The hidden treasures of the world’s public photography archives.

A simple little service where you upload photos of your desk. Why? Well, the idea is that it’s fun to invite the world to see where you work.

On June 21st 2008 my sister, Rachael, married her husband, Darren — and I was given the great honour of photographing their wedding. Today, following months of getting to grips with Apple’s Aperture 2 and Adobe’s Photoshop CS3, I am delighted to present a selection of my favourite photographs from that day.

All photos were taken with my Nikon D80 DSLR camera. The lenses used were the Nikon 50mm f/1.8 D and the Nikon 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5 AF-S DX. I also used the Nikon Speedlight SB-600 flash unit both on-camera and as a remote slave. I shot exclusively in RAW and post-processed all photos with Aperture on my Apple Power Mac G5. A handful of photos were further processed in Photoshop for various effects. Click any photograph to view an enlargement.

We begin with the obligatory portrait of Rachael taken once the hairdresser had finished doing her thing. Doesn’t she look gorgeous?
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Photographers keep facing questions and charges for breaking the law, making it important to understand your rights and responsibilities as a photographer. The general rule is that you can photograph mostly anything you like as long as it’s in a public place.

The much-anticipated (especially by yours truly) Nikon D90 has Live View, a 12.3 megapixel sensor (shared with the D300), GPS tagging and shoots HD720p video! I’m suffering from gadget envy yet again. [via]

Combining the power of Aperture and Google Maps (the mapping engine you know and love), Maperture is a powerful, new edit plug-in that makes geotagging your photos a snap. [via]

I’ve been fascinated with all things Jupiter ever since I read Arthur C. Clarke’s Space Odyssey series. The photographs on “The Big Picture” took my breath away, awesome photography of the giant planet.

This is amazing - researchers from the University of Washington have developed a technique to drastically enhance video clips using high-res photos taken of the same scene. The technique can be used for several image enhancements including; fixing exposure, bringing in lost details, enhancing colors and depth, removing camera shakes, adding image data or completely eliminating objects from a scene.

Stunning photography of the final preparations for the 2008 Summer Olympics over on boston.com’s “The Big Picture”.