CircleCount helps you better understand Google+

2013-04-26 23:53:56 (0 comments, 2 reshares, 0 +1s)

Here's an article I wrote about some techniques and tricks that are essential for new photographers. Well the tricks aren't really essential, but by practicing them you will learn about the importance of shutter speed and aperture.

Please give it a share if it's useful, or you know a newbie photographer. Thanks :)

#photography #photographytips  

2013-04-21 15:45:57 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

http://www.technorms.com/19011/pling-messenger-mac-stay-touch-teams

2013-04-20 22:35:20 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

2013-04-19 14:36:00 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 1 +1s)

Here's a useful article I wrote for Mac users. How actually to make Launchpad useful...

Please share if it helps you. Thanks.

#mac #apple #osx #osxtips #osxmountainlion  

2013-04-18 15:49:50 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

2013-04-18 02:30:36 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

2013-04-17 16:11:13 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

As travel photographers, do you think we should pay the people we take photos of?

2013-04-16 17:48:45 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

I wrote this article for fellow Mac users. Do you ever need to run Windows programs in OSX?

2013-04-15 22:31:41 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

A good write up on exposure bracketing and when you should use it...

2013-04-15 16:21:15 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 0 +1s)

A good read on overcoming your fears as a photographer.

2013-04-13 21:33:47 (4 comments, 2 reshares, 5 +1s)

2013-04-13 18:29:59 (7 comments, 2 reshares, 50 +1s)

I took this photo in 2011 at the world's largest salt lake in southern Bolivia. I uploaded another version of this photo just after I took it, but I've revisited it and have done some extra work to it.

I hope you enjoy my photo of Salar de Uyuni.

2013-04-13 03:43:55 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

2013-04-12 21:52:59 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Are you going to enable Apple's new two-step verification system?

2013-04-12 21:23:05 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

An article about how aperture affects your flash's exposure.  Very useful if you're getting starting with flashes...

#photography #photographytips  

2013-04-12 14:39:39 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Hey Photogs! - This is an article I wrote about the business basics that you have to get right for your photography career.

I hope you find it helpful, or at least a good reminder. If it is helpful please share.

Cheers, Matt.

  #photographers   #photography #photographytips  

2013-04-11 15:37:58 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Do you think it's ok to let people steal your images? I think +David duChemin 's view is the same as mine.

2013-04-10 03:19:07 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

You might find this article I wrote for TechNorms useful. It's about a service that lets you manage all of your cloud services from one place - including your photo sharing sites.

http://www.technorms.com/17378/manage-cloud-services-place-cloudkafe

2013-04-09 21:29:38 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 4 +1s)

Zeeland bridge The Netherlands

2013-04-09 18:28:06 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

An important article from +Bill Wadman on choosing a monitor for your photography.

2013-04-09 18:00:34 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

2013-03-31 15:53:23 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 1 +1s)

I recently wrote an article about mastering the metering methods on your digital camera. It should be a useful article for anyone who wants to have more control over their exposure.

http://photodoto.com/metering-modes-and-methods/

2011-10-02 21:04:38 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Have a read of my article in The Expeditioner. Let me know what what you think - it's my first published travel article, hopefully many more to come. And please share if you enjoyed it. Thanks!

2011-09-16 13:53:25 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)

2011-09-01 14:13:09 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)

I haven't been doing much shooting recently, I've been busy working on some other projects. I did go and take a few shots of the Thames and Tower Bridge the other evening so I'll post the results up soon.

Thanks to all the people who have added me recently, I'll add you back when I get time to go through the list.

In the meantime here is a new travel blog post about 5 really interesting cemeteries worth visiting. Please share if you like it.

Cheers,
Matt.

2011-08-13 14:24:17 (6 comments, 0 reshares, 7 +1s)

Self portrait - practising off camera flash. I'm not much of a model but the background is cool.

Simple one light, camera left (obviously) set up. Shot through a curtain to soften the light. Still fairly harsh but I like shadows.

Accidentally left it in rear curtain sync and you can see the shutter at the bottom.

2011-08-09 16:21:00 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

One thing I've noticed with Google+ is a lot of people are making the same mistake that they did with Twitter. It's the Dance For Me, Monkey Boy problem. People sign up to a service, then cross their arms and wait for it to start amusing them. After a while, with their circles empty (or in Twitter's case, their 'following' list empty), they declare it a silly thing, perhaps THE SILLIEST THING THAT HAS EVER BEEN, and move back to something with which they're more comfortable.

