Panchromatica

The first rule of blogging

...is of course to keep posting, which is something I have singularly failed to do. It isn't just here. My Flickr and Ipernity accounts are also languishing from lack of attention.  I haven't been idle though. I have  been working on a much longer piece than I normally post here, and also working at getting out and about selling my pictures. I have something like 30 art or craft fairs booked between now and the end of the year and I am also promoting my work much more actively.

The fairs are useful on two counts - they give me a place to sell, but they also lead to increased exposure. Even so it is hard work. Most people going to craft fairs expect to find jewellery perhaps, textiles and knitted products, perhaps wood. They don't I think expect to find art or photography. Consequently you need a high footfall to stand a chance of making significant sales.

I really would like to see more such fairs with the primary focus on art. The downside is that you don't get the people who would never go to a gallery and are just looking for a pretty picture to hang on their wall. I'm not proud - if that is what you want I will sell it!

Anyway - here are the next few fairs I will be attending. If you are in the area, please pop in and say hello - discount for anyone producing a print out of this article.

Monday May 26^th - Cleeve House, Seend near Devizes (also Jewellery) - 10.00 am to 4.00 pm

Saturday Jun 7^th - Southampton Bargate Art Market - 9.00 am to 4.00 pm

Sunday Jun 15^th - Lacock - Village Hall - 11.00 am onwards

Sunday Jun 22^nd - Alton, Hampshire - Art Market – High Street - 9.00 am to 2.00 pm

Saturday Jun 28^th - Tetbury Market Hall - 10.00 am to 4.00 pm

Saturday Jul 5^th - Bath - Craft in the Crypt - St Michael’s Church, Broad Street, Bath BA1 5LJ - 9.00 am to  4.00 pm

Sunday Jul 20^th - Lacock - Village Hall - 11.00 am onwards

Sunday Jul 27^th- Alton, Hampshire -  Art Market – High Street - 9.00 am to 2.00 pm

links for 2008-04-24

• radio for back up on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
  yet another example of security paranoia - and why private streets are a threat to freedom
  (tags: flickr freedom Law Photo photography uk rights paranoia Middlesborough securitytheatre)

links for 2008-04-19

• Walking while Buddhist
  "It appears that, while we were contemplating the suffering of all beings, someone in the neighborhood was suffering from fear of the unknown." via Kevin (http://neighbourhoods.typepad.com/neighbourhoods)
  (tags: zen buddhism meditation paranoia)

links for 2008-04-17

• Vulcan bomber takes to skies
  I have some photographs of this in its last year of appearances before it was taken out of service - at the time allegedly for good because restoration would be too expensive.
  (tags: vulcan bomber warbird RAF v-bomber)

House prices - a different perspective from Chris Dillow

Housing crash: why worry?

1. Many men have borrowed thousands of pounds to buy an asset that’s fallen in price. We call them car-owners. No-one worries about negative equity in the car market. So why worry about negative equity in another consumer good?
2.  Sure, some people have lost money because they over-invested in housing. But why should we care about these any more than about those who over-invested in Laughing Boy in the 3.30 at Wincanton? It’s not the government’s job to bail out bad gamblers.

Video on Flickr

It is now possible to upload Video to Flickr. This one caught my eye and gave me some hope that it won't turn into a You Tube clone.

links for 2008-03-25

• Designing for Civil Society: Not getting it may be a worldview thing
  When people are unenthusiastic about social media and other Web 2.0 stuff it is tempting to be a bit sneery and say they don't "get it". Who can fail to see the benefits of publishing without publishers, and organising without organisations? The tools may
  (tags: socialmedia web2.0)
• An overview of P2P Governance trends » P2P Foundation
  (tags: p2p governance web2.0)

We will tell you what to think...

From the Wiltshire Gazette and Herald.

Defence Secretary Des Browne today asked the High Court to outlaw the use of language strongly critical of the MoD in inquest verdicts on soldiers who have died on active service.

The application came in a test case relating to Territorial Army soldier Pte Jason Smith, who died of heatstroke in Iraq.

Oxfordshire s assistant deputy coroner, Andrew Walker, recorded in a November 2006 inquest verdict that Pte Smith s death was  caused by a serious failure to recognise and take appropriate steps to address the difficulty that he had in adjusting to the climate .
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The 32-year-old fell ill in temperatures of 60C  140F  in August 2003 at the Al Amara stadium, southern Iraq.

The coroner s narrative verdict described how he was taken to the medical centre at Abu Naji Camp, where he died.

The coroner said Pte Smith s difficulty in acclimatising to the heat should have been recognised.

The wording of his verdict came under attack at the High Court in London today before Mr Justice Collins.

Sarah Moore, appearing for the Defence Secretary, said the coroner should not have made reference to a  serious failure  to take appropriate steps.

Why bother having an inquest I wonder? After all the government knows what is good for us better than we do doesn't it?

More coverage

links for 2008-03-17

• Liberal Conspiracy » Why don’t men wear skirts? | creating a new liberal-left alliance for Britain
  (tags: gender sexism feminism)

links for 2008-03-14

• Thoughts on the Social Graph
  Ways forward in social media - a sort of facebooking without facebook
  (tags: collaboration Community culture data democracy development essay future internet networking networks privacy sharing social socialmedia visualization web2.0 socialnetworking socialgraph)
• free Social Media Guide | content to be different
  excellent short guide to social media in acrobat format.
  (tags: socialmedia guide net)