Tag: city

  • Hiking the ‘W circuit’ at Torres del Paine, Patagonia

    Hiking the ‘W circuit’ at Torres del Paine, Patagonia

    TL;DR; We went for a walk. It was very nice. For 3 years we’ve been talking about hiking in Torres del Paine, with the sole purpose of capturing ‘that pic’. The reasons for not going sooner have been various but were led by the simple fact that we were intimidated by the idea of spending…

  • The next generation of light painting

    The next generation of light painting

    We’ve never done this before, but here goes. All the pictures and links you’re about to see belong to someone else. That someone is Darren Pearson, known on Flickr as DariusTwin. Now where we build tools that make light patterns, and our  new friend Stuart makes pictures appear from nowhere in a studio, Darren makes…

  • Tutorial: Making an Antelope Goddess (multiplicity tutorial)

    Tutorial: Making an Antelope Goddess (multiplicity tutorial)

    The image of my multi-armed wife worshiping in Lower Antelope Canyon generated more conversation and ‘likes’ than anything I’ve done on Facebook ever. It was mostly ignored on Flickr, and has generated reasonable traffic here, so I decided to show you how to make one of your own. First, find an 8 armed friend… Plan…

  • Tutorial: Orton Glowing Poppies

    Tutorial: Orton Glowing Poppies

    Taking a picture of flowers usually gives you a good starting point for a “glow” effect known as “Orton”. There are many ways of creating this effect. Some produce almost a perfect copy of what Mr Orton would have achieved in his dark room back in the day, others, not so much. My favorite way…

  • Mission Impossible

    Mission Impossible

    Deanna clearly hates me. She’s booked us to spend 4 days hiking the Grand Canyon. As far as I can tell it’ll be a lot of downhill, a little flat, and then the mother of all up-hills. So I need to practice. The worst hike near the house is Mission Peak; it’s a 2,500ft rise…

  • Fencing Mask

    Fencing Mask

    London is the city of the future. Outside of China, it’s hard to think of a place that is embracing Sci-Fi future skylines with such gusto.