News and plans…
Its been a little quiet here over the last few weeks – too much work to do and not enough time… I have been doing a lot of planning for future trips, working on some publications and rethinking this site and how I can earn some money from my image collection. So, in no particular order:
- I will be shooting at the climate demonstration in London on the 5th December – read more about The Wave organised by Stop Climate Chaos;
- I will be heading to Copenhagen between 13-17th December to shoot some images for a friend who has just set up a music studio and is managing a couple of bands, as well as the events surrounding the COP15 Climate Conference;
- I have been invited out to Sudan to shoot for the Humanitarian Aid Relief Trust in February 2010 and am putting together a big trip around this – more news to come soon, but it should be an incredible few months;
- I am steadily uploading my back catalogue of images to Photoshelter. Over the next few months, I am aiming to get all my images available for purchase and download, and integrate my PS archive with this site – again, more news to come soon;
- Plans for the iPhone dive guide app are not working out, mainly because of the cost of development. So instead, I am writing and designing a couple of pdf diving guides that should be available before Christmas – perfect e-stocking fillers. These will be the first of several and will be the most comprehensive and up-to-date guides available.
- I am planning a trip back out to SE Asia for May 2010 – hopefully 3 months of shooting, possibly a bit of diving, and eating lots of superb food! Air Asia have some great deals for flights at the moment and since I will be traveling light, time to make a few purchases.
- In the post yesterday I received a Black Rapid RS-4 camera strap. I hate the Nikon straps so ordered the RS4 on the strength of some recommendations from other photogs. I placed my original order mid-September but the package failed to materialise – lost in the UK postal system no doubt. I sent an enquiry to Black Rapid and received an email the next day saying a new strap had been sent out, no questions asked. Just over 1 week later, package arrived. Many thanks to Herb Gayheart at Black Rapid for great customer service.
Lastly, Asian Diver magazine have just published one of my images, taken in Pemuteran, Bali. I wouldn’t normally post something like this, but I like the fact that they used an image you don’t normally see in dive magazines.
Lots going on… 2010 is looking full of possibilities, I just need to pull it all together.
Like the Asian Diver picture. Where/What is it?
Asian Diver once published one of my pictures. Only in my case, they stole it off a website, never paid me a dime, and ignored my complaints. Such is life.
I also bought the Black Rapid. Shipping was terribly slow – I almost killed my camera and that wouldn’t have happened if I received the RS-4 faster – but now that I own one I can say it’s a great device, that makes your camera unobtrusive and a joy to use (compared to normal straps).
Loving this blog by the way.
Mark – Its a Biorock structure in Permuteran, Bali. One of the inventors of Biorock died of cancer a few years ago, so they put a memorial on one of the structures. Quite pleased they used something a little different…
Arne – Thanks! This site needs a bit of work at the moment, I’m trying to sort out photoshelter at the moment and will be rebuilding all my galleries. Too much to do! I like the Black Rapid strap, does make a difference. The standard Nikon strap drives me mad for some reason. Matt
What a facinating blog. I’ve bookmarked it and added your feed to my RSS Reader