Website Updates
BitDepth#882 posted
23/04/13 00:12
BitDepth#882, a look at the public sector discussions at CDX2, is posted here...
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BitDepth#881 posted
15/04/13 21:18
Local Lives 16 posted
08/04/13 23:03
Local Lives 16, an expanded gallery of images documenting Sonny Murray, an elder of the Tobago goat racing community, is posted here…
Download PDFs of the published version of this photo essay and others here.
You'll find the text accompanying the story here.
BitDepth#880posted
08/04/13 22:57
BitDepth#880, a look at Evernote, software for managing clippings and noting across multiple operating systems, is posted here…
The BitDepth posting on Wunderlist, which does the same thing for to do lists ran late last week and can be found here…
The BitDepth posting on Wunderlist, which does the same thing for to do lists ran late last week and can be found here…
Jamming at Farm Road
25/03/13 21:53
A review of the 2013 edition of Jazz Artists on the Greens is posted here...
BitDepth#878 posted
25/03/13 21:51
BitDepth#878, a conversation with Samsung's Elias Kabeche about what the company's local customers can expect with the launch of the new S4 is posted here...
BitDepth#877 posted
18/03/13 22:33
BitDepth#877, a preview look at Samsung's new S4 smartphone is posted here...
BitDepth#876 posted
11/03/13 21:54
BitDepth#876, a consideration of the first stakeholder consultation on Carnival 2013, is posted here...
BitDepth#875 posted
04/03/13 19:47
BitDepth#875, an interview with the team at CarnivalTV updates a story that began in 2011 and is posted here…
BitDepth#874 posted
25/02/13 22:18
BitDepth#874, a look at the copyright issues of Carnival 2013, is posted here...
BitDepth#873 posted
18/02/13 21:32
New post: BitDepth#873, an open letter to new NCC Chairman Allison Demas after her first Carnival in office.
Local Lives 15 posted
11/02/13 22:13
Local Lives 15, a gallery of images documenting the Phase II journey to Panorama is here.
Download PDFs of the published version of this photo essay and others here.
You'll find the expanded text accompanying the story here.
TV6 Images of Carnival story
11/02/13 21:57
The two part story on "The Images of Carnival" by Jabari Fraser can be viewed here...
BitDepth#872 posted
11/02/13 21:55
BitDepth#872, a contemplation of the forces that are shaping Carnival, is posted here...
Deep pockets needed to shoot Carnival
05/02/13 09:55
Carnival fees for documenting the annual festival have been hiked dramatically. Some thoughts about that here...
BitDepth#871 posted
05/02/13 09:53
The freshly renamed Blackberry announced their new smartphone contender, the Z10 last week. Does it have what it takes to return to the race?
BitDepth#870 posted
28/01/13 22:57
BitDepth#869 posted
21/01/13 23:38
BitDepth#868 posted
14/01/13 23:19
The hot buzz on the Internet last week was about Adobe apparently giving its seven-year-old CS2 software suite away online for free. Here's what's up with that.
On Andros
14/01/13 23:17
Young wedding photographer Andros Belfonte posted a note that stirred a strong reaction from photographers. Here's a considered response to it.
BitDepth#867 posted
07/01/13 23:02
New Home page
07/01/13 16:46
Finally got around to updating my website home page (for shame, it's been almost a year) and changing out the Carnival 2012 gallery of important and largely forgotten personalities for a new one.
This new home page slideshow features seven images taken from the selection of photographs that were accepted into the Art Society's photographic retrospective, Record : Art : Memory, about which I've written more here and here.
This new home page slideshow features seven images taken from the selection of photographs that were accepted into the Art Society's photographic retrospective, Record : Art : Memory, about which I've written more here and here.
BitDepth#866 posted
31/12/12 22:14
BitDepth#866, a look at some of the gifts you wish you got for Christmas, is posted here…
This installment, originally planned for last week, is now the first BitDepth for 2013 and it might be useful to note that all of BitDepth for 2012 has been moved to the archive section. All previous links to that content are unfortunately broken, but you can find the columns here from now on.
I regret the inconvenience, but it's just the way my web software works.
This installment, originally planned for last week, is now the first BitDepth for 2013 and it might be useful to note that all of BitDepth for 2012 has been moved to the archive section. All previous links to that content are unfortunately broken, but you can find the columns here from now on.
I regret the inconvenience, but it's just the way my web software works.
Meet the Queen
18/12/12 01:19
Notes about my first formal sitting with a reigning beauty queen, Athaliah Samuel, with quite attractive photos of the gorgeous young woman, are posted here..
BitDepth#865 posted
18/12/12 01:18
BitDepth#865, a look at how the technology behind Google Maps will change Trinidad and Tobago tourism, is posted here...
BitDepth#864 posted
11/12/12 19:54
Sagicor's BB app
11/12/12 19:45
Jonestown reviewed
03/12/12 22:40
BitDepth#863posted
03/12/12 22:38
The Government wants a super company for the arts, artists want to have a consultation. Why this impasse keeps recurring.
Photography as a vocation
27/11/12 00:09
Photography has many facets, commercial, creative, documentary and more. My own journey with the craft has been made more fulfilling by a carefully managed balance between images shot for business purpose and images shot just because they should be.
BitDepth#862posted
26/11/12 23:58
BitDepth#862, a look at the Art Society's exhibit in celebration of 50 years of independence and the role that photography has played as an instrument of record for this country is posted here...
Questions answered
20/11/12 00:36
BitDepth#861posted
20/11/12 00:33
BitDepth#861, an evaluation of the marketing efforts of Digicel and TSTT in the mobile broadband market, is posted here,,,
Skyfall review
12/11/12 22:17
Daniel Craig is back as Bond and making quite the splash in the 23rd installment in the series of films. Read a review of Skyfall here...
BitDepth#860 posted
12/11/12 22:12
BitDepth#859 posted
21/10/12 23:10
BitDepth#859 wraps up my coverage of Windows 8 here…
Everything you might ever want to know about the launch of Windows 8 is linked here…
Business Guardian report on the Latin American Launch of Windows 8
BitDepth#858, Microsoft: All In
Working with Windows 8 on a tablet device...
BitDepth#857, Is it the tablet PC's time?
BitDepth#856, Software for the Modern UI
BitDepth#855, Tailoring a Tablet-ready Windows
BitDepth#854, Windows 8 on a Slate
Everything you might ever want to know about the launch of Windows 8 is linked here…
Business Guardian report on the Latin American Launch of Windows 8
BitDepth#858, Microsoft: All In
Working with Windows 8 on a tablet device...
BitDepth#857, Is it the tablet PC's time?
BitDepth#856, Software for the Modern UI
BitDepth#855, Tailoring a Tablet-ready Windows
BitDepth#854, Windows 8 on a Slate
Eat ah food review
15/10/12 23:40
My review for the Sunday Guardian of the local play Eat ah Food is posted here...
BitDepth#856 posted
15/10/12 23:36
BitDepth#856, the third installment in our series looking at the experience of using Windows 8 on a tablet form factor, and the improvements that Office 2013 brings, is posted here...
BitDepth#855 posted
08/10/12 20:42
Film Immersion Workshop
24/09/12 22:56
A conversation with two participants in the 2011 Film Immersion workshop who have new films in this year's TTFF festival, is posted here...
BitDepth#853 posted
24/09/12 22:53
BitDepth#853, a look at Twitter's new rules of engagement for developers is posted here...
BitDepth#852 posted
17/09/12 22:13
BitDepth#852, a look at the Apple-Samsung legal battle and its consequences for consumers, is posted here...
