Yellow
August 4, 2009
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Cornfield
August 2, 2009
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Sheep and the lamb
August 2, 2009
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First snow
July 28, 2009
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Frost
February 26, 2009
Another shot from Millennium Wood in Edenbridge.
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Wires in a field
February 25, 2009
Saturated photo.
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The Tonbridge Squirrel
February 25, 2009
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Warm frost
February 22, 2009
A frosted branch in the sunrise.
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Blue bell fields forever
February 22, 2009
The blue bells (and buttercups) have sprouted everywhere here in Edenbridge! This is the field behind our local vet. There is a small wood on the other side of a stream and this is the edge of the woods. Behind me is a field of buttercups, to the left of me is a hill leading to the railway track and to the right of me is a field full of sheep.
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Peony
February 22, 2009
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Drops on leaf
February 21, 2009
In a continuing effort to post something, anything here (instead of just leaving it to collect dust) I’m going to try and post a pic a day from my Flickr stream. Nothing fancy, but please add your comments here and/or on Flickr. I’d love to have any feedback on this and anything I post here, on Flickr as well as FriendFeed (which I’m trying to link to this blog as much as possible). Today’s pic:
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Even dirtier and darker
February 20, 2009
My dog, Kaz, covered in mud one day. He stuck his whole head in a muddy pond while on a walk in the fields.
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What is the best photography tip you could give to anyone?
February 20, 2009
I asked the question on Twitter and these were the replies. Thank you for all the kind people who replied, if you wish to add your tips please reply to the tweet here. Read more
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Dark and dirty
February 20, 2009
For some reason this shot came out really dark (no idea what I did) but I went with it and created this pic of Kaz after he stuck his head in a muddy pond.
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Squashy Frog Photography gets a generous mention on Discovery Through eLearning
September 7, 2008
A quick post to say that my Squashy Frog Photography site here has had a lovely mention on Tracy Hamilton’s Discovery Through eLearning blog. Please click on the screenshot below to see the article and browse her wonderful blog.
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Favourite general photography sites
August 10, 2008
Yet another list (oh do I like lists). This one shows some of the general photography sites I really like. No blogs of photographer-specific sites here. These include online magazine, photo editing, tutorial, photo-sharing and reference sites: Read more
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Facebook Page for Squashy Frog Photography
August 10, 2008
I’ve generated another new page for Squashy Frog Photography, it’s a general Facebook Page. You can view it by clicking on the image below:
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Facebook Blogs Network page for Squashy Frog Photography
August 10, 2008
I’ve made 2 new pages for Squashy Frog Photography on Facebook. The first one is for Blogs Network and can be found by clicking on the image below:
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NetVibes page for Squashy Frog Photography
August 10, 2008
Continuing my additions to my social media pages, I’ve created a new NetVibes page for Squashy Frog Photography. Please click on the image below to find it:
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My favourite photography blogs
August 3, 2008
Last of the lists this weekend and here’s a collection of my favourite blog-type photography sites. This covers photographers, tutorial sites and lots more: Read more
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Squashy Frog Photography gets social
August 3, 2008
I’m sure it’s not gone unnoticed that social media, news and bookmarking is a big ol’ thing nowadays. And me being someone not wanting to miss out on anything new on the net I’ve naturally joined in with all the fun. I’ve been slowly building profiles on tonnes of services across the web – some used more than others. If this interests you then for a complete list of my social media profiles have a read of my page titled, “My Social Media Sites“.
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My favourite Flickr photographers
August 2, 2008
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List of my favourite photographers updated
August 2, 2008
As an update to a short list I did ages ago, I’ve compiled a much longer list of my favourite photographers online. I’ve picked the majority of them on the quality of their photography but a few have been picked mainly on their excellent web site design.
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Prints available
June 29, 2008
I’ve completed creating prints on my store page at deviantART. Read more
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Improve colours in your Firefox browser
June 22, 2008
Basically if you are using Firefox as your Internet browser you can quickly change a setting to improve the colours you see while visiting sites with images and photos.
