Technology

Having Problems With Your Mac OSX .Zip Files Becoming .CPGZ Files? Read On..

October 18, 2011

Just a very quick blog post that will hopefully save you a lot of time and frustration if you’re running Mac OSX and having trouble opening a .zip file. The symptoms: You download a .zip file, lets call it ‘downloads.zip’ and double click to open it as usual, just as you’ve done many times before, [...]

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Elinchrom Ranger – How To Get a Great Suntan

September 2, 2009

Last weekend, I was shooting a personal car for someone and it seemed like the perfect chance to test out the Elinchrom Ranger lights the guys at The Flash Centre are so proud of. I have to say that the more I use this kit, the more I love it.

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How To Download Video in Safari / Mac OSX

May 28, 2009

Here’s a quickie I hope will be useful. Have you ever wished that you could download a streamed video from YouTube, Vimeo etc to watch offline later? My older Powerbook sometimes stutters like crazy for reasons I can’t figure when streaming over our WiFi, so here’s a workaround if you’re on a Mac with Safari: [...]

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How to make short dolly / crane shots for free

March 25, 2009

Graham at The Flash Centre sent me over this link I though was a really cool idea and had to share it with you. It’s not often I see a technique that’s so effective, yet so blindingly simple it makes you laugh out loud and wonder why you’ve never seen it before, but this is [...]

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Main website updates

January 31, 2009

Finally managed to find the time to update my main website a little. It’s not finished yet, but it’s a whole load better than the dated old html version that was last year’s effort. It still needs some work on the front page and some of the writing needs some polish, but I’m much happier [...]

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I’m a Steadicam Virgin…..

January 28, 2009

I’ve managed to get my hands on a Canon 5D Mk2 for the first time this week, but I’ve been giving an awful lot of thought to it’s video capabilities, including the possibilities with some of the grip and camera support equipment commonly used in motion footage. As Canon are at pains to point out, [...]

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Twitter – I admit, I’m turning…

January 16, 2009

I’m one of those that looked at Twitter as a platform for those with nothing better to do with their day than rabbit on about what they were having for tea and how bad the traffic was on their drive home. A place for teenagers and bored geeks to hang out and spout dubious opinions [...]

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