THE FANTASTIC PHOTOGRAPHER ?

  In the 1990s a new wave of magazines hit the shelves worldwide geared specificaly at selling men pictures of semi- clad female celebrities ( especialy in the UK), articles and adverts on cars, how to be a bloke, how to pretend to be a swell guy and how to make your girlfreind want to pick up your smelly socks and wash them. Needless to say , most of the 'tips' were pure fantasy but the one area that truly entertained in their formats were the ludicrous, shocking and surprising 'Spike Milligan' styled captions on all the photos . Yes ok, our starters for ten are 'naf ' but it's just a little taster of some of the stupidity that will be slipping into our site over the next few months while our catalogue of stunning photographers grows . Now the shots above are not at all fantastic, they are just some of the standard images provided by our hosts but... if you have a keen eye for discerning and manipulating forms with light (.. ie like taking pictures) then we have a few gems to help build your artistic portfolio digitaly.

  Want a great example then try this...

  Marc Monciardini is an experianced photographer making full use of the digital age who is also very good at translating the technical jargon associated with most imagery software tools into a simple easy to understand format to help any budding digital photographer to turn out some major works of art from the simplest of images. This quality quality guide centres around adobe photoshoot software and includes 101 visual tips on making the very most of all it's features. Yes it is slightly more expensive than many of our offerings - but we do search for the best - and once you delve in to its features you will quickly see why. A valueable tool for any professional or amatuer at a price of $97US dollars , so have a peek at Marc's aptly titled...

  101 TOTALY AWESOME PHOTOTIPS

  By Marc Monciardo

 The advent of digital photography has bought a vast array of programs and design tools up to the fore.Our next offering is not realy in the photographers niche but maybe it should be... wouldn't you like to brand your digital prints with your own distinctive logo or unique crest or signature? A simple logo embelishing your art has the potential to add to it's uniqueness and end value giving even amatures a professional feel.Our program is by digital designer Barret Phillips and is a nifty little tool to show anyone how to engineer their own designs, save on expenses and raise their profile.Its $37.95US dollars and is called...

  SIMPLY DESIGN AESTHETICS THAT SELL

  By Barret Phillips

  Here is another batch of photographs from the archives of our next digital mastermind ( if you click on an image it should enlarge). For a bit of fun get your mates to gather round your monitor to see if you can spot which three photos are the odd ones out .

  If you bare in mind the fact that picture quality has had to be slightly compromised and optimised for the web then you might find the answer a little bit more tricky to decide on .. especialy if I tell you that the photo of the giant spiderbots taking a stroll in Colorado is not one of them. Our personal favourite has got to be Golem after an incredibly large amount of botox - it might be a little odd... but is it one of the odd ones out?.

  To get the shock answer click the answer button to take you to an internal page. If you are a photographer or film maker -amatuer or pro, then we feel that the creation of these masterpieces (-the full details will reveal why) will prove invaluable to any visual artist ready to make their mark in the cutting edge of the digital age...

  Here's a handy set of tools for any digital camera or mobile cameraphone user -'developed' - if you can ignore the pun - by one of the worlds first ever, leading and pioneering brands. Now if you're the type of person who likes emailing your photos everywhere ( to freinds. families, newsrooms etc...) then this simple and free inovation from kodak may see many more eyes being drawn to your shots without the need for your recipients to spend ages waiting for their mailers to upload and open the files (the chances are, if you're mailing them to an agency or a potential buyer, that once they see those attatchments included at least 60% will never even be opened). Simply upload your pictures to your free easyshare pages and mail the links to the photo's you want them to see, they click it and get instant access...just like this...