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Star Trails Over Umbria

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There’s something strangely beautiful about star trail photographs. They’re wonderfully abstract, but at the same time very, very real. I love how something as scientific as the rotation of the planet and be represented by something so captivating. I’ve been wanting to experiment with long exposures with my Nikon D90 for a while now, but never really had the patience. …

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Aperture 3.0

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I’ve long been a fan of Apple’s photograph management tool, Aperture, but it’s only in the last year – along with the purchase of a new iMac – that I’ve really started to use it as my primary tool for managing and processing my photographs. For many years I was PC based, and was very happy using Adobe’s Lightroom (also …

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Does DRM fuel piracy?

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Picture this: I settle down one evening; set the lights low, open the LoveFilm envelope and drop the DVD into the player. Then I sit back with a notepad and pen, and take careful note of the things I am forbidden to do with this particular title. Then, because this is a Paramount title, I have to select a language …

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