My Photography

<p>I used to have a nice digital camera (Canon Digital IXUS 300), but it was more of a 'point and shoot' model. It was my main camera for several years. Then came Flickr.</p> <p>With the advent of Flickr, came a whole new universe of people who'd never met before comparing notes and sharing technical knowledge. It was great, and highly addictive. It wasn't long before I decided to upgrade to my first Digital SLR (Canon 350D). Of course having an SLR with the 'kit lens' is pretty much like having a very large point and shoot, so then I decided I needed to invest in an array of quality lenses.</p> <p>Having invested in several lenses, a few years went by and I decided it was time to upgrade my SLR to a more professional model (Canon 5D). At least I was able to use <em>most</em> of the same lenses I'd already invested in.</p> <p>As is the nature of technolust, I eventually felt the need to 'go retro' (think of it as DJs who still swear by vinyl). I plonked out £80 on a nice film-based SLR (Canon EOS 30) and again, the same lenses that fit on the 5D would fit on this camera as well. Truth be told, I haven't developed my first roll of exposed film - so I'm not sure how earnest my attempt to 'go retro' truly was.</p> <p>As for the three-dimensional cameras, I bought those in the early 80s. Nimslo is a camera with four lenses spaced apart in equal distances with the furthest two representing the average spacing of a pair of human eyes. The resulting four exposures are then printed out in thin, intermingled strips and then coated with a sheet of lenticular plastic which filters which strip is exposed to which eye depending on what angle you hold it at in front of you.</p> <p>The Stereo Realist camera was very popular in the 1950s and uses the same principle except it only uses two exposures on slide film. The resulting pairs are then mounted in special slide mounts which can then be viewed using a special viewer - or projected in a special projector which would require the use of polarised glases (rather like the Imax theatres use today).</p> <p>But enough about my cameras - here is a link to some of my <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/grebo_guru/sets/72157594377370218/" target="new" title="Kevo Thomson's photography on Flickr (will open in a new window or tab)">most popular photographs</a> on Flickr.</p> 3

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One of my hobbies is photography. I have three SLR cameras (two digital, one analogue, and all Canon), two different '3-D' cameras (Stereo Realist slide camera and Nimslo lenticular print camera), and my trusty phonecamera (SonyEricsson K750i) My Photography

