Choice of image; getting it right

Choosing the right photograph for public viewing can be a daunting task whether it is for a profile image, printed publication or anything in between.

I have a profile page which has my main contact points: http://about.me/gordontant

currently it is a blank page, the decision I have is which to use:

1. a safe option of a photo of me of which I have an Idea of the shot I want (yet to shoot)
2. a graphically descriptive photo
3. a photo from 2 years ago which still moves me when I look at it.

here are is the photo

Now I personally want to use the last shot as I find it very thought provoking and showing that I am not shy to taking photographs that are challenging, it also grabs your attention.

– What do you think?

A Marathon Job for Niki

“Bletchley Park was home to the WW2 Codebreakers whose breath-taking achievements helped shorten the war by two years saving countless lives. The Bletchley Park Trust’s mission is to transform Bletchley Park into the world-class education and heritage site it deserves to be reflecting the profound significance of its impact on WW2, the twentieth century and the way we all live today.”

When Niki (@mrshb2b) announced at one of last years @stationX social media Meet-ups she was running in the 2010 London Marathon I was a little surprised, but then she said she was doing it to raise money for ‘Bletchley Park‘ (#bpark) I knew she was serious. a few of us instantly said that we would sponsor her and also come down to give support on the day.

During the day I offered to design a T-shirt for her that she could wear and that we could also wear to show support and raise money at the same time. After a few weeks I had come up with a rough design and enlisted the help of Dave (@magiprint) to produce the clothing.

This is what Dave produced from my design:

At the end of January these T-shirts were completed and delivered to Niki so we met up and I took some shots of her for the sponsor site and press release.

Gordon Tant Photography ©2010

Gordon Tant Photography ©2010

There are several ways you can show your support either by sponsoring Niki on her just giving page

Donating directly to Bletchley Park

Or the T-shirts are available with your twitter name down the arm from @magiprint for £15.00 plus delivery and £2.50 from every sale will go to #bpark. you can contact Dave on

‘Magiprint Ltd’
272, Hillmorton Road
Rugby
Warwickshire
CV22 5BW
Tel 01788 334499
E-mail sales@magiprint.com

Myths and Legends from Bletchley Park

Bletchley Park is made of myths and legends, with secrets still to be revealed its history is dominated by WWII, even thoug hthe building itself goes back futher. its links with technology are a legend in itself as ‘The Birthplace of Modern Day Computing’ you can’t get a better line than that. Which is why it draws geeks like me and numerous others to its hallowed grounds.

One such meeting is @stationX (taken from the 10th MI6 office) a group of twitterers from various walks who meet to discuss ways of bringing Bletchley Park everyones attention so that it might stay open, it is one of the most impotant museums in the UK today.

at our last meets Adam who helps out at Bletchley Park happended to mention that he ‘thought’ he had found one of the ‘tunnels’ – That was it @documentally was hooked and a group of us set off in search of them.

Venturing in to one of the abandoned blocks we worked our way to the location, and had a look around. The opening Adam suspected was indeed a tunnel and it linked to an adjacent block, for what purpose with out going deep into the tunnel we could not tell. but we do not think that this was one of the ‘Churchill Tunnels’

so the hunt will continue

You can read and listen to our more of our escapades here on Documentally’s Blog

For more information about Bletchley Park, follow @BletchleyPark and @StationX on twitter..

Or better still make a donation to The Bletchley Park Trust

A Night @therubylounge

Situated on one of the main roads into Manchester City centre and on the edge of the music district is The Ruby Lounge – a small but popular venue for unsigned and signed bands to play to a crowd of up to 350 people, this sub-terrain hotspot for unsigned talent was my location on April 1st. 2009.

The main act was Lowline, supported by Televox and The Casino’s. I had gone to photogragh Televox but ended up taking shots of all three. You can see photos from all three groups on my website.

MTB Photo shoot

Chicksands Bike park in Bedfordshire is probably up there as one of the best in the country – set in the mid bedfordshire countryside Today I met Daniel Crute for a photo shoot.