AlexWelsh

May. I have just been accepted onto the 'Fine Art Photography' course at the Glasgow School of Art. Go me! With a reputed odds of 9 to 1 against, a miracle has occurred and someone, somewhere has lost any sense of, well, sense, and given me a place! So now my ideas will have to be bucked up a little, which sucks, but then, i won't have to go and find a real job for another four years, that is, if i ever find a 'real' job! My pessimistic self has been having a field day over the last couple of months, but now he has been silenced, at least for the time being, and the new task of finding out how i am going to survive over the coming years s

Still Film all the way. I have had a new thought concerning film over digital, and the reasons for choosing each. I have started to prefer using film for more standard shots; http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/47783047/ http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/47821187/ http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/47782648/?qo=4&q=by%3Aalexwelsh&qh=sort%3Atime+-in%3Ascraps http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/47183848/?qo=5&q=by%3Aalexwelsh&qh=sort%3Atime+-in%3Ascraps like those, and i've taken to using digital for photos i know will be composited together, which is going to be what i'll be doing over the coming days (photos to follow). It all makes s

Christmas is over then... :-( I feel unhealthy. Not fat, but unhealthy. Too much chocolate, and cake. But not so much alcohol. Odd for our house. I've hardly taken any photos, compared to the usual, so far, other than a few of family members who have stopped by, using my digital! Instead, i'm using a Mamyia RB67. Lovely. Just lovely. i've shot three rolls on it so far, and can honestly say i feel contented. Its just better. having everything backwards, having to take a reading, having to bother yourself to not only cock the shutter, but also wind on a film and retract a dark slide! and then spend a further unspecified number of minutes find