In this tutorial for the February issue of Windows: The Official Magazine, I show how to save lots of time and effort by simultaneously making the same adjustments to groups of photos, using IrfanView’s powerful batch conversion tool.
Planning on crowning your wedding gown with a covetable treasure from a beautiful bygone age? Good choice: there is something wonderful about wearing a piece of jewellery with a story – and shaping its next chapter.
This month I had the enviable task of writing a complete guide to vintage wedding jewellery for WED magazine – it was the most enjoyable wedding-realated feature I’ve written to date, and not just because it involved looking at lots of lovely sparkly jewes! In the feature I explain the difference between vintage, antique, estate and heirloom jewellery, as well as how to age rings, provide questions to ask when buying vintage and teach all about the hidden meanings of vintage jewellery. Did you know diamonds symbolise consistency, hence there use for engagement rings, coral was said to protect against evil, rubies mean passion, amethyst’s signify devotion, emeralds show hope and pearls symbolise tears? Fascinating!
Click the pages for a larger view. Published in this month’s WED – see www.wedmagazine.co.uk or buy online here.
Perfect Wedding magazine is one of my favourite wedding magazines, so I’m always more than happy to contribute to the monthly glossy. For this 2012 Fashion Special, I spoke to top bridal stores and designers, including my favourite dress maker: Candy Anthony, to compile an 8-page essential guide to choosing the perfect wedding gown. If you’re a bride-to-be I recommend you have a read – researching this feature has certainly made the somewhat daunting, but super exciting, task somewhat easier. Perfect Wedding Issue 65 is in newsagents now.
In the second installment of a new series I’m writing for Photography Monthly, I spend a day with Brad Wakefield, an editorial photographer, employed by the South West News Service: the largest independent press agency in the UK. The day saw us cover a repatriation funeral at Bath Abbey and was quite an eye opener…
This feature has been published in the February edition of Photography Monthly, out now.
I’ve kicked off the New Year with a brand new monthly series in Photography Monthly magazine. Each month I’ll spend a day shadowing a professional photographer at work to gain an insight into their unique vision and how they translate that into an image. This month I hit central London with street photographer David Solomons, who has the enviable ability to see the unusual in the everyday and to capture those fleeting moments that make memorable pictures.
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In this feature for the December issue of Your Family Tree magazine, I show you how to use your family history photos to create festive mementos that you can share with others and make your Christmas sparkle!
The bumper December/January edition of 247 Magazine is out now – if you live in the South West England grab a free copy from shops, bars, pubs and clubs, or if you’re further afield read it online here.
After avoiding the premature Christmas hysteria last month, we’re full of festive joy at 247 towers this month – we’ve brought the office dog a Santa hat… So, how are you going to celebrate this year? Giving? Check out our gift ideas, although anything from this month’s fashion shoot would do too! Going out or stuck with what to do for NYE? Head straight to our listings guide, with over 500 gigs and club nights listed you’re sure to find something to tickle your fancy! We’ve packed the magazine with as much content as possible this month – all your monthly favourites, plus interviews with Seth Lakeman, Kate McGill, Mr.Scuff, The Unthanks, Mark Nichols and Plymouth’s Olympic Snowboarder; Dan Wakeham.
Here are a few sample spreads:
With it’s 15x zoom, advanced GPS and new Motion detection function, the 16MP FinePix F600EXR certainly looks good on paper, does it take good photos? Find out in my in-depth review for T3.com here.
Here are a few sample images taken with the FinePix F600EXR :
Leica’s brand of luxury cameras has been given a Titanium make-over on its excellent but wallet-smacking D-Lux 5 Titanium. Read my in-depth review over at www.t3.com
Here are a few sample images taken with the D-Lux 5 Titanium:
Choosing which photography course to take is a decision that may ultimately have a big impact on your career. In this article, published in the December issue of Photography Monthly magazine, I look to pro photographers, current students and academics for their advice.
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