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Batttlefield 3. New 12 minute trailer of game footagge
Apr 16th
This is what I’ve been waiting all week for! Awesome footage of Dice’s Battlefield 3 out this Autumn.
Battlefield 3 is set to steal Call of Duty’s crown
Apr 16th
I appreciate this may upset some Call of Duty fans but Black Ops was only a commercial hit because of it’s name. Had it been a brand new title it would not have had a fraction of it’s record breaking sales.
That is not to say it isn’t a good game, but I have always believed The Battlefield Series was a superior experience.
Battlefield 3 is the big game of 2011, and I couldn’t be happier!! I’m sure if you’re a gamer of any kind you’ll have seen the sneak previews released by EA and Dice. The hype will reach a fanatical More >
Birthday LAN Party in Aylesbury. Shot on Canon 5D mk2
Jan 17th
HI, I just wanted to share this video I made very quickly. I don’t often go to LAN Parties but I always carry a camera. In between games, and sometimes during, I’d grab the awesome Canon 5D Mk2 and shoot small snippets of video. I knew I’d be editing it all together but I never plan the final edit; I make up the edit as I go along.
I’m a geek and I’m proud of it, so when my mate invited me to his LAN Party I could not think of a better way to spend 15 hours other than gaming! More >
Why is it professionals still don’t backup/archive regularly?
Dec 28th
It is shocking how many people still do not have a computer backup system in place. Fair enough, when it comes to complaincency I’m terrible at business administration (my filing is way behind), but in my mind backing up critical files is something that cannot be delayed.
If you are a Windows user, Microsoft has a nice robust system imaginatively called WINDOWS BACKUP AND RESTORE. It can be automated, and your data can be backed up onto a network location. I am currently archiving an old Windows 7 PC to my Synology DS1010 NAS. I hit a small problem when my More >
Fibre Broadband. Why BT Infinity is the better option
Nov 17th
Right now in the UK, the competition to get Fibre Broadband into our homes has just begun. For a quite a while now Virgin has had the monopoly in providing very fast broadband but that has all changed as of October 2010. BT has been trialling their version of Fibre for some months and has finally become available to the general public; BT call it Infinity.
On paper BT Infinity looks like the better option; up to 40mb download and (more interestingly) up to 10mb upload. As a professional photographer who needs to upload a lot of media online having an option More >
Aylesbury Youth For Christ at Coventry.
Nov 4th
Once again filmed with the Canon 5D Mark2, I was asked to document our charity’s commissioning at Coventry. it was a great day, even though I was hobbling along because of a foot injury. The camera performed brilliantly. The only problem when shooting video with the Canon 5D Mk2 is the battery life. I think it would be necessary to have 2-3 batteries and a whole heap of Compact Flash cards if you wanted to film all day.
The music is called “Hungry” by Kathryn Scott.
Model studio photoshoot with Canon 5D Mk2
Oct 26th
As much as I love shooting weddings, I like to relax by taking studio shots of beautiful people. This shot is of my friend Charli Keeler. See more of Charli on my portrait photography site. Link here…
The more I use the 5D Mark 2, the more I realise how close it performs to my Nikon D3. I am very close to saying it’s a better camera than the D3.
Jacob’s Turn. A great short story shot with Canon 5d Mark ii
Oct 6th
While researching video taken with the Canon 5D Mk2 I ran across this amazing story of a kid called Jacob and how he and the small town community is adapting to his Down Syndrome.
Pocket Legends, an addictive MMO for iPad.
Oct 5th
Just a quick post to tell you about a game I’ve installed on my iPad for ages but only recently rediscovered. Pocket Legends can best described as World of Warcraft for Apple devices. The control system is very simple, it’s just point to a space in the environment and your character will move. Combat is a case of selecting a power or weapon and your character will automatically attack the nearest enemy.
iPad for Professional Photographers
Sep 30th
My friends call it the iFad (ho ho), but to me it has become a tool that I use more often then my other Apple computers with the exception of the iPhone. There are limitations to the iPad without doubt but then there are limitations of every product I have; no one questions if the Mac Pro desktop is “portable”, likewise nobody asks if the iPhone can be used to edit 25mb RAW Images!
Where the iPad really works for me is in it’s presentation and 90% of what I do online which is surfing the web.
If you’re a photographer, then More >
