Category: Photography
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Telling people’s stories by letting them tell it themselves.
So much of work within a communications team is about telling a story – using it to show or reinforce a connection between a person and and someone or something else. This is easier than it’s ever been in today’s digital world, and one of the key advances of the web has been its ability to empower people to…
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The value in what’s free or hidden
I’ve spent my career in the charity and public sector, where services are often offered to those in need for free at the point of delivery. This can present an unappreciated problem – if something is free, how accurately is it valued? Over recent weeks I’ve read a few articles which have looked at issues…
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Tour of Britain 2012
The Olympics and Paralympics may have ended a few weeks ago, but that didn’t stop some world class sport from touring the country. The Tour of Britain ended yesterday, and I went to see stage eight pass through Cranleigh from Reigate to Guildford.
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A bit of blurb about photobooks
I was approached recently to review a book printing service by Blurb. I don’t normally write reviews on this blog, but when they offered to pay for me to print a book and weren’t interested in seeing my review before it was published, I was intrigued and the opportunity was too good to resist. I’ve…
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I went to the Olympics
I was fortunate enough to have tickets to see the athletics at the Olympic Stadium on Friday 10 August. I saw the USA women win the 4×100 relay and break the world record, and the British men narrowly miss out on a medal in the 4×400 relay as well as the 4 x 100 heats,…
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New blog – Beside the See Side
Following on from a recent trip to the coast, here’s a mini review for a photo/travel blog by Samantha Edgley – “Beeside the see side“. In her own words the blog records “the sights and spectacles that intrigue, fascinate and inspire“. With a strong eye for the unusual and colourful Samantha brings you pictures from from…
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Isle of Mull – Panorama special
I went to the isle of Mull for a long weekend last month for a friends wedding. And took a lot of photos, (over 500). About a quarter of these were worth publishing on flickr, but I also took a few panoramas, either created using Photosynth or Autostitch on an iPhone. And here they are:
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Using photography to promote a borough
Council websites can often be a bit bland looking; lots of text, any imagery is straight from a stock library and usually struggles to properly relate to the content. One council has taken an altogether different approach with using locally sourced photography to dominate their homepage (they use a number of images, refresh to cycle through at…
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60+ photography photoshop tutorials
Noupe have gathered together over 60 photoshop tutorials covering everything from redeye to dynamic lighting and restoration to colour blending. Take a look: www.noupe.com/tutorial/useful-photography-related-tutorials.html