Chris Hawkins http://www.wkins.co.uk About Christopher Hawkins Sat, 23 Jan 2010 20:05:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Ella http://www.wkins.co.uk/2010/01/ella/ http://www.wkins.co.uk/2010/01/ella/#comments Sat, 23 Jan 2010 19:49:36 +0000 Chris http://www.wkins.co.uk/?p=376 Some shots from a shoot this afternoon with Ella.

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]]> http://www.wkins.co.uk/2010/01/ella/feed/ 0 Pinhole Images http://www.wkins.co.uk/2010/01/pinhole-images/ http://www.wkins.co.uk/2010/01/pinhole-images/#comments Mon, 11 Jan 2010 16:22:36 +0000 Chris http://www.wkins.co.uk/?p=369 Some pinhole images I took several years ago for an A level project.  I used a pinhole camera from bobrigby.com and polaroid film to capture the feet of my girlfriend.  The images are wonderfully wide angle and each took around 8 minutes to capture.  The final two images were taken with a homemade film canister pinhole camera, some photographic paper and some very bright studio flash heads ( hence the pained expression ).

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]]> http://www.wkins.co.uk/2010/01/pinhole-images/feed/ 0 Aerial Photos of Northamptonshire http://www.wkins.co.uk/2010/01/aerial-photos-of-northamptonshire/ http://www.wkins.co.uk/2010/01/aerial-photos-of-northamptonshire/#comments Mon, 11 Jan 2010 12:55:46 +0000 Chris http://www.wkins.co.uk/?p=362 Way back before Google Earth was around, I was lucky enough to be flown by my Father over a few areas in Northamptonshire.

We took off from Sywell Aerodrome and flew over Finedon, Towcester, Paulerspury and Pury End.  The photos were taken on negative film and later the prints were scanned.  Larger versions are available if required.

Sywell in Northamptonshire

Sywell in Northamptonshire

Finedon in Northamptonshire

Finedon in Northamptonshire

Towcester in Northamptonshire

Towcester in Northamptonshire

Towcester in Northamptonshire

Towcester and the A43 bypass

Paulerspury

Paulerspury

Paulerspury

Paulerspury Junior School

Pury End

Pury End and the old quarry

Pury End

Pury End ( before the shop was redeveloped )

GGH

Greame Hawkins

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At the moment, my work is on the main page, but it can also bee seen here – http://www.photographyserved.com/Gallery/Water/351208

]]> http://www.wkins.co.uk/2009/12/photography-served/feed/ 0 St Mary’s Junior School 2010 Calendar http://www.wkins.co.uk/2009/12/st-marys-junior-school-2010-calendar/ http://www.wkins.co.uk/2009/12/st-marys-junior-school-2010-calendar/#comments Sun, 06 Dec 2009 21:19:48 +0000 Chris http://www.wkins.co.uk/?p=319 Just completed a Calendar for the St Mary’s Junior School in Old Basing.

I did the photography, layouts and the post tweaking.  Not easy and some of the images are rougher than the others, but the staff knew their ideas were a little more ambitious than previous years and where very happy with the work.

Most of the images are montages of photos, this was done because we wanted to ensure all the children could be seen, so shots like the October one if you look carefully the same tree can be seen more than a few times!

The images have been sent to the printers and I should see the finished product pretty soon.

]]> http://www.wkins.co.uk/2009/12/st-marys-junior-school-2010-calendar/feed/ 0 Page Rank http://www.wkins.co.uk/2009/09/page-rank/ http://www.wkins.co.uk/2009/09/page-rank/#comments Wed, 30 Sep 2009 11:55:03 +0000 Chris http://www.wkins.co.uk/?p=305 A little experiment into Page Rank, one of the considering factors used by Google to position a site on a web page.  The following sites are all connected to or written by me.

Page Rank reflects our view of the importance of web pages by considering more than 500 million variables and 2 billion terms.  Pages that Google believe are important pages receive a higher Page Rank and are more likely to appear at the top of the search results.

Page Rank also considers the importance of each page that casts a vote, as votes from some pages are considered to have greater value, thus giving the linked page greater value.  They have always taken a pragmatic approach to help improve search quality and create useful products, and their technology uses the collective intelligence of the web to determine a page’s importance.

More info about page rank can be found on wikipedia.org.

In no particular order…

My Sites

Site Ranking
worrybomb.com Google PageRank Checker
wkins.co.uk Check PageRank
wkins.org Google PageRank Checker
basingstokebabyphotos.com Display Pagerank
treacletart.co.uk Free PageRank Checker
basingstokeweddings.com Free PageRank Checker

Customer Sites

Site Ranking
red-sea-apartments.co.uk Check Google Page Rank
underwoodjoinery.com Check Google Page Rank
carlvernonpools.com Page Rank Check
louisehight.com Check PageRank
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Wedding Sites / Basingstoke Weddings Group

Site Ranking
basingstokeweddings.com Free PageRank Checker
alanbowman.com Check PageRank
paulasflowers.co.uk Page Rank
handmadebygemma.com Display Pagerank
professionalvideo.tv Check PageRank
table-treats.co.uk PageRank
jayneannsbridal.com Free Page Rank Tool
signaturepieces.co.uk Check PageRank
cruickshankscakes.com Display Pagerank

Page rank scores from prchecker.info.

]]> http://www.wkins.co.uk/2009/09/page-rank/feed/ 0 Tori Treasure – Artist and Graphic Designer http://www.wkins.co.uk/2009/09/tori-treasure-artist/ http://www.wkins.co.uk/2009/09/tori-treasure-artist/#comments Tue, 29 Sep 2009 14:11:26 +0000 Chris http://www.wkins.co.uk/?p=292 Artwork by Tori TreasureLocal artist Tori Treasure was over today to get some of her recent artwork photographed.

Her most recent project has been connected to the launch of the forthcoming book Concrete Operational.

She had trouble finding a way of getting her artwork ready for the launch parties book.  Scanning gets very expensive and tricky when art is mounted and bigger than A4, so photography is a very simple and cost effective route to take.

Finding me via one of my web clients websites ( Louise Hight ) she contacted me and we met up earlier today to take the photos for the book and her website.  We photographed some 20 or so pieces together in RAW / DNG format for her to ready for the publication.

She had some great stuff that Nadine liked as well, so its easy to see how she does well with getting her work onto album covers and books etc.

Tori Treasure

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The Gazette forgot to send anyone to photograph it for themselves, and asked to use my shots, they didnt want to pay anything which I thought was odd for a commercial operation, but for the Ironmum organisers I allowed them to print it. I didn’t give permission for them to use it on their website, especially without giving at least some credit.

The article and my image can be seen here.

]]> http://www.wkins.co.uk/2009/09/ironmum-photos-basingstoke/feed/ 0 Wedding Fair http://www.wkins.co.uk/2009/09/wedding-fair/ http://www.wkins.co.uk/2009/09/wedding-fair/#comments Sun, 13 Sep 2009 18:10:47 +0000 Chris http://www.wkins.co.uk/?p=270 The first wedding of the season organised by Trevor Cruickshanks.  The well attended fair had a short wedding dress fashion show organised by Jayne Ann Brides.

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More Basingstoke Wedding Fair dates, locations and details can be seen on the BasingstokeWedding.com site

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Around 25 Bramley Mums took part in either the Buns of Steel or the harder Abs of Iron race.

Photos of the event are on basingstokebabyphotos.com.

The race took the ladies running around the lanes of Bramley near to Basingstoke on North Hampshire.  A 3 or 6 km run, followed by a 6 or 12 km cycleride, finished with a strength sprint.

They are a tough lot over in Bramley!

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