Hello there good people!

Ok, so last Wednesday (7th October 2009) I was over at my university doing a photoshoot for them. Doctor Who was ALSO filming about 10 minutes walk from there, so, I decided to pop along even though it was freezing and chuckin' it down with rain!

So, I took a few pictures. They didn't turn out nice and sharp as I was using my 300mm telephoto lens and i was zoomed in most of the way, which it was difficult to steady in the freezing cold..with rain...and whilst trying to balance an umbrella in my hand all at the same time! It's tricky trying to zoom in and focus whilst holding an umbrella haha

Anyway, the scene I saw... **SPOILER ALERT** was was where Matt Smith (11th doctor) was holding up his screwdriver (wearing tennants gear) and it was sparking/blowing up. He drops the screwdriver to the ground. He then gets on his hands on knees and starts shouting at it saying "NO NO!!! Don't do that!!" and he was banging his hands on the ground... I think he'll make a cool doctor! Oh also, another spoiler, the TARDIS blows up too..yep..its true.. I know too many spoilers...thats like 5% of them haha

Anyway, I'll try and post some pictures later, but please dont expect super sharp images! Even the ones taken by the big pros with MASSIVE lenses (the size of my head) didn't get brilliant shots in my opinion lol

It's pure genius I tell ya!

Some of you may already know about this, but this is just for everyone else and some random things too! (I've put headings in capitals in case you want to skip over a certain area!)

**NEW CAMERA**!!
I recently purchased a Nikon D300 which is a professional class DSLR! It is quite large compared to my recent D80, but then it does offer a load more things! It's a 13.3 megapixel camera which is about 12.3 effective. It can shoot up to 8 frames per second!! It has a large veiwing screen and ahhhh so much more lol

**NEW LENS**!!
I also purchased a Nikon 50mm lens which as an aperture/f number rating of 1.8 which should give some really awesome blurring to backgrounds and unwanted areas.

Ok, for my next trick...

**POLL AND NEXT LOAD OF PHOTOS**!!
My recent poll was kind of a success with some people. I will post some more photos of me as "the doctor" doing things on bad wolf bay as this was the winner! I might even do some manipulations too with a TARDIS...not sure yet! I will probably post a photo of me for my 5000 page views as this came second in the poll. I will however try to accomodate each part of the poll which was voted on though...apart from France photos as nobody seemed interested in that!! haha

Okie dokie then! Thank you again to everyone who watches me, you are all very appreciated If any of you have suggestions of what you would like me to photograph then just send me a note or reply to this... I sometimes get a mind block and wonder what I should photograph!

Cheers again good people!! I'm batman...I have the proof! seriously i do..

Hey, I just wanted to ask everyone for a favour...

Ok, when/if you vote on my poll, could you please leave a comment letting me know which you voted for as the poll doesnt tell me who voted for what.

ALREADY VOTED? Comment on the poll and still let me know what you voted for please

Cheers good people. I just want to put more photos online which you guys would want to see, rather than unpopular stuff, and also knowing who clicked on what will help me get to know you better too

Thants, Carl

I have just under 1 month left of holidays before I return to university. Which is not so great news for my photography as I am less likely to have the time to take photographs. So I will be making the most of my time before then!

At the end of August I'm going to some festival thing at Cardiff Bay, where there will be cheese and bread!! Hopefully get some photos around there of some random strangers! Then in September I'm hopefully going to a museum in Cosford which is about 3 hours away, It's an aircraft museum, so more shots probably from there. And finally I'm hoping to return to "Bad Wolf Bay" before I go back to Uni. Hopefully (if I do manage to go back) I will take some shots from on the beach. I'm just waiting for all the under eighteens to be back at school/sixth form college so the beach will be clear! So im looking at mid sept possibly, but who knows.

umm, hopeully there might be some shots inbetween these things, but we shall see.

Cheerios good people and thank you all for being interested in what I post and say

**Oh before I leave. I have created a Photography page on Facebook, so if anyone is on there then feel free to add me "Carl Sutherwood Photography". Plus I'm on facebook aswell as a human and not a "fan page" so feel free to add me if you want.**

Carl

As some of you know I went to Paris last week and overall had a really good time. I have shots from the following places (and more inbetween the places lol)

The Eiffel Tower (day/night shots)
The Arc De Triomphe (day/night shots)
Versailles (day shots)
The Lourve (day/night shots)
Bastille day (shots from balcony of eiffel and fireworks..which are rare from this view!)
Moulin Rouge (day shots)
Sacre Coeur (day shots)
Les Invalides (Napoleons tomb)
Notre Dame Cathedral

I think you get the idea.

*LARGE REVIEW IN MORE DETAIL*

HOTEL/BASTILLE DAY: The hotel was about a 5-10 minute walk from the eiffel tower.Our room was on the top floor with a balcony which could see almost all of the eiffel tower (awesomeness). This was excellent for night shots of the firework display on Batille day (french celebration).

THE LOURVE: When photographing the lourve at night it was FREEZING! It had been warm all week until that one day when I decided to stay out late until it got dark (around 11pm), so we were sat outside the lourve for about 2-3 hours whilst it rained and it just felt like we were in the north pole!!

ARC DE TRIOMPHE: Got some cool shots of the Arc de triomphe with the eiffel tower in the distance. It was thundering and lightning when doing the shots (but nice and warm), and as soon as i packed up, it started to rain. On the way back to the underground metro station, a HUGE gust of wind out of nowhere blew tons of rubbish and dust across the streets. It was so strong it was enough to move me. Best way to describe it was like a shock wave from a bomb (there was no bomb though...luckily, just a random huge gust of wind from out of nowhere!!) lol

Sacre Coeur shots were ruined by a guy playing Oasis songs and a massive crowd around him, but i managed to get some okish ones.

Moulin Rouge was decent for shots, no real problems. Notre dame was dark inside but i hopefully got some decent shots, but i'll have to wait and see. Got some decent shots of the gardens at versailles and some good shots of the cathedral where Napoleon is burried.

The Eiffel Tower: I originally wanted Infrared shots, but Bastille day ruined it. The huge green grass area was totally ruined. It was a sandy yellow with dusty mud all over it. The area was full of tents and railings, so the view was totally ruined from the main viewing side. However, after a going to the opposite side of the river saine, I managed to get some really good night/day shots, but no infrared unfortunatly But the shots are really nice, you'll love them!!

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Appologies for the long journal, hope you enjoyed reading it (if you did), and hope you look forward to the shots in the next few days/weeks.