#bloodycyclists

[coffeepeddlr]

// "Bloody cyclists should stay in the bike lane..." - every tabloid ever. Ok. #cycling #bloodycyclists #Melbourne #bikes #reality (at East Melbourne, Victoria)

[gabrielwolf]

A week later, still sore with that kinda itchy pain as they heal. Left knee doesn't bend so well without the recovering skin saying "Nope, still working on it buddy!" Real glad I didn't slide over my old scar though. . #injuries #injury #healing #recovery #bicycleaccident #bloodycyclists #manlegs

[viewsfromtheoutside]

Making An Exhibition Of Yourself

I have been AWOL of late in terms of my posts on here, but with good reason. I have just set up my first proper solo photographic exhibition which debuts tomorrow at The Dandy Horse, Norwich and runs for a month.

Now I'm a pretty confident person, but I found this quite a nerve wracking experience. By putting up 21 images for people to view, I have also put up a little bit of me, a little bit of my vision, and where in daily life I might be slightly guarded on some matters, here, exhibiting my work, I have left myself exposed to criticism.

But to my mind, that is how this gig works. You can't please everyone, and in reality, the reason I take photographs in the first place is to please myself, however there is still a bit of me that likes what I do to be appreciated and hopefully that may happen. If it doesn't then negatives will be turned into positives and I will learn from the experience.

I have already learnt so much, from leaving adequate time for the prints to be finished, to spacing and hanging the images in the right sequence to create the right feel. Just as in other areas of life I am hopefully developing to make things better for the next time... yes there will probably be a next time.

[incitinginsight]

Social media as incriminating self publication

A tweet was leveraged as evidence that largely led to charges against Emma Way, an English woman who was found guilty of failing to stop after a collision and failing to report an accident. She was charged with "driving without due care and attention" which seems to be similar to a charge of negligent driving in the U.S. The incriminating tweet read"definitely knocked a cyclist off his bike earlier. I have right of way - he doesn't even pay road tax! #bloodycyclists" Way said she lost her job as an accountant due to the tweet incident, that she considers it "the biggest regret of my life so far" and that she has cancelled her Twitter account. Prosecutor Stephen Poole said of the case, "Why it becomes notorious is because the suspect went home and tweeted. It seems odd that Way didn't consider that she could possibly incriminate herself through that tweet, though it was certainly not the first time someone proclaimed something damaging about themselves on a social media site. In our technologically-driven world an increasing number of people seem to forget the fact that what they release to the internet can come back to harm them as it is public, distributed knowledge once they share, tweet or post it.