The Wallace Fountain

February 20, 2010  |  Blog, Streets  |  , ,
The Wallace Fountain

Sir Richard Wallace began life in the city of Lisburn, moving to France having inherited a large fortune from his father in August 1870 decided that all Parisians should profit. Wallace's devotion led him to remain in his Parisian villa even as the city was besieged, rather than take refuge...

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The Long Exposure eBook

Experiments in Milk

January 3, 2010  |  Blog, Macro  |  ,
Experiments in Milk

In 1937 Edgerton began a lifelong association with photographer Gjon Mili, who used stroboscopic equipment, particularly a “multiflash” strobe light, to produce strikingly beautiful photographs. It was Edgerton who discovered that trying to capture translucent liquid splashes was nearly impossible and thus moved to creating the splashing using milk. Although I...

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A Review of the Year

December 18, 2009  |  Blog  | 
A Review of the Year

As the Christmas Holidays finally arrive I have decided to review some of the photos I have posted on Flixelpix. I am not actually sure if the photos are getting any better or if I actually know how to use a camera anymore than I did last summer. These are...

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Pencil Lines

November 5, 2009  |  Blog  |  , ,
Pencil Lines

I arrived home today to find both Photo Pro Magazine and Digital SLR User awaiting a read. I wrote a little 'how-to' on conversion to mono. In the article, rather than a pure black and white I opted for a slight variation using a really nice Lightroom preset by Flickr...

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