November 4, 2014
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The settings that I chose to use for this photo may seem a bit puzzling, but it was… uh… deliberate… yeah. Taken with a Nikon D40 (ISO 800, f/5.6, 1/2500s)
Author Archives: Pete
November 3, 2014
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Welcome to Uborka Photography Week! I’m your host, Pete, and I hope you enjoy the photographs that are being presented for your delectation this week. The “not rules” set out last week, for your remindal, are: Five photos, one per … Continue reading
October 28, 2014
Photography Week!
Next week will be Photography Week on Uborka! Read on to find out more! I seem to have a reputation as being somewhat difficult to buy birthday presents for. This year, my sister bought me a photography lesson as a … Continue reading
October 14, 2014
Car Audio
Preamble I can’t remember much about my first car stereo. I think it was a Goodmans, and it had a 6-CD changer which might have been in the glove box of my blue F-reg Ford Sierra, or it might have … Continue reading
October 6, 2014
The Bowie Project: Let’s Dance (1983)
Nobody could doubt for a second that we’re well and truly in the ’80s now. Let’s Dance is Bowie’s best selling album, but does that necessarily mean that it’s the best? Modern Love is a song that doesn’t really do … Continue reading
September 16, 2014
The Bowie Project: Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) (1980)
I was asked recently if I’ve abandoned this project. No, of course not! Though I can see why you might think that, given that it’s taken me a good few months to get round to this review. Shall we? The … Continue reading
August 13, 2014
Addicted to plucking
A year ago, I started a beard. It was a holiday beard, the kind of beard that you grow because you’re off work for a fortnight. But at the end of the fortnight we all agreed that, with a small … Continue reading
August 11, 2014
Age-appropriate content
It will probably come as no surprise to you that Karen and I like to watch TV programmes with a bit of an edge to them. We have no objection to shows that contain gratuitous nudity, foul language, drugs, violence, … Continue reading