Category Archives: Photography

Go figure !!

Posted on January 24, 2011 by Allan Jackson

There doesn’t seem to be any accounting for taste. This picture is now the second most viewed on my Flickr photostream. There are plenty of my pictures which I feel are much more worthy but, instead, a vintage Coke sign … Continue reading →

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Quick viewer

Posted on January 23, 2011 by Allan Jackson

A new version of one of my favourite free imaging program has just been released. The program, FastStone Image Viewer, has been mentioned in these columns before and is available from the website FastStone.org. I use it every day even … Continue reading →

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Collage or montage??

Posted on December 4, 2010 by Allan Jackson

I bought FotoFusion Scrapbook Essentials a little while ago and have been creating a few layouts with it. This one was done as the icon picture for my Flickr set containing pictures from a gig I went to a little … Continue reading →

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Lights on in the room

Posted on December 4, 2010 by Allan Jackson

An interesting package arrived in the post the other day from Adobe’s PR company. It was a copy of the latest version of their Lightroom package, Version 3, which reminded me that I have never really discussed it in these … Continue reading →

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Right for monochrome

Posted on November 22, 2010 by Allan Jackson

Some subjects somehow just beg to be presented in monochrome even though they don’t look too bad in colour. This is one of my favourite shots from recent times.

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Been there too…

Posted on November 22, 2010 by Allan Jackson

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Photo layouts at high speed

Posted on November 14, 2010 by Allan Jackson

Over the past few weeks I seem to have had a mini-season of columns on the topic of what to do with digital images. Before going on to something else, however, I thought I would mention a specialised little program … Continue reading →

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Photoshop Elements 9 launch

Posted on November 7, 2010 by Allan Jackson

300 posts and counting It seems incredible to believe that this is really the 300th post on this blog. I have been posting my weekly computer columns here since 2006 and I recently added all the earlier columns I could … Continue reading →

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Photoshop Elements 9 links

Posted on November 1, 2010 by Allan Jackson

I’m going to be posting a review of Photoshop Elements 9 later in the week but here are some links in the meantime: Adobe TV: Learning to use Photoshop Elements 9. Also, don’t forget to take a look at the … Continue reading →

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Photobooks again

Posted on October 31, 2010 by Allan Jackson

And so on to another in my occasional series on things to do with your digital photos. I have mentioned making photo books before and there have been a number of services available, but now I have found another South … Continue reading →

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