This month I’ve contributed to Vintage Life – the glossy super glam magazine, full of vintage style. My feature sees me write about my Fiancé, Tom, and I making our own wedding rings, which we did with Nicola Hurst Design Jewellery, Plymouth, who offers wedding ring workshops. It was a brilliant experience, which I’d highly recommend. Take a look at my feature below and pick up a copy of Vintage Life in WHSmith.
Chic Dog Feeding Station Tutorial published in Dogs Monthly
In this tutorial for Dogs Monthly Magazine, I show readers how to turn a used crate into a chic feeding station – it’s easier than you might think! What do you think? My pooch seems to like it!
How to diversify your photography business published in Digital Photographer magazine
If you’re a photographer looking to diversify your business, have a read of this career advice feature I wrote for Digital Photographer magazine. I look into digital painting, workshops, lecturing and much more.
Keeping Your Kit Clean published in Digital Photographer
In issue 104 of Digital Photographer magazine I have a six page feature which gives readers everything they need to give their kit a professional clean. After all, a clean camera and lens combination ensures optimum-quality photos, free from dust spots and blur. Take a look below!
How to give your laptop a funky makeover
Laptops can look lacklustre and uninspiring well before they need upgrading. The solution? Cool, cost effective, mini-makeovers that make your PC look fresh and funky. There are hundreds of ways to dress up your PC and give it a new look. This tutorial will have your PC looking fashionable for £5 or less, and you can get the whole job done in around three hours. It’s a fun project to complete, too.
For this project, you need to buy a roll of self-adhesive foil, which is available from most craft and DIY stores. It comes in a variety of different prints and patterns, from leopard print to marble. I opted for a wood effect but you can choose whatever design you fancy. And you don’t need to worry if you change your mind six months down the line – it’s easy to remove the foil with adhesive remover. This tutorial was written for and published in Windows: The Official Magazine.
How to create personalised Royal Mail photo stamps
If you’ve got something special to send, why not make like the Queen for the day and have stamps printed with your photo on? Your recipients will be treated to mail with a wow factor. It’s the perfect way to inject some extra personality into invitations, announcements and thank-you notes, and make sure your mail stands out from boring everyday letters and bills.
Snapfish has a wide range of stamp designs available. There’s something for every occasion – whether it’s a baby announcement or a wedding invitation. You choose a stamp to complement the photo you want to use, decide on either a rectangular or circular frame and whether you want sheets of 10 or 20. As a Royal Mail product, facilitated through Snapfish, you’re guaranteed a first class result. And you can create it on your own PC in just an hour. In this feature for Windows: The Official Magazine, I show you how.
Photography Advice: Working with models
In this month’s Digtal Photographer magazine, from Imagine Publishing, I have a Career Advice feature published, which covers everything from working ‘time for’ to releases and rights…
Published: Pinterest – Everything you need to know
In this article for Windows: The Official Magazine, I tell you everything you ever wanted to know about Pinterest: the web’s hot new virtual noticeboard.
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Published: Network with Facebook’s branch BranchOut App
It’s not what you know, but who you know. We all know there’s some truth in that old saying and that’s one of the great things about Facebook application BranchOut. You get to network with your Facebook friends but in a new, professional way where you can see exactly what they do and where they work. One of the most important aspects of BranchOut is being able to find connections through your extended friend network – inside connections you can make use of. Search for a company on BranchOut and see a list of friends and friends- of-friends who work there.
Setting up a profile is a pleasant experience and because BranchOut is a Facebook application, you only need to log in once and can keep your account up to date without logging into another site. The app also operates the largest jobs board on Facebook, so what’s not to like?
I show you exactly how to use it, in this feature for Windows: The Official Magazine.
iPad Tutorials
Above are some sample spreads from recent iPad tutorials I’ve written for Future Publishing‘s bookazine titles: Using the iTunes Store on iOS and Importing music into iTunes. Technology is one of my specialisms, so it was a pleasure to write these, plus I had to buy myself an iPad, which was a shame…