Sorry… That title was just there for the taking, and no it isn’t a typo. The Harvest Twestival was a gathering of the twitterati in Londinium at doonstairs. A very snazzy venue, if a little hot! It gave me the chance to put some 3D faces to 2D avatars from the twitter world, as well as catching up with friends. There’s a lovely photo in the post at This is Now and post by Sizemore (I love the design of Sizemore’s site – very warm and homely). Continue Reading…
A very nice evening yesterday, seeing Steve Lawson, Yolanda Charles and Todd Johnson in concert at Darbucka, which turns out to be a rather special little venue in NE London. Not great for photography, as it is very dark, but a nice atmosphere, great food and there was enough mobile coverage to do a little bit of twittering.
There’s a fuller write up on the Bass Blog here.
Every so often I like to do something different for a change. Learning new skills and meeting new people keeps you young and flexible. With that in mind, I signed up to a meeting of London Flickr folks, to do an overnight photo walk in London. As a result, I met a great bunch of new people (thank you to you!), picked up some photography tips and took some great (I am told) photos:
Just click on any of them to see the larger version. If you really like them, I have them as RAW and very high resolution JPEGs. My feet were sore when I returned, but I discovered more of London and the value of a tripod (some of the photos are VERY long exposures)!
Two things that save me hours when I go to London:
Between the two I can usually work out which train to get into London, and when.
