Category Archive: Words

The irony is lost on Paul

The irony is lost on Paul

It’s about time I posted this. Months ago this photo on Flickr was spammed by a company selling “all of categories for industries and life”. I’m …

 

Photo Frame with Copyright Message in the GIMP

Photo Frame with Copyright Message in the GIMP

It’s about time I released this script. I announced last December I had written a script for the GIMP to create the border and copyright …

 

Who gets the free prints?

Who gets the free prints?

A few days ago I offered visitors to my blog the chance to win free prints of any of my images. I’m very happy with …

 

How I backup my photos

How I backup my photos

I could go into some of the horror stories about photos I’ve lost or about how a disk crashed just before I copied the files …

 

Jetman Yves Rossy lands, who is the photographer?

Jetman Yves Rossy lands, who is the photographer?

Matt reminded my wife that the National Geographic Channel were showing the Jetman documentary last weekend. Yves Rossy flew across the English Channel from France …

 

The Curves Tool

The Curves Tool

The curves tool is a very basic tool that can be used to improve photos with a few clicks of the mouse. It is used …

 

What! The Canon EOS 50D announced already?

What! The Canon EOS 50D announced already?

Yes, yes, boo hoo, oh woe is me, my Canon 40D arrived on the day the new Canon 50D was announced. If only I had …

 

GIMP FX Foundary is a massive GIMP plugin archive

GIMP FX Foundary is a massive GIMP plugin archive

I’m surprised I haven’t blogged about The GIMP FX Foundary before. It’s a huge collection of GIMP plugins that have been updated to work with …

 

Spencer Tunick photoshoot in Blarney Co. Cork, Ireland

Spencer Tunick photoshoot in Blarney Co. Cork, Ireland

As luck would have it, one of the more famous or perhaps notorious photographers of our time, Spencer Tunick, is shooting in Blarney, where I …

 

Monotone: WordPress Photoblog Theme

Monotone: WordPress Photoblog Theme

Monotone is a pretty cool photoblog theme for WordPress that’s been around for a few months now. Unfortunately it was only available on WordPress.com, and …

 

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