BitDepth#851 posted
10/09/12 21:54
BitDepth#850 posted
03/09/12 22:41
BitDepth#850, some thoughts about Independence and what it means to me, is posted here...
BitDepth#849 posted
28/08/12 00:21
BitDepth#848 posted
20/08/12 23:27
BitDepth#848, a look at DirecTV's new web portal for ordering pay per view movies, is posted here.
I'm back in the reviewing saddle for culture at the invitation of Lisa Allen-Agostini at the Sunday Guardian.
Here's a review of Kin Sound System's new album and a look at the launch of K2K's 2013 band.
I'm back in the reviewing saddle for culture at the invitation of Lisa Allen-Agostini at the Sunday Guardian.
Here's a review of Kin Sound System's new album and a look at the launch of K2K's 2013 band.
BitDepth#847 posted
13/08/12 23:37
BitDepth#845 posted
30/07/12 22:51
BitDepth#845, a look at Samsung's new S series smartphone, the SIII, is posted here…
BitDepth#844 posted
23/07/12 21:52
In BitDepth#844, musings about 007 and the masterful JB, composer John Barry are posted here...
BitDepth#843 posted
16/07/12 22:17
BitDepth#843, reflections on my time with some young journalists in the UWI Certificate in Journalism course, is posted here...
Free photography
09/07/12 22:54
A great experience working on a promotional poster for ALTA triggers thoughts about the dynamics of pro bono work and how I approach it.
BitDepth 841 posted
09/07/12 22:51
BitDepth#841, a look at Microsoft's new Surface tablet, is posted here...
BitDepth 840 posted
25/06/12 22:24
BitDepth 839 posted
18/06/12 21:43
BitDepth 838 posted
11/06/12 21:19
BitDepth#838, a musing about Adobe's new version of Photoshop, is posted here...
BitDepth 837 posted
04/06/12 22:27
BitDepth#837, a review of the third installment of the Men in Black franchise, is posted here...
BitDepth 836 posted
28/05/12 23:04
BitDepth#836, some thoughts about what Digicel should do next with their 4G lead, is posted here.
Tech updates
21/05/12 22:56
BitDepth#835, a look at the issues facing the local film industry, is posted here.
My early experiences with Digicel's new 4G mobile broadband service.
BitDepth#834, a spirited look at the new Joss Whedon film, The Avengers, is posted here.
Microsoft opens advertising in Skype to Latin America and the Caribbean.
My early experiences with Digicel's new 4G mobile broadband service.
BitDepth#834, a spirited look at the new Joss Whedon film, The Avengers, is posted here.
Microsoft opens advertising in Skype to Latin America and the Caribbean.
BitDepth 833 posted
07/05/12 22:22
BitDepth#833, a recounting of my recent hard drive (SSD actually) adventures with data loss, is posted here.
Other BitDepth relating postings include my story presaging mobile broadband rollouts in 2012 for Contact Magazine and a post on Columbus Business Solutions' new cloud based solutions.
Other BitDepth relating postings include my story presaging mobile broadband rollouts in 2012 for Contact Magazine and a post on Columbus Business Solutions' new cloud based solutions.
BitDepth 832 posted
30/04/12 22:10
BitDepth#832, a contemplation of the position of the media in a Trinidad and Tobago enabled with mobile broadband technology is here.
A related Business Guardian story on TSTT's announcement of mobile broadband technology using HSPA+ is here.
A related Business Guardian story on TSTT's announcement of mobile broadband technology using HSPA+ is here.
BitDepth 831 posted
24/04/12 00:07
BitDepth#831, an interview with young social media consultant and coach Farhana Cannon is posted here.
The transcript of my e-mail interview with the new media entrepreneur is here.
The transcript of my e-mail interview with the new media entrepreneur is here.
Art and Value
17/04/12 00:29
My Business Guardian story on the Art Society's seminar on art and pricing is posted here...
BitDepth 830 posted
16/04/12 23:07
BitDepth#830, a look at issues surrounding use of Facebook images by traditional media, is posted here.
This story was based on a post on Facebook and the comments which followed. You can find a transcript of that on this website here.
This story was based on a post on Facebook and the comments which followed. You can find a transcript of that on this website here.
BitDepth 829 posted
09/04/12 20:59
Carnival Souvenir stories
09/04/12 20:53
My two reviews for the Guardian's Carnival Souvenir, never published anywhere online are here.
Tighter show, younger competitors at Dimanche Gras
Soca veteran wins both titles at Soca Monarch
Tighter show, younger competitors at Dimanche Gras
Soca veteran wins both titles at Soca Monarch
BitDepth 828 posted
02/04/12 23:50
BitDepth#828, a look at the next versions of Windows and Mac OS X, is posted here...
BitDepth 827 posted
26/03/12 21:46
BitDepth#827, an appreciation of my experiences with the late Courtney Nicholls, retired school principal, is posted here...
BitDepth 826 posted
19/03/12 22:21
BitDepth#826, a look at the popular new content sharing site, Pinterest, is posted here...
An agency of one
15/03/12 20:54
BitDepth 825 posted
12/03/12 22:13
BitDepth#825, both a summary and expansion of a talk I gave at the launch of the second issue of Caribbean InTransit's arts journal, is posted here...
BitDepth 824 posted
05/03/12 22:37
BitDepth#824 tells the story of how Trinidad and Tobago's Carnival overseers have made it difficult for Reuters to cover the festival.
Local Lives 14 posted
27/02/12 21:08
Local Lives 14, the story of The Original Whipmasters, a traditional Jab Jab group grooming its fourth generation of players, is posted here…
The home of the Local Lives series is here...
The home of the Local Lives series is here...
BitDepth 823 posted
27/02/12 21:06
BitDepth#823, a column that seems eerily like last week's, only with heaps more sarcasm and satire, is posted here...
BitDepth 822 posted
21/02/12 06:39
BitDepth#822, a look at the way photography and our record of Carnival has contributed to its degeneration, is posted here...
BitDepth 821 posted
13/02/12 21:44
BitDepth#821, a look at copyright from the perspective of photographers who are digital natives, is posted here…
And here's an interview with photographer Laura Ferreira on copyright, part of the backgrounder for the column.
And here's an interview with photographer Laura Ferreira on copyright, part of the backgrounder for the column.
BitDepth 820 posted
06/02/12 21:34
BitDepth 819 posted
30/01/12 22:54
BitDepth #819, reporting from a seminar for visual artists on copyright, is posted here...
BitDepth 817 posted
16/01/12 20:02
Sébastien Bachollet visited Trinidad and Tobago last week to spread the word about the significant expansion of web domains that's currently underway.
Copyright and copyleft
09/01/12 23:44
BitDepth 816 posted
09/01/12 21:30
BitDepth 815 posted
02/01/12 22:25
BitDepth#815, a look at current electronic media aggregators and new delivery mechanisms is posted here...
BitDepth 814 posted
26/12/11 21:49
BitDepth 814, some thoughts about the way that the nation needs to be developed, following on from BitDepth 813 and BitDepth 812, is posted here...
BitDepth 813 posted
19/12/11 21:42
BitDepth#813, a call for a renewed emphasis on education and the way we approach it is posted here...
BitDepth 812 posted
12/12/11 20:43
BitDepth#812, a look at the new book by Thomas Friedman and Michael Mandelbaum and its relevance to Trinidad and Tobago's future, is posted here...
Flow's new technology
05/12/11 19:17
BitDepth 811 posted
05/12/11 19:16
BitDepth#811, a look at copyright and creative commons as ways of managing the rights of creators, is posted here...
