tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59250927704111548152024-03-13T21:05:15.179-07:00Andy Jones PhotographyAndy Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01132565246071087700noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5925092770411154815.post-8941852448456775252010-03-18T10:03:00.000-07:002010-03-18T10:03:48.134-07:00Mi gone ..........<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">Well not quite but I am surrounded by packers (literally) and they are closing in on the computer!!!!!! No time in recent weeks to post a blog as we prepared to leave and now the day has almost come. I will soon have my iMac prized from my fingers and then gently packed and put gently into a container and then gently shipped to the UK... yeah right..... pray for my computer and photographi</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">c</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"> gear!!!!!</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">So it's goodbye to my Jamaican bredrin' but as they say 'I'll be back'! Jamaica will always have very special memories for myself and my family. Please stay in touch via this blog and e-mail and I hope to see some of you on my home turf sometime.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Almost certainly I would not be mentioning my birthday but the cat was let out of the bag by </span></span><a href="http://www.juliandadag.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Julian</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> when he blogged about our Black River jaunt. I had stayed overnight in Mandeville with my family and had showed the boys how to skateboard 'old school' style. This did involve me falling quite a lot and meant my hip was so badly bruised it was too painful to roll over in bed! I was glad for the excuse to get up early and drive to Black River.... I got to escape further skateboarding and spend some quiet time in a boat on the river. A nice way to spend your birthday!</span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span">She who must be obeyed: Ministry of Home Affairs: 'er indoors: the missus: Sexy P. I refer to my wife in many different ways depending on my mood and the situation. Exactly what I was calling her earlier in the month I cannot recall but she was the catalyst for this photo. She declared that she would like to have a photograph of a waterfall where 'the water looks all smooth'. She explained that when we return to the UK she wanted a nice relaxing picture in the home office/study where she can spend some 'me' time. (thats me as in her not me as in me if you get what I mean!)</span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span">One arrival the sun was causing some exposure problems with the rocks to the right of the fall getting blown out. I did bracket some exposures and may try and blend or perhaps HDR them another time (or find someone who's good at that stuff!). After a while though the angle of the sun changed and I was able to get the last few shots without the need for bracketing. Didn't hang around too long though as the mozzies were biting and the kids were getting restless. This is a single shot processed in Lightroom. The longer exposure was achieved by using an ND filter. On reflection I wish I had tried some shots with a polarizer but I forgot about it at the time. Mrs J likes it but not sure if it will be good enough to make it onto the wall of her office - may need to try some other falls before I leave! This is the full image - now I'm looking at it again I'm thinking that it would probably benefit from some cropping on the left and top to give more attention to the waterfall - decisions, decisions! Any views?</span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><a href="http://juliandadag.zenfolio.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Julian Dadag</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> - an accomplished Jamaican photographer was arranging the trip - check out his work - especially the landscapes.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I'd been hoping for some nice morning light but I got drizzle and grey skies for the first few hours. I did however manage to get a couple of portraits that I like - the first is a guy who sells pots and pans from a roadside shack on the Road from Annotto Bay to Ocho Rios. And as today is Bob Marley's birthday it seems fitting to post a photo of a Rasta. Unfortunately I did not get his name but he remembered me from two months ago when we bought a coalpot and frying pan from him - it would have been better with some direct eye contact but here he is:</span></span><br />
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</span>Andy Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01132565246071087700noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5925092770411154815.post-1621626275096876742010-02-03T16:26:00.000-08:002010-02-22T19:07:28.780-08:00Downtown - Waterfront, Ocean Boulevard<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Two more from 2006 - Mr Brown was living by the waterfront in downtown Kingston - under the carcas of an old overturned boat - I must re-visit and still if he is still around. His was a hand to mouth existence. He was boiling some little pieces of vegetable when I was there and preparing a rather large 'smoke' for the night ahead. Again I feel that I rushed this shot as I felt a little awkward imposing into his world - if I had more time (or confidence!) I would have changed my angle to improve the litter strewn background but it was really just a grab shot that caught his short lived smile.</span></span><br />
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</span>Andy Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01132565246071087700noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5925092770411154815.post-58236772581584219602010-01-30T18:29:00.000-08:002010-01-31T06:54:16.995-08:00Day 2 of Blogging - Part 2!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Day 2 and the excitement of blogging has gone completely to my head - or it could be that the port I'm drinking is starting to take effect! Anyway I did say that I would be mixing new with old so I'm going to post some shots from a shoot today. I know I can hear you saying 'What is this?'. 'Two posts in a day!' 'He'll never keep this up!' And you are completely correct - I foresee days, weeks possibly months of no posts in the future but right now whilst the novelty factor reigns I predict posting like a mad<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"> man.</span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I've managed to put aside my natural tendency to concentrate on the negative and believe that a blog will be a good way to share my love of photography with like minded individuals including my Jamaican friends! With my impending return to England, land of cold weather and warm beer, it will provide a way of maintaining contact and hopefully it will spur me on to continue to develop.</span></span><br />
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