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<div class="hresume"> <div class="contact vcard"> <div class="fn n" id="j"> <span class="given-name">Kevo</span> <span class="family-name">Thomson</span> </div> <div class="adr"> <span class="locality">Central London</span>, <span class="country-name">UK</span> </div> <div style="float: left; padding-right: 15px;"><br/> <span class="tel"><span class="value">07775712825</span> (<span class="type">mobile</span>)</span> </div> <div style="float: left;"><br/> email: <a class="email" href="mailto:kevo.thomson@gmail.com">kevo.thomson@gmail.com</a> <br/> web: <a class='url' href="http://labs.kevox.co.uk">http://labs.kevox.co.uk</a> </div> <div style="clear: both;"> </div> </div> <hr/> <div> <h2>Professional Experience</h2> <div class="vcalendar"> <div class="experience vevent vcard"> <div class="htitle"> <span class="title">Front End Developer</span><br/> <span class="org">Channel 4 Television</span>, <span class="location">London</span> </div> <div class="date_duration"><abbr class="dtstart" title="2008-02-18">February 2008</abbr> - <abbr class="dtend" title="2008-12-19">December 2008</abbr></div> <div style="clear: both"> </div> <div class="description">Worked for Channel 4 Television on the TV-Listings/EPG portion their new website (due to be launched at the end of December 2008); also worked on various projects including enhancements to their Flash-based video delivery mechanisms.</div> </div> <div class="experience vevent vcard"> <div class="htitle"> <span class="title">Head of Creative Technology</span><br/> <span class="org">Web Technology Group</span>, <span class="location">London</span> </div> <div class="date_duration"><abbr class="dtstart" title="2001-04-01">April 2001</abbr> - <abbr class="dtend">December 2007</abbr></div> <div style="clear: both"> </div> <div class="description">Operate as a liaison between the Creative team and the Development team. Also helping out with day to day Interface Development tasks.</div> </div> <div class="experience vevent vcard"> <div class="htitle"> <span class="title">Senior Creative Technologist</span><br/> <span class="org">FT.com</span>, <span class="location">London</span> </div> <div class="date_duration"><abbr class="dtstart" title="1999-11-01">November 1999</abbr> - <abbr class="dtend" title="2001-04-01">April 2001</abbr></div> <div style="clear: both"> </div> <div class="description">Worked as a member of the Creative / Design team helping them employ technology to Flash-based games and quizzes.</div> </div> <div class="experience vevent vcard"> <div class="htitle"> <span class="title">Senior Interface Developer</span><br/> <span class="org">Axcess Media</span>, <span class="location">London</span> </div> <div class="date_duration"><abbr class="dtstart" title="1999-03-01">March 1999</abbr> - <abbr class="dtend" title="1999-11-01">November 1999</abbr></div> <div style="clear: both"> </div> <div class="description">Created interfaces for our primary client (One 2 One - now T-Mobile) using bleeding-edge technologies (Flash-based phone simulators, artificial intelligence 'bot' with contextually sensitive information).</div> </div> <div class="experience vevent vcard"> <div class="htitle"> <span class="title">Head of Client Side Development</span><br/> <span class="org">Saltmine Creative, LLC</span>, <span class="location">London</span> </div> <div class="date_duration"><abbr class="dtstart" title="1998-03-01">March 1998</abbr> - <abbr class="dtend" title="1998-11-01">November 1998</abbr></div> <div style="clear: both"> </div> <div class="description">Starting up a London 'presence' for the Seattle-based Saltmine company. Was doing equal amount of visual web design as well as coding the interface and using light dynamic scripting (ASP).</div> </div> <div class="experience vevent vcard"> <div class="htitle"> <span class="title">Head of Media</span><br/> <span class="org">Saltmine Creative, Ltd</span>, <span class="location">Seattle, WA USA</span> </div> <div class="date_duration"><abbr class="dtstart" title="1995-08-01">August 1995</abbr> - <abbr class="dtend" title="1998-03-01">March 1998</abbr></div> <div style="clear: both"> </div> <div class="description">Was one of the first employees of this Internet start-up. Held many positions from Designer to Media Builder (Interface Developer) and all things in between. Towards the end of my tenure, I was managing a team of 15-20 Designers and Media Builders.</div> </div> <div class="experience vevent vcard"> <div class="htitle"> <span class="title">AS/400 SysAdmin ; RPG/400 Programmer</span><br/> <span class="org">General Record Service</span>, <span class="location">Seattle, WA USA</span> </div> <div class="date_duration"><abbr class="dtstart" title="1983-05-01">May 1983</abbr> - <abbr class="dtend" title="1995-08-01">August 1995</abbr></div> <div style="clear: both"> </div> <div class="description">I worked for this family-owned company for twelve years. The last two years changed my focus to IT when we introduced a computerised inventory and ordering system.</div> </div> </div> </div> <hr/> <div> <h2>Education & Affiliations</h2> <div class="vcalendar"> <div class="education vevent vcard"> <div class="htitle"> <span class="summary"> Certified RPG/400 Programmer</span><br/> <span class="org">Bates Technical College</span> </div> <div style="clear: both"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <hr/> <div> <h2>Tags</h2> <div> <div class="tags"> <ul> <li><a class="skill" target="_blank" rel="tag" href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/actionscript">actionscript</a></li> <li><a class="skill" target="_blank" rel="tag" href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/as3">as3</a></li> <li><a class="skill" target="_blank" rel="tag" href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/javascript">javascript</a></li> <li><a class="skill" target="_blank" rel="tag" href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/xhtml">xhtml</a></li> <li><a class="skill" target="_blank" rel="tag" href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/ajax">ajax</a></li> <li><a class="skill" target="_blank" rel="tag" href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/flex">flex</a></li> <li><a class="skill" target="_blank" rel="tag" href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/flash">flash</a></li> <li><a class="skill" target="_blank" rel="tag" href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/rails">rails</a></li> <li><a class="skill" target="_blank" rel="tag" href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/ror">ror</a></li> <li><a class="skill" target="_blank" rel="tag" href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/ruby">ruby</a></li> <li><a class="skill" target="_blank" rel="tag" href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/ruby%20on%20rails">ruby on rails</a></li> <li><a class="skill" target="_blank" rel="tag" href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/ria">ria</a></li> <li><a class="skill" target="_blank" rel="tag" href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/ria">brightcove</a></li> <li><a class="skill" target="_blank" rel="tag" href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/manager">manager</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> 3

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Current CV for Kevo X Thomson Curriculum Vitae

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