BitDepth 810 posted
28/11/11 21:43
BitDepth#810, a look at some of what happened at the Caribbean Digital Expo, is posted here...
BitDepth 809 posted
21/11/11 19:25
BitDepth#809, a look at some raunchy spam that showed up in the status streams of Facebook users, is posted here...
BitDepth 808 posted
14/11/11 19:14
BitDepth# 808, a look at issues related to the way that children use the Internet, is posted here...
BitDepth 807 and PhotoPlus links roundup
07/11/11 21:01
BitDepth 807, a look at the importance of image preservation and other posts from PhotoPlus 2011 are here...
BitDepth#807, Douglas Kirkland
BitDepth#806, DSLR video
Jack Hollingsworth seminar notes
Art Strieber seminar notes
Creative longevity seminar notes
Blake Discher seminar notes
BitDepth#807, Douglas Kirkland
BitDepth#806, DSLR video
Jack Hollingsworth seminar notes
Art Strieber seminar notes
Creative longevity seminar notes
Blake Discher seminar notes
BitDepth 806 posted
01/11/11 12:19
BitDepth 806, notes on the dominance of film making on digital SLRs, is posted here...
BitDepth 805 posted
24/10/11 20:14
BitDepth#805, some blunt reporting on UTT's tribute lecture for Steve Jobs, is posted here...
BitDepth 804 posted
17/10/11 21:32
BitDepth#804, a look at the potential of Amazon's new Kindle Fire in the tablet market, is posted here...
BitDepth 803 posted
10/10/11 21:58
Last week, Steve Jobs died at 56. BitDepth 803 looks at why he mattered so much to technology.
BitDepth 802 posted
04/10/11 22:00
BitDepth#802, a review of the new Transformers DVD/Blu-Ray release, offers an insight into what big-budget movies might well become.
BitDepth 801 posted
26/09/11 21:17
BitDepth#801, a hands on experience with the Windows 8 developer preview, is posted here...
BitDepth 800 posted
19/09/11 21:23
BitDepth#800, a look at the prerelease version of Windows 8, is posted here...
The Wire's photo department remembered
12/09/11 23:07
A blog post about The Wire, ten years after it started operations, and more specifically my experience building it's all digital photographic department, is posted here...
BitDepth 799 posted
12/09/11 23:05
BitDepth 798 posted
05/09/11 19:28
BitDepth 798, a look at the new media ramifications of "Granny Quilla's" Facebook rant, is posted here...
BitDepth 796 posted
23/08/11 00:26
BitDepth#796, a look at Lexmark's new multifunction printer with social media capabilties, is posted here...
Wide angle view
15/08/11 23:39
A look at my scattered dabblings with panoramic photographs is posted here...
BitDepth 795 posted
15/08/11 23:36
BitDepth #795, in which I prophesy the last days of the optical disc as a computer peripheral, is posted here...
BitDepth 794 posted
08/08/11 23:30
BitDepth#794, some thoughts about strategies for an older PC, is posted here...
BitDepth 793 posted
01/08/11 21:31
BitDepth#793, a look at Google+ and BranchOut, two new social media points of engagement, is posted here...
What makes a photographer?
25/07/11 21:38
Some thoughts that young photographers might wish to consider when approaching photography as a craft are posted here...
BitDepth 792 posted
25/07/11 21:34
BitDepth 792, a look at some of the challenges facing users planning to upgrade to Apple's new Lion OS, is posted here...
BitDepth 791 posted
18/07/11 22:40
BitDepth 791, an account of my experiences with using Android on a tablet, is posted here...
The photodesk gets hit first
18/07/11 22:38
Some notes and thoughts about where photography is going in local newspapers are posted here...
Office 365 launched in New York
11/07/11 23:12
BitDepth 789 posted
04/07/11 22:54
BitDepth#789, a look at the process of blood donation and the missteps of of the National Blood Transfusion Service over the last six months, is posted here...
BitDepth 788 posted
27/06/11 23:57
BitDepth#788, a look at ownership issues and content replication protocols in social media, is posted here...
Updates to the freeness
27/06/11 23:55
Several items have been added to the Free section of the website, several of which are specific to a course I'm doing at UWI's film school, but photographers interested in a RAW workflow discussion might like the vidcast I've prepared on the subject.
BitDepth 787 posted
20/06/11 20:46
BitDepth#787, a look back at my shared history with Wayne Berkeley, is posted here...
BitDepth 786 posted
14/06/11 00:13
BitDepth#786, a report on the first Microsoft DigiGirlz seminar in Trinidad and Tobago (and, indeed, the Caribbean), is posted here...
Clients and RAW files
13/06/11 22:53
A photo blog note on the dilemma that photographers may face when clients demand their RAW images is posted here...
BitDepth 785 posted
06/06/11 23:33
BitDepth#785, a look at the MacDefender Trojan Horse, is posted here...
Pix from the past: Robert Munro, 1999
30/05/11 20:41
Detail photographs of Robert Munro add to the portrait of the musician. Here's how that came together.
BitDepth 784 posted
30/05/11 20:38
BitDepth 784, a look at how Roger Alexis' plan for puppet domination of the media fits in with modern technology, is posted here...
Pix from the past: Walcott, 1983
23/05/11 23:24
An opportunity to photograph playwright and poet Derek Walcott dropped into the middle of theatre promotion at the beginning of my career.
BitDepth 783 posted
23/05/11 23:22
BitDepth#783, a contemplation on the current state of the media in Trinidad and Tobago is posted here...
BitDepth 782 posted
16/05/11 23:48
BitDepth #782, a rememberance of the powerful presence of Allyson Hennessy is posted here...
Messing with the Photoshop
16/05/11 23:45
Early adventures with Photoshop and how they shaped my approach to digital photography.
BitDepth 781 posted
09/05/11 23:36
BitDepth#781, a look at the state of play with electronic books, is posted here...
Pix from the past: Minshall, 1993
09/05/11 23:36
I'll be looking back, on my photo blog, at how I approached a few images that have turned out to have some legs over the years. First up, Minshall in 1993.
BitDepth 780 posted
02/05/11 22:53
BitDepth#780, a report on a TATT Open Forum on ICT applied to issues of Climate Change is posted here...
Photographing Gab Hosein
25/04/11 23:37
A look at a single light source shoot in broad daylight and some of the issues that arose.
BitDepth 779 posted
25/04/11 23:32
BitDepth#779, a look at some considerations in upgrading or replacing your computer system, is posted here...
BitDepth 778 posted
18/04/11 22:21
BitDepth#778, a look at the deteriorating state of the alien invasion movie, is posted here...
Tumblr blog
13/04/11 21:39
DirecTV looks to LatAm
11/04/11 21:01
A story for the Business Guardian about DirecTV's plans for Latin America is posted here...
BitDepth 777 posted
11/04/11 20:59
BitDepth#777, a look at the Android OS and the development of its ecosystem, is posted here...
Updates to image galleries
05/04/11 15:25
Columbus's business plan for Jamaica
28/03/11 22:47
Columbus Communications launches its business services in Jamaica. Here's the story that ran in the Business Guardian.
BitDepth 775 posted
28/03/11 22:26
BitDepth 774 posted
22/03/11 10:29
Blackberry mas apps posted
15/03/11 00:24
My story for the Business Guardian on two apps developed for the Blackberry platform to report on Trinidad Carnival is posted here...
Local Lives 13 posted
15/03/11 00:07
Local Lives 13, the story of a group of Catholic faithful who decided to change Carnival by bringing their own band on their own terms into the festival is posted here...
