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Becky's Irreverant Take on...
...Cake
To give you an idea of how my brain is working at the moment, this is the word association that went on in my head when I started to think about cake.
Cake > the last time I ate cake > Jane's mum's sample cake > wedding cake > weddings > my wedding > eep so much to do!!
In fact, I think I could play Six Degrees of Wedding Panic with virtually any word you care to mention at the moment. Go on, try me!
...the Best Tranny Movies Ever
Look, I answered this question some time ago! This project was abandoned due to obvious vote rigging (the Matrix is still NOT a tranny movie!) and the fact that I'm actually not that good at reviewing films. I collated all the votes and gave you the top ten, Perhaps I should sweet-talk Mariana into doing proper write-ups for each film, as she's great at that kind of thing. ;-)
...how I pick still life photos
I'm not a photographer, I don't have a set of lenses that cost more than a family car, and I don't drop focal lengths and apertures into casual conversation. When I bought my trusty Canon 350D a couple of years ago, with it's entry-level DSLR spec and standard lens kit, it suited me down to a tee. It does everything I want, and nothing I can't handle. I could spend a small fortune on better lenses and other kit, but my skills just don't warrant it.
Despite not being one myself, I do think I know what goes into being a great photographer. There are 2 simple rules:
1) Take lots and lots of pictures.
2) Only show your best.
The mistake that I think a lot of amatuer photographers make is showing everything they do, when actually one great picture is worth 1000 average ones. All I really do (and it's debatable if there's any skill in it) is take pictures of things that interest me, and occasionally slap them on Flickr. But that's no different from anyone else, is it?
...Cake
To give you an idea of how my brain is working at the moment, this is the word association that went on in my head when I started to think about cake.
Cake > the last time I ate cake > Jane's mum's sample cake > wedding cake > weddings > my wedding > eep so much to do!!
In fact, I think I could play Six Degrees of Wedding Panic with virtually any word you care to mention at the moment. Go on, try me!
...the Best Tranny Movies Ever
Look, I answered this question some time ago! This project was abandoned due to obvious vote rigging (the Matrix is still NOT a tranny movie!) and the fact that I'm actually not that good at reviewing films. I collated all the votes and gave you the top ten, Perhaps I should sweet-talk Mariana into doing proper write-ups for each film, as she's great at that kind of thing. ;-)
...how I pick still life photos
I'm not a photographer, I don't have a set of lenses that cost more than a family car, and I don't drop focal lengths and apertures into casual conversation. When I bought my trusty Canon 350D a couple of years ago, with it's entry-level DSLR spec and standard lens kit, it suited me down to a tee. It does everything I want, and nothing I can't handle. I could spend a small fortune on better lenses and other kit, but my skills just don't warrant it.
Despite not being one myself, I do think I know what goes into being a great photographer. There are 2 simple rules:
1) Take lots and lots of pictures.
2) Only show your best.
The mistake that I think a lot of amatuer photographers make is showing everything they do, when actually one great picture is worth 1000 average ones. All I really do (and it's debatable if there's any skill in it) is take pictures of things that interest me, and occasionally slap them on Flickr. But that's no different from anyone else, is it?
But that is arguably the thing which demands skill - knowing which of a thousand similar photo is the great one.
The trouble with us amateurs is we only take 50 photos and none of them are great but there are 5 which are almost not bad and each in part sort-of has what you were going for - and so you show all 5. Well, that's what I end up doing.
By the way, I'll let you have closure on the Best Tranny Movies Ever but... what about the series on makeup? You only ever did the intro - and that was very good. I can't help imagining some forlorn soul muttering "less is not more" in front of the mirror and wondering what on earth to do next.
Well, actually I need to stop starting things I don't finish. :-/
Glamorgan...
Oh and this wedding panic WILL get a lot worse ;-)
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