I’ve been playing with Photoshop the last few days, trying to get a decent black and white portrait, but none of the conversions I was trying came up with very good results.
Then I came across this tutorial on creating high-key black and white portraits over at DPhotoJournal. It’s a very simple but effective [...]

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Is it just me, or is the expectation of family outings so much nicer than the reality?
I am sure that when I’m in my 50s, I’m going to look back at all the photographs I have of my smiling children out on spring-time walks, or on trips to the park and I’m going to have [...]

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No tooth!

Oh, and …
… new glasses!

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Okay, I may have a New Year’s Resolution.
On the first of January, according to Naan family tradition, we went to visit a zoo with the kids. It’s a good choice – they get to run around and see lots of interesting animals, we get to take lots of photos. It’s a win-win.
What’s that [...]

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The thing I really love about Flickr is its groups – this is where the community of Flickr can be found, where I’ve made new friends and been inspired.
The problem is, one of the aspects of Flickr culture seems to be to join as many groups as possible. In order to get images the [...]

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Quite honestly, he looks as if there was never a time he didn’t wear glasses. My handsome little man.

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The snap in the air seems to have progressed to full autumnal chill.
I stepped out this morning with jumper and coat, expecting to be surprised and swelter as it looked so sunny outside, but was soon zipping up my coat and forcing the kids to walk more briskly to generate some heat. [...]

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For those readers who are more camera-minded and might want to take a look, I’ve just contributed a mammoth post over at the new Fotonomy Blog entitled 8 Tips For Taking Great Aquarium Photos.
The idea behind the blog is to give useful camera and photography advice, discuss photography-related hardware and share tips. It’s primarily [...]

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There is worrying new legislation being proposed here in the UK to prevent people taking photographs of children in public places – even if they’re your own children.
I can’t even begin to express just how ludicrous and ill-considered this legislation is. It wouldn’t surprise me at all if further restrictions on amateur photography in [...]

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Something arrived in the post yesterday that gave me lots of childish excitement – the Moo MiniCards I ordered.
For those who don’t know what minicards are, they’re a half-sized business card – you can use images directly from your Flickr account, set up the crop you want and then you have six lines of freeform [...]

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