Archive for January, 2009
An itch I have had for years…
Posted by: | CommentsAs you may already know, I have spent a lot of time in the last month or so, going over all of the photos that I have taken since about the beginning of 2003. I needed to get through them all and finally get rid of the bad ones and organise the remaining photos so that I could actually find them when I needed.
Anyhoo, I came across these two photos in my adventures taken in 2003. I think they would be the first real evidence of the itch that I had for wanting to explore photography.
These were both taken with my first digital camera, a Kodak LS753 if I remember correctly. And they were just taken while I was out and about (I used to carry the camera with me quite a fair bit).
Anyhoo, I guess I just wanted to share this interesting discovery from my past that I guess defines me a little bit more. What would be the first photo you took that got you thinking that photography could be good fun for you?
Stuart 
The photos that you have always chased…
Posted by: | CommentsEveryone has them, the photographs that they have a burning desire to capture, a desire to take that moment and freeze it in time to keep forever.
So I am wondering, what photo(s) have you always wanted to capture but never had the opportunity? Are there any photos that you would travel around the world just to capture to chase that moment?
I am new to photography (as you all know) and so I guess I have not really had the opportunity to explore the photos that I wish to capture however I would *love* to be able to travel to Egypt and capture pictures of the elegant pyramids.
Anyhoo, I am curious to hear your thoughts, whether you are an amateur or a professional do tell!
Stuart
Eccentric Reality Gallery – Online
Posted by: | CommentsHowdy again everyone,
I have spent a lot of the last 48 hours working on getting my new gallery all set up customising the SmugMug templates, in turn I have some exciting news. The Eccentric Reality Gallery & Portfolio is now online using SmugMug and ready for everyone to have a look. I have even got a gallery up which has some photos from Taronga Zoo in Sydney that you might enjoy (and that are displaying in the below slideshow.
I really would welcome any feedback about the design, I have tried to match it as closely as possible to this (there are some very minor differences).
Let me know if you have any thoughts (and I welcome any critisism in the gallery as well, you can easily leave comments there too ).
Stuart
New hosting for my photos – SmugMug
Posted by: | CommentsHowdy all,
Firstly I apologise for being away, I have been sick as a dog and have also had a death in my partner’s family. Anyhoo, onto the topic for today.
I have been hunting around for somewhere that I can host my photography works (and also do a little e-commerce as well, such as selling digital downloads of my photos), while at the same time integrating with Adobe Lightroom (to make my life easy).
After playing around with SmugMug.com for a few days I have made my pick. Although it is a little expensive, I have managed to get my hands on a 50% off code so that is a massive bonus as well because I can now get a Pro account at a pretty decent price.
You can see the new gallery as I am putting it together at http://gallery.eccentricreality.com, if you bare with me while I play with the templates and such, I will try to work it all around to make it look pretty.
Anyhoo, if you are interested in somewhere that can host your images with a LOT of great features (most importantly… Adobe Lightroom Integration), SmugMug is my current pick.
If you think you might get an account and want to help me pay for my new digital camera, there are SmugMug ads that will display at the bottom of this site every so often, if not, tis all good. But as that is not the aim of this post I am not going to throw an affiliate link in (unless you guys really ask me to).
Anyhoo, has anyone else used SmugMug? I am rather curious, if not, what do you use for your photo hosting (professional or otherwise)?
Stuart
