Wednesday, May 23, 2007

Updates

Linked to PhaseOne Seminars on front page and Phase One category.
Walter Borchenco is a great speaker, every time I see him it makes me want to sit and re-process all my images in Capture One trying out new settings.

Added Jim Marks Testimonial to Phase One category. I love the photos of Sir Alan Sugar (although he does look a bit like a chauffeur in one of them!)

Friday, May 18, 2007

Updates

Added three instructional lighting DVDs:
D-Lite DVD D-Lite DVD
DVD Guide to Better Pictures (Chris Burfoot) DVD Guide to Better Pictures (Chris Burfoot)
Studio Portrait Lighting DVD (Joe Craig) Studio Portrait Lighting DVD (Joe Craig)

Improved the 'Our Products' category page with some images in a table, much nicer than a list of subcategories.

Capture One Pro and LE Feature Comparison

I seem to get ask about the difference between C1 Pro and C1 LE everyday.
PhaseOne do have a comparion list on their website but it takes a bit digging to find it.
You'll find it here:
Capture One Feature Comparison

Make sure you scroll to the bottom and check the box so you can compare Capture One Pro and LE features on the same page.

Thursday, May 17, 2007

Updates

Added the new hotshoe to minijack cable.
Hand made by Sav and known in-house as the 'SavSync'.
Also added it (and other bits) as accessories to Pocketwizard and Skyport kits.

Added a new Careers category to display our current sevice department vacancy.

Tuesday, May 15, 2007

Updates

Art Nude course added. I think we've done OK with our use of images for this.

Added my Flickr stream to the bar on the right, just there===>

Added nice animated link to 'Looking to Learn' in the right side bar.

Made the Looking to Learn category much nicer.

Monday, May 14, 2007

The power of blogging

Back from my short break (and fully recovered from the 7 hr drive back!).
On my return I thought I'd check and see how our website was fairing stats wise. We use Google Analytics to track our stats, a very capable package with features way beyond those we use. Anyway, for the first time ever we didn't see a drop in visits over the weekend, actually, we got more visitors on Saturday than Friday. "What caused this?" I hear you ask.
One link on a blog. Thats it.
Not paid advertising.
Not a review in a Magazine.
So, a big thanks for the mention Strobist.
And we're glad you enjoyed your visit to the shop.

Friday, May 04, 2007

On holiday next week!

I'm off next week so it'll be quiet here.

Just having a few days away in St Ives, Cornwall. Hopefully the weather will be nice but typically the temp seems to be nosediving on Monday.

I have a feeling I might need the time off to recover from the 300 mile journey.


Anyway, should make for some good photos whatever the weather.

Wednesday, May 02, 2007

Todays updates

Added factory refurb Phase One P backs.

These are seriously good value for money!

Added some clarification to the checkout process regarding addresses and telephone numbers.

Tuesday, May 01, 2007

Art Nudes - taste and decency, censorship or corporate PC?

I'll be adding a page for Chris Burfoot's new Art Nude Photography course to the website soon.
Some of the example images will of course contain nudity, tasteful of course, but that's my opinion. And there's the issue, who am I to assume that our readers will have the same opinion. So, do we blur out the 'rude bits', have a warning before they appear, or avoid them altogether?
Waddya think?