Photographing Carnival post
15/03/11 00:02
BitDepth#773 posted
15/03/11 00:01
BitDepth#773, considerations arising from a day spent in the Savannah photographing Carnival a week ago, is posted here...
BitDepth#772 posted
07/03/11 23:42
BitDepth#772, a look at the newly constructed structure on the Grandstand site, is posted here...
BitDepth#771 posted
01/03/11 00:06
BitDepth#771, an update on the efforts of TrinidadTunes.com to build online digital download sales for local music, is posted here...
BitDepth#770 posted
21/02/11 22:40
BitDepth #770, reporting from the Think symposium on Carnival and Multiculturalism is posted here...
BitDepth#768 posted
07/02/11 19:22
Blog post on scanning negatives
31/01/11 23:07
BitDepth#767 posted
31/01/11 21:30
BitDepth#767, a report on BDC's recent e-commerce seminar series, is posted here...
BitDepth#766 posted
17/01/11 22:13
BitDepth#766, a look at Apple's new Mac App Store, is posted here...
BitDepth#765 posted
10/01/11 22:26
BitDepth#765, a look at the potential long term threat of the Stuxnet worm, is posted here...
New search engine added
03/01/11 23:09
This worked fine, and is still the preferred option for image searches, but it depended on Google's schedule of indexing so it was frequently a week or two out of date.
The new option is from the same developer, but it uses a MySQL database to index the website, so I can control the indexing schedule and it's very fast.
Give it a try and see.
BitDepth#764 posted
02/01/11 22:37
BitDepth#764, a look at some key learnings from 2010 is posted here...
BitDepth#762, 673 posted
27/12/10 22:26
BitDepth #762, a look at the challenges of travelling with photography equipment today is posted here and #763, some technology related New Year's resolutions is posted here...
BitDepth 761 posted
15/12/10 11:42
BitDepth 760, thoughts about using photography in Corporate Communications is posted here and column #761, advice on backups and gift giving for the holidays is here.
Gallery updates
29/11/10 22:52
Some quite fetching gallery updates are to be found in the Outlish, Womanwise and Editorial Tearsheets photography galleries.
BitDepth#759 posted
29/11/10 22:49
BitDepth#759, notes from a presentation on the steelband on the web, is posted here...
View or download a vidcast of the original presentation here...
View or download a vidcast of the original presentation here...
BitDepth#758 posted
22/11/10 19:14
BitDepth#758, an exclusive update interview with Microsoft's Alvaro Celis on the company's cloud initiative is posted here...
BitDepth#757 posted
15/11/10 21:27
BitDepth#757, a look at how creative professionals might navigate today's web based networks is posted here...
T&T Steelpan and Jazz Festival posted
08/11/10 21:15
A review the 2010 Trinidad and Tobago Steelpan and Jazz Festival is posted here...
Refreshed image galleries
08/11/10 21:10
Made some changes to my photography galleries. The Big Folio is now shut down and those galleries along with new tearsheet galleries are now found here...
BitDepth 756 posted
08/11/10 21:07
BitDepth #756 a recollection of my start in journalism with Keith Smith at the Express is posted here...
BitDepth 755 posted
01/11/10 21:43
BitDepth#755, a look at what happened after I added a solid state drive to my laptop is posted here...
BitDepth 754 posted
25/10/10 21:49
BitDepth #754, a look at Apple's new all SSD Macbook Air line of laptops is posted here...
BitDepth 753 posted
18/10/10 21:30
BitDepth#753, a review of The Social Network, David Fincher's movie about Facebook, is posted here...
BitDepth 752 posted
11/10/10 21:48
BitDepth#752 marks the anniversaries of Mac OSX and the Laserwriter.
BitDepth 751 posted
03/10/10 20:41
BitDepth#751, a report on TATT's recent ICT Open Forum on electronic transactions is posted here...
BitDepth on digital photography
27/09/10 21:09
All the links to the BitDepth series on digital photography.
Here's the lineup...
BitDepth 750 - This Photographer's Way
BitDepth 749 - The Copyright Condom
BitDepth 748 - Professionals versus Amateurs
BitDepth 747 - The digital photographer's workflow
BitDepth 746 - An ode to good glass
BitDepth 745 - Your new digital camera
Here's the lineup...
BitDepth 750 - This Photographer's Way
BitDepth 749 - The Copyright Condom
BitDepth 748 - Professionals versus Amateurs
BitDepth 747 - The digital photographer's workflow
BitDepth 746 - An ode to good glass
BitDepth 745 - Your new digital camera
Malware? We don't got no steenking malware...
24/09/10 09:42
Apologies to any of you who got a malware warning when visiting the website recently. It's a consequence of a small widget script I was running on the page to create a blogroll that's gone wonky.
It's been removed, and I'll be returning the lists here and on the photoblog with hardcoded links when I get a moment. I appreciate that some of you forged ahead trusting me. There was no actual issue, but there was a fussy problem with the way the code worked that triggered the warning.
You can read more about the issue here.
It's been removed, and I'll be returning the lists here and on the photoblog with hardcoded links when I get a moment. I appreciate that some of you forged ahead trusting me. There was no actual issue, but there was a fussy problem with the way the code worked that triggered the warning.
You can read more about the issue here.
Microsoft introduces IE9
23/09/10 21:32
Microsoft introduces the newest version of its browser, Internet Explorer 9.
New photography posted
20/09/10 20:05
BitDepth 748 posted
13/09/10 19:11
BitDepth#748, a look at the real differences between amateur and professional photographers is posted here. The full e-mail interview that I did with R, of TrinidadDreamscape.net, is posted here.
BitDepth 747 posted
06/09/10 22:42
BitDepth#747, a recounting of my digital workflow for photography, is posted here...
Innovative Education Forum
04/09/10 19:22
My report on the Microsoft Innovative Education Forum for Latin America and the Caribbean is posted here. A PDF facsimile of the story as it appeared in the paper can be downloaded here.
BitDepth 746 posted
31/08/10 11:57
BitDepth#746, a look at the importance of a good lens in photography, is posted here...
BitDepth 745 posted
26/08/10 20:42
BitDepth#745, a look at strategies for investing in a DSLR camera, is posted here...
BitDepth 744 posted
16/08/10 21:54
BitDepth#744, notes from a stakeholder consultation run by a Singapore consultancy on Trinidad and Tobago's ICT future, is posted here...
BitDepth 743 posted
09/08/10 20:10
BitDepth#743, a look at some of the leveraging hardware I use these days is posted here...
BitDepth 742 posted
03/08/10 16:59
BitDepth#741, a look over my shoulder at the software I use everyday, is posted here...
The coup attempt, 20 years later
26/07/10 21:53
My story for the Guardian about on the 20th Anniversary of the 1990 coup attempt is posted here...
BitDepth 741 posted
26/07/10 21:51
BitDepth 741, a companion piece to a session I did with young journalists about Reporting on Technology, is posted here. A vidcast of the presentation is here.
BitDepth 740 posted
19/07/10 22:16
BitDepth#740, a look at the possible consequences of the Government's plan to issue portable computers to all graduating SEA students, is posted here...
BitDepth 739 posted
12/07/10 19:59
BitDepth 739, a peevish look at the Content is King discussion panel at the recent Carnival Symposium "This Business of Carnival" is posted here...
Aida review posted
12/07/10 19:57
My review of Aida produced by Must Come See Productions at Queen's Hall is posted here...
New images in the Big Folio
12/07/10 19:55
BitDepth 738 posted
06/07/10 20:04
BitDepth #738, a look at the recent Business of Carnival symposium is posted here...
