Mat Harden

Stu’s distorted face from Best of Photo Booth

I’ve finally snapped. After months of procrastinating I’ve decided to become a full Flickr member. As I already pay for hosting of a few domain names and the fact that I also have my own photo site - NotMyFace - I found it hard to go Pro. But Flickr is just too good. To mark the occasion, I’ve just uploaded the Best of Photo Booth and my Lomography collection.

I’m digging this! The Flickr Leech allows you to search by username, something definitely missing from Flickr. But search by Interestingness and fill your screen with eye-candy-goodness!

Our Holiday

I’ve finally got round to scanning my holiday snaps from January this year. I’ve somehow never managed to scan more than 3 pictures from my previous trip around kiwi-land, which is a big shame. However, after adding these & looking back over my holiday I’ve become inspired - it’s a beautiful part of the world & these images need to be seen.

Oh & sorry to Andrew & Katie… I know it looks like I stole your idea, but it was Nic that wrote that in the sand.

Pintsize

My wonderful friends bought me a Lomo for my birthday. I’ve just had my first roll of film developed & I am very pleased. The colour saturation is as good as I hoped & the light intake really is surprising. Everyone was saying to me “Don’t you need a flash in here?” & it actually turns out to be “No, in fact I don’t”. You could use a flash if you wanted to blind people & wash out all the colour & atmosphere from the subject, but if you want to capture the moment go ahead & use a Lomo with no flash.

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Went to one of my greatest friends wedding on Saturday in Herefordshire. It was an excellent wedding that went very well & the weather was very nice to us indeed seeing as it rained either side of the day.

I was very honoured to do a reading of “Love Is…” at the church ceremony which I was very nervous about, but managed to get through it without a hick-up.

This was the first wedding from my group of friends & it was great to see all of us dressed up for the occasion.

The bride looked stunningly beautiful & perfectly matched with her groom. Now on their honeymoon, I wish them all the happiness together for many years to come.

Well done to Trevor who did an excellent job of being the best man. We appreciate how much work you put in to the Stag Do’s & the day itself. Thank you for an entertaining speech too.