Take a photo a day and improve your photography

Take a photo a day and improve your photography

Some call it Project 365 and manage to take a photo every day for a year, some start with something more manageable and go for a month, but taking a ...

Apple updates Camera Raw

by Mike on 26. Apr, 2010 in Software

This update extends RAW image format compatibility to Aperture 3 and iPhoto ’09 for several cameras.

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iPad Camera Connection Kit In Use

iPad Camera Connection Kit In Use

by Mike on 26. Apr, 2010 in Gear

Camera Connection Kit more versatile than we had thought.

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Chernobyl revisited – photos of the abandoned zone

Chernobyl revisited – photos of the abandoned zone

by Mike on 08. Apr, 2010 in Photos We Like, We Like...

The Chernobyl nuclear disaster in 1986 produced over 400 times more fallout than the nuclear bomb dropped on Hiroshima. Over 300,000 people were relocated, mainly from the town of Pripyat. The inhabitants abandoned their town immediately, leaving food half eaten and schoolbooks still open on their desks.

These have to be amongst the saddest photographs I have seen…

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Get a grip

Photo-a-day project – day 4

by Mike on 04. Apr, 2010 in Photo a day, Projects, Technique

I nearly missed getting my photo for today. I suspect that this is the first hurdle that many photo-a-day projects hit.

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ipad

New iPad sister site

by Mike on 03. Apr, 2010 in Blog

If any of you are as interested in the iPad as I am, and how it would make a useful tool for photographers, you might like Temple Of iPad, a new site I have just launched. It’ll report iPad news, review hardware and apps for the iPad. We look forward to seeing you there.

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Shadows at the park

Photo-a-day project – day 3

by Mike on 03. Apr, 2010 in Photo a day, Projects, Technique

cotland’s northerly position lends itself to some great light, particularly in the months around winter. Near-horizontal sun casts wonderful shadows across the landscape.

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Sunbathing Mac

Photo-a-day project – day 2

by Mike on 02. Apr, 2010 in Photo a day, Projects, Technique

My Macbook is the tool of my trade. Emails, calendar, wiki editing, researching on the web, presentations, word processing, accessing remote systems via ssh. About the only thing it doesn’t do for me is ‘phone calls.

Today I let it relax in the spring sunshine.

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Bathtermath

Photo-a-day project – day 1

by Mike on 01. Apr, 2010 in Photo a day, Projects, Technique

I thought I should be prepared to take my own advice in the article ‘Take a photograph a day and improve your photography’, so I will attempt to take a photo every day of April.

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