The Book is here
My Blurb book arrived today (ordered 2 weeks ago). Overall, I’m pretty happy with it, but a few points for anyone else thinking of making one:
- the tones are a bit darker than expected, like dropping the gamma somewhat. However, you’d only know it by comparing with the originals. In fairness though, I haven’t had my new screen calibrated, as I did the old CRT; however, my impress
The book is out
Just published, via Blurb: “From Under a Bushel”. The preview is here.
It’s taken a while for me to get here, to decide I’m finally happy with it – that the text and photo editing is done as well as possible, and all is shipshape. Next: order my copy, and hope it looks fine!
Resizing small digital images
I carry a small point-and-shoot camera almost everywhere I go; that, and the fact that I do not own a digital camera larger than 5 megapixels, means I have to either be content with small images or find a way to make them bigger without it being (too) obvious. A second limitation present in such cameras is that the images are output in JPEG format, with the inevitable flaws that the compression a…
Fun in the Sun
I’ve been nosing around the Solar Dynamics Observatory site lately, and decided to have a play with some of their images. This NASA satellite was launched early last year, to study the Sun, and it has been returning astounding data ever since day 1 – astounding in both quantity and quality.
Like all NASA images, those from the SDO are in the public domain, so anyone can use them (wit…
50 megapixel images from a point & shoot camera
I’ve been dabbling lately with some stitching software (see this image, or this), mostly with sets of images that I’ve shot in the past, but never got around to joining together. Today I decided to have a serious attempt at a biggie. How big? Well, using my 5MP camera (Canon A460), which produces images 2592 × 1944 px, I have created a finished image that is 4812 × 7236 px &…
Psst... want a cheap Hasselblad?
Now’s your chance (well, soon) to own the Hass you always wanted. OK, perhaps not exactly the one you always wanted, but something like it. One Kelly Angood has created a pinhole-endowed Hasselblad, and is developing download plans for a 35mm version. Here’s the story: Retrothing – The Pinhole Hasselblad
Update: 1 April… Wait no longer – it’s out: the Pinhole …
Just stepping outside... may be gone for some time
I recently started the process of moving some of the less photographic works from this account into a new one: photomangle I weeded out the portfolio a while back, but others have crept in since then, and I’d like to have a more coherent body of work here (insofar as that is possible with my collection!).
However, having said that, I have decided that it is time to spend much less unproduct…
Appealing art
When did you last look through your RB favourites? If you’re like me, it’s just an occasional thing, which is a pity, because you/I favourited them for a reason! I’ve just gone through looking for inspiration for Mr Baxter’s latest request, and was reminded of how wonderful some of those images are (it might be writing, or t-shirts as well).
Now, here’s a thought: recently, I’ve been contributing…
Brisbane floods
With devastating floods throughout Brisbane and environs, the area is going to need all the help it can get. This shirt is exclusively for the Phoenix-Appeal. You’ve seen the weather, now buy the shirt!
Update on 'the book'
Last year I started putting together a book of my work, primarily to serve as a portfolio. It has become more than that, as I’ve included some short essays on my attitude to this art. I’ve now completed the first draft and edit, and am letting it sit and contemplate its future for a while, before I go back again with the editor’s glaring eye.
Here is a selection of pages from th…