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Olympus Trip 35
I got mine from eBay for like £7 or so and I'm having fun playing around with it. This is a great camera, it has no battery and gets its energy from the sun, amazing! You can set the camera to A (automatic) and you don't have to worry about setting apertures, shutter speeds and exposure, it takes care of everything so you can focus on taking good shots. I bought some Kodak T-MAX 400 and 100 black and white film, loaded the camera and now I'm ready to take my first first shots, simples!
"People back home used to call me Bikini Cory, because I earned it!"
Okay this left me scratching my head and wishing all sorts of bad intentions on the lovely "cory" and in fact everyone involved in creating this show
I never knew telly like this even existed, when did it get so BAD?! http://jezebel.com/5084514/bff-im-known-as-bikini-cory-because-i-earned-it
Business Friendly Bahrain advertising: Simple, creative, genius
This is one of my favourite pieces of advertising promoting "Business friendly Bahrain", simple but so effective, well done to the agency for coming up with this...make sure you have the sound turned on ;-)
I change shapes just to hide in this place, but I'm still I'm still an animal...
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Okay so I can't claim to have found this song myself (thanks Liisbet), but I love it, its going to be played over and over until I am sick of it. You can buy it from iTunes UK
Madonna creates a masterpiece!
This is one of those amazing documentaries that everyone MUST watch. When I heard Madonna was involved in a humanitarian documentary film in Africa (called I Am Because We Are), I put Madonna + Malawi together and my first thoughts were that it had something to do with the adoption controversy back in 2006 and that this film was some sort of a an attempt to subdue the negativity surrounding that. However, after watching the film and admittedly knowing very little about what all the fuss was about back then (vague memories of the adopted child’s father crying foul), I couldn't have been more wrong. This film is unbelievable, emotionally charged and brilliant, Madonna used her name and celebrity to bring a humanitarian crisis to the world's attention, supported by the incredible photography work of *Kristen Ashburn. This is a film that prompts action, the images and the stories of the children in this film make it difficult for even the sternest of hearts to ignore. My wife and I felt compelled to do whatever we could to raise awareness of this and prompt action in others. You can help too by visiting: http://www.iambecauseweare.com/
*I later contacted Kristen Ashburn to get some tips on how I could add to her efforts in documenting the lives of people affected by HIV/AIDS in Southern Africa. She gladly shared some tips and encouragement.
I'd love to know what you thought of the film so leave a comment below :-)
Worried about visiting Joburg?
I came across this documentary film about Johannesburg called "Unhinged - Surviving Joburg", clever title if you ask me as the word "unhinged" seems like a good way of describing the city that I grew up in. At first I saw a clip which I didn't really like, it didn't grab me but I think that was mainly down to the editing. The second clip however, roped me in and got me excited about this film, timely considering the 2010 Soccer World Cup is less than a few months away. The only thing I am slightly annoyed about is that they beat me to it. Here is the second clip, share your thoughts below...
