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Documenting your life in photographs

Our Slides. Most of us have years of slides stored in slide boxes throughout the house. I confess to having cardboard boxes with many hundreds of slide boxes in them. Many of those slides are of landscapes that were meaning……

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November 14, 2022 - 9:02 am November 14, 2022Photography album, Blokes, photos, retired blokes, retirement, scanner, scanning, slides 2

Improving your pictures on a Mac

There are lots of way to improve images with a computer. With a Mac, the Apple Photos program built in to every Mac is always worth a try first. It’s simple to use and has some good capabilities if you……

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August 8, 2022 - 10:44 am August 8, 2022Computers, Photography Adjustments, crop, Enhance, Filters, horizon adjustment, Mac, photos, Photos extensions, red eye, Repair, retired blokes, retired men, rotate 1

A Gold Coast Getaway

You Need A Holiday. A Gold Coast holiday is something we could all do with – especially since it will be holiday season in Australia before you know it – of course if you are retired – its always holiday……

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July 25, 2022 - 1:10 pm July 25, 2022Travelling in Australia australia, birds, feeding, moon, pelicans, photos, retired blokes, retired men, rise, southport, the spit, water spout 0

Editing Photos – White Balance

In the blog “Photo Editing Why” I referred to a number of types of photo editing. In this blog I hope to give you some insights into  White Balance. It’s probably obvious to a smart retired bloke like you, but something that was……

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May 30, 2022 - 8:33 am May 30, 2022Photography colours, editing, Photo book, photography, photos, PhotoScape, retired, retired men 0

Storing Memories from Photographs

My grandfather was an early adopter of photography. I never saw his camera since he and his camera, were long gone before I came along. But I have seen his many photographs of the past. The town council where I……

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January 3, 2022 - 10:55 am January 3, 2022Computers, Our World, Photography image, photos, Photoshop, scanner, slides 0

Making Your Photos Better

Adjusting light levels. No matter how often you take photographs, there will always be time when the picture doesn’t turn out as you expected and so you need to be able to find a way to make your photos better.……

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September 21, 2021 - 3:34 pm September 21, 2021Photography editing, light, photodirector, photography, photos, PhotoScape, postprocessing 0

Should I buy a Second Hand Camera and Gear

It’s an interesting question because cameras and camera accessories are electrical technology so why would you buy old technology? The difference for cameras and accessories is that cameras don’t become redundant nearly as often as other technology and certainly not……

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August 16, 2021 - 10:54 am August 16, 2021Photography budget, Camera, costs, lens, photography, photos, retired, retired blokes, retired men 0

What Sort of Camera?

My Opinion. There are thousands of websites that tell you what camera to buy but because there’s a lot of unnecessary and confusing information out there, I thought I’d add more and give you my opinion from my experience. Firstly……

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August 2, 2021 - 3:57 pm August 2, 2021Holidays, Phones, Travelling in Australia Camera, GPS, iPhone, photos, pictures, retired men, travel, zoom 0

Photo Editing – why, and what I can start on?

Before and After Editing Photo

Whether we take photos on our phones, on very portable cameras or the larger DSLR cameras we can enjoy editing the photos to get a different result. I say different because the look you are after may change depending on……

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September 22, 2020 - 10:55 pm September 22, 2020Photography editing, jpg, photos, PhotoScape, RAW, retired, retired blokes, retired men 0

So They Got You an iPad

Using Your IPAD – Getting Started So the family have got you an iPad and you really are a bit lost in using it.  After you have worked out how to switch it on and enter the setup information what……

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May 18, 2020 - 9:52 am May 18, 2020Computers App store, Email, iPad, Mail, Maps, photos, retired, retired blokes, retired men, Safari 4
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