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Essential Software & Widgets

Thu - 01 Mar

If you are considering or have recently made the switch from PC to Mac one of the things you will no doubt have heard said time and time again is that there isn't as much software for the Mac and there is for the PC. Whilst it's true that there is a significantly wider choice for each type of software like Word Processors, Image Editing, FTP etc for the PC a lot of them are quite frankly rubbish. The Mac on the other hand may not have as wide a selection but generally speaking the quality of the applications is a lot better.

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First Impressions

Thu - 15 Feb

Well yesterday my new iMac arrived and so I thought I would post a few initial impressions. I think the first thing I have to say is Wow! The iMac is just so well designed, it's beautiful to look at yet it isn't design at the sacrifice of functionality. If anything the design compliments the functionality and simplicity is the keyword.

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Switching From PC to Mac

Fri - 09 Feb

iMacIn June 2006 I wrote here how I wanted one of the new Intel iMac's, well some 8 months later I have finally ordered one! At the time of writing this part of this blog entry I have yet to receive it but have just been told that it should arrive on or before the 20th February so I have been getting myself prepared for the big switch over.

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A New Laptop

Fri - 06 Oct

In our new house we have turned one of the bedrooms into an office/study where we have installed our main desktop PC. This is the PC that I use for my photography and as such I have to admit that this room has pretty much become my domain as all my camera stuff, software, dual monitors, graphics tablets etc does tend to cover just about every spare surface. Understandably my wife no longer really wants to use this PC and so last week she decided to buy herself a new laptop to use on our home network.

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Saturday, 07 October 2006
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Lastolite Ezybox - Hotshoe
Friday, 05 January 2007
Lastolite have recently launched the Ezybox - Hotshoe which is a collapsible softbox that you can use with a speedlite turning your battery operated... Read more...
Lightroom Presets Available
Wednesday, 20 August 2008
One of the biggest advantages of Adobe's Lightroom is the use of Presets. For those that may not have yet experienced the joy of using presets,... Read more...

YouTubeA new feature of peakoverload.com is my new Photography Videos section. Here I have gathered dozens of excellent videos from YouTube on a wide range of photographic subjects from studio and flash lighting to composition and more. Many of these videos are created by leading professionals and offer lots of excellent tips and advice. To view the videos simply click on the link in the menu above and choose which category you want, you can then choose which video you want to watch by selecting it from the playlist in the player itself.

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