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Last year I did a run-down of my year and thought I’d do the same again this year.
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I was looking for a photo of me on Flickr and stumbled across these pics of Brian and me at SciFoo.
Brian
Me
Brian
Me


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via WaterKula

Go to your favourite Flickr friends’ photos, find photos with people in them, click ‘Add A Note’, type either ‘ho ho ho hat’ or ‘ho ho ho beard’ then add them to the picture.

Have a look at what I did to one of Vinnie’s photos of Brian.
Or what about Damien’s photo of Nicky.
Or Lloyd’s photo of Scoble.
How about Euan’s photo of his rabbit?
Or Adriana’s pic of Euan?
What about a photo of Cillian Murphy from Sunshine?

Go on. Have fun.

The coolest Halloween photo has been added to the Sunshine Flickr Group.

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She’s only just joined Flickr, so make sure you click on it and comment.

So far, we’ve had some really cool photos added to the Sunshine Flickr Group “Catching Sunshine“.

Get snapping and add your photos, kids.

OK it’s up

Again, I’d love you all to take some photos of you or your friends or family ‘catching sunshine’ – holding the Sun, kissing the Sun, kicking the Sun, drinking the Sun… whatever you can imagine…

And if you are a Sunshine fan… keep your eye on the site just after midnight UK time…

In one week’s time I’m going to start this on Sunshine, but I wanted to let people know about it here first.

I’ve been taking loads of pictures of the Sun since I started working on the film. I’m kind of obsessed with it. I took some really cool photos of my son holding the Sun…

Catching Sunshine 1

…and thought it would be great idea to try and get everyone to start taking pictures of themselves, their friends, their family ‘catching sunshine’ ie a photo of you holding the Sun, kissing the Sun, kicking the Sun, drinking the Sun…

Then upload it to your Flickr account, join our Catching Sunshine group and add the photo there.

Ideally take photos at dawn or dusk in order to get a shot of the Sun and your subject (add a fill flash to be sure), though if you want to take a photo with the noonday Sun – be sure to:

A) lower the exposure of your image. -2 exposure seems to work rather well for me. You will end up with your subject in shadow, but it looks pretty cool.

B) DON’T LOOK AT THE SUN. Get your subject to cast a shadow over the lens of your camera with whatever they are using to catch the sunshine, count to 3 and have them move their hand/foot/face into position and take the photo.

YOU WILL GO BLIND IF YOU STARE AT THE SUN.

I’ve got some good photos with my mobile phone as well (I’m going to upload them to my Flickr account later on), so you don’t need to have a flashy camera to do it…

I’d love it if you could mention it on your blogs to try and get more people to do it…

**edit** Here’s one of the photos I took with my phone camera

Catching Sunshine Over the Thames

Brian’s Book Is Out


Paperback available at: Amazon UK, Waterstone's. Blackwells and Play.com
Amazon US: Hardback / Paperback
Kindle available: Amazon US

Sideblog

  • Ada Lovelace Day Pledge -

    Suw Charman is asking all bloggers to take part in Ada Lovelace Day by blogging about a woman in tech they admire. Sign the pledge!

    - 2009-01-11 11:18:16
  • Jonathan Ross on Twitter -

    I've only just noticed that people are looking for Jonathan Ross's Twitter stream via my blog, so thought I'd make it easier. He's here.

    - 2009-01-01 12:36:16
  • Horizon on iPlayer -

    If you missed Brian's Horizon 'Do You Know What Time It Is?' last night, and you are in the UK, it's available on the BBC's iPlayer.

    - 2008-12-03 13:32:49
  • Jonathan Ross Is Back On Facebook -

    Friend him here! You need to be signed into Facebook, but if it still doesn't work for you then sign into Facebook and search for Jonathan Stephen Ross.

    - 2008-11-23 16:29:13
  • Brian Didn't Get Dawkins' Job -

    Phew! I can finally say something about this. Brian was up for Dawkins' job, down to the final three (or was it four?!), but didn't get it. And the winner is...

    - 2008-10-30 15:29:51
  • SciFoo Photos -

    I was looking for a photo of me on Flickr and stumbled across these pics of Brian and me at SciFoo.
    Brian
    Me
    Brian
    Me

    - 2008-10-15 20:30:39
  • Brian Cox For Dawkins' Job -

    A couple people in the comments have said they think Brian should take over from Richard Dawkins when he retires this year. If you're on Facebook, you can join the Brian Cox For Dawkins' Job group. Not started be me incidentally.

    - 2008-09-15 14:05:46
  • Observer Article -

    Honestly, this isn't a blog just about Brian. That would be really weird... but... indulge me just a bit longer.

    Some of you may have seen the article about Brian in the Observer today. Now, you guys are intelligent and realise that not everything you read in a newspaper is accurate. This was made absolutely clear to me this morning as I was sitting in my bathrobe, hair all over the place, barefoot, all coffee breath, unshowered and read, "he married his American wife, glamorous TV presenter Gia Milinovich, in secret." :-/

    Ah well...

    - 2008-09-14 10:26:58

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About


Gia Milinovich is an American ex-pat, a science groupie and professional dork.

Gia's a TV presenter, enjoys taking photos, is married to physicist Professor Brian Cox and thinks writing about herself in the third person is "cool".


Contact

giagia@gmail.com

Film Work

Gia worked on The X Files: I Want To Believe. Previously, she wrote the Sunshine production blog, was involved in the Indy4/Seesmic online junket and originated the 28 Weeks Later QR Code DVD release.