Local Spring daffodils and Oiso

March 22nd, 2012

A couple of recent panoramas of Spring daffodils in Market Harborough and some older panoramas of Hōtoku Ninomiya Jinja and Ōiso, Japan. [...]


Scotland panos – Meall Fuar-mhonaidh

March 15th, 2012

Panoramic photos taken during a walk up Meall Fuar-mhonaidh, near Loch Ness, Scotland, in Autumn 2011. [...]


Tips for taking the nadir photo of a panorama

March 3rd, 2012

Tips for taking the nadir (down) image for a 360° panorama. By following these tips when taking the panorama you can minimise your time patching the nadir in Photoshop. [...]


Scotland and Hakone, Japan panos

February 24th, 2012

Some panoramas from Holyrood Park in Edinburgh, the Abriachan Forest in Scotland, and Hakone in Japan. [...]


Steadepod Camera Stabiliser Review

February 18th, 2012

A review of the SteadePod camera stabilising device that screws into the bottom of your camera, including crops of example photos taken with and without the SteadePod. [...]


Snowy panoramas

February 13th, 2012

Some panoramas taken on a walk near East Farndon, England, during the snowy period in February 2012. [...]


Benvista PhotoZoom Pro 4 vs. onOne Perfect Resize 7 vs. Photoshop resize test

February 6th, 2012

A short review of how Benvista PhotoZoom Pro 4, onOne Perfect Resize 7, and the Bicubic Sharper method in Photoshop compare for uprezzing a photo. [...]


Positions of a camera that can be construed as anti-social or indecent

February 1st, 2012

A photographer was arrested for failing to give his details when asked because 'the way he was positioning his camera and the way it was making some members of the public feel, could be construed as anti-social or indecent'. So I tried to find out from the police what these positions of a camera that can be construed as anti-social or indecent are. [...]


Olympus LS-5 Digital Sound Recorder mini test

January 22nd, 2012

Some test recordings using the Olympus LS-5 digital sound recorder. The tests include wind resistance with and without the windscreens and a wind muff, and how the auto level, limiter, and low cut options affect the recording. [...]


Recent panos

January 18th, 2012

Some recent 360° panoramic photos taken around Market Harborough, mostly in the Farndon Fields area. [...]