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I’ve recently started to publish another website dedicated to my digital photography.
For anyone that doesn’t already know, I’ve always taken pictures and have owned a pro spec Nikon SLR camera since the early 90’s, and I’ve been shooting digital images since 2004. Go take a look at some of my photographs if you get a spare moment, you can go visit the site now at boopix.co.uk
Over the coming weeks I will be continuing to add more content to the site, but I’m pretty pleased with how it’s looking already… and I think the site does a good job at showcasing the featured images. Feel free to let me know what you think.
I know it’s probably hard to believe… seeing as though I work on the interweb thingy, and I’ve signed up for most social network sites – Facebook, Twitter, Dailybooth, Gowalla, Digg, Linkedin, etc. But I’ve never uploaded a video to You Tube! Until now that is.
The reason I signed up to You Tube, and joined the millions of other users uploading video content, (I’m informed that as much as 20 hours of video is uploaded to You Tube every minute of the day), is not because I’ve got an underlying urge to broadcast video… but simply because I could, and I could do it easily.
You see I’ve recently upgraded my photo management application Aperture to the new version, Aperture 3. And one of the new features of Aperture 3 is the ability to create video slideshows of your photos without ever leaving the application. So while messing around learning how to take full advantage of the slideshow feature, I created a short video presentation of my macro images in absolutely no time at all. The results can be viewed below.
Update: I’ve tweaked the video slightly to improve image quality. Also, here’s my second video upload…
Yesterday was a gloriously sunny Sunday morning, although it was still very cold. A heavy frost had covered the ground, and the sharp cold air beckoned me out (with hat and coat tightly fastened), and my camera at the ready to hopefully capture some close up macro shots.
I walked up the hill, across the fields towards Swaddywell Pit, where I photographed this great shot of frosty ice crystals clinging to a thistle and blades of grass.
It was good to be out and I managed to get some well earned peace and quiet away from all the usual comings and goings that happen during any normal family weekend. Just a couple of hours to myself, with two dozen good photographs in the bag!
If you’re interested in viewing, and possibly buying, some of my stock library photographs then please click the link below to visit my page on the Alamy Photo Library website. I shoot mainly landscape, macro and nature images… mostly taken locally around Helpston, as well as shots from across the UK and Europe.
Once there you can search my database of images, or simply click on the ‘Images by Steven Booth’ link to see all my currently available images through Alamy.
If there’s a specific image you’re looking for that can’t be found here, then please feel free to get in touch. Alamy only feature a small selection of images, and thousands more have been shot over the years so there’s a good chance I can help.
On waking up this morning, I found the world around me covered in snow! A welcoming winter scene on my doorstep just a week before Christmas.
As the snow stopped falling, I got wrapped up and ventured out early with my camera to take some photos. I was only out for an hour or so, but was blessed with some gorgeous winter sunshine. Here’s a sample image from my mornings work. It was taken just on the edge of the village looking across the paddock towards the rising sun in the east.
Click the thumbnail below to see a larger version.
As many of my friends will know, I’m also a pretty keen amateur photographer who has been fortunate enough in the past to have had some of my photographic images published. I’ve also recently become a stock image library contributor.
I’ve also been busy behind the scenes recently working on advancing my photographic hobby in to a more professional status by offering a specialist photographic service… producing 360 degree panoramic virtual reality photographs, in both Quicktime and Flash formats.
It’s a service that I hope to combine along with my regular web designing skills. In the coming weeks, when I officially launch the service, I’ll be building a ’sister’ site to Steven Booth Design Ltd which will showcase some examples.
