Tag Archives: Photography

NYTimes Digital Photography Mega Special – lots of goodness.

20 Things About Photoshop You Have to Know – I’ll have to dig up one on the GIMP next!

What could I do but take this snapshot of them?

A frightened pigeon takes to the air outside the Bridewell Garda Station, Cork.

Girl on phone. North Main Street, Cork.

This was an experiment. I had the camera in AV mode, and set the aperture small enough that the shutter had to stay open slightly longer to expose the scene correctly. Further processing in the GIMP where I rotated, cropped, and stretched the image before modifying colours to suit. (Canon 20D, 18-55 Kit Lens, 1/12 sec, f/8.0, EV +0.3, 18mm)

The News from the Dark Side by Peter Howe – what drives the paparazzi to such lengths to capture grainy pictures of celebrities?
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie and Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes are only the latest celebs to have their privacy wiped away.
Check out the paparazzi gallery too. Lots of juicy shots of your favourites!
That reminds me, I must post some shots of Kirsti Alley who signed copies of her new book at Borders in Chicago a few weeks ago. She’s looking well!

Photo Forum Topic Generator – cute, and inflamitory! 🙂

The ZIGVIEW looks pretty cool. I just wonder how well it works. I found a post on photo.net here which raised the hackles of members. Maybe it is an advert but at least there’s a bit more info there than on the Zigview website!

At the Muskerry Arms yesterday evening.