Monthly Archives: December 2009

elephant on a trampoline: http…

elephant on a trampoline: http://blogs.adobe.com/jnack/2009/12/and_now_elephants_on_trampolines.html

Having nude photographs taken

Taken from a reply I posted on a facebook group discussion In most (but not all) countries, image rights automatically rest with the photographer, exclusively, unless there is a specific contractual exception to this (including employment contracts, where the employer typically takes the rights). Usually clients get a license from the photographer for specific usage

Learning photography online

(from a reply I posted on a facebook photography group) There is a huge amount of material online to help individuals learn and improve their photography including academic course leading to recognised qualifications with a number of universities and photography organisations. The most important thing you can do though, is take photographs. Photography is an

the dedicated #photographer: h…

the dedicated #photographer: http://eyebg.com/?p=4921 (images of photographers going the extra mile)

Borders no more

I was saddened to see Borders in Birmingham this weekend selling off everything including store fittings. Borders has been my favorite book store for a while, especially their out-of-town stores on retail parks. I preferred the style of their stores to those of Waterstones. It also removes one of the more interesting options for ebook

Digital Camera Recommendations

A few weeks ago, a colleague asked for advice on what DSLR camera to purchase for his wife for Christmas. She had past experience of using an SLR camera, an Olympus model, but had not used it for a good number of years. She also had a reasonable stock of Olympus lenses and he wondered

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-12-20

@davidus1963 the story of Avatar is weak, simple and trite but it is well done, familiar and set within an incredible experience in reply to davidus1963 # Just seen #Avatar in 3d at IMAX in Birmingham. Amazing. (Usual corn in a few places but overall an incredible experience.) # Got around to lighting a fire

@davidus1963 the story of Avat…

@davidus1963 the story of Avatar is weak, simple and trite but it is well done, familiar and set within an incredible experience

Just seen #Avatar in 3d at IMA…

Just seen #Avatar in 3d at IMAX in Birmingham. Amazing. (Usual corn in a few places but overall an incredible experience.)

Got around to lighting a fire …

Got around to lighting a fire in solid fuel stove in main lounge. Haven’t done so for ages. Six double chimneys and we rarely light a fire!