Monthly Archives: November 2009

Took a while

Posted on November 27, 2009 by Allan Jackson

It took a while to get round to processing the pictures from a shoot during which I wasn’t thinking all that clearly. (See Doofus) I did have a very high discard rate but there were a few decent pictures as … Continue reading →

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A wonderful community

Posted on November 26, 2009 by Allan Jackson

The online community is a wonderful strange thing. I dicovered today that Flickr will display a list of your most-viewed pictures. In the top two places in my photostream were a pair of nice ladies, as you might expect, but … Continue reading →

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Ubuntu Part II

Posted on November 24, 2009 by Allan Jackson

Part I | Part III Last week, I wrote of my experiences installing the Ubuntu Linux operating system on my second computer. The whole experience was pretty quick and painless and I was most impressed with how civilised and house-trained … Continue reading →

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Ubuntu Part I

Posted on November 21, 2009 by Allan Jackson

Part II | Part III Over the last few months I have been promising myself that I’d have a go at installing Ubuntu, a version of the Linux operating system, on my spare computer. The attraction behind Linux is that … Continue reading →

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Going off-camera

Posted on November 21, 2009 by Allan Jackson

I was honoured to asked to do a demonstration of off-camera flash for Bluff Camera Club this week. Continue reading →

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Blurry good?

Posted on November 21, 2009 by Allan Jackson

I was fiddling with the trial version of Nik Software’s Silver Efex Pro Photoshop plug-in and came up with this version of one of my favourite pictures, after trying a few different effects. Silver Efex seems to be a great … Continue reading →

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Photo Critique

Posted on November 15, 2009 by Allan Jackson

Over the last months I’ve been tuning into an occasional video podcast produced by Atlanta photographer Zack Arias and his musician wife Meghan. Continue reading →

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Graffiti

Posted on November 15, 2009 by Allan Jackson

I notice I’ve been taking a few shots of colourful graffiti lately.

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Huge big photo fun

Posted on November 13, 2009 by Allan Jackson

This week I was planning to write about my experiences installing Linux on an old computer I have lying around. Unfortunately, this wouldn’t have made much of a story as my activities have been so far been confined to looking … Continue reading →

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BigHugeLabs

Posted on November 13, 2009 by Allan Jackson

I wrote about  photo website BigHugeLabs in my weekly computer column but I decided to archive that section of the article here. I thought I’d share an interesting photo website with you.  It’s called BigHugeLabs and offers myriads of different … Continue reading →

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