I’ve just joined up to Twitter, the social sharing site (hence all my first links are just back to blog articles here - so apologies, but that’ll soon change to other content so bare with me). I wasn’t really too sure about it at first thinking it was just for telling people what you are doing at any given moment (I mean, who really cares that I’m currently eating a biscuit?!?). However, after a bit of persuading and some searching around, I realised it’s a great way to find and share odd little tid-bits of information on a whole range of subjects - mine being photography related of course. So, if you have a Twitter account then I welcome anyone who would like to ‘follow’ me and, hopefully see and read about the occasional things you may otherwise have missed. Also, read on to see how we may be able to get a list of photographers Twitter profiles compiled…

Click to follow me on Twitter

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This year was my first year entering the Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition (2009), sponsored by Veolia Environment. For those that are familiar with it, it needs no introduction…for those that are not, it is also know as ‘the world’s most prestigious wildlife photography competition’!. Well, I had an email a couple of months ago saying one of my images was through to the final round of judging, so I’ve been quietly waiting to hear back since then. Well, today I finally did! And the the result is…

The news bearing email

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Here’s a quick tip…want to find out the exact number of actuation’s (aka the shutter count) on your Nikon DSLR? Well, here is a simple way using Photoshop CS3. The information is only viewable in RAW files so open your latest one and go to ‘File’  then ‘File Info’ and click the tabs as per the image below. Viola!

Where to look in the 'File Info' box

Use a different version of Photoshop? Or want to use other software? lets have a quick look at those options too…

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Soft hues in the sky, the golden rays of sunset hitting the rocks and nothing but a vast expanse of water between you, the Outer Hebrides and the Atlantic Ocean beyond. I’ve got to admit, standing high a top the cliffs looking out over Neist Point at sunset is one of those experiences I’ll never forget…

Neist Point at sunset

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I’ve just jumped on the social sharing bandwagon and added the ability to share and bookmark the posts on my blog with various social networking sites such as Twitter and Facebook. For the moment I’ve got seven sites that you can share with but I may cut it down a little. Also, for now, I have the icons not only at the bottom of my blog entries but also on the article summaries on the homepage…not sure if that looks a bit messy though so I may just revert back to being at the bottom of the main article content only….what do you think?

Thank you all for your continued support, subscriptions, emails and comments…it is all very much appreciated and I hope this new feature is a welcome improvement to the site.

Whether your a medium/large format photographer, a big lens shooter using lenses like a 600mm f4, 800 f5.6, Sigma 300-800 zoom or just after a solid base for landscapes and macro, one thing is certain - you need very sturdy support. Enter Gitzos mighty GT5541LS, or as they like to call it ‘The strongest and most accurate tripod in the world”…

Gitzo 5541 tripod

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