ARTHUR CHAPPELL PHOTO TAKING DIARY TWO FEBRUARY 2010 > <META NAME="Keywords" CONTENT="Humanism, atheism, television, media studies, vampires, cthulhu, comics, graphic novels, battle, Moston, goths, night clubs, food, drink, religion, sects, guru, brainwashing, meditation, fun, philosophy, literature, time, Judge Dredd, Dr. Who, flash fiction, fantasy, comedy, beer, pubs, travel, art, history, Civil War Re-enactment, humour, erotica, short stories, links, quicksand, science fiction, SF, trivia, abstracts, haiku, poetry slams, poetry, blogging, myspace, belief, doubt, cynicism, free will, Eastercon, costuming, photographs, scepticism, existentialism, biography, autobiography, books, films, cinema, scripts, Manchester, links to other sites, Arthur Chappell"> <META NAME="Description" CONTENT="Atheism, Religious cults, erotica, humour, Civil War Re-enactment, history, Manchester England, humour, philosophy, book and film reviews."> <script language="JavaScript1.2" src="http://www.altavista.com/static/scripts/translate_engl.js"></script> <meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=windows-1252"> <meta name=ProgId content=Word.Document> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 9"> <meta name=Originator content="Microsoft Word 9"> <link rel=File-List href="./my.photo.diary.2_files/filelist.xml">  <style>  </style> </head> <body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple style='tab-interval:36.0pt'> <div class=Section1> MY PHOTO DIARY #2 28th FEBRUARY 2010 <o:p></o:p> <![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p> Now having over 3,200 photos on file and online, through my pages, Facebook, and Woophy, I’m beginning to find photography taking a more central position in my life. Editing images from a photoshoot at the very Gothic Hellfire Club, I found there was suffiecent pattern to create a 26 picture horror-photo-story, Guests, which you can read in its entirety for free at <a href="http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=198214&id=731547393&l=e03752e864">http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=198214&id=731547393&l=e03752e864</a> <o:p></o:p> <![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p> I have story-boarded out ideas for photo-stories on certain themes but what was interesting here was having the photos first, before thinking up the story. Photography is changing my whole thinking process. <o:p></o:p> <![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p> Though I still take photos of buildings, statues, pub signs, woodlands, etc, it is my people images that are gaining me the most credit and attention. A few people are asking for me to take their photos and when seen in public with my camera, the people captured on film become very eager to see the results, e-mailing me for info on when they’ll be available. <o:p></o:p> <![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p> Other photographers are proving very helpful, and it’s becoming useful to read and assess the images taken by others. My collection of photography book reading is growing. I look at media photos closely, and when I see anyone pointing a camera or phone with a camera, I’m following the line of where it points to see if I can picture the image they might be capturing. <o:p></o:p> <![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p> My biggest step forward is joining <a href="http://www.modelmayhem.com/arthurchappell">Model Mayhem</a>, a model and photography website and forum. This gives me strong opportunity to interact with other photographers and models and could possibly lead to some paid work. The future looks interesting, and I’ll preserve as much of it as possible in pictures. Many thanks to model and photographer, Lethal Gem for assisting me in preparing and editing my <a href="http://www.modelmayhem.com/arthurchappell">MM profile page</a>. <o:p></o:p> An important phrase created through Model Mayhem is that of GWC (Guy With Camera). This refers to men who claim to be photographers in order to sweet talk or manipulate women into taking clothes off and posing for them, or who take lots of candid shots of unsuspecting passing girls to share with leery, lusty friends. Having slipped into model photography through modelling and sharing cabaret space with the models I interact with I’ve never fallen into such behaviour and it’s sad to see many men looking at images of models with only lust as their way of deciding if they like the images or not. Some people just need to grow up. <o:p></o:p> <![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p> With photos of buildings, I include many churches, though I’m an ardent atheist. The architecture can often be wonderful, and it saddens me that many churches are closed or only open their doors during services to avoid vandalism. That makes it near impossible to get photos of many great church interiors. I’m always thrilled when churches are open and welcoming to photographers. <![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p> <![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p> <a href="http://arthurchappell.me.uk/my.photo.diary.htm">PREVIOUS PHOTO DIARY</a> <a href="http://arthurchappell.me.uk/my.photo.diary.3.htm">NEXT PHOTO DIARY</a> <![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p> Copyright. 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Create Your Badge ARTHUR CHAPPELL PHOTO TAKING DIARY TWO FEBRUARY 2010 > <META NAME="Keywords" CONTENT="Humanism, atheism, television, media studies, vampires, cthulhu, comics, graphic novels, battle, Moston, goths, night clubs, food, drink, religion, sects, guru, brainwashing, meditation, fun, philosophy, literature, time, Judge Dredd, Dr. Who, flash fiction, fantasy, comedy, beer, pubs, travel, art, history, Civil War Re-enactment, humour, erotica, short stories, links, quicksand, science fiction, SF, trivia, abstracts, haiku, poetry slams, poetry, blogging, myspace, belief, doubt, cynicism, free will, Eastercon, costuming, photographs, scepticism, existentialism, biography, autobiography, books, films, cinema, scripts, Manchester, links to other sites, Arthur Chappell"> <META NAME="Description" CONTENT="Atheism, Religious cults, erotica, humour, Civil War Re-enactment, history, Manchester England, humour, philosophy, book and film reviews."