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10 more prints avaialble
June 21, 2008
I’ve added 10 more prints, if you are interested in any of these, click on the photo and follow the instructions. Read more
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First set of prints available from DeviantART site
June 20, 2008
First set of prints available from my (in-progress) DeviantART site. The gallery is here and the prints are here. The first 4 prints are below. As stated on the prints page, please let me know if you are after any other product or a version of the photograph without the border. Read more
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DeviantART Clean-up Part 1
June 20, 2008
Hi guys,
A quick message to say I’ve completed part 1 of 2 of a clean-up at my DeviantART site. Part 1 was to remove every photo, part 2 will be to upload my portfolio and set them up for prints.
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Link round-up for 24th May 2008
May 25, 2008
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Flickr uploads to 23rd May 2008
May 24, 2008
As something different to the batch of recent link round-ups, here’s what I’ve been uploading to Flickr in the last few weeks (click on the images to see more): Read more
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Link round-up for 21st-22nd May 2008
May 23, 2008
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Link round-up for 17-18th May 2008
May 19, 2008
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Link round-up for 14th May 2008
May 14, 2008
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Link round-up for 12th May 2008
May 13, 2008
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Link round-up for 10th May 2008
May 11, 2008
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Link round up for 5th May 2008
May 6, 2008
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Link round up for 4th May 2008
May 5, 2008
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Link round-up for 27th April 2008
April 28, 2008
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Links round-up for 19th April 2008
April 20, 2008
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Link round-up for 20th April 2008
April 20, 2008
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Link round-up for 18th April 2008
April 19, 2008
More articles I’ve dugg:
Submitted:
Aphlog :: A Photography Log
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ArtLimited Interview
April 19, 2008
No, I’ve not been interviewed by anyone but there is an interview section on the art site, Art Limited, that you can fill in yourself. It asks some interesting questions and I thought I’d post the questions and my answers here for you: Read more
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Into the light
April 5, 2008
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My kit list
March 21, 2008
I wrote a kit list when I first started my blog but I’ve not re-posted it here like most of my other old entries. This is a current list of my kit with links and all.
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Moody morning
March 18, 2008
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New photography mosaic
March 16, 2008
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My Flickr groups
March 13, 2008
I’m a huge fan of Flickr and is where I post all of my photos (good and bad!). Since joining the site I’ve created a several groups and I thought I’d list them all just in case anyone is interested. The main ones are:
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Kaz at sunrise
March 6, 2008
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Up on the farm
March 5, 2008
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7 Alternatives to Flickr
March 3, 2008
If you’re not a Flickr fanboy like me and want an alternative, have a look at this article on Photography Bay. Personally I’ve used most of the alternatives and for me Flickr cannot be beaten if that is what you want. But have a look at the article, first they talk about Flickr then follow the link at the bottom to read the rest of the article detailing the 7 alternatives you might want to consider: Read more
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Painting of a tennis championship
March 3, 2008
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A morning walk in Kent
February 25, 2008
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Boxham Tree HDR
February 15, 2008
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My photo to appear in local newspaper
January 30, 2008
I entered three of my recent photos into a photography competition in our local news paper, The Kent & Sussex Courier. The competition is run in association with the Tonbridge Camera Club and a lady from the paper e-mailed me on Monday to say they want to print one of my photos in this week’s paper (out on Thursday 31st January 2008). I’m over the moon and can’t wait to see my photo in the paper tomorrow.
