Some Thing Visual

Abu Muntasir describes travelling for Jihad in Afghanistan, the traumatic reality of what he faced and how he then recognised his mistake.

Take a look around your workspace real quick. Have you ever taken a moment to think about what things you couldn't live without? Like sure, that pen is probably replaceable, but what about your favorite model? Is that a pen you could do without? What other things in your office do you deem as irreplaceable?

Adobe Lightroom has quickly become an essential part of many digital photographers workflow. Is it not only a very capable image processor, but helps to organize images as well. From being able to process RAW images, connectivity with the Creative Cloud, and access to an endless supply of presets, it’s easy to see why Lightroom is so popular. However, there are still reasons why you might want to look for an alternative. So here’s a list...

Whether you’re a busy studio photographer, keen landscape enthusiast or a lover of traditional dev and print, it’s an exciting time to be a photography fan. Thanks to an ever expanding and more powerful collection of photo editing software, the multitude of national trade shows, seminars, training courses and festivals celebrating the industry and the ‘arms race’ between the leading camera manufacturers it’s never been easier to hone your craft or share your creations with the world.

You asked, we listened! Finally, after many requests, our Price Menu is now available to view and download from here. Pheweeeee! The menu gives prospective clients (yes that means you) a handy overview of our product and service prices.

Considering most of the current human population, on this gorgeous planet, now own a mobile device we thought it was time to respond by making our website responsive. Now Some Thing Visual dot com is as mobile friendly as ever thanks to many coffees and the proverbial burning of the midnight oil.

Over 75% of Brits now shop online. 60% of internet access is mainly mobile. 84% of smartphone and tablet users use their devices whilst watching TV. Fact!

It took last year to build and many many months of testing and tweaking; various poor friends were dragged into the process as well, by test driving it on all their “stupid fruit” devices I detest (bless em). Built on the brilliant Bootstrap framework I’m now happy to release the site to a wider audience and at last get on with keeping up to date with some Social Media shenanigans. Ooer! There’s plenty to look at and content is constantly being updated so please enjoy exploring. Some images are yet to be added to a few galleries, but there’s still much photography to get the visual teeth into. Once I’ve got permission to use other images of mine they will be appearing on the site as soon as possible. Ooh it’s so very exciting.

In other news..

If any of you are musically inclined I recently applied the same brush work to my band’s website too. Check us out here if you so desire to have your ears rumbled.

With two billion photographs now being uploaded daily, how did a technically complex pastime, once the preserve of the wealthy, become our most democratic art form? GIL PASTERNAK of De Montfort University presents the five cameras that turned us into a planet of photographers.

1. The Kodak 'Box' Brownie

Kodak Brownie box camera with original cardboard packaging, 1900 | Getty Images

Populists and Autocrats: The Dual Threat to Global Democracy

Key Findings                          

With populist and nationalist forces making significant gains in democratic states, 2016 marked the 11th consecutive year of decline in global freedom.

There were setbacks in political rights, civil liberties, or both, in a number of countries rated “Free” by the report, including Brazil, the Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Hungary, Poland, Serbia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Tunisia, and the United States.

Of the 195 countries assessed, 87 (45 percent) were rated Free, 59 (30 percent) Partly Free, and 49 (25 percent) Not Free.

The Middle East and North Africa region had the worst ratings in the world in 2016, followed closely by Eurasia.

WORLDS FIRST PEDESTRIANISED SKATEPARK!! BOLTON UK

AIM AND STORY

The JUST A CARD campaign aims to encourage people to buy from Designer/Makers and Independent Galleries and Shops by reinforcing the message that all purchases, however small, even 'just a card' are so vital to the prosperity and survival of small businesses.

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Rosie is a lurcher bitch.

Her story begins in early August 2009 but what happened to her before that we may never know unless someone recognises her READ MORE