Red Square Shadow by paqocha

Red Square Shadow, originally uploaded by paqocha.

backyard burn by gmacmt

backyard burn, originally uploaded by gmacmt.

London, March 30th, 2012 by The Gentleman Amateur

London, March 30th, 2012, originally uploaded by The Gentleman Amateur.

Bainbridge Studios Poster

I've been having a lot of fun this past couple of days designing an A2 poster for my friend Lucy Bainbridge. She wanted an A2 poster to help her promote the screen printing courses she runs in West Norwood at her studio and gallery. It was a fairly simple brief, she wanted a clean and slightly retro look, and as she was going to be screen printing the posters herself they needed to use a limited colour palette.

Here's a few of the variants I was playing around with:

And this was the design Lucy picked, I'm really looking forward to seeing the finished article.

Lucy is a great teacher, so if you fancy picking up some new screen printing skills (or brushing up on some old ones), give her a shout at Bainbridge Studios.

img134 copy by Will H Harris

img134 copy, originally uploaded by Will H Harris.

The Wood by Misha Maslennikov

The Wood, originally uploaded by misha maslennikov.

Hit by mistral_mars

Hit, originally uploaded by mistral_mars.

Untitled by coolhandluke

Untitled, originally uploaded by coolhandluke.

Soup Gone Metal Bloom... by Sea Moon

Soup Gone Metal Bloom..., originally uploaded by Sea Moon.