Photo Realistic Life

35mm
Originally uploaded by nickcummins

Last night, in the Photocentre at the local supermarket, a manager comes up to me and asks why I was wearing a small bracelet thing on my wrist. She went toally ape shit on me.

Now, two things spring to mind,
1 - How the hell did she see it, as my shirt sleaves were down, and she must have the eyes of a hawk, oh, AND I KNOW she's got it in for me, as she seems to target me above all others to pick on, but then I guess some people are just like that, and...
2 - Does it really matter? I have lost count of how many people wear bangles, bracelets, chains, rings etc... on the shop floor and dont get stopped, even when the management can clearly see them.

In itself, this isnt a big deal, its just the fact that this woman has double-standards when it comes to me, she hasnt even made an attempt to like me since day 1. And to be quite honest, its getting to the point where I'm going to challenge her on how she talks to me.

Its not just me though, there are so many others who have had enough of how she speaks to people, making them feel right fools when she speaks to them like they are stupid.

Anywho, typing this entry has helped to get this off my chest, oh, and on the plus side, I got some good shots of 35mm films, before being sliced up.

FilmsByNick website revamped!

Well my brand-spanking new website is up and running like a well trained runner!

 

I have kept the old version up, so people who want to see the old one still can, from the 'In Development' section.

 

I think it all looks very professional, and its very very easy to update now, thanks to using PHP and the 'include' code, linking to .html files for the navigation and footer sections makes it super-easy to add a new page, or change what adverts appear on the site (yes, I have adverts, I'm a student, I need the money)

 

go have a gander: www.filmsbynick.com

Oh, The Waiting...

I'm sitting here, waiting, waiting and waiting for my friend to get his ass up here so we can go out filming.

 

I'd do it by myself (no jokes please) but the equipment I use is worth quite a bit, and if I'm on my own, I feel I'm more likely to get something robbed.

 

I think I'll give him a ring..............Hello?

Candle in the dark

Candle in the dark
Originally uploaded by nickcummins

I took this on my cameraphone the other night, and I'm really impressed with it, turned out much better than I thought.

I sometimes look at this, and just sit and think, when I'm in a reflective mood, that is.

Halloween Props

All the Halloween stuff went out in my supermarket last Monday, fake blood, fake scars, smoke machines etc... SO, I'm going to be stocking up on blood and scars, and maybe a few severed limbs again this year, they WILL come in useful for my upcoming films, and even if they don't get used in my main features, I'll make some cheesy Blair-Witch films or something similar.

 

You can get some good film props this time of year.

ASDA + Computers = Fun Times

Yesterday, in the local supermarket in which I work to pay my rent, A discussion came up about a display model computer that had been sold to a customer. NOW, the thing is, when we set up a computer as a display model, we password protect the account, so customers don't mess up the computer.

Anywho, this guy bought it, got it home, but no-one could remember the password used to protect the computer. So I suggested reformatting the machine, he had no data on it as he couldn't get into it anyway, so it was agreed that either asda would pay for a taxi for me to go to their house and reformat etc...

Called them, left a message, 6 hours later, they called back, they didn't take all the discs with them when they bought the computer, SO I cant reformat the computer, well, I could, but they'd have no windows vista disc to use. long and short of it is that he's bringing the machine back for a refund.

I had looked forward to meddling with yet another computer in asda, as I'm the only guy who knows ANYTHING about computers in that place, and everyone knows me as the 'computer guy'

On the up side, there's a vista disc lying around the warehouse somewhere, if I can just find it though...