Well, Dance For Me Monkey Boy doesn't work with this kind of media. It worked for telly, and cinema, where we were passive, and compliant, and didn't have to do much except suspend our disbelief for a couple of hours, but here, if you don't try and engage not just with other people, but with the tools that are now at your disposal, then Google+ is not going to do shit.... more »

2011-08-09 15:36:20 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

New blog post: How not to meet girls in Recoleta Cemetery!

Please share if you like.

2011-08-08 23:44:09 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

The day I arrive in London the riots start. Check the map below, this is crazy. I'm in Shadwell/Wapping.

2011-07-31 21:53:47 (6 comments, 0 reshares, 10 +1s)

A photo of my friend Caroline. Taken in a bar in Cusco, Peru. Isn't super sharp because I had to shoot it at f1.4 and I'd had a few drinks by this stage.

In Lightroom I fixed the colour balance, desaturated and increased vibrancy and contrast. Added a vignette. That was about it.

I love traveling, you meet so many people who you stay friends with for life.

2011-07-29 17:46:53 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 9 +1s)

Here's a fun photo for a Friday afternoon. Taken in a safari park in Indonesia a couple of hours outside of Jakarta.

You're not supposed to feed the animals but I bought carrots from kids outside the park and got up close to the free roaming animals.

2011-07-29 15:16:50 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 12 +1s)

Taken somewhere in downtown NYC. I thought it looked kind of cool.

2011-07-29 01:46:38 (1 comments, 1 reshares, 13 +1s)

I don't think I've posted this photo. It's my favourite shot from Machu Picchu and a bit different from most Machu Picchu postcard style shots.

So many great memories from this place and Peru. I was there for a month and have often thought of going back to Lima to settle for a while. If you haven't been make sure you see this place before you die.

Please share if you like it!

2011-07-28 15:58:09 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

War photographers are some of the most amazing people I've encountered, utterly indomitable and irrepressible. Joao Silva of The New York Times lost his legs to a landmine in Afghanistan, and now he is shooting for page one again while on prosthetic legs! Long live news photographers! http://nyti.ms/pYWblO

2011-07-27 21:36:01 (7 comments, 0 reshares, 5 +1s)

Chess in Washington Square Park, NYC.

2011-07-27 19:09:34 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 1 +1s)

New blog post - 6 tips for better street portraits. Have any tips to add?

Please share if you find it useful.

2011-07-26 19:49:28 (1 comments, 1 reshares, 6 +1s)

Playing chess in Washington Square Park, NYC.

2011-07-25 19:32:59 (6 comments, 0 reshares, 5 +1s)

Hudson River looking towards New Jersey. I took this in the midday sun, to make it a bit moodier I converted to black white and added a bluish/purple tone under Split Tone in Lightroom.
Darkened background and added contrast and clarity to foreground. I think that's about it.

2011-07-25 04:30:56 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 5 +1s)

Chelsea Hotel NYC.

2011-07-25 01:42:47 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

Bob For Vintage. Walking around NYC.

2011-07-24 23:32:36 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 5 +1s)

Guggenheim

2011-07-24 17:17:06 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

It was bloody hot in NYC yesterday

2011-07-21 20:45:38 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Recoleta Cemetery Buenos Aires.

2011-07-21 15:50:15 (1 comments, 1 reshares, 2 +1s)

Love discovering new (to me) artists at American Suburb X

2011-07-21 04:57:05 (5 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

Well I've jumped on the bandwagon and joined 500px.
Would appreciate any follows. Reply with you profile and I'll follow you too.

2011-07-21 01:58:35 (16 comments, 3 reshares, 11 +1s)

My first HDR attempt. Not sure if I like it, have only made one more.

2011-07-19 23:03:42 (15 comments, 1 reshares, 15 +1s)

One of the most amazing places I've been to...

2011-07-19 18:03:34 (4 comments, 0 reshares, 8 +1s)

Gualeguaychu, Argentina.

2011-07-19 17:28:04 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

2011-07-19 17:12:17 (4 comments, 0 reshares, 8 +1s)

The Colosseum