Lisa Gormley

News Photos

17 AUGUST 1998. The scene of devastation on Market Street in Omagh, Northern Ireland, after the real
IRA planted a 500lb bomb in a Vauxhall Cavalier. The bomb killed 28, including two babies, five children
and 15 women.

24 APRIL 1993. The damage to the City of London after the IRA detonated a bomb on Bishopsgate.
The lorry bomb was parked less than 50 yards from the Natwest tower, Britain's second tallest building.

7 MAY 1997. Prime Minister, Tony Blair poses with Labour women MPs after his election victory.

28 FEBRUARY 1996. The Prince of Wales is welcomed to a Hindu temple in north-west London.
A spokesman for the Princess of Wales today announced her agreement to divorce the Prince.

1 MAY 2000. Riot police face protestors during a riot on May Day in London. During the May Day march,
hundreds of anti-capatist protestors clashed with police and about 95 arrests were made.

31 AUGUST 1997. A nun pays tribute to Diana Princess of Wales outside Buckingham Palace on
the morning of her death in a car crash in Paris.

21 JULY 1997. The Princess of Wales smiles at the Northwick Park and St Mark's
Hospital in Harrow, Middlesex. This was the Princess's last public appearance.

1 SEPTEMBER 1993. Australian WW1 veteran Stanley Graham (94) is overcome with grief
at a commemorative ceremony at Poziers, France. Stanley was one of 14 Australian veterans
to attend the 75th anniversary of the Western Front battles.

A policeman questions a man who has superglued himself to the gates of Buckingham Palace.

28 JUNE 1995. Elizabeth Hurley leaves a hotel in central London. Hurley's boyfriend, the actor Hugh Grant
was arrested in Los Angeles for allegedly having sex with the prostitiute Divine Brown.

4 JULY 1995. Prime Minister John Major arrives at the House of Commons.
Later that day Major won a leadership challenge and retained the Prime Ministership.

16 OCTOBER 1997. The Spice Girls Dolls are launched at a toy trade fair in London.

Add cap18 FEBRUARY 1996. A London bus lies wrecked on Aldwych by the Waldorf Hotel following an IRA bomb blast. At least 8 people were injured in the blast that tore the bus apart.

20 NOVEMBER 1992. A fire burns at Windsor Castle in Berkshire. The fire took 12 hours to extinguish
and damaged about 100 rooms. The cost of restoration was estimated at £40 million.

That's Life

Crew

Swans or The Royal Wedding?

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"Swans or The Royal Wedding?"
(taken at Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG))

Father Son Milestones

Just went for a jog with my son and he finished a good minute ahead. No arguing anymore he's now faster than me. And my wife calls me competitive. No idea how quick he actually is; will find out soon in the school cross country.

Dragonfly

Easter Camping

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"Easter Camping" 

Tim Hetherington, 40, Killed in Libya | VF Daily | Vanity Fair

It's always hard to find the right words but this is a tragedy.

Kids, London

kids, a photo by ajshaw on Flickr.

The Basin - Camping

That's Life

TV Week

Home and Away

Home and Away

Doughnuts - Yum!

Sheila Gish

Leaf

David Bailey

An interview with David Bailey in the The Telegraph.

Crew

Crew

TV

Photographing the moon at its closest point to earth

Here's a good description from the photographer Tom Grill of the problems involved in making a picture of the moon. As I mentioned in last night's lecture the best picture I have seen of the moon so far was from Mark Stewart, royal photographer who I'm sure owns a big long lens.

The Daily Stock Shot Project: Last night the moon was at its closest point to ea...: "Last night the moon was at its closest point to earth making it brighter and larger than normal. Achieving a quality image of the moon..."

Two Creeks

Druid

Two sites to get you thinking about (artificial) light.

Below are links to 2 sites to get you thinking about light.
1. Strobist.
2. Guess the lighting.

Catwalk

Catwalk

Catwalk

Sunday Morning, Mt Solitary

Transform: Zack Arias

I first came across this a couple of years ago then out of nowhere I thought about it again this morning. It was worth revisiting.

A few more sites covering the basics of photography

Sometimes it's good to reinforce what you've already learnt or to just hear the basic concepts explained in a different way. So below are links two more sites covering the basics of photography

1. Photo.net

2. DP Review

Tutorials for Photoshop

Adobe has a channel with tips and tutorials for photoshop users here

Mt Solitary

Sunday Morning, looking south Mt Solitary

Photoshop Elements

Photoshop is more than 20 years old. Take a look here