Outlish gallery updated
29/06/10 01:07
New portraits of Synergy soca star Richard "Chynee" Valentine, AIDS activist David Soomarie and popular (and anonymous) Carnival blogger Saucy Diva are posted here...
BitDepth 737 posted
29/06/10 01:04
BitDepth #737, a report on Microsoft's launch of Office 2010 is posted here...
Local Lives 12 posted
21/06/10 20:01
BitDepth 736 posted
21/06/10 19:59
Gallery updates
14/06/10 21:07
New photographs posted in the Outlish Big Folio gallery. Ryan Khan and Rehana Ali join the portrait hall of burgeoning fame from the new online magazine Outlish.
BitDepth 735 posted
14/06/10 21:05
BitDepth#735, a look at Microsoft's new free online services is posted here...
BitDepth 734 posted
07/06/10 21:00
BitDepth 734, a look at online storage services, is posted here...
BitDepth 733 posted
31/05/10 20:00
BitDepth 733 explores some of the thinking that went into my election prediction of May 19. Read that bit of punditry here... Read More...
BitDepth 732 posted
24/05/10 18:46
BitDepth#732, an open letter to the political leader winning the election of May 24, 2010 about local technology priorities, is posted here...
New portrait gallery in Big Folio
17/05/10 20:15
A new oversized collection of portraits done for the new online magazine Outlish.com, featuring young adults making their mark in Trinidad and Tobago, is posted here...
Mama dis is Jazz review posted
17/05/10 20:13
A review of the Mother's Day jazz concert Mama dis is Jazz is posted here, along with more photographs from the event.
BitDepth 731 posted
17/05/10 20:11
BitDepth#731, a look at how photography and corporate communications work together in a new media environment, is posted here...
BitDepth 730 posted
11/05/10 00:36
BitDepth#730, a look at the way rival Trinidad and Tobago political parties are making use of the Internet and social media is posted here...
BitDepth 729 posted
03/05/10 22:53
BitDepth#729, thoughts about a schoolboy sex scandal that was facilitated by the Internet, is posted here...
BitDepth 728 posted
26/04/10 22:02
BitDepth 728, a look at the debate over Flash and the impasse between Apple and Adobe is posted here...
Kenisha and the wireless triggers
19/04/10 21:01
BitDepth 727 posted
19/04/10 20:59
BitDepth 727, an up-close look at Apple's new iPad is posted here...
BitDepth 726 posted
12/04/10 19:01
BitDepth 726, a longer view perspective on the surge in interest in photography, is posted here...
The original Facebook discussion on the subject is excerpted here...
The original Facebook discussion on the subject is excerpted here...
BitDepth 725 posted
05/04/10 22:02
BitDepth 725, a report from a recent TATT Open Forum on the impact of television and radio on young people is posted here...
BitDepth 724 posted
29/03/10 21:42
BitDepth 724, advice to media students and new practitioners about working with new media realities is posted here... Related vidcast, The Creative Entrepreneur, is posted here...
JAOTG 2010 review posted
28/03/10 22:23
New galleries posted in Stock photography
28/03/10 22:01
T&T Jazz Festival Review
21/03/10 23:59
BitDepth 723 posted
21/03/10 23:56
BitDepth#723, a report from the frontlines of Teleios's second CodeJam programming competition, is posted here...
BitDepth 722 posted
15/03/10 23:46
BitDepth 722, a reminiscing over the 20 years that Photoshop has been with us, is posted here...
BitDepth 721 posted
08/03/10 23:01
BitDepth 720 posted
01/03/10 21:25
BitDepth 719 posted
22/02/10 22:28
Local Lives 11 posted
20/02/10 22:51
An expanded gallery of Local Lives 11, a photoessay about the J'Ouvert band Chocolate City, is posted here. A downloadable PDF of the story as it appeared in the Guardian's Carnival souvenir is available here. Curious about how Local lives gets done? There's also a vidcast on the the download page.
BitDepth 718 posted
16/02/10 07:53
Drumquestra review posted
08/02/10 23:07
A review of Larry McDonald's Drumquestra is posted here. Written for the excellent Caribbean Jazz site The Woodshed.
BitDepth 717 posted
08/02/10 20:42
Mining a lost archive
01/02/10 23:14
The backstory on 'A Gift of the Past,' in Caribbean Beat's January-February issue, about a collection of my father's old negatives and the history of Carnival that they revealed, is posted here... The text from that story is posted here...
BitDepth 716 posted
01/02/10 23:12
BitDepth 715 posted
25/01/10 22:59
BitDepth 715 is the story of how soca star Mr Vybe leverages social media to advance his career and connect with his fans.
BitDepth 714 posted
18/01/10 23:42
The Local Lives process
18/01/10 23:32
BitDepth 713 posted
11/01/10 23:38
Photographing Debbie Ali
04/01/10 22:10
Photographing a kidnapping victim on the very first day of the year proves to be the kind of challenge that makes photojournalism really interesting.
BitDepth 712 posted
04/01/10 22:08
BitDepth 711 posted
28/12/09 22:36
Giselle, finally
22/12/09 00:05
In the 23 years since Giselle La Ronde-West won the Miss World title, I have never once photographed her. Womanwise gives me my first shot at an ageless beauty.
BitDepth 710 posted
22/12/09 00:03
BitDepth #710, a look at Facebook's new privacy changes is posted here...
Diamond cover
14/12/09 22:04
Lystra, decades later
07/12/09 22:48
Photographer's notes on a session with veteran model Lystra Cudjoe are posted here...
BitDepth 709 posted
07/12/09 22:44
BitDepth#709, a look at a heated Facebook debate on copyright is posted here...
Career contemplation videocast
07/12/09 22:43
A videocast of a presentation covering my career to date prepared for St Joseph's Convent students and the bpTT photography club is posted here...
Womanwise Virtual Gallery
01/12/09 00:38
Interested in the photos I've been doing for Womanwise? There's now a virtual gallery of the work available here. It's made for big screens, I'm afraid.
Shoot Mystie for me, said the editor
01/12/09 00:30
The wonderful world of Mystie. Behind the Womanwise shoot.
BitDepth 708 posted
01/12/09 00:27
BitDepth 708, a reconsideration of some media bashing in the technology sector, is posted here...
Yes, I get to shoot Wilhelmina models
23/11/09 23:07
Photo session number 13 turns out to be an encounter with a former Wilhelmina model. I laugh at your reputation for bad luck! Hahahahaha! Oh, and the photographer's notes are here...
BitDepth 707 posted
23/11/09 23:05
BitDepth#707, a look at Blackberry's new 8520 and the Blackberry App World online store for software is posted here...
Destra in da house
16/11/09 22:42
Planning for a pregnant Destra takes some forethought and some strategy. Here's how I tackled the challenge.
BitDepth 706 posted
16/11/09 22:40
10 ways to improve your photography
09/11/09 23:21
Womanwise gone wrong
09/11/09 23:19
Photographer's notes on a tragedy of errors that scuttled a strong effort at delivering a good Womanwise cover in challenging circumstances are posted here...
BitDepth 705 posted
09/11/09 23:17
BitDepth 705, a report on a talk given by Dr David Pensak at a TTCSI session as part of Services Week is posted here...
Photographing Carolyn Pasea
02/11/09 23:15
Photography notes on my session with music producer and talent manager Carolyn Pasea for the Sunday Guardian's Womanwise magazine are posted here...
BitDepth 704 posted
02/11/09 22:51
The Trinidad and Tobago Institute of Surveyors has posted a note about my talk here...
Presenter notes for these talks are available here...
BitDepth 703 posted
26/10/09 23:40
BitDepth#703, a reminiscing and obituary of sorts for Astra Da Costa is posted here...
