Personal news and views from the world of international sports photography, nature photography, my workshops and field trips

Archive for September, 2008

Shooting the moon

Shooting the moon

Monday of this week saw the harvest full moon. A tradition on Gabriola Island is for the local drummers to gather at Drumbeg Provincial Park shortly before sunset and to “drum in the full moon”. They do this each full moon throughout the summer and it can be quite a stirring event. I decided to [...]


Guatemala field trip cancelled

Unfortunately anyone who was interested in booking the Gauatemala Field Trip originally scheduled for January 2009 will be disappointed to learn thatthis trip has been unavoidably cancelled. I will be covering the Australian Open Tennis in Melbourne during this period.


Photoshelter announces closure of stock site

Photoshelter, the on-line personal photo archive site has announced the closure of it’s stock sales site, citing ‘difficulties in the stock photography business’. Personally I am finding sales of stock images are increasing, but the main difference is that I am selling to niche markets in which I am known and specialize, whereas Photoshelter and [...]


Adobe announces Photoshop update

Adobe has announced that it’s latest version of the Creative Suite will be updated and available as Creative Suite 4 later this month. Availability is currently scheduled for September 23 2008. The new software Suite will  include Photoshop 4 which will be available as a stand alone upgrade. The new versions have concentrated on speed, [...]