Thursday. York. With Steve - (http://www.landscapesofyorkshire.com)
We set off quite early and it was a nice day. I was trying out this new app on my android phone and it was driving Steve mad. He was often telling me to put it away. I did for a while but got it out once again whilst he wasn't looking. Anyway, I have only been to York before for shopping. I had never walked around the other parts to see the sites. After what had seemed miles of walking, it finally started to get dark and I got to try out a few pictures. Some came out alright, some didn't. The one posted to flickr and here took a little bit of work in Photoshop. My patience was running thin when it came to noise and some of the plugins. I ended up spending quite a long time playing with sliders and adjustment layer masks to get somewhere I was happy with.
I also purchased a flickr pro account on Thursday. I had been resisting for a long long time. But the advantages finally caught up with me and the stats tool alone is worth the purchase. In the last few days alone I have had over 300 views on my flickr stream, mostly traffic originating from flickr, which I am pleased with.
People have asked me the past couple of weeks why I write a blog, via the blog, flickr and facebook. I don't actually write it for anyone else. I write it for myself mostly, I often use the word 'you'. But this isn't referring to anyone else but myself, but in a different form. A different personality if you please, one that is far more critical of my work. Even more so than normal. So there YOU have it.