Sitewide search now available
23/10/09 00:55
Finally implemented sitewide search tools on the pages with text, though it will search the whole site using Google's engine. Try it and let me know if it works for you.
Tidied some of the commess I have going on in the two sidebars on this page, so hopefully it will load without timing out on those IE browsers behind corporate firewalls. I'd appreciate some feedback on that too.
Tidied some of the commess I have going on in the two sidebars on this page, so hopefully it will load without timing out on those IE browsers behind corporate firewalls. I'd appreciate some feedback on that too.
BitDepth 702 posted
19/10/09 22:08
BitDepth#702, a look at the increasing sophistication of popular web memes is posted here...
Under your skin review posted
19/10/09 21:52
Local Lives 10, The Children's Ramayana posted
17/10/09 22:54
My photo essay on the Bal Ramdilla, a learning experience at the Hindu Prachar Kendra that involves children in the writing, directing and performance of the epic Ramleela is archived online here as a downloadable PDF.
You can view an expanded online gallery of images from the shoot here. If you just want to read the text, that's to be found here...
Background notes and technical information about the project has been added here...
Derek Walcott's 1992 Nobel Lecture, which meditates on a Ramleela in Felicity, is here...
You can view an expanded online gallery of images from the shoot here. If you just want to read the text, that's to be found here...
Background notes and technical information about the project has been added here...
Derek Walcott's 1992 Nobel Lecture, which meditates on a Ramleela in Felicity, is here...
TDC Divali Competition
15/10/09 11:58
The Tourism Development Company launched its Divali photography competition for amateurs. I took issue with one of the terms. Five hours later, the company graciously amended a critical parameter of the competition.
The original post on the matter, sent via e-mail and posted as a Facebook note was also posted here...
I've extracted all the responses that came via Facebook comment threads, e-mailed responses and web comments here...
To put some context on this, I've added a post about my own experiences as a content creator with various incarnations of the local tourism company here...
The original post on the matter, sent via e-mail and posted as a Facebook note was also posted here...
I've extracted all the responses that came via Facebook comment threads, e-mailed responses and web comments here...
To put some context on this, I've added a post about my own experiences as a content creator with various incarnations of the local tourism company here...
Notes on Allison Demas photos
12/10/09 22:28
Photographer's notes on a cover shoot with Allison Demas and her daughter Aisha for Womanwise are posted here...
BitDepth 701 posted
12/10/09 22:24
BitDepth 701, some wild but hopefully informed speculation on the way a local newspaper in development might find its place in the local media landscape, is posted here...
UTC updates online service
05/10/09 22:09
My exclusive Business Guardian story on UTC's planned updates to its online service is posted here...
BitDepth 700 posted
05/10/09 22:07
Wendy Fitzwilliam - photo notes
28/09/09 22:36
Photography notes on my photo session with Wendy Fitzwilliam and her son at her home are posted here...
New Microsoft GM
28/09/09 22:33
My exclusive Business Guardian story on the changing of the guard at Microsoft T&T is posted here...
BitDepth 699 posted
28/09/09 22:32
BitDepth 699, a report on a recent presentation to technical professionals on web engagement is posted here...
BitDepth 698 posted
22/09/09 09:33
BitDepth 698, a look at the minimally noted new features of Apple's 10.6 OS release has been posted here...
Photo notes on Dr Pat Mohammed posted
14/09/09 23:37
Photographer's notes on my photo shoot with UWI lecturer Dr Patricia Mohammed are posted here...
BitDepth 697 posted
14/09/09 23:35
BitDepth 697, a review of my compatibility preparation for installing Apple's Snow Leopard operating system update is posted here...
BitDepth 696 posted
07/09/09 21:00
BitDepth#696, a look at Peter Krogh's updated edition of his seminal book on digital asset management is posted here...
BitDepth 695 posted
31/08/09 22:49
BitDepth 695, a look at alternative ways to read on mobile devices and dedicated readers is posted here...
BitDepth 694 posted
24/08/09 22:22
BitDepth 694, a review of Neil Blomkamp's District 9 is posted here...
Continuum review
17/08/09 22:21
Bending the Continuum, a look at Sonja Dumas' experimental dance theatre project is posted here...
BitDepth 693 posted
17/08/09 22:18
BitDepth 693, my experiences with Microsoft's Office Live Public Beta is posted here...
BitDepth 692 posted
10/08/09 22:30
BitDepth #692, the fourth in a series of conversations with young local entrepreneurs who are working with technology, is posted here...
All the installments can be found linked here...
BitDepth 692 - Videographer Terry Smith's Indigroove
BitDepth 691 - Richard Rawlins' Draconian Switch
BitDepth 690 - Georgia Popplewell's work with blog aggregator Global Voices
BitDepth 689 - Brett Lewis' animation and compositing project at Movietowne
All the installments can be found linked here...
BitDepth 692 - Videographer Terry Smith's Indigroove
BitDepth 691 - Richard Rawlins' Draconian Switch
BitDepth 690 - Georgia Popplewell's work with blog aggregator Global Voices
BitDepth 689 - Brett Lewis' animation and compositing project at Movietowne
BitDepth 691 posted
03/08/09 22:05
BitDepth 691, an interview with Richard Rawlins, producer of local arts magazine Draconian Switch, available only as a downloadable PDF file, is posted here...
BitDepth 690 posted
27/07/09 22:07
BitDepth 689 posted
20/07/09 22:22
BitDepth 689, a conversation with Brett Lewis about a project he made to promote his way out of the economic downturn is posted here...
University of Calypso review posted
13/07/09 22:31
My review of Andy Narell and Relator's University of Calypso is posted here...
Interested in Caribbean Jazz? Visit The Woodshed for serious instruction.
Interested in Caribbean Jazz? Visit The Woodshed for serious instruction.
BitDepth 688 posted
13/07/09 21:56
BitDepth 688 recounting my experiences with cellphone tethering and available options is posted here...
BitDepth 687 posted
06/07/09 19:18
BitDepth 687, a look at the confluence of media and magic that made Michael Jackson a worldwide sensation is posted here...
BitDepth 686 posted
29/06/09 19:59
On MJ and his brothers
27/06/09 20:48
In just over a year, little brother Michael would begin a trajectory of fame and stardom that would eclipse his most remarkable moments under Berry Gordy. In short order, he would emerge as the saving grace of the film version of The Wiz and record the first solo album on which he would exercise his growing production and songwriting skills.
The Jacksons in 1978 seemed very much in flux, caught between the glories of their past and an uncertain future, the band was confident in performance and capable in public presence.
My brief encounter with them during the few days that they spent in Trinidad and Tobago would forever change the arc of my own career, the photo that I stumbled into of Michael and Penny Commissiong forever lifted my profile from writer with a camera to photographer and changed my own perception of my capabilities and potential.
The Jacksons tour of 1978 didn't change my life, but it accelerated my travels along an inevitable path and gave me both the confidence to pursue a shaky professional venture and the will to stick with it when things didn't work out.
I have no doubt that Michael and his brothers forgot all about me before they even set foot on their flight back home and I will confess to have thought little about the encounter over the past three decades, but in reposting the story I sold to Owen Baptiste's People Magazine (my first major story in a magazine and pictures on a glossy cover) I hope to share something of what happened during those few days and to pay homage to the young star who passed away on June 25.
Related...
Fifteen minutes of fame
Michael Jackson in Trinidad, a remembrance
Jacksons Mania, 1978
BitDepth 685 posted
22/06/09 23:33
BitDepth #685, a look at my experience with Twitter over the last three months, is posted here...
