Posts Tagged ‘photos’

Royal Agricultural Show 2010

We popped to the Isle of Man Royal Agricultural Show today and had a whale of a time. It must be one of the more popular events on the Isle of Man, as I’m pretty sure I’ve never seen so many people congregated in one place! We saw loads of...

Photos from Edinburgh

I downloaded the Edinburgh photos off my camera today and uploaded them onto Facebook for all to see. Here are some of the highlights: We had a great time at Edinburgh Castle. We managed to get in free thanks to our Manx National Heritage cards (which I must say where...

Photos that age gracefully ..

I came across an interesting website today, that lets you upload any photo you like and makes them look between 100 and 150 years older. It’s much simpler than playing with tea and matches (as anyone who’s ever tried to “age” a map for a school project might know). There...

Another party for Arthur

We had a party today to celebrate Arthur’s reaching his 1st birthday. We’ve actually already thrown him a birthday party in Malta, but this was for his UK friends. Party was a smashing success. We had kids running around everywhere, but even the parents had a great time. Arthur seemed...

Isle of Man Header Image

I’ve decided to switch the header image back to a scenery shot. The previous image was a bit gory (even though in reality it was just a photo of a droplet of water on a leaf). Rosie, a colleague here in the Isle of Man, gave me permission to use...

Pixamo

Was just having a look at a new photo sharing service called Pixamo. It’s very similar to other photo sharing services like Flickr but it’s a new kid on the block so I thought I’d give it a chance. It seems like a pretty slick service and claims to be...

How to take professional photos

Excellent article on how to take and make your photos look professional. This focuses on a close-up image, ideal for anyone creating product images for an e-commerce website. Pity I didn’t know about it when I was running The Joke Shop. The photos I took always looked shiny and fake-looking....

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