> <script language="JavaScript1.2" src="http://www.altavista.com/static/scripts/translate_engl.js"></script> <meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=windows-1252"> <meta name=ProgId content=Word.Document> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 9"> <meta name=Originator content="Microsoft Word 9"> <link rel=File-List href="./my.photo.diary.2_files/filelist.xml">  <style>  </style> </head> <body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple style='tab-interval:36.0pt'> <div class=Section1> MY PHOTO DIARY #2 28th FEBRUARY 2010 <o:p></o:p> <![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p> Now having over 3,200 photos on file and online, through my pages, Facebook, and Woophy, I’m beginning to find photography taking a more central position in my life. Editing images from a photoshoot at the very Gothic Hellfire Club, I found there was suffiecent pattern to create a 26 picture horror-photo-story, Guests, which you can read in its entirety for free at <a href="http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=198214&id=731547393&l=e03752e864">http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=198214&id=731547393&l=e03752e864</a> <o:p></o:p> <![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p> I have story-boarded out ideas for photo-stories on certain themes but what was interesting here was having the photos first, before thinking up the story. Photography is changing my whole thinking process. <o:p></o:p> <![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p> Though I still take photos of buildings, statues, pub signs, woodlands, etc, it is my people images that are gaining me the most credit and attention. A few people are asking for me to take their photos and when seen in public with my camera, the people captured on film become very eager to see the results, e-mailing me for info on when they’ll be available. <o:p></o:p> <![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p> Other photographers are proving very helpful, and it’s becoming useful to read and assess the images taken by others. My collection of photography book reading is growing. I look at media photos closely, and when I see anyone pointing a camera or phone with a camera, I’m following the line of where it points to see if I can picture the image they might be capturing. <o:p></o:p> <![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p> My biggest step forward is joining <a href="http://www.modelmayhem.com/arthurchappell">Model Mayhem</a>, a model and photography website and forum. This gives me strong opportunity to interact with other photographers and models and could possibly lead to some paid work. The future looks interesting, and I’ll preserve as much of it as possible in pictures. Many thanks to model and photographer, Lethal Gem for assisting me in preparing and editing my <a href="http://www.modelmayhem.com/arthurchappell">MM profile page</a>. <o:p></o:p> An important phrase created through Model Mayhem is that of GWC (Guy With Camera). This refers to men who claim to be photographers in order to sweet talk or manipulate women into taking clothes off and posing for them, or who take lots of candid shots of unsuspecting passing girls to share with leery, lusty friends. Having slipped into model photography through modelling and sharing cabaret space with the models I interact with I’ve never fallen into such behaviour and it’s sad to see many men looking at images of models with only lust as their way of deciding if they like the images or not. Some people just need to grow up. <o:p></o:p> <![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p> With photos of buildings, I include many churches, though I’m an ardent atheist. The architecture can often be wonderful, and it saddens me that many churches are closed or only open their doors during services to avoid vandalism. That makes it near impossible to get photos of many great church interiors. I’m always thrilled when churches are open and welcoming to photographers. <![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p> <![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p> <a href="http://arthurchappell.me.uk/my.photo.diary.htm">PREVIOUS PHOTO DIARY</a> <a href="http://arthurchappell.me.uk/my.photo.diary.3.htm">NEXT PHOTO DIARY</a> <![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p> Copyright. Arthur Chappell LINK TO THIS PAGE <a href="http://arthurchappell.me.uk/my.photo.diary.2.htm">http://arthurchappell.me.uk/my.photo.diary.2.htm</a> <a href="http://arthurchappell.me.uk/index.htm">LINKS TO MY OTHER PAGES.</a> <a href="http://arthurchappell.me.uk/links.htm">LINKS TO OTHER PEOPLES PAGES </a> E-mail <a href="mailto:arthur@chappell7300.freeserve.co.uk">arthur@chappell7300.freeserve.co.uk</a> <a href="http://arthurchappell.me.uk/updates.htm">UPDATES</a> MYSPACE - <a href="http://www.myspace.com/arthurchappell">http://www.myspace.com/arthurchappell</a> FACEBOOK - <a href="http://profile.to/arthurchappell/">http://profile.to/arthurchappell/</a> FACEBOOK BLOG <a href="http://apps.facebook.com/blognetworks/blogpage.php?blogid=85623">http://apps.facebook.com/blognetworks/blogpage.php?blogid=85623</a> <o:p></o:p> MY BOOKS - <a href="http://stores.lulu.com/store.php?fAcctID=952521">http://stores.lulu.com/store.php?fAcctID=952521</a> <o:p></o:p> MY TWITTER PAGE - <a href="http://twitter.com/arthurchappell">http://twitter.com/arthurchappell</a> <o:p></o:p> MY WOOPHY PAGE - <a href="http://www.woophy.com/member/Arthur+Chappell">http://www.woophy.com/member/Arthur+Chappell</a> <o:p></o:p> MY FLICKR PAGE <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/arthurchappell/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/arthurchappell/</a> MY MODEL MAYHEM PAGE <a href="http://www.modelmayhem.com/arthurchappell">http://www.modelmayhem.com/arthurchappell</a> <![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p> <![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p> <![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p> <![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p> <![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p> <![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p> <![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p> <![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p> </div> </body> </html>