It's been a busy weekend of editing photographs and creating new graphics. All whilst doing some gardening, so nothing happened as fast it could have done. Yet this is not what I had planned for the weekend ... I did have plans to build an eBay store. I saw last week (via someone on Facebook)... Continue Reading →
Calibrate the Colours of your Monitor Regularly!
Who else color-calibrates their monitor on a regular basis? I use the Spyder3 Express regularly to ensure my monitor is displaying my photography galleries in the right colours. For photographers and videographers, this is a tool you can NOT live without. It's amazing how often I speak to people who tell me their artwork is... Continue Reading →
My Top 10 Movies
Until very recently, my list of top ten cinematic masterpieces had only two upon it. Now it has three. In fact, the new movie has moved into second place. Something I never thought a movie could do. 1. Shawshank Redemption.Tim Robbins is Andy Dufresne. Morgan Freeman is Ellis Boyd 'Red' Redding.~ Two imprisoned men bond... Continue Reading →
Invitation to (Another) Exhibition of my Photography
You read correctly: My photography will be displayed in yet another exhibition this year! But not alone this time: Thanks to the lovely lady, Sharon Leaney (Marketing Consultant) at Adelaide Arcade who enabled and assisted all the artists who displayed in the Arcade during SALA 2010: Seven artists will be displaying a variety of awesome... Continue Reading →
Updates to my Upcoming Exhibition
I have accepted the invitation : I one of 3,300 people exhibiting photographic artwork during the SALA 2010 festival. 30th July to 14th August 2010, peruse and purchase my twenty framed photographs of waterscapes around Kangaroo Island upstairs at Stall 141 in the the Adelaide Arcade, open between 10am and 6pm. The opening night is... Continue Reading →
Saving Money with RSS-Readers
Most bosses are worried about the probability that you are viewing unsavoury internet sites, so they periodically send emails or bulletins outlining the strict usage of the internet for work-purposes. A few years back they were concerned with excessive band-width usage and download over-capacity, which is not really a problem if they have change their... Continue Reading →
This is NOT Real HDR!
Whilst learning (read: playing with) the various interesting features of Photoshop, I discovered 'Shadow/Highlight' (under Image\Adjustments), but not before I discovered 'Curves' (CTRL + M) and 'Levels' (CTRL +L). Using a combination of all three, with a little bit of 'Photo Filter' and 'Exposure' (both also under Image\Adjustments) to attempt to retain the original colouring,... Continue Reading →
GIMP Tutorial: Creating a Template for Redbubble Shirts
This article is written in reply to a friend who asked "How do I make T-Shirts for Redbubble with GIMP?" Because I don't know any other way, not even with Photoshop, I knew this had to be written. Step #1: Install GIMP. Read the fine print carefully. For Windoze users, there are components that you... Continue Reading →
Behind the Lens
There's only one photo-blog worth reading: Ferrell McCollough's work with AEB bracketing, HDR with Photomatix and everything in between. From this blog you'll not only learn, you'll get better at ALL your photography. From composition to colour and location to lighting, his blog has all you wanted to know.
The Entrepreneurial Life of Stephen Mitchell 