In view of countering my boredom which induced into me after studies, studies and more studies, I started picking my digicam day-in and day-out as a refreshment tool! About a year back, I bought a Canon PowerShot A480 just to lock in the moments-of-importance in and around my family, but since a last few months it served me a lot more than it is supposed to. I started … [Read more...]
Photo Profile : Ramsey Cardy
It is with great pleasure we welcome professional music photography Ramsey Cardy to our photo profile series. Ramsey is the also the author of the great guide to music photography. In school, I was always the kid in the class that couldn't draw and was bottom of the class in Art so it really was by luck that I ended up having a career in Arts. I picked up a Canon 400d and … [Read more...]
Photo Profile : Nicola Parry
My original interest in photography began back in 1991 through two good friends who I met while living in Aberdeen, Scotland. They are brothers and are fantastic photographers, and I started going on photography jaunts with them. Long story short, they gave me my first SLR, tripod and lenses all those years ago. Although I work in science, I think I have a creative side too, … [Read more...]
Review : The Magic of Black and White (eBook)
Over the last few years I have spent a fortune on photography books. Most of them have been helpful and some have been particularly expensive and in hindsight perhaps not the best investment I have ever made. The next generation of book publishing is well and truly here in the form of eBook, I have to admit I was a little sceptical at how easy digital books are to read but … [Read more...]
Poll Review : How do you manage your photo library ?
Last week we asked "How do you manage you photo library?" The results were interesting with Adobe Lightroom coming out on top. I have pretty much used every photo management application out there from Elements, iPhoto through to Lightroom and Aperture. They all offer something different with various pros and cons and I guess once you have an established library the thought … [Read more...]