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GDPR- The Privacy fiasco
GDPR- what an absolute fiasco!
Now here is a piece of legislation made and imposed with the best of intentions, but the worst of results. No proper consultation, not enough thought and the end result approaches this.....
https://www.mrscruff.com/gdpr
I published my own privacy policy on my website, and also an article approaching the silliness of the above. My thoughts on the debacle. But of course I removed it on 25th May because that was the deadline date for GDPR and it is now THE LAW!
If you set yourself up as a target then you will eventually likely become one!
It's already cost me money, time and I've already experienced much of the public and business confusion over GDPR. Hopefully things will work out eventually and we will all carry on as normal. My email inboxes will also return to normal and I will still get all those marketing calls and ppi and insurance/accident claim phonecalls I love so much ;-(
Trout and about
I've been very busy just lately with both commercial and editorial work, as well as quite a bit of personal work. My latest personal project has also kicked off, sponsored by both InterfitPhotoUK and Lastolite. Interfit have loaned me two of their latest S1 lights and Lastolite/Manfrotto one of their Washington Easycare fabric backdrops.
So far it's mostly all good. The S1 lights are a revelation on the battery life. I'm used to things like my Fuji X-Pro camera having a really crappy battery life. Absolutely not the case at all with the Interfit S1 lights. I'm extremely impressed with the battery life on these and also at how quickly the batteries recharge. PLUS you can use their lights on mains power while the batteries recharge OFF the flash units. Now THAT is a great idea!
If I have a criticism, it is the resulting compromise. Which is the 4 seconds recharge time between shots. My Elinchroms take a second. Even that is often annoying. But 4 seconds for me is a LONG time. Too long. I hope that Interfit will address this issue in the near future because so far it is the only issue I have with their excellent lights.
More to follow on this as time marches on. I shall be using the S1's again tomorrow on a commercial job for Waitrose. It's a great test of these lights in the real world.