Fishermen // April 06, 2005
[Eeeek! After a pretty bad hacking incident I think I've managed to get the site back together again. The bastards used my server to send about 35GB of spam mail in 2 days - sorry if any went to you :-) So I've used up all my bandwidth for this month and everything will be running really slowly until about the 6th May. The hackers got in through a vulnerability in AwStats. If you using AwStats please check their website and your version number - it could happen to you!]
Thanks for all your comments on the previous shot. It received more comments than any other photo on 'not as if...' so far. I could speculate why that is, but it probably doesn't pay to get too hung up on these things. Anyway, for those who think I attend weird occult ceremonies or Klan meetings, it was actually a piece of performance art involving fire and sound at a local arts centre.
Today's shot is back on the beach at Aldeburgh. These guys must love their fishing. It was blowing a gale but they were happy sat in their matching tents. How sweet.
On a technical note, I've been reading about sensor cleaning because I've gone and got a hair on my sensor. I'm not sure how it got there because I'm really careful about lens changing. I think I'm going to go for the 'Pixel Sweeper' approach as described on Petteri's site. (By the way, there is loads of interesting stuff about composition on this site). If I don't make any more updates then you know I've trashed my camera :-O.
IHI40 // February 20, 2005
This is the last picture in the series from Aldeburgh. I hope you've enjoyed them.
Something completely different for tomorrow, I think.
Hut No. 11 // February 18, 2005
This is a simple image of the same hut that appeared a few days ago.
I like the fact that the owner has gone to the trouble of fixing two old oars to the side of the hut to create a name plaque. I'm easily pleased.
'Jill-Anne' of Ipswich // February 16, 2005
Continuing with the Aldeburgh series...
The remaining fisherman in Aldeburgh use day boats. They go out to sea in the late afternoon and return with the catch as night falls. The fish is sold on the beach the following morning.
If you visit when the fishermen are not around (as we did), the whole place looks abandoned.
Fish for Sale // February 15, 2005
This shot is the first in a series that I took around the old fishing huts on the beach at Aldeburgh.
The thriving fishing industry that was once the mainstay of the town (along with boat-building) has been hit hard by dwindling catches and factory ships. A few fishermen remain though, and you can still buy fresh fish on the beach.
