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Some things become a habit and one of mine is to call up Daily Dose of Imagery. This is a site run by a Canadian photographer, Sam Javanrouh. Many of the photos are symmetrical often including a small and very specific detail or subject Often architecture. The colours are very much set in his style (like the symmetry). I think they're great, and what a discipline to produce a new picture every day.
I've just started to piece together some useful resources for walkers. Mark Reid and Jon Mitchell have been tramping around the region and have filmed a series of guides to popular walks. This appeals to me greatly.
You can see the downloadable maps and descriptions provided by Mark on our site ITV Local. The first walk is in the Peak District - Hathersage, North Lees, Stanage Edge * Carl Wark
Posting in reverse order here, so back to Sunday...
On the subject of church we have decided to explore so over the next few weeks we are going to investigate some of the more innovative offerings in the area.
On Sunday Deborah and I checked out a service held in Costa Coffee in Bradford. 're:fresh', an emerging community based at St Cuthberts Church in Wrose have struck a deal with the Forster Square Retail Park outlet of Costa Coffee and hope to hold their monthly gathering in the coffee shop on a regular basis.
I have to say it was strange meeting like this in a coffee shop with the fridges buzzing and the coffee machines producing cappuccinos while the vicar did his talk. The slightly cramped space meant that you were locked into small groups around the tables. The subject was mission and one of the contributors was Chris Howson who's involved in a project called Street Angels who operate in Bradford between 8pm and 2am. We thought it was excellent.
There were about 30 people at this event. The community meets in smaller groups once a week and then on this scale once a month.
A wild night out with the team at an eating house on Drury Lane (not so wild in this pic but warmed up later). Sarastro Restaurant near Covent Garden constructed like an opera set. At intervals during the meal musicians and opera singers would entertain. This was a team meeting of ITV Local (it was never like this at the BBC)
I've been wondering when this would come. Seems a brave step as video is quite a different market from stills I think. For a while I have been admiring vimeo which offers a well presented site for video. The big draw of vimeo for me has been the ability to download the original files. I shall give this a go and see how it works.
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What do you think? This looks like my normal note taking, actually!
