Ooh, this is a rare treat. I get to talk about two of my favourite things :- photography and Apple tech. Now that I have a shiny iPod Touch, (oh no – not an iTouch..) I have been able to test some of the many photography aids available from the App Store. These are also accessible to iPhone users – even more so in fact as the iPhone can make use of the GPS facilities. Some have obvious uses, some not so obvious.
Touch. The new way to See.
Published February 17, 2009 Uncategorized 5 CommentsTags: apple, apps, iPod, photography
Digital Infrared Processing Part II – False Colour
Published July 17, 2008 Uncategorized 19 CommentsTags: Canon, false colour, infrared, IR, layers, photography, Photoshop, processing
Exploiting the varying amounts of Infrared light that different objects give off leads to dramatically coloured shots. In this part of the series I’ll take you through how I post processed a recent pic taken on a Flickrmeet.
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Digital InfraRed Photography
Published June 17, 2008 Uncategorized 13 CommentsTags: canon 40D, flickr, infrared, IR, long exposure, technique, visible light
I recently bought an Infrared filter for my new Canon 40D in order to try out some non-visible light photography. In this first article I will attempt to explain how to capture IR shots and then in the next post we’ll look at processing methods.
Canon 300D sub mirror pin failure – Another Story
Published February 17, 2008 Uncategorized 21 CommentsTags: 300D, auto focus failure, auto focus problem, broken pin, Canon, disassembly, repair, sub mirror
As a Canon 300D owner I recently fell foul to the common problem of a failure of the autofocus system. The lens would rotate fully in either direction but never to a point of focus. I did some searching and discovered that it was a problem with the secondary mirror underneath the main mirror that is used in the auto focus system.
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Take a look at my Monkey….
Published January 13, 2008 Uncategorized 2 CommentsTags: addons, firefox, flickr, greasemonkey, javascript, mashup
Now. Don’t hate me. I’m still typing this on my MacBook. I still want an iPod Touch.
I still dig Apple.
But I switched browser. Safari is no longer my default browser.
Firefox has a small furry secret for all of us in the Flickr Fraternity….
Have a Bokeh Christmas!
Published December 23, 2007 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: aperture, bokeh, Christmas, DOF, shapes
I’m not going to claim to have invented this at all.. There is a very good article that explains how to get different shapes for the circle of confusion when doing extreme DOF effects like the above.
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Off to the Wind Farm!
Published December 1, 2007 Uncategorized 2 CommentsTags: Flickr trip, long exposure, night, photography, strobism, strobist, turbines, video
Rob Hudson and I take a trip to the Wind Turbine Farm just outside Cardiff. In the dark. With a video camera. Hmm…
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Time Lapse Orchids
Published November 28, 2007 Uncategorized 4 CommentsTags: blossom, DV, flower, interval record, orchid, time lapse, video
I’ve had this sat on my HD for about two years and never knew what to do with it.. so its going up here!
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Abstractions in Smoke
Published November 21, 2007 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: art, photography, smoke, still life, strobist
Smoking is now Art. It’s official.
Ok. Reality check. I’m not advocating the use of the evil weed as some sort of culturally important device but rather as a photo technique for rainy days.