BitDepth 684 posted
15/06/09 20:36
BitDepth 683 posted
08/06/09 23:50
BitDepth 683, a look at how newspapers need to manage their content in an Internet age is posted here...
View the whole three part series here...
BitDepth 681 - Newsprint, endangered
BitDepth 682 - The Dock and the Boat
BitDepth 683 - Lost opportunities, future potential
Presentation slides and audio of the presentation given by Georgia Popplewell, Mark Lyndersay and Kellie Magnus to Caribbean media practitioners in Grenada which was the inspiration for the series can be downloaded here...
View the whole three part series here...
BitDepth 681 - Newsprint, endangered
BitDepth 682 - The Dock and the Boat
BitDepth 683 - Lost opportunities, future potential
Presentation slides and audio of the presentation given by Georgia Popplewell, Mark Lyndersay and Kellie Magnus to Caribbean media practitioners in Grenada which was the inspiration for the series can be downloaded here...
BitDepth 682 posted
01/06/09 21:50
BitDepth 682, some thoughts about the dilemma facing newspapers today is posted here...
BitDepth 681 posted
25/05/09 22:24
BitDepth 681, some thoughts related to a talk I gave in Grenada to journalists at the Caribbean Media and Communication Conference on May 14, 2009 is posted here...
Microsoft, Blackberry launches
11/05/09 10:48
Posted reports of launches of the new Blackberry Storm and Windows RC1 in Trinidad and Tobago to Other Writing...
BitDepth series on Web 2.0
04/05/09 22:50
The BitDepth series on maximising your website for a true Web 2.0 experience is complete. It's all stuff I've learned over the last couple of years of building and maintaining this site.
View the series here...
BitDepth 674 - The Attention Deficit
The real currency of the web is eyeballs and attention. Plan your web presence to capture them.
BitDepth 675 - Starting the web conversation
Using a blog as part of your web strategy
BitDepth 676 - Who's out there?
Using site analytics to understand your audience and plan your website's layout
BitDepth 677 - Social mixing for success
Using social media and social web techniques to make your website part of the networks
BitDepth 678 - Putting rubber to the road
Planning the crucial final steps on your web presence.
View the series here...
BitDepth 674 - The Attention Deficit
The real currency of the web is eyeballs and attention. Plan your web presence to capture them.
BitDepth 675 - Starting the web conversation
Using a blog as part of your web strategy
BitDepth 676 - Who's out there?
Using site analytics to understand your audience and plan your website's layout
BitDepth 677 - Social mixing for success
Using social media and social web techniques to make your website part of the networks
BitDepth 678 - Putting rubber to the road
Planning the crucial final steps on your web presence.
BitDepth 677 posted
27/04/09 22:30
BitDepth 677, a look at how social media and web attractors can positively enhance your website is posted here...
BitDepth 676 posted
21/04/09 00:05
BitDepth #676, a look at how examining your website statistics can help you plan strategy is posted here...
BitDepth 675 - Starting the web conversation
BitDepth 674 - The Attention Deficit
BitDepth 675 - Starting the web conversation
BitDepth 674 - The Attention Deficit
BitDepth 675 posted
13/04/09 23:52
BitDepth 675, advice on how to establish a modern web presence, is posted here...
This is the second part in a series making a real impact in Web 2.0. Find the first part here...
This is the second part in a series making a real impact in Web 2.0. Find the first part here...
IE and this blog
07/04/09 17:41
Trying to get some consensus on what people are seeing, or not when they click on this blog page in IE on Windows. Tweaking is in progress, feeback is appreciated.
Hope folks who can't actually see this pick it up in the RSS feed or on Twitter.
Hope folks who can't actually see this pick it up in the RSS feed or on Twitter.
Playing pan with powder posted
07/04/09 10:11
The story Playing pan with powder about an entrepreneur's plan to bring durable colour to the national instrument is posted here...
BitDepth 674 posted
06/04/09 21:04
BitDepth 674, the first in a month long examination of website and social media strategies is posted here...
Jazz on the Greens review posted
02/04/09 22:42
The full review of Jazz on the Greens 2009 (the review is abruptly truncated in the paper and on its website) at the UWI Centre for the Creative Arts is posted here, along with the full selection of photographs offered to the paper for publication.
Judiciary gallery removed
31/03/09 21:49
...at the request of some Justices who relayed concerns about security. Sorry. I really liked it too.
Tribe PDF crosses 7,000 downloads
30/03/09 23:32
Tribe downloads as logged by my web statistics as of March 26, 2008. The other files in the listing are small files associated with page designs on the website. Overall statistics cover two years of cumulative data. The Tribe PDF is just under 800KB and only downloads when someone specifically clicks on it.
Downloads of the facsimile document of Gathering the Tribe, my account of a year spent observing the Carnival band Tribe's production process has crossed 7,000 downloads in its first month of availability.
The PDF file of the three pages allocated to me in the Guardian's Ash Wednesday Carnival souvenir created a spike in the bandwidth on my site's servers this month, but it's a welcome surge and covered by my hosting arrangements.
Thanks for your interest.
The file, along with PDFs of the first eight in the series are to be found here...
An expanded gallery of images is posted here...
The Tribe PDF bandwidth use expressed by volume in bytes in webstats for the last two years. The first Local Lives is ahead on volume, but it's been on the site for two years, not four weeks.
BitDepth 673 posted
30/03/09 23:23
BitDepth 672 posted
23/03/09 20:19
BitDepth 671 posted
16/03/09 22:20
BitDepth 670 posted
09/03/09 21:09
BitDepth #670, posted here, explores the potential of Palm's new Pre smartphone to reverse the company's fortunes. If you're subscribed to the current RSS feed for BitDepth, please take a moment to resubscribe. I've had to change the URL for the feed to reflect the current year.
BitDepth 669 posted
02/03/09 19:34
Updates to Tribe Gallery
27/02/09 19:09
Got to stop working while I'm half asleep.
Failed to recover some lost data from the Tribe story, but I did manage to fix the oversharpening on the Tribe gallery.
Much of the project is shot existing light with high ISO settings, so too much sharpening makes the images particularly cruddy.
I've also upped the resolution to 900 pixels as a bonus.
Added a text page with the copy that has accompanied all nine of the stories and revamped the design of the pages.
Failed to recover some lost data from the Tribe story, but I did manage to fix the oversharpening on the Tribe gallery.
Much of the project is shot existing light with high ISO settings, so too much sharpening makes the images particularly cruddy.
I've also upped the resolution to 900 pixels as a bonus.
Added a text page with the copy that has accompanied all nine of the stories and revamped the design of the pages.
Local Lives 09 goes live
25/02/09 11:04
The ninth installment of Local Lives is now available. The print version appeared in the Trinidad Guardian today and an extended gallery of images selected for the story with full captions is available here.
The printed version, with an excellent design by Kevan Gibbs is available for download as a PDF here.
There's a bit of background into the story of this installment of Local Lives, which took a year to produce here.
The printed version, with an excellent design by Kevan Gibbs is available for download as a PDF here.
There's a bit of background into the story of this installment of Local Lives, which took a year to produce here.
BitDepth 668 posted
23/02/09 19:28
BitDepth 668, musings about the ways that technology has changed my photographic approach to Carnival is posted here...
BitDepth 667 posted
16/02/09 22:13
BitDepth # 667, a report on COTT's new electronic monitoring system is posted here...
New Galleries, including Viey La Cou series
15/02/09 15:21
The Viey La Cou series is now live in the Virtual Gallery. A behind the scenes account of the 1989 shoot is posted in my photo blog.
