Dark hotels
A simple mapping project that overlays light pollution data with available accommodation pulled from AirBnB and Booking.com, allowing you to find places to stay that will also be great for star […]
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Optimise Lightroom by rebuilding previews
A step-by-step guide to forcing Lightroom to rebuild preview files. This can help reduce the overall size of the Previews folder/database, which often retains outdated previews for files you've […]
Clever gradient masking in Lightroom
Some clever Lightroom techniques I've not seen before. Particularly like the use of gradient masks to accentuate existing light sources, and the "sandwich" technique is also very clever. Both work […]
Written in stone
Both the photography and idea behind Written in Stone are great, but what really stood out to me here was the simple-yet-elegant design of the page. It works beautifully together, and I […]
Reframing My Photography Workflow
By reordering the steps that I go through when capturing photos I've been able to make my overall workflow more efficient and much more enjoyable.
Camera comparison & feature search
DPReview is one of my go-to sites for photography reviews or news, but every time I start thinking about a new camera I forget about their excellent hardware searching functionality. You can sort my […]
Windows search for unwanted Amazon uploads
Just to save time in the future, this search string for Windows Explorer can be used on the root Amazon Drive folder to find all non-image […]
Missing Keywords in Lightroom
A solution for an annoying bug in Lightroom where keyword searches stopped indexing new tags.
British butterfly and caterpillar identification
Another excellent website on British butterflies, particularly good for comparison of caterpillars and chrysalis shapes, to go with the previous entries on butterfly photographs and […]
So Long, LG
I'm a proud owner of an LG V20, despite the phone's age. With LG's sudden decision to exit the mobile phone market, I've been thinking about why I love this phone, and what I'll do now if it ever dies.
SVG Instagram filters
🤯 An absolutely brilliant tool for linking CSS filters with SVG colour matrices to create Instagram-like image overlays and […]
Fixing Amazon Photo Crashes
Amazon Photos on Windows has been force quitting for unknown reasons. Well, I finally found a fix, so I thought it might be worth sharing it with other people.
Sneak peek at Sunlit 3.0
A new product aiming to be an "Instagram replacement" and photo-blogging tool from the creator of Micro.blog‽ Colour me intrigued! 🤔 Sunlit looks very nice, will be interested to see how it […]
Devil's Punchbowl & Home Park
With travel restrictions lifting, incredibly sunny weather, and Alison being asked to take some holiday (to help spread out leave), we decided this was going to be a week of exploration and nature. […]
The landscapes of South England
Whilst archiving an old copy of Digital Photographer I came across a profile of North Devon photographer Ross Hoddinott. His work stood out as just exceptional landscapes from areas I love […]
Testing the Sigma 150-600 Contemporary
The Sigma 150-600 Contemporary has been on my shortlist as the wildlife lens to get for some time. Today, it left that shortlist... and entered my camera bag! Whilst I can't go out and test it on actual wildlife right now, I have been taking some test shots around the house.
Light pollution map
Just a really nice resource for trying to track down good areas to see the night sky or mess around with a little […]
2019 In Numbers
An amalgamation of all the data you get fed at the end of a year. From Spotify Wrapped, to Google tracking, to my own beer journal, a look back over 2019 from a (mildly) data-centred viewpoint.