Desmond C's blog

His name is John Lambert aka Chequerboard. He supported Jóhann Jóhannsson in Dublin on July 18th as part of that weekend's annual Analog Music Festival. He quietly came out & sat down without any fanfare or introductions & just started weaving these wonderful melodies with his acoustic guitar & computer, creating his own subtle looping backing tracks live in real time, something new & captivating to me for one. The sublime soundscapes he created were an unexpected but very welcome aural pleasure on the night. I only wish I'd recorded all four songs he performed, but I'm glad I at least captured this one...enjoy.

Recorded at the chq building on Custom House Quay, Dublin.

Chequerboard links...

profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=61435645&MyToken=7b3af888-be17-4d26-adf3-7bb6c9983c64

ie.youtube.com/user/Chequerboardmusic

www.chequerboard.com

"Unexpected til we came & saw it
Unbelievable as soon as seen
Hit the mark despite not aiming for it
Is'nt that how things have always been?"

-Bertolt Brecht

It has literally happened to me just four times so far. Four moments where everything just came together - the lighting, the moment, the composition & the timing...usually by chance, & that quote by Brecht sums that feeling up perfectly for me. Just thought I'd share it here...

Another quote that I think of much more often when I'm trying to capture that special, remarkable, even perfect image with my camera is this one by my compatriot Sam Beckett...

"Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better."

And I belive he is so right, I learn more from the photos that don't work out, probably much more than I learn from the rare ones that leave me smugly satisfied or humbly gratified...

Feedback please!

:-)

He's right too. Well I'm a success to-day so far, with time shared between ipernity & flixkr. It's raining outside so I'm no missing much in the real world...

" Photography is an instantaneous operation, both sensory and intellectual, an expression of the world in visual terms, and also a perpetual quest and interrogation. It is one and the same time the recognition of fact in a fraction of a second and the rigorous arrangement of the forms visually percieved wich give to the fact expression and significance."

Henri Cartier Bresson (1908 - 2004)

www.flickr.com/people/snappydessy/

The wheat AND the chaffe...

Here, I hope that quality wins out over quantity, unlike back at flickr. I'd appreciate any constructive criticism (or just plain good old unconstructive criticism) from my friends here to hold me to that too...

I'm a flickr Philistine. Joe Strahlen is my link to ipernity. I was a fan of his on flickr, where he is known as flickrjob. Now I've followed his example & signed up here. Looks very interesting. A bit posher than flickr, a bit more mature, & for the more discerning image admirer maybe. Well, these are my first impressions. I like the way you can see who is online here, unlike flickr...I've decide to only upload my personal favorites from my flickr site to ipernity. Less is more here, that's the impression I get already. Which is nice...Can I end with a quote I like? One that just about sums up my feelings towards capturing that special image through a camera lens, our collective holy grail...

Unexpected til we came & saw it
Unbelievable as soon as seen
Hit the mark despite not aiming for it
Is'nt that how things have always been?

Bertolt Brecht