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For those of you that are not aware my dream is to one day become a Professional Photographer travelling and photographing this amazing World we live in. I’ve been very fortunate to meet and speak to some great photographers along the way and I…(read more)

Somehow and somewhere one of the screws/ bolts on the legs of my Manfrotto 055XPROB tripod had fallen off. After checking the rest were not loose (none of the others were so bizarre this particular one worked lose), it was decision time. Go to a camera…(read more)

I can’t wait for Sunday as I’ll be attending an “ Architectural Interior Photography (Superclass) ” being run by   Alan Carville who is “ an award winning, internationally published and exhibited photographer located on the islands of Malta. Specialising…(read more)

Microsoft has unveiled the new Slate Tablet PC which is basically a cut down, thinner and lighter version of the Tablet PC designed especially to run Windows 7 applications. Depending on the price these could make a great tool for viewing photos on. For…(read more)

Towering in at a MASSIVE 828m (2,716ft) high the Burj Khalifa has become the World’s Tallest building. When I was lucky enough to be in Middle East last August working on a ConfigMgr OSD solution for a Middle East Energy company we decided to work longer…(read more)

I was looking through the future exhibitions at the V&A in London and noticed this one. Need to plan another trip to the V&A 😉 Drawing on the V&A's rich holdings of 19th-century photographs, this display will examine the relationship…(read more)

I’ve just discovered this firmware upgrade for the 5D Mark II which includes the following two improvements/ fixes: Supports the WFT-E4 II wireless file transmitter that was released in December 2009. Corrects a phenomenon in which visible noise may appear…(read more)

I saw this article on the Telegraph's website and was blown away by the image of the Goat herder in Yemen (image 3). I need to add Yemen to the list of “Places to Visit” (it would probably be easier to start a list instead of places NOT to visit)…(read more)

I’ve always been a bit confused over the choice of editing software for digital photos be it Photoshop, Lightroom, Paintshop Pro,or even the software that Canon ships with their cameras. I had a quick dabble with Lightroom 2.x and LOVED the ability to…(read more)

Looks like I need to be making a trip to British Library between now and the 7th March for this free exhibition: “An exhibition that signals the welcome public debut of one of the world’s great photographic collections” Financial Times Find out more …(read more)