Archive for April 2008

An Englishman In Patagonia

Apr 30th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Books

‘In Patagonia’ is a captivating blend of travelogue, personal fiction and history, written in a laconic style that faithfully expresses the oddness of Patagonia’s vast and often bleak landscapes, and even odder people and history.



A Stamp Collector in South America

Apr 19th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Interviews

I came across Adam Blenford’s blog StampCollector and I was immediately intrigued by his posts about Argentina…



Throwing the Rule of Thirds Out the Window

Apr 14th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Technique

I noticed something interesting while browsing Los Angeles advertising photographer Ryan Schude’s website…



How to Create a Diptych or Triptych With Impact

Apr 8th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Technique

A quick guide to creating diptyches and triptyches in Photoshop CS 3 and a nifty tip for visually tying the images together.
Browsing on Flickr a few weeks ago I came across a beautiful set of diptyches. Why do I like them so much? I think it’s because there’s a visual resonance between two wonderful photos that [...]



How To Quickly & Easily Embed Photos In Your Website Or Blog

Apr 5th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Technique

A short guide to quickly and easily embedding photos in your website or blog.
I quickly realised when designing & coding my website that it’s not easy to create a gallery for my photos. Coding by hand is very time consuming. Even using a flash application like Simpleviewer it still takes time to resize photos and [...]



Add Textures Using The Virtual Photographer Plug-In

Apr 1st, 2008 | By admin | Category: Technique

A quick guide to adding textures to your photos using the Virtual Photographer plug-in.
Photographer John Short recommended the Virtual Photographer Plug-In on page 41 of the April 2008 issue of Photography Monthly. The use of texture in digital photography is a popular trend so I thought I’d take a closer look at the plug-in.
The first [...]