I enjoy photography, so I enjoy finding new ways to apply old tricks to make a shot look great. Here are a few of them for your reading pleasure. I hope you find a way to apply, use, and improve upon them. Tip #1 : Space, Space, Space I try to make my subject take... Continue Reading →
Revamp, Redesign, Redirection
Have you noticed that I have added a new category into my articles? Yes, logo design, graphic creation and small-business branding will now be featured within my journal. Why? Most recently a new friend ask me to assist with revamping the logo for a small-business with which he is involved. He said he believed I... Continue Reading →
Quality Reading to Inspire Everyone
For a few years I have been reading posts by Chris Pearson over at Pearsonified. His site-design is less cluttered than many, thus making his articles easy to follow and read. Chris posts are always informative and teach old-tricks in new ways and in a different light. This may sound like what every one is... Continue Reading →
Is it Orton or HDR?
More often I don't read the instructions. They are usually filled with waffle and glossy pictures. Sometimes I find the step-by-step instructions are either inadequate or incomplete. I prefer to jump in feet first and swim my way up, then I re-write the instructions. With that in mind, I've got a small project to do... Continue Reading →
Strobing with a Flash-Gun
I found this interesting tutorial on flickr.com: Setting & Using the 580EX II Multi Strobe Function. I have adjusted the instructions slightly, modifying sentence structure and highlighting important words. Read on below photograph for instructions showing how flash-strobing is possible with the Canon 580EX II. I look forward to trialling this shortly. Setting up Camera... Continue Reading →
Will You Be Worm’d on April 1st?
Reposting Richard Pascoe's article. It's good information for those who rely on Windows to run their lives, oops, I mean computers! Are you about to be infected on April 1st 2009? In the New York Times they discuss the Conficker Worm which will activate itself on April 1st. Should you be concerned? Well, Only if... Continue Reading →
Caught on Film
Last weekend whilst searching the house for my misplaced macro lens, I stumbled upon my old film-camera that shot 800+ photographs of New Zealand back in 2001. That's around 40 x 36f rolls of film! The Canon EOS 500 [Image] was quite a formidable camera for its time. But with the advent of the digital... Continue Reading →
Discovering More of One’s Self
I have a new word in my diet: Parsimony. It is essentially the implementation of Occam’s razor . Thanks to Shelley’s response upon a Plurk conversation , I’ve discovered something important about my personality that defines the way I respond, react, appear and often act. Despite the fact that my wife and I hoard so... Continue Reading →
Twelve Hours to Change Your Ways
Prelude This article was originally published on my original blogspot in 2003 and closed down in mid 2006 before moving across the WordPress. Thankfully it has now disappeared into the void, but not before I archived the entire 3 years of articles. Many will never be published again, except for a few that I particularly... Continue Reading →
The Entrepreneurial Life of Stephen Mitchell 