http://bartosik.org James Bartosik, All Rights Reserved. james@bartosik.org Tue, 25th May 2011 23:35:00 GMT http://bartosik.org/scrapbook/england/occupy-london.htm (Updated Page) An anti-capitalism protest movement which started in New York City has spread around the world this week; On Saturday protestors setup an activist camp in front of St Paul's cathedra, and this week they expanded the protest camp to Finsbury Square. I've been using my lunch breaks from work to go and photograph them. Tue, 25th May 2011 23:35:00 GMT http://bartosik.org/photography/city-sprocket.html A new page showing my first photographs taken using a 35mm film camera which include the film sprocket holes. I'm passionate about photography, and not just the kind that involves expensive digital sensors and hi-tech bolts ons such as Geo-tagging and HDR. Photography for me is an artform and I'm really pleased with these first experimental pictures of mine using a very lo-fi camera (read more). The camera body exposes the entire 35mm role and takes two frames at a time. With only two focal length settings it's all about having fun and framing the subject. There's no battery, no digital readouts and you have to hand wind on the frames using an analogue indicator. I hope to experiment more with my newest camera and will try some E6 positive film next. Mon, 19th September 2011 23:20:00 GMT http://bartosik.org/scrapbook/chess-boxing/september-2011.htm Last week I photographed five bouts of Chessboxing at London's Scala near Kings Cross. This was my fifth occasion photographing the action at London Chess Boxing club, it's always an event I look forward to, and I have the privilege of being ringside for the action. From my vista I can feel the energy and atmosphere, sometimes quite literally, and I've had to dodge out of the way of boxers on the ropes on quite a few instances. I hope you'll enjoy my photographic account of the fights, my aim is to tell a story through them and depict this new sport in the way it deserves to be portrayed; a battle between mental agility and physical strength, resulting in an exciting and engaging sporting event. Sun, 18th September 2011 22:30:00 GMT http://bartosik.org/scrapbook/england/woolacoombe-at-sunset-2011.htm I spent the August bank holiday in the same manner as I have for almost every year of my adult life, surfing on England's South West coast. I'm not talented in this pastime, but its about more than just surfing. To that end I try to make a point of visiting the beach at sunset at least once per trip to just enjoy watching the sun go down. I find them, sunsets, to be unpredictable. Usually they are gradual and fizzle and the sky gets dimmer and dimmer until just a slither of red appears on the horizon, but occasionally, once every so often the sky explodes in colours and it's just magic if you're there at that moment to see it. Sun, 28th August 2011 19:45:00 GMT http://bartosik.org/scrapbook/olympics-2012/cycle-classic.htm As London prepares to host the 2012 Olympic games, I'll be keeping a photo blog of the test events and the build up. This is my first entry and shows a series of photographs from the London - Surrey cycle classic. Sun, 14th August 2011 20:20:00 GMT http://jamesbartosik.com/ Well it's summer, so right now I'm keeping myself busy with sporting and athletic pursuits and hope to publish some new photographic pages in the autumn. As a result of all this, I've finally just launched a second website, that I have been working on the idea for, for a while. http://jamesbartosik.com, the content of which will consist of my sporting and athletic endaevours. This site will remain as my formal photographic journal however. Right now the only content is related to paragliding, however in two weeks I will be cycling from Land's End to John O'Groats and will be publishing my blog for that. I'll also be adding pages to some of my past adventures such as the Marathon Des Sables and Antarctic Marathon. Tue, 21st June 2011 21:00:00 GMT