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Day out at Le Tour de France London Prologue 2007
January 3, 2008
I was up in London for the Saturday (7th July 2007) Prologue of Le Tour de France in London. I thought it was fantastic! Up very early I made my way to Marble Arch. At this point it was pretty empty and quiet, but as I walked around I found some people already placing seats along the course. There was still lots of spaces, though so I decided to walk it, from Hyde Park to the finish, boy that was a long walk. On my way I went through a very busy area where people were shouting and screaming to encourage you to buy their wares. Pretty much everyone was at the finish and I could hardly see the track. So I chose to turn back to find a better location. Read more
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Which? print processing
June 2, 2007
Which? have tested and reviewed all the major print processing services online and in-store. The results of the online services are:- Read more
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Which? digital SLR tests
June 2, 2007
The consumer assoication’s Which? magazine have tested the current crop of affordable digital SLR cameras. I trust their tests and opinions highly so the reults are:- Read more
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List of my favourite photographers
March 18, 2007
I’ll be updating this article regularly. When I find photographers and artists that interest me, inspire me or are just plain good IMHO, then the poor souls will get a link added here:
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My sites list
March 18, 2007
A list of my sites and where I keep my photos online:
All my sites are listed on the page below, most are just holding pages: http://www.koltregaskes.com/
Please visit my photography site here: http://www.squashyfrog.com/
I have a few photos on GFXArtist: http://koltregaskes.gfxartist.com/
And my deviantART page where you can buy prints, etc. for my work here: http://koltregaskes.deviantart.com/
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Photography links
March 18, 2007
I’ve started to correlate a bunch of useful and interesting photography-related sites on the web, they range from tutorial to photo-sharing sites:
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Photography-related magazine and newspapers
March 18, 2007
A few links to newspapers and magazines I read:
Newspapers
The Independent
- I’ve never really settled on a newspaper until perhaps recently. I’ve started regularly buying the Independent, don’t say a word.
In the last few months it has had ‘free’ week-long specials including ‘Improve Your Photography’ and there is the odd ‘Independent Photographer’ supplement in the Web User magazine (of which I’ve only got Part 1 and 3 L). The Independent takes photography very seriously and I expect to see lots of articles and supplements in the future.
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Photography books
March 18, 2007
Here’s a list of photography and Photoshop books I’ve collected over the last few months, as you can see I’ve got a lot of reading.
Hopefully these will be good reference material and give me ideas (links go to Amazon UK pages and I will add notes to each book later):
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Photography training info
March 4, 2007
Here is a bit of info on some training I hope to take at some point. As I work and don’t have the luxury to take time off I’ve opted for the home study option. After a long period of searching the net and obtaining info from all sorts Open College of Arts came out on top.
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Why?
January 31, 2007
OK, why this change of direction all of a sudden, well, like everyone, I would like to be in a place where I’m as happy as I can be. Working in an office is good and I get a kick out of producing a report, helping out on projects and of course it pays the bills. But as a long term goal I’m after something more creative, something a bit different…
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How to become a professional photographer… hopefully
January 30, 2007
Well I’ve had this blog set-up for months now so I better go ahead and use it, eh? The idea behind it (currently) is to not only use the site as a portfolio (in the future anyway) but also to document my progress from happy snapper to professional photographer or is that just a better happy snapper.
Hopefully this’ll help me, as well as anyone else foolish enough to read this, while gaining some expertise in photography and photo-manipulation.
I’ve eager pursue a more creative area. I have two avenues, should I concentrate in getting back into pencil drawing or perhaps into my new interest, photography? I’ve not drawn anything in anger since college and nothing of importance since school (ooh 14 years ago now) but I’m a far better artist than I am a photographer right now so you think I would go down the drawing route, right? Wrong. Photography has surprisingly grabbed a hold on me recently. I’ve never taken an interest in the art, never looked at a photo and thought ‘hey, that’s a really well taken picture’. It’s all changed and now love looking at photography and taking pictures myself. It’s something I feel I can progress with and perhaps take into a future career. Drawing can wait a little bit longer, I know I can draw I just need to be taught the proper technique. What I could do later is combine both photography and drawing by taking photos then reproducing them on a piece of paper. One way or the other, I certainly hope to get some enjoyment out of finding my artistic roots again.
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