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Birthday Print Competition

It is my birthday tomorrow and I’ll be working, to liven the day up I am going to do a free print competition.

The person who either emails (craig[at]craigholmes.com) or leaves a comment on the blog with the nearest time to my ‘birth time’ will get a free 12×8″ print of their choosing from the Crowded Gallery. 

So, if you think I was born at 3.30pm - just send me an email or comment saying so, along with the name of your preferred print - I don’t need the actual email to arrive at 3.30pm by the way….

Answers tomorrow night….closing time is 6pm….I hope nobody wins from Afghanistan, postage to there will be extortionate.

UPDATE:

Family members are barred.

UPDATED UPDATE:

Thanks to everyone who entered.  It was 9.10am…the winner is a Mr Bounds of Birmingham who had the closest time and gets Winter Walk.

Re-spreading the love

Pete Ashton, of Created in Birmingham fame, spreads the love and mentions sites he likes, and even mentions this site.  I was wondering why my site stats were up….

 ”The Crowded Gallery blog from photographer Craig Holmes is a nice example of how you can add a small amount of informal chat and revolutionise your web presence. “

Saying that - I have been spending today photographing a chief executive (and others) and been trying to get arty in a recycling centre.  Strange but true.  Back to marketing Birmingham for the rest of this week.

The process of upgrading all the PC’s (I really wanted to change to Macs - but the software was ridiculously expensive) is now fully complete - and the printing of large images has turned in to a pleasant experience - rather than an absolute nightmare that makes me want to cry.  Thanks to Dave Beckerman in New York, who pointed out the best practice for printing via Lightroom - I owe you one!

Right, first night off for a fortnight….

More Black & White City Photography

I’m making 2008 the year of black and white photography.  OK difficult with commissioned photography (although I am trying to persuade a magazine to let me do a fashion shoot in black and white…I can’t see it happening though, as it is all about Spring fashions), but a lot of my work could be done in black and white.

For that reason, all non-commissioned photography will be taken in black and white for a while…and here is the first photo, from a walk around Birmingham between commissions (of the Snow Hill redevelopment).  I am sure this has no commercial value, so it may not end up on the stock libraries, but it may end up in the next Birmingham book.

Birmingham architecture 

Speaking of which, a book I have been working on for the Royal Institute of British Architects on Birmingham architecture has reached the final proof stage.  Fingers crossed, this means after four years work, the book will soon be published (start of March is planned).  The city of Birmingham often gets knocked (not by me!), but love it or hate it, some of the architecture is cutting edge.

Carrying on the Birmingham theme - our ‘Images of Birmingham’ stock library has had a face-lift, bringing it a bit more up to date.