Editors : Brighton

Why is it I have so many problems uploading my images for publishing?

On Saturday afternoon after completing a shoot, I brought a coffee in a coffee shop advertising “free Wi-Fi”… could not get it to work. I edited the images, drunk the coffee then walked off in search of another.

Another coffee shop, another “free Wi-Fi”, limited to 20 minutes but that is more than enough to file 6 images. Get connected, buy another drink, log in to the server and start transmitting. This Wi-Fi so restricted it’s going to take 1 hour 20 to upload 6 images which would normally take 6 minutes max.

Next attempt – whip out the trusty 3G phone.I don’t have the cable to connect so I use Bluetooth. Connection to the web – great. Connection to email – perfect. Now the FTP. No connect. (Why is it this MAC will connect to the FTP via this 3G when connected to the phone by cable but not by Bluetooth?)

So now I’m frustrated and try to email the images on the Wi-Fi. Amazing – they send far faster; so this coffee shop has a “ban” on FTP data (the format we use to transmit images).

By now it’s getting later and the afternoon deadline is approaching so I met up with my partner and go off to relax with some food washed down with a nice glass of wine.

At 9pm I pop into The Brighton Dome to photograph Editors. 3 songs; first one quite dark, songs 2 and 3 quite short. Although I don’t make a hash of it; it is no where near my best work as I am still wound up about the transmission problem earlier.

Finished, I do a quick edit on the 20 minute train journey home and all the images (about 30 in total) are uploaded within 10 minutes of getting home…

Moral of the story – “beware free Wi-Fi….“

Originally uploaded by Julie Edwards Uk

A quick note

to say I have slightly changed the format of this blog. You may notice the the images are now smaller but they do all now “click through” to a larger one on Flickr.


The reason for this is to make maintaining posts and updating easier and quicker. Now I have flickr linked, one post updates flickr, this and Facebook…

Chris Rea at The Brighton Centre

Last night Chris played The Brighton Centre. Seeing as I have only shot Chris in a car (at Goodwood – he is a racing car fanatic having made a film about Ferrari and built a very expensive replica of one of their cars), I decided to pop along.


The centre was set up for all seating and the management had decided that we were only to shoot from the wings or back from the sound desk.

These limitations plus light that was not the brightest meant the camera and I were pushed to the limit.

Originally uploaded by Julie Edwards Uk

Mumford & Sons

After a long break from Brighton it was off to the Corn Exchange last night to photograph Mumford & Sons.

It was a wonderfully atmospheric gig – their music suiting the venue perfectly.

There was dry-ice and backlighting a-plenty which always reduces the contrast of photos and can play havoc with the colour but I got number which I think reflected the gig…

Originally uploaded by Julie Edwards Uk

Peter Andre

So far this year is light. Not because I have not been working but because I have been doing few gigs or celebrity events.

The explanation is simple; A few years back my work consisted mainly of Architectural and Technical subjects. I moved to doing music and celebrity as this market became less busy with my clients opting to produce their own images. Well these last 2 months I have done more work back in that market. These companies are now realising that taking photographs is more than just buying a decent camera and pressing a button. Although I am not providing them with the images, I am now teaching them how to take good technical photographs of the buildings that they require (and the software to work with the images).

Mind you, I have missed the music and celebrity work and was glad to get back to the Indigo O2 to photograph Peter Andre on Saturday; He looked really happy and relaxed on stage…


I have also posted this entry direct from my Flickr stream now, so clicking the photo will open the larger version.