The inevitable hard drive crash, and the rescue of lost photos

Well, I think I am pretty good at backing up my files onto an external hard drive, and then making a back up of my back up. I follow the ‘rules’. One thing I just learned is that maybe I don’t follow the rules regularly enough to prevent small scale emergencies from happening. The death of . . . → Read More: The inevitable hard drive crash, and the rescue of lost photos

4 iPhone cases for photographers

Many photographers that have embraced iPhone photography. And why shouldn’t we embrace it? We always have our phones with us, they are lightweight, easy to use, and there are countless excellent apps to extend and bend our visions. The iPhone 4 has a great 5MP camera, and the iPhone 5 is rumored to have an 8MP . . . → Read More: 4 iPhone cases for photographers

Link to some great Lightroom 3 tips

Just a quick link to Tom Bourdon’s website for some excellent photo editing tips for Adobe Lightroom users. Check . . . → Read More: Link to some great Lightroom 3 tips

iMovie ’11 gives greater control over audio

To anyone using Apple’s iMovie to edit video with, you will be excited to hear that with the release of iLife ’11, iMovie now offers much better control over audio levels. I’ve been using iMovie on and off since iMovie HD (version 6). When Apple redesigned iMovie in 2008, they severely crippled the access to audio . . . → Read More: iMovie ’11 gives greater control over audio

Fun with ‘miniature faking’

Fake Miniature Example

For the last month or so I have been having some fun with making scale models of my surroundings. I’m not actually breaking out the glue gun and paintbrushes, I am using a neat photographic technique called ‘miniature faking‘ that makes photos appear as though they are taken of miniature scale models. This technique mimics the . . . → Read More: Fun with ‘miniature faking’