So in a bit of a change of direction I’ve started to write articles for Creative Boom. It’s an online magazine centred around the creative industries. Go check out my first post here. I’ve also been beavering writing a few posts, taking photos and making videos for adventure blog high-8.
I have to say the blogging phenomenon hasn’t really enamoured me that much until recently. I think the blogosphere is a little more focussed now and forging a path as a credible medium in it’s own right. The initial swathe of pointless witterings that were abundant have subsided (mainly thanks to twitter and facebook). It is commonly accepted that just over 50% of created blogs are maintained which is all the better for those who are publishing usefull, interesting and inspirational articles.
I had noticed some hits coming from a conspicuous forwarding link from imagine publishing. I headed over to their site, ah! ‘web designer magazine’ I had sent them an email when i launched the schmo v4. I have to say I had a wee fright when i saw “Worlds worst websites” emblazoned across the cover. However my initial dread was alleviated when I saw schmo proudly covering a whole page in ‘the cream of the web crop gallery’ of the magazine. Here’s a few choice quotes…
You can see from the examples of web work that somhairle is really comfortable in crafting stylish and clean web experiences
The dark carbon background and small bursts of neon colour provide quite a sharp and sexy feel to the overall look of schmo.biz
So praise indeed. You should be able to make out the rest of the article in the photo above. I also included some recent photos as I’ve been taking a lot of them…
Happy days.
I’ve been getting back into photography, due mostly to the high-8 blog and the inspiration of the other photos up there. For ages I was bored of taking photos of my experiences and not experiencing the experience without an lcd screen in the way (does that make sense?). Basically I have preferred to commit the event and images to my memory, which gives a more lurid inspiration when sketching or painting. Going to a major event like the mtb worlcup and seeing everyone looking at the action through screens and view finders kind of riles me. Now i’m not a particularly good photographer, it is very much hit and miss, experimental almost. However when there is not a more experienced and skilled photographer in tow I like to shoot. I can compensate for my short-comings with photoshop and the results are often a bit of a suprise. Hopefully we will get some good light this winter and more good shots will transpire. Might get a gallery on the go here actually. Any how, be sure to check the high-8 blog. More folk are coming on side to share their adventures and I’ve got some great images from other folk to wave the photoshop wand at.
That’s the cycling season pretty much over and what a season. Steve Peat winning the world championships at last, although it’s a shame the course was a little sub par. He thoughly deserves it and it’s been a long time coming. The man is a legend I’ve seen him riding a few times in Fort William and it’s astonishing how easy he makes difficult sections look. The tour de france was classic this year too. With another Brit showing true mastery on the bike. Bradley Wiggins performance was superb and it just goes to show what some determination and hard work can achive. Mixing it up eith the super-humans of the peleton and taking the fight right to their feet was awesome. I can’t wait for next year and hopefully I’ll get to see more races and even participate in some.
Misha suggested I do a banner design for the online arts magazine creative boom. They had done an article on his book bamako boom boom. So in a rare moment of calm I did. Went for the nuclear armageddon vibe just to keep everything light hearted. It’s up on the site for the next week or so. The sites pretty cool, full of inspirational stuff ranging from really expressive fine art to corporate design, literature and architecture. So check it out!
Me and Misha spent a few hours on developing the high-8 blog a little. It’s starting to look pretty nice, Misha chose a very simplistic typographical based theme Sans-serif racer. With a bit of tinkering it has complimented the mainly photographic content very well. As the name would suggest you would expect some video up there and it is due to materialise soon. If you are in to wilderness adventuring then check it out, you can sign up if you’ve got something to contribute. You can also see what I get up to when I’m not slaving over a hot computer and fathering.
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