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 Read more…
[vc_row][vc_column][us_image image=”991″ size=”full” link=”” onclick=”lightbox”][vc_column_text]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 now at version 3). Lightroom is very similar to Aperture in terms of functionality, and is a great tool for anyone already familiar with Adobe Photoshop, as the terminology used in the Develop module is identical.
However, I always looked longingly at Aperture’s clean, simple UI and envied it over Lightroom’s boxy, web-like interface. I understand the design choices made my Adobe when they created Lightroom, but for me it’s just ugly and industrial – and not at all the UI I want wrapped around my photographs as I work on them. Aperture was designed by Apple with the usual attention to detail, and as soon as I had the opportunity to switch I did. (more…)
Hello again. It’s been a while! In fact, since my last post I’ve been on a fabulous holiday in Austria, and I figured a couple of timelapse sequences wouldn’t go amiss 🙂
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Some recent experiments with timelapse photography The first was taken from Cowling pinnacle (near Lund’s Tower), and is about 30 minutes of time passing in just 60 seconds. [vc_video link=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cNM3XDUlug”] And in a slightly less picturesque setting, I shot a series of timelapse videos of my attempted repair of Read more…
I recently visited Cornwall, and had been given a tip to track down a little-known cove near Lands End called Porth Nanvern, in the Cot Valley.
The weather was so wonderful yesterday that I finally got a chance to try out my new Nikon D90 camera in the full sun. (more…)
I get to meet a number of famous folk with the work that I do. A lot of the time it’s a very passive experience: I might be attending an event or opening night, and can claim to have met someone just because I’m in the same room as them Read more…
I haven’t taken that many photos in 2008, and here’s the reason why. Through messing with several old lenses and extension rings to do some marco work I’ve ended up with an unpleasant amount of dust, hair and other crap on the chip. I decided enough was enough. It was Read more…
… well, actually, they want one of my photographs. I know its a bit of a minor event when you consider the context, and how many photos they’ll be using, but still … it’s nice to be asked ;o) Here’s a snippet from the email I got: My name is Read more…