The GayelleTV gallery formerly in my portfolio has been revisited, re-edited and is now posted in Virtual Gallery format in that section.
The GayelleTV gallery formerly in my portfolio has been revisited, re-edited and is now posted in Virtual Gallery format in that section.
Blog post on Canon's wireless flash sync
14/02/09 00:06
Notes on what happens when you press two of Canon's ETTL strobes with wireless sync into service in the middle of the St James Hosay celebrations.
Carnival portrait series to run from Friday
09/02/09 21:46
The Viey La Cou series, portraits of traditional Carnival characters that I shot at that celebration in the early 80's, will begin on Friday.
BitDepth 666 posted
09/02/09 21:30
BitDepth 666, a look at Microsoft's new public beta for its Windows operating system is posted here...
BitDepth 665 posted
02/02/09 21:31
BitDepth 665, the story of Derren Joseph's adjustment of his ticketing service to encompass calypso tents is posted here...
BitDepth 664 posted
26/01/09 21:08
BitDepth 663 posted
26/01/09 20:58
BitDepth 2005 added
17/01/09 17:07
On Duke
15/01/09 22:52
Website changes
12/01/09 23:03
BitDepth 662 posted
12/01/09 23:01
BitDepth662, a roundup of Apple's Macworld releases, is posted here...
Macintosh blog merged
06/01/09 14:26
After adding the Macintosh blog last year, I've decided to merge the contents of the Mac content with the main blog.
I'll continue to add entries and I'll be adding some navigation tools to make accessing the material a little easier.
At least it won't be so embarassing when weeks go by without an update.
I'll continue to add entries and I'll be adding some navigation tools to make accessing the material a little easier.
At least it won't be so embarassing when weeks go by without an update.
BitDepth 661 posted
06/01/09 14:23
BitDepth#661, a hands-on look at the new Macbook Pro is posted here...
Additional notes on using the notebook are here... Read More...
Additional notes on using the notebook are here... Read More...
BitDepth 660 posted
29/12/08 23:37
BitDepth #660, a look at Microsoft's new Hyper-V virtualisation enabled server is posted here...
BitDepth 657, 658, 659 posted
22/12/08 20:26
BitDepth 657 on the value proposition of HDTV is posted here...
BitDepth 658, the annual gift guide for tech lovers is posted here...
BitDepth 659, a look at Quantum of Solace and The Day the Earth stood still is posted here...
BitDepth 658, the annual gift guide for tech lovers is posted here...
BitDepth 659, a look at Quantum of Solace and The Day the Earth stood still is posted here...
BitDepth 656 posted
01/12/08 21:01
BitDepth # 656, a look at Google's new web browser, Chrome, is posted here...
BitDepth 655 posted
25/11/08 00:08
BitDepth 654 posted
17/11/08 21:27
BitDepth 653 posted
10/11/08 19:05
BitDepth 653, a report on cable company Columbus Communications' recent press conference, is posted here...
Mass updates
04/11/08 09:43
After almost a full week of hacking my lungs up and blowing my sinuses into a rather vast assortment of tissues, I've finally mustered the energy to begin posting to the site again.
Fortunately, I'm working from copious notes from the show floor at PhotoPlus Expo 2008, so the assortment of drugs and remedies I've been ingesting hasn't quite succeeded in wiping my brain pan clean of what I encountered over the three days of Expo.
Herewith, a roundup of all the new postings to the site...
BitDepth 651 covers a panel at PhotoPlus on the way Microstock has changed the face of not just stock photography sales but the profile of contributors.
There are additional notes from that panel posted to my Photo Blog here.
BitDepth 652 covers the panel of winners of this year's All Roads Project. Just one of the winners was able to make it, and his story is a remarkable one.
Day One of my PhotoPlus expo blog coverage covers the hunt for a new sling bag.
Fortunately, I'm working from copious notes from the show floor at PhotoPlus Expo 2008, so the assortment of drugs and remedies I've been ingesting hasn't quite succeeded in wiping my brain pan clean of what I encountered over the three days of Expo.
Herewith, a roundup of all the new postings to the site...
BitDepth 651 covers a panel at PhotoPlus on the way Microstock has changed the face of not just stock photography sales but the profile of contributors.
There are additional notes from that panel posted to my Photo Blog here.
BitDepth 652 covers the panel of winners of this year's All Roads Project. Just one of the winners was able to make it, and his story is a remarkable one.
Day One of my PhotoPlus expo blog coverage covers the hunt for a new sling bag.
BitDepth 650 posted
22/10/08 16:47
BitDepth 649 posted
13/10/08 10:38
BitDepth 647 Posted
29/09/08 20:51
BitDepth 645 & 646 posted
22/09/08 20:40
Sorry about my tardiness this week. BitDepth 645 was posted late but 646, which concludes my coverage of the iPhone in Trinidad and Tobago is posted here...
Dreamscape goes nuts
08/09/08 20:19
Trinidad Dreamscape freaks out after finding out that Noel Norton is shooting with a digital camera.
BitDepth 644 posted
08/09/08 20:14
Got an iPhone and messed around with it thoroughly. Part one of my exploration of Apple’s new mobile platform.
MacBlog: Think
01/09/08 21:59
BitDepth 643 posted
01/09/08 21:58
Posted CRB Reviews
31/08/08 09:59
Posted my other two reviews for the Caribbean Review of Books to Other Writing, here. They are a 2006 review of Jeffrey Chock’s book of Carnival photographs and a 2007 review of Jamaican photographer Monica DaSilva’s collection of dance photographs.
BitDepth 642 posted
31/08/08 09:14
BitDepth #642, a rundown of effective complaint lodging procedures (with an emphasis on technology issues) is posted here...
BitDepth 641 posted
22/08/08 23:44
BitDepth 640 posted
12/08/08 21:08
BitDepth#640, notes about the need to backup in the face of potential drive failures is posted here.
BitDepth 639 posted
04/08/08 23:32
BitDepth 638 posted
28/07/08 22:07
BitDepth 637 posted
22/07/08 09:17
BitDepth #637, a look at a new report from the Telecommunications Authority of Trinidad and Tobago is posted here...
Mac Blog Posting: Software updates
15/07/08 16:08
A note on my process for updating the Mac OS is posted here...
BitDepth 636 posted
15/07/08 11:20
BitDepth 636, a look a superhero deconstructions as offered by the new Will Smith movie Hancock is posted here...
BitDepth 634 posted
30/06/08 21:17
BitDepth 634, a look at the newest version of Mozilla’s Firefox browser is posted here...
Mac Blog Posting: FTP on the Mac
24/06/08 12:18
A new Mac Blog posting on software for handling FTP chores on the Mac is posted here...
Photo Blog Posting: Pixels are Not free
24/06/08 12:15
A new Photo Blog posting is available on the real cost of digital images...
BitDepth 633 posted
23/06/08 22:46
Stock photography section
16/06/08 23:11
BitDepth 632 posted
16/06/08 23:11
Phillip Emeagwali is an African scientist who has done pioneering work with parallel computing. Read more here...
New photography blog added
16/06/08 23:08
Decided to move my ruminations about photography to a new blog. The first few entries consolidate information about my photojournalism projects and contemplate an egg. Read more here...
BitDepth 631 posted
14/06/08 14:01
BitDepth 631, a look at the magic of the double feature is posted here...
BitDepth 630 posted
02/06/08 18:38
Flash has been a boon to designers who wanted predictable glitz on their websites, but it may also have become something of a bit in the teeth of web development. Read more here...
BitDepth 629 posted
26/05/08 21:06
BitDepth 628 posted
19/05/08 19:