As a British expat in Spain I have always found Spanish newspapers hard going. Not so much due to my lack of vocabulary as the dense and repetetive style of many of the supposed better newspaper’s I’ve read. Maybe this… Continue Reading →
Some pitfalls to be avoided when exporting PDFs for print from Illustrator. Avoid flattening artwork (ie printing to PostScript or saving as PDF 1.3 or under) – as that causes many transparency effects, including drop-shadows, to be converted into raster… Continue Reading →
I’m so excited and I just can’t hide it And I know, I know, I know, I know, I know I want you er… Anyway, the D3 is announced – my desire to get into full frame digital may well… Continue Reading →
Three weeks ago now I came across a bunch of great links – mostly from the LiquidTreat [waybackmachine] email newsletter. That had been the first time I’d read the newsletter in a while and it was unusually rewarding. I’ll take… Continue Reading →
*P[hotography-w]orkflow Currently a mix of Bridge, Graphic Converter, Photoshop, iPhoto and Flickr. Photo workflow aint good. Throw in a bit of terminal action jhead -mkexif when stuck with [enjoying] 35mm film. Oh – add Flickr Uploadr and Google Earth for… Continue Reading →
Currently there’s stuff all over the place about bad, closed Apple Inc. I love the hardware – but I’m no fanboy. I wish for more interoperability in my iPod. And features too. To be able to sync one iPod with… Continue Reading →
My o[l]d man’s not a dustman. He’s a very clever man. And the biggest PC whore I know but if the rumours are true he’s about to buy a Mac!?! [Hello Pops!]. Here’s my thoughts for him… Have a couple… Continue Reading →
Off-camera flash, ISO 200, f5.6 and a half-second shutter speed. Streaking like I like it.
A recent eBay purchase. Underwater funkiness to three and a half inches. OK maybe more. Love it.
Graphic Converter has jumped to the fore of my photo workflow options. Love the new browser features. Particularly the full screen preview on my PowerBook monitor when I’m at my desk and the fab “Set GPS from Current Google Earth… Continue Reading →
Combining my pencil sketches with my kids’ colouring stamps and some other stuff.
About November 1988, Chile. 18 years-old, very naive, tagging along with my new-found friend, Mateo. He had a plan to visit de Valle de Elqui, up north. Whilst buying the bus tickets he met and chatted with some folks and… Continue Reading →
From one roll of film. Oh, for the economy of youth. No, wait…
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