Matthew Spear

March of Film starts tomorrow – If you’ve ever wanted to learn or develop your photography, this could be your chance. I’ve chatted a bit about film photography before on my blog and this is the next chapter.

What is it?

March of film is a theme-based project with two simple goals: To spark creativity and to keep film alive. The concept is pretty straight forward, on the 1st of March (Tomorrow)…

Two tools for starting the New Year well!

Hey all,

This is just a quick post mentioning two tools that can help you plan for the New Year. For me it’s a special time of year akin to my birthday where I re-evaluate my goals and assess where I am at. The New Year is a chance for a fresh start and the idea of aiming for better is something I love doing because of the positivity and hope it can bring!

Here are the two tool I found:

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Top 10 coffee gadgets & gizmos! Haven't got your coffee obsessed friend a gift yet? Then look no further:

My dad send me an article for the Daily Telegraph’s top 5 coffee gizmos. Sad to say I wasn’t very impressed with the list, it was just so random! The only thing that I can agree with is the Aeropress because they are a top coffee gadget, still not enough to redeem the list. I was so annoyed at this list I decided to make my own!

It’s getting pretty close to christmas (only a week) !! – So, if you…

PS – Sorry for the break, planning to post a bit more often.

10 Need To Know Tips for Freshers 

So I wrote this article about a year ago after finishing my foundation year and having experienced living in halls. I can remember back to this time last year as the final preparations, lists, IKEA and shopping trips played out.

This is a list of things I can recommend to people heading to university / college this term. As the first couple of months of university life played out there were a few…

Following on from last week’s TED Tuesday post, I mentioned that I had jumped into the world of home roasting.

After watching the video I was sold and started my research. I ended up getting a ‘Whirley Pop Popcorn Maker’ which so happens to make a great coffee roasting drum. Additionally, it can make some excellent popcorn!

A cheaper alternative to a stove-top popcorn maker comes in the form of…

I think it comes from my desire to get things perfect, which is both a blessing and a curse, anyway it’s sorted and I can move on and start editing some more photos. Enjoy!

New post - The Distortion of Sound!

This is a short star-studded documentary put together by artist within the music industry chatting about the quality of music. The documentary focuses on “how technology has changed the way we listen to music.”

“We have become a McDonald generation of music consumers.” – Han Zimmer

So MP3 changed it all. The revolution of music compression has allowed us to fit thousands of songs into our…