Sooooo…. creating a 3D screenshot of a web page in Photoshop is a real p.i.t.a. Unless you have commercial plugins/actions this is time consuming and tricky. Having to do this often and not wanting to spent a fortune on something I know I can do myself I went and created an action to simplify this. The basic gist is to take a screenshot (I use Firefox and the...

I’ve got a photo shoot in two weeks that will be themed around 1940′s style pin-ups. Achieving the look and feel of a 40′s print not only consists of taking high contrast photos but also in a lot of post processing. Not having done a 1940 style pin-up yet I’m  not going into a shoot half-heartedly so I set out to do some homework. Hours of...

Ever had a chocolate eclair? Well now this model I got to shoot with this weekend was as delightful as one. This weekend’s shoot was interesting  due to the diverse location we could swing from one mood and style to another in no time. I started with a couple standard profile shots and finished the day with some freaky concept. The only challenging factor was...

Despite a couple of commercial shoots in 2009, I didn’t attended to my photography the way I should have over the past while.  Last week Wednesday I accompanied a very good friend and fellow photographer on his shoot at a client. I usually enjoy just being the “assistant” and moving the lights and helping here and there. Unsuspecting when Kevin...

After a week in the Cape on a business trip and 3 weeks on my parents majestic game farm close to Bela-Bela (Warmbaths) I’m finally back home again. I cannot explain how sweet it is being able to fall asleep with my wife in arms and playing with my three Border Collies again. The first week in the Cape had a bonus as I got to see some of my family members...

Snug in to a friend’s (Kevin Brown) photo shoot and sneaked a pic or two for myself. Model: Jenna van Rooyen VN:F [1.9.1_1087]please wait...Rating: 10.0/10 (1 vote cast)VN:F [1.9.1_1087]Rating: +1 (from 1 vote)

I just ran across an interesting snippet of information in a shared tutorial in RocketTheme member section forum. The one developer mentioned a new Social Engine in development for Joomla named Anahita. Shows tons of potential cant wait for a public release.http://www.anahitapolis.com/ VN:F [1.9.1_1087]please wait...Rating: 0.0/10 (0 votes cast)VN:F...

Ok, I’ve raved about the functionality of RocketTheme’s new Crystalline template with the Ultra-Funky color chooser. This little tool also makes it easy to now share a custom preset with other developers.Here’s two I did for demonstration purposes of how easy it is. Simply download the appropriate zip file and follow the instructions...

The new Crystalline Joomla template from RocketTheme had me dumbfounded with amazement. Towards the end of 2009 they introduced the Gantry framework, which in itself was pretty amazing, and most of the Gantry based designs was good. Along came Crystalline… she really rocked my socks.Phew, what a honey! The visual layout is satisfying but what really took me...

I had a design session doing a pamphlet for a friend and fellow photographer who specialises in off-camera flash photography. Had a lot of fun doing and thought I’d share these initial designs I did. The first design and part of the second design was passed on for preview and my friend responded by letting me know what parts of each one he liked and a...