The finalists in the Irish Blog Awards Photoblog category have just been announced and there are some great candidates on the lists. The winners will be announced on March 19th in Belfast's Europa Hotel. Congratulations to those who have made it this far. Remember to add their blog feed to your RSS Reader. Best Photo Blog – Sponsored … [Read more...]
WordPress Photoblogging Theme : Work
Every so often a new photoblogging Wordpress theme comes along worthy of a mention. Themetrust have released "Work" a very stylish wordpress 3.0+ theme ready to show of your photography portfolio. Work has a clean and professional style that is perfect for displaying anything from illustrations to photography. Easily build your portfolio with the numerous built-in page … [Read more...]
Silver Efex 2 : Perfect Black and White Photography
When it comes to black and white post production Adobe Lightroom, Apple Aperture and Photoshop are all great tools but are over-shadowed by the brilliant Silver Efex Pro by Nik Software. I have been using version one of the plugin alongside Lightroom for a number of months and I haven't been able to better the power, depth and tone in any other editor. Nik Software recently … [Read more...]
Transforming Flickr Sets : SuprSetr
Flickr sets are one area of my account that are a complete disorganised mess. I create sets on a whim covering particular photographic subjects, I add a few photos and often weeks later I take more photos on the same subject and forget the first set was ever created. To illustrate this let's look at a example. Opening up my flickr account and going to the set entitled … [Read more...]
20 Essential Photogs to follow on Twitter
As well as following @7x5photo there are some great tweeting photographers out there definitely worth a follow. Twitter is a great way to discover great photography resources, news and inspiration. With the help of @twittogs here a a list of twenty photographers well worth a follow. 20 Essential Phototogs to follow on twitter petapixel (PetaPixel) jeremycowart … [Read more...]