Opinions

The Phase One and Action Photography

January 13, 2012

I’m a huge fan of Capture One software for processing RAW files. For sure, Aperture and Lightroom may have more ‘bling’ and Capture One doesn’t have image archiving without buying the additional Media Pro, but I love the files it produces, having used it since 2003 when I moved to digital with Canon DSLR’s. This [...]

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Step Away From Your iPhone

January 8, 2012

This interesting article by Nick Bilton of the New York Times accurately describes a compulsive addiction many have to iPhones and similar devices. Indeed, I found myself nodding in agreement as Nick describes how he habitually reaches for his iPhone many times within an hours period, even though he didn’t have to. Indeed, the compulsion [...]

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Sir David Attenborough – It’s A Wonderful World

December 9, 2011

This is a very simple, but strangely moving video. Taking clips we’ve all seen before and using that editing skill that the BBC seem to have a unique handle on, creating a compelling video. Watch this an enjoy the voice of Sir David and the camera work of some of the world’s finest.

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Clarksongate – Hang Him High? Or Just Another Marketing Ploy?

December 1, 2011

Oh dear, it seems that UNISON fell for it. Just at the time of year when Clarkson has another POOWWEERR DVD that needs pushing, they get him on prime time TV and let him lose on his favourite target. And they bit. So today, the union are calling for Clarkson’s arrest for ‘hate crime’, they’re [...]

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The Future Of Publishing

November 1, 2011

This video was originally produced by Penguin Books for internal use. It proved so popular that it was released publically. There’s an awful lot of really exciting things happening in publishing these days and I think the future is very bright for those that embrace the new technologies fully. Watch this all the way through, [...]

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Why I use Flickr for my Twitter.

August 22, 2011

Throughout this year, it seems that many Twitter photo sharing serviced have been quietly amending their terms and conditions to include broad ranging rights grabs, some going to far as to say that if you use their service, you give them permission to sell your images without even paying you a button. But why is [...]

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They Don’t Write Like That Any More. Do They?

May 3, 2011

A truly interesting Twitter exchange yesterday inspired me to write this post. It kind of started off at the weekend, with the anniversary of the tragic death of Ayrton Senna and I mentioned that I still had a copy of Cars and Car Conversions magazine’s “Ayrton Senna, Rally Driver” issue, written by Senna’s friend, the [...]

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Rooster Cogburn in Safe Hands

February 4, 2011

I was alerted to this short movie about the making of True Grit over on Twitter by Steadicam operator Flelix Forrest and it reminded me of a comment by Sir Michael Caine when he was asked about film remakes, in particular The Italian Job II. “Why remake a film that was done very well the [...]

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Will Taking Tablets Save Traditional Publishing?

January 1, 2010

I’ve been talking to myself for some time now about how traditional print media really shot themselves in the foot more than a decade ago by bundling web advertising in with traditional print FOR FREE. I could never get my head around it, as photographers often discussed it on various email lists such as EPUK [...]

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Toilet Reading Material?

September 7, 2009

There’s been a lot of talk about EPaper disposable LCD’s recently and how they might be the saviour of the magazine industry. Some say that being able to enmbed video into a magazine will be revolutionary, others comment that the ‘disposability’ factor and apparent wastefulness in this age is unacceptable. What both sides have yet [...]

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Why Car Magazines Deserve To Survive.

August 5, 2009

If you’ve read some of my blog posts from earlier this year, you might have come to the conclusion that I’m starting to dance on the grave of the traditional car magazine, but you’d be wrong. While I’m a big believer in blogs and online car mags (I’ve started writing some myself) I still enjoy [...]

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Twitter Follow Indecision?

May 13, 2009

What should I do? Should I automatically follow back everyone who follows me? After all, it seems rude not to return the compliment. But, I use TweekDeck. I find it usedful for checking Tweeks with a quick glance. It makes a cute little noise and a small square appears telling me when a tweet’s happened. [...]

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Are Car Magazine Websites Missing a Trick with Video?

April 1, 2009

Many people in the motoring and lifestyle magazine publishing industry are looking at online versions of their publications with mixed feelings right now, especially with regard to the video content.. Journalists and editors are just thinking, “It’s for the IT department, nothing to do with me, I’ll just get lumbered with extra work…. And as [...]

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