Rosie Scribble

A snapshot in time

Oxford Circus, London.

Rush hour, Monday 30th January 2012.

I'm about to enter a packed underground station.

But before I did, I stopped on the street corner and took a photo.

I'm another face in the crowd, safely tucked away behind the camera lens.

It was just one brief moment in time.

Life's made up of so many of them, don't you think?

This week's Gallery theme is: Me Right Now. 

 

Oversharing

The Gallery: phone photos

Taken on my iphone using Pixlromatic for this week's Gallery.

Bird watching

On a recent photography course I suddenly found myself in the midst of a group of bird watchers who were able to describe, in precise detail, every single bird that they had ever photographed.  

They were also able to list the names of the birds they were yet to capture on film together with details of these birds’ preferred habitats.

I have to admit it all went completely over my head, quite literally. 

I also have to admit that I have never had any desire whatsoever to sit outside in my garden, camera in hand, waiting to photograph a bird of any description. 

Who wants to sit for hours on end watching birds flying around? 

But then I saw this video and I take it all back. 

I’ve watched it three times and I’m still amazed.

Video credit: Murmuration from Sophie Windsor Clive on Vimeo.

Little Clicks for Big Prizes

It would be very wrong, wouldn’t it, to wrap a present given to you by a PR and pass it off as a gift you have lovingly selected yourself.

What sort of person would stoop to that level?

In my defence, the gift did arrive on Christmas Eve, which is never the right time to start handing out Christmas presents.

Also relevant, I've decided, is the fact that Santa’s presents have proved popular again this year and I never get any credit for them.

The digital camera has turned out to be one of IJ’s favourite presents, and if it gets her hooked on photography like her mother then I’m pretty cool with that.

It was kindly sent to us by the team at Railcard who are currently running a Little Clicks for Big Prizes competition on Facebook. Entrants stand the chance of winning a Merlin Annual Pass worth over £450, simply by sending uploading a photo and turning into a postcard using their postcard generator. There are also 20 Railcard gift card for the runners up.

Further details are available on their Facebook page and you have until 9th January to enter.