Yesterday was a glorious day. It was one of those rare days when the sun shone, and blue skies were the rule. It finished with this lovely sunset as I drove home.
So of course I had to stop and risk life and limb by running onto a narrow bridge while rush hour traffic edged past carefully. I think it was worth the trouble, don’t you?
Tag Archives: Photography
Posh and friends strip for charity
Posh and friends strip for charity
A new book will feature photos of Sarah Ferguson, Paris Hilton, Kate Moss and Geri Halliwell and it’s in aid of the Elton John Aids Foundation.
Victoria Beckham has been photographed naked – aside from a piece of Cartier jewellery and a pair of Jimmy Choo shoes – for charity.
Run, run, run away!!!!
Householders Against Service Charges
This afternoon while I was in town I saw a peaceful protest against household service charges on Cork’s Patricks Street. Stories in the newspapers have been accompanied by photographs of garbage piled high on the streets of Cork as the Corporation refuses to collect rubbish bins without tags. Unfortunately, bins put out at night quite often have their tags stolen. Local TD Kathleen Lynch has complained but the City Manager is on record as saying that there’s no problem!
The People’s Republic of Cork have their own analysis of the problem, offering suggestions for what Corkonians can expect for their hard earned cash.
Imagine it. A loud hailer booms: “Ladies and Gentlemen! Roll up! Roll up! For JUST A FIVER (plus the annual standing charge) have your bin collected by the amazing, the spectacular, the heavily unionised Cork City Rubbish collectors!”
At least this time I had a camera, the last time I was on Patrick’s Street 2 elephants went running past and this is all I got with my pitiful camera phone..
GIMP and Photoshop Links
Lots and lots of links for the GIMP and Photoshop. Many I’ve seen but some surprises too.
What makes a camera/photographer obvious?
Two related photography questions: What makes a camera/photographer obvious?
Hawaiian shirt. Bright yellow shorts. Black socks and wingtips.
People won’t even notice you have a camera.
Strategies for candid photography
Excellent answers to both questions in the photo.net forums. (besides the obvious tshirt troll above!)
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Fly Away!
A pigeon wanders along the street in Galway.
Looking good: Monitor calibration under X
This is a surprise to me, this article describes Monitor calibration in X. I haven’t looked at calibrating my monitor but it’s something useful I must try later.
GNOME Photo Printer: printing them photos
Here’s a review of Gnome Photo Printer by Sebastian Vorköper. Looks good, and perhaps a simple way to create those life posters Mac users were going mad about a while back. Not that anyone had printed a montage before January 27th without a Mac! hehe.
It's a Bird's Life
The Digital Journalist and Other Things
The Digital Journalist is out – special features on Afghanistan and women in the US Senate, and plenty more.
And I found out via photography blog that the latest Vivid Light is out!