Archive for the ‘Photography’ Category

6 tips for the perfect head shot

Taken from dPs, all a little bit light weight really:

Focus on the eyes
Watch your angles
Use diffused light
Add a hair light
Use of lens
Guide expression.

Well I have been very quiet in front of, and behind the camera

But my old photos keep on getting used. *yay*
That latest one? A Hard Life – published on thecircumference.org at http://www.thecircumference.org/experiences/tonle-sap

“Relaxing Harajuku Style” gets published

Another photo on a site:
jof27 said (27 minutes ago):
Just wanted to thank you for putting this photo on creative commons. It has a very unique point of view. I have put it on my site www.tokyo-top-guide.com/Harajuku_Fashion.html
and people are telling me it adds a lot to the subject.
If you hover your mouse over the photo you [...]

“Sakura II (Enhanced)” continues to be a popular image…

From my Flickr inbox:
jof27 said (30 minutes ago):
Hi,
Just wanted to thank you for putting this photo on creative commons. It is very special, with a very unique point of view. I have put it on my site www.tokyo-top-guide.com/Best_Time.html and people are telling me it contributes a lot to the subject.
Good luck with your photography.
Best wishes
Tokyo-Top-Guide.com
It [...]

I found this by accident today.

I have had another photograph published. I have grabbed the PDF and you can download it. Well *I* can download it one day
This is one of my favourite photos taken while I lived in Victoria.

SUMO Paint

I am always tweaking images for one reason or another, sometimes for a client sometimes for me, but this looks handy…
Sumopaint is a fast, easy, simple but powerful image editing software.
Try it out here: http://www.sumo.fi/products/sumopaint

How did I miss this one?

Another photo of mine has been used, this time from my Japan set.
The site is here: http://www.tfm.co.jp/planet/081013.html

A photo on Yahoo!

I don’t know how long this will last but I have a photo on Yahoo! now too: http://au.travel.yahoo.com/guide/australia/victoria/cape-otway/index.html

Top 5 things to do? Take one off my list!

So what are things I would really like to do at the moment?

Travel India (if I must be pushed, FOR NOW, to limit my travels to one country)
Learn to surf – Done! I did this on Saturday 25 October 2008 and I still have one more lesson to go, though I have a large number [...]

Steps to Elightenment…

A photo in my Cambodia set has been published on Spiritual In Spirit Quotes. Cool!