Matt's Blog
28th January 2010 - Life at 56 Kbps
Setting up a new PC used to be relatively straightforward. You took it out of the box, started it up and installed a few programs from disk (DVD, CD or even 3¼” floppy if you’re old enough!). These days everything relies on the internet to get up and running, which is great if you have [...]
22nd January 2010 - What Camera Settings Do You Use?
Technology is meant to make things easier but you would never guess this by looking at one of the latest compact digital cameras. My Canon G10 which is now a year old has the usual 4 main settings (PASM – Program, Aperture Priority, Shutter Priority and Manual) plus at least 10 “scene modes”. How on [...]
13th January 2010 - The Deepest Snow of the Year
I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised, as it was forecast and had already started before I went to bed last night, but the depth of the snow this morning was even worse (or better depending on your point of view) than last February.
I have to say I felt a little guilty, as after encouraging my [...]
8th January 2010 - Perfect Skin?
Back in the good old days of photography you had to have a very good make-up artist to ensure perfect skin in photo shoots (or a very good model to start with). Then came digital and with a bit of work from a Photoshop expert most of the blemishes could be removed from a model’s [...]
6th January 2010 - Snowed In
When people say they are snowed in and can’t get to work what they normally mean is that there’s a small covering of snow on the road and they would rather not risk a minor collision (fair enough!). However I think it would be fair to say that I really am snowed in today with [...]