David Bailey

Gail and I went to the David Bailey exhibition at the National Gallery the week before last, and it was brilliant, it was amazing the people he met and knew. And of course the photos were stunning, I had a lovely day with Gal looking at everything, I always enjoy a good exhibition. It was unbelievable to me that he knew and was personally invited to things by the Krays, and was friends with Andy Warhol and Salvador Dali. I surreptitiously took a few photos of some of my favourites.

Sitting Ducks at the Portrait Gallery

Hold on for a ton of pictures, Gail and I went to the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, for John Byrne's new exhibition, Sitting Ducks. I have seen some of his work before in featured in What do Artists do all Day, the series and a bit in the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum in Galsgow that Hayley and I went to in the Spring. Anyway, I really liked his stuff and wanted to check out more of it. So it was a lovely day yto be in the Galleries, its a bit grey and muggy out, so I had a brilliant day out with Gail, with some tea and scones after a bit of shopping. So I am pretty tuckered out now, what with my wee cold, so enjoy.

 I haven't really been to the Portrait Gallery too much before and the main body of the building is gorgeous so be prepared as you scroll past a few of John Byrne's paintings to be drowned in a lot of those.

I really tried to get a good photo/video of this next bit, but it is only ok, its Mary Queen of Scots and a skull, depending on where you view it from.

Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum

So I totally forgot I had these pictures from when Hayley and I went to Glasgow ages ago, or it feels like ages ago. But we went to the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum and out to dinner afterwards. And I usually say that I do not like Glasgow, and it feels like any other city in the world to me, but I think I have been a little unfair, because I haven't really been out to the city center before. Kelvingrove, was really impressive, and the park after where I took no photos was beautiful as well. So I have to take that all back.

I probably could have taken way more photos inside of the place, but I was not feeling great that day. A wee hangover to say the least but that doesn't take away from the pictures I did get. I am a bit rusty at this blogging business, so hopefully my next post is a bit better, anyway, enjoy the pictures.

 

We went to the Lebanese after and it was actually really disappointing, after having amazing Lebanese food at Beirut in Edinburgh, it just did not compare, and was so not worth the voucher Hayley bought. So if you are in Glasgow, don't go there.

Pentax K1000

So I mentioned the other day in one of my 100 Days Happy posts, that I bought a new camera while out at the flea market. Well it turned out that there was already a roll of film in the camera, and a couple pictures had been taken. So not knowing what kind of film was in the camera, and just with a hope that all the settings were correct, I set out to fill up the film and see how the camera was. And now I got them back, and unfortunately they seem a little under exposed, for the most part as most of the photos are a little grey, but it was a good lesson on making sure your settings are correct, because in this case some things were a little off. But all in all I got some photos I really like and the couple that were on the roll already look really cool, and I wonder where they are from. But first here are some of my shots.

Firstly Daniel and I went around Lauriston Castle, and the next day it was nice out so I took a meandering walk through the Dean War Memorial Graveyard, the Modern Art Gallery Grounds and up past the Castle on my way to Trumps, the photography store.

The ones from Lauriston Castle are not quite as crisp but I still like them anyway.

The scans aren't of the best quality, but they are pretty good, the pictures are better, one day I will work out how to use my scanner better.

And here's where they start to get a bit better, 

And these are the found photos on my camera, she said she never took very good photos, but I think these are brilliant. Hopefully I will remember to try to return her pictures if I make it to the next flea market.

I am off to Roslin tomorrow, so hopefully I get some good pictures again.