I bet that sometime in your life you've been told to keep a notepad handy to record that winning idea that will make you a million bucks.
I'm still waiting for that idea, but in the meantime if I think of a topic to blog about you can bet that I'm not anywhere near a PC. That's where the Wordpress Iphone application comes into its own.
Wordpress has arguably been the blogging channel of choice for a few years now. You can host the files yourself or let Wordpress do it for you, and only Google's Blogger service really comes close to a similar platform. And this application lets you compose...
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Which chase is this, I hear you ask? The unending search for the perfect portrait or landscape?
Well no, actually. I'm referring here to the perverse joy that you can get in the process of finding that ideal bit of photographic equipment. In my case it's recently been a body (D700) and the full frame lenses to go with it. Is it wrong that after getting the D700 and 24-70 AF-S f/2.8 lens I feel delighted, but slightly empty?
What am I going to look out for in the classifieds at the back of Photo magazines? And which reviews to check on camera forums, continually searching until I find the review...
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Harry contemplates - Nikon D200, 18-200 AF-S VR at 170mm, 1/250 at f/5.6, ISO 100
I have a confession - I've fallen in love with Adobe Photoshop Lightroom. Version 2.2 was released at the end of last year, and unlike Photoshop it's solely aimed at Photographers. I'm evaluating it on the standard 30 day trial and I'm sold. The tone curve management is worth the cost alone.
After seeing the results from my D700, I've looked up some older shots from my D200 and started looking at them in a different light. This shot above is one of them, and I think the sepia tone works well with a little tone adjustment.
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A quick roundup of the latest interesting stuff on my blogroll!
Carl Martin discusses the development of live sport on the mobile platform. I can't wait until I can *properly* watch stuff on my Iphone - we're not a million miles away.
Some great shots from Dave Burton following RedRaw, a cycle event over Purbeck. I've cycled that "bridleway" a few years back, and went over the handlebars on the grass bit leading down the hill in the second set of photos.
Neil Potter goes through the top 10 most hated digital buzz-words on his Running Blind blog. Remember Drop the Dead Donkey anyone?
If your...
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My parents always told me it was nice to share, so in true Web 2.0 fashion I've added the Sociable Wordpress plugin to the blog.
At the end of every post there are a selection of little plugins that will allow you to share a post with your friends on some of the major social networking sites, like Facebook, Digg and Del.icio.us. Feel free to have a play!
You may have noticed that for a photography blog there is currently a glaring ommission - a gallery. I'm just working my way through some of the Picassa / Flickr plugins and working out which works best with the blog and layout. Watch this space!
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