I wanted to go out this evening, but I have a foot injury. So I took this opportunity to do something creative in my garden. I shoot with my D300 and a simple 18-70mm F3.5-4.5 but it’s encouraging to know I could have achieve the same thing with my D40x which is currently out on loan.
I enjoy working with the simple lenses more because I have to work a bit harder to achieve a better result. I knew while I was shooting that I would need to do some exposure …

» The Face(s) of the Earth | Flabbergastedly
I love this! We’ve seen faces in objects before but this site compiles quite a few inventive ones for us to see. Brilliant!!

Transforming a Daylight Image Into a Wild Night – PSDTUTS
I just thought I’d point this link; it’s a nice tutorial on how to turn a drab, boring daylight shot into something more dramatic. Some purists do not believe in any post production once the photo has been taken, but I’m all for it. Photoshop, airbrushing and touching up is the second half of any photography process…mind you I’ve been doing for a while now

The BBC Iplayer are currently showing just how far ALL magazines will go to protray the perfect body. It is something all of us in the industry are aware but it will be good for those outside of photography and graphic design
 
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00cgq99