One of the most important aspects of any blog is its appearance. Most new bloggers will want to pick a theme to suit their blog, style, input and outcome. To ensure your site attracts both advertising-space and traffic, the first page should have clearly distinctive sections and space for the following components: Advertising/Sponsors/Affiliates These should... Continue Reading →
Giving Good Advice
Sometimes the best advice is NO advice. Recently I noticed several online arguments wherein people I know and respect were at loggerheads over inane and pithy incidents. Whilst I could have put my written-voice into the conversation, I had the good sense to take a step back. Yes, the topic was of interest and a... Continue Reading →
Taking Better Night Photography
Taking night photographs is never easy, but it is certainly lots of fun! Even I have trouble working out what is the best setting ... yet I am always willing to learn! Here are tonight's internet-finds to help us all improve our Night Photography. First we get the low-down on Exposure at Wikipedia. This will... Continue Reading →
Six Jobs To Do Before 25 Years Old
Just for something completely different to what I normally talk about, here are six jobs that everyone should try at least once before they are twenty-five years old: 1. Builders labourer. This is sold work that will put muscles on your body and brain. The industry is getting smarter as young people realise that plumbers,... Continue Reading →
Let’s Get the Business Started!
Some days I forget the to keep on the path of my journey. But which one, you may ask, for I have so many business and potential projects in stages of startup ... and very few of them have gone beyond paper. I don't deny that I am an ideas man, a. conceptualiser and somewhat... Continue Reading →
Weekend of Panorama Photography
I've had a lot of fun over the last few days shooting lots of shots of hills and yards at family homes around Adelaide - then stitching them together into 180degree, 270degree and a few 360degree panoramas! Here are just a few the results. If you look at the large version of the pano below,... Continue Reading →
Night Photography in Adelaide
Here are my midnight-photographs, shot on the 23rd December 2009. It was a very hot night, and somewhat warmer inside the house! Since my wife was still making chocolate delights for Xmas day, I went for a walk with my camera and tripod. Check out what I found in the darkness: 1. Some interesting abstract... Continue Reading →
Cold Calling for Opportunity
This morning I did something unusual yet opportunistic : I asked a stunningly beautiful woman to let me photograph her. Well, that is not the correct story, so let me explain further... After departing the train this morning, I visited my usual coffee-shop (just up the ramp between the North Terrace Train Station and up... Continue Reading →
Panoramas from 2007
These are two panorama's of photographs I photographed way back in January 2007. But at that time I had no knowledge of decent software that could correctly stitch them together. Recently a good friend introduced me to Autopano Pro, the best and easiest program for creating Panorama's. So this is the first time these photographs... Continue Reading →
The Entrepreneurial Life of Stephen Mitchell 