Leaving NextGen … into NextCellent

I’ve switched my WordPress Gallery plugin from NextGen to NextCellent. A step backwards perhaps ? Here’s why I don’t think so …

Triggering lights through a water surface – and how I took my my underwater selfie

A recent forum post asked about triggering strobes outside the water from a housed camera underwater. (For the sake of simplicity, I’m assuming that we’re talking about a swimming pool shoot here.) I know this is a bit obscure, but I’m not the only one to have tried it … Safety warning I’m going to […]

A quick intro to Color Spaces and the Web …

A brief (practical) introduction to using color spaces for the internet. And setting up a Lightroom preset to export your images.

Common image dimensions

Curating image sizes / dimensions for Twitter, Facebook, new iPad

Canon enters the CSC fray …

Initial thoughts on the Canon EOS-M format

Photographing BBC “Question Time”

I got a chance to take some photos of BBC’s “Question Time”. But not much time to do it. Here’s the story of how it went …

Plugin review – Better WP ShowHide Elements

Doodle of a concertina plugin

Using this plugin to build collapsing sections into your templates – including an example of how to collapse WordPress category on summary pages.

Doodleware for the Mac – the Seashore Project

A quick review of The Seashore Project – image processing for the Mac with a small footprint. Ideal for doodling …

dot WHAT ???

The new top-level domains – such as .photography – gives you an opportunity to clean up your internet presence – and your business’ branding …