Monthly Archives: December 2011

Through a Glass, Darkly

0810_7D_1357.jpg - Projection though a stained glass window, Basilica of the Holy Blood, Bruges
0810 7D 1357 | Projection though a stained glass window, Basilica of the Holy Blood, Bruges
Camera: Canon EOS 7D | Date: 20-08-2010 13:17 | ISO: 800 | Exp. Mode: Aperture priority | Exp. bias: -1 EV | Exp. Time: 1/250s | Aperture: 10.0 | Focal Length: 59.0mm | Lens: Canon EF-S 17-85mm f4-5.6 IS USM

I’m finally processing the shots from our trip to Bruges in 2010, and I found this one I particularly liked. It’s light projected through a stained glass window at the Basilica of the Holy Blood, onto one of the internal walls.

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Cuba Portfolio Now Online

1110_7D_3096.JPG - Tobacco farmer, Vinales
1110 7D 3096 | Tobacco farmer, Vinales
Camera: Canon EOS 7D | Date: 18-11-2010 16:14 | ISO: 200 | Exp. Mode: Shutter priority | Exp. bias: 0 EV | Exp. Time: 1/250s | Aperture: 5.6 | Focal Length: 260.0mm

I’ve finally managed to publish my photography portfolio from Cuba. Take a look and let me know what you think…

Apologies if you use the RSS feed for my album – this will be fixed in a day or two.

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Ten Ways to Make Your iPad Work Effectively With Windows

If you’re one of those people who uses loads of Apple products, and is thinking of proposing Steve Jobs for canonisation, then you may be happy with how your iPad works, but if you’re trying to make it work effectively in a Windows-based environment you may have found shortcomings with the “out of the box” solutions.

It is perfectly possible to make the iPad play nicely as part of a professional Windows-based environment, but you do have to be prepared to grab the bull by the horns, dump most of the built-in apps (which are almost all pretty useless), and take control of both file management and communications via partner applications on the PC. This article presents some of my hard-won tips and recommendations on how to do this and get productive work out of the iPad’s great hardware.

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