Archive for November, 2008

The leak shall inherit the sack (AKA “D3x release? Ooops”)

When I was handed my mail in the office today, I was surprised to see that the quarterly Nikon magazine featured their brand new D3X.  I have a geekish habit of keeping my eye on the forums and blogs relating to new gear so was really surprised by their casual launch. It’s only now that [...]

Czech yo’ head

Being the selfless martyr that I am, I know that the best birthday present to give anyone is the one that results in you also getting to enjoy it.  As I was pretty sure that Kirsten wouldn’t be too impressed with a Nintendo Wii, I opted to book a weekend in Prague. Thanks to the [...]

Socket to 'em

Socket to ‘em

In one of my very occasional forays into the specifics of the job, I thought I should mention the new technology that will help working photographers everywhere; USB 3.0. One of the biggest bottlenecks in speed when working to a deadline for me is the downloading of images from the card to the pc/mac.  When [...]


Apparently, “Yes We Can..”

So after two years of build-up, the moment of truth arrived as America went to the polling stations.  Here in England, I headed down to Yates’ bar in Leicester Square, London to watch US ex-pats and politically-aware revellers get down to some serious Wolf-Blitzing.. Despite everyone knowing in their hearts how it was going to [...]

Stop the Press!

I KNEW there was something I was going to write about but with such a complete lack of coverage on the news, it consistently slips my mind.  Anyway, before I forget again, I thought I’d let any Americans reading this that apparently there’s an election coming up soon in your country.  It’s slipped under the [...]

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