A major project for me over the past year has been using Lightroom to make sense of my photo collection. I have added at least one keyword to and geocoded each of my 6,000-odd raw files and, a couple of months ago, I added all of my JPG files from various sources to the catalogue. Since I went digital at the end of 2005, I have accumulated Continue reading
25 tips for a less stressful house move
A couple of months ago, my wife and I moved house. Now that the dust has settled, here are the lessons I draw from the experience. If you’re thinking about putting your house on the market, I hope they might help you. Continue reading
Windows 8 Pro offer ends 31 January – take advantage now
If you’ve got an old PC in need of revival and you prefer to stick with Windows, don’t delay: take advantage now. Here’s my experience. Continue reading
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Photographing the George’s Trust Christmas concert
On Saturday night, I photographed the George’s Trust Christmas concert in Romsey Abbey on behalf of the trustees. George O’Brien, in whose name it was founded, was Continue reading
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Tagged Architecture, Concert, George's Trust, High ISO, Romsey Abbey
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Sol Gavilanes Hotel – my review
If you’re in need of a quiet, relaxing break in a beautiful location that is only a short haul-flight from the UK, look no further.
The four-star Sol Gavilanes Hotel sits right on the beach at Cala Galdana, a horseshoe-shaped bay on the south-west coast of Menorca. It has Continue reading
My mid-term reivew for the Coalition
We are now almost exactly half-way through the current Parliament, so now seems a good time to take a tour d’horizon. It makes for a rather depressing sight.
The Coalition continues, albeit with little and waning enthusiasm on either side. David Cameron, to borrow Norman Lamont’s bon phrase, appears to Continue reading
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Tagged Alex Salmond, Coalition, David Cameron, Deficit, Economy, Ed Miliband, Education, Europe, Nick Clegg, Olympics, Overseas aid, Scottish Referendum, UKIP, Welfare
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A summer’s day out in east Wiltshire
My wife and I enjoyed a peaceful summer day out last weekend, exploring a lesser-known corner of Wiltshire around Great Bedwyn, situated to the south-east of Marlborough. The area is within fairly easy reach of London, Bristol, Southampton and Oxford via the M4 and A34.
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Romsey Food Festival
Last Sunday, Romsey held its annual Food Festival. It was a fairly low-key affair – a collection of stalls in the town’s Cornmarket – but very friendly and Continue reading
Garway Moon Inn
Off the beaten track for many tourists, Herefordshire is well worth a visit if you are looking to get away from it all for a few days. My wife and I did so recently, staying at the Garway Moon Inn, established in about 1750, just a mile or so away from the Welsh border to the north of Monmouth. We Continue reading
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Tagged Forest of Dean, Hereford, Pub, Symond's Yat, Three Choirs Festival
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Image size reduction calculator
At work recently, a colleague asked me to reduce a batch of logos to thumbnail size so that they could be added to a web page. This set me thinking: given that logos come in all sorts of shapes, how do you ensure that one logo is no larger – and hence no more dominant on a page or presentation slide – than another?
The answer is Continue reading