Dark Side of the Lens

Ok, this year has been frantically busy for me, and sadly as a result my blog has fallen into disuse. But fear not, as I am sure you were terrified, as it is being resurrected!!!

I am making a few changes, a major one will be announced early 2010, but the most important one for [...]

Well, it’s that time of year and I am going off for a break, returning mid February.
During this time I’ll not be updating the blog as I will only have sporadic access to the web.
Unfortunately comments, questions, requests etc may take a little while for me to get to, but I will get to them [...]

I have had several people ask me how best to be notified when I put up a new video, as I don’t email everyone to let them know (though I can do so if enough people request it).
Well, the best way is to to use the RSS links on the page and you’ll be notified [...]

For years now I have absolutely loved seeing my photos printed on canvas.
Canvas is a very forgiving medium, with the ability to hide a wealth of sins in many photos, though it is still the usual case of the better the photo the better the end result. However, due to the nature, especially the texture, [...]

The tutorial images for the earlier tutorials are now available in the free member’s area.

I apologise that these took me a while to get up but things here have been somewhat out of control, to put it mildly. I still intend toi recommence producing videoa within the next week as I have a heap [...]

Yes, I have been slack over the last few weeks, sorry. But I do have a rather valid excuse
Our baby, Robert, decided to arrive somewhat earlier than we expected, over 4 weeks early in fact. He spent some time in the special care unit, but has just come home and is doing very [...]

I have been getting some great feedback, thank you all, as well as some excellent questions. However, the way I had the blog setup meant that they all came directly to me, when the questions will usually benefit others as well.
I have therefore slightly changed my feedback and questions system to more of a guestbook [...]

For those with iPhones (boy do I love mine!), iPod Touch’s or other similar devices that can view video podcasts, you can now download my video tutorials from iTunes (for free naturally). The videos have been specially formatted for mobile devices.
Simply go to the iTunes store and search for “Dark Side of the Lens”.
At present [...]

As I photographer I just love looking at photos of all, well ok, almost all, kinds. Often I go hunting for photos to get ideas, or for images for the blog or other web sites I assist with (within copywrite limitations I hasten to add).
Until recently I used Google image search. It was ok, did [...]

I am not going to venture into the Mac vs PC debate as let’s face it, too much blood has already been split on both sides in that one. I am currently using a PC platform, for various reasons beyond my control (ok, financial reasons as I can’t afford to buy a new Mac laptop [...]