Category Archives: blog

Workflow to process lots of photos from a shoot using Lightroom 3

After a lengthy model shoot, my wife and I may well have over 1000 images to review, so I would be completely lost without Lightroom – I have had it from the first version, and upgraded quickly when 3 came out having been very pleased with the beta.Workflow wise: I import from the memory card …

30 August 2010 – 12:22 | By kyber | Posted in Photography | Tagged , | View Comments

Portait of me taken by my wife

Thanks for this, my dear Taken on Swansea beach – I am leaning on the sea wall protecting the port.  Posted via email from kyber’s posterous

29 August 2010 – 20:43 | By kyber | Posted in blog | View Comments

The art of photography and incredible technology changes to come

How will our art evolve when we have 3d, omni-focus, very large dynamic range, high-speed video cameras rather than single focus, narrow dynamic range, still (and sometimes hd video) cameras? The development of omni-focus cameras (that is, cameras that can keep everything in sharp focus at all times, with no focusing required) has been talked …

26 August 2010 – 07:39 | By kyber | Posted in Photography, blog | Tagged , , , | View Comments

Time lapse video

I make no secret of my enjoyment of photography. I readily acknowledge that I am no great practitioner (too much haste, no natural eye), but I enjoy it. I never got into video and on the whole I think for most memories a photograph is more powerful than a video. Of course, a well produced …

24 August 2010 – 07:52 | By kyber | Posted in Photography | Tagged , , , | View Comments

Portraiture camera settings

On a photography group on linkedin someone asked for advice on what settings worked best for portraiture. I replied thus: You have great advice, and a wonderful example (which I have made a favourite on flickr).Let me add some basics, apologies for teaching you to suck eggs if you know all this already, but just …

16 August 2010 – 20:54 | By kyber | Posted in Photography, blog | Tagged , , | View Comments

Swansea Marina

Swansea Originally uploaded by kyber Really enjoyed a break in Swansea last week. I have been working in the area for around a year now, but never had much of a chance to explore the area. My wife joined me for the week and we had a good look around. We also had plenty of …

4 August 2010 – 21:17 | By kyber | Posted in blog | View Comments

IBM is hiring experienced complex systems integration project managers

IBM Global Business Services activities are growing rapidly in the UK and needs more good senior staff with experience of leading projects that involve complex systems integration. If you are interested in being considered for one of these posts, please get in touch with me. (I have a personal interest in that anyone I refer …

4 August 2010 – 10:45 | By kyber | Posted in blog | View Comments

Matrix management

I have worked with matrix management for many years now, so much so that I am surprised by others not used to its complexities and confusions. I do find it strange though in my part of IBM how I can be directly responsible for eight staff who I have never met, do not work with, …

25 July 2010 – 17:03 | By kyber | Posted in blog | Tagged , , | View Comments

As You Like It

Our latest trip to Stratford, courtesy of tickets from the IBM Warwick employee theatre club, was to see the oft maligned As You Like It. This is one of the few Shakespeare plays I had not seen at all. It has a reputation for being rather less substantial, implausible, and light on comedy and is …

25 July 2010 – 16:53 | By kyber | Posted in blog | Tagged , , | View Comments

More job opportunities with IB…

More job opportunities with IBM: http://bit.ly/aTwptN

19 July 2010 – 22:05 | By kyber | Posted in Work, tweets | Tagged , , | View Comments