Meeting Harvey Goldsmith

Meeting Harvey Goldsmith ‘That was a pretty good day, why couldn’t I get that day, over & over & over?‘ Here’s a grainy pic of me meeting Harvey Goldsmith backstage at the Royal Albert Hall. What a great down-to-earth chap he is and it was a real pleasure to talk to one of the most…

Guitar Baby

Guitar Baby video is just too good not to share with you guys. This is clearly a fake video for a viral campaign for the new Rocksmith game coming out later this year, but that’s not the reason I’ve posted it here. Aside from a really cute baby playing the guitar (rock on small person)…

HDR Toning With Photoshop CS5

I recently discovered the HDR Toning feature in the Image > Adjustments menu in Photoshop CS5 and it allows you to create a pseudo-HDR image from just a single picture – very cool. The process of combining several different images of varying exposure, contrast and colour depth is what results in a true HDR image,…

Spring Sky – My First Time Lapse Photography

I'd always fancied having a bash at time lapse photography after being fascinated by Philip Bloom's Skywalker Ranch film. The night time sky time lapse in that short was simply amazing and really reminds you that we are spinning on this little earth of ours and the stars show this beautifully. Just lately we've had…

Getting To Know The Canon EFS 10-22mm USM Lens

Playing Around & Getting To Know The Canon EFS 10-22mm USM Lens I've had my eye on a wide-angle lens for some time now and have been flipping the coin between two lenses, the Tokina 11-16mm f2.8 and the Canon EFS 10-22mm USM f3.5-4.5. I opted for the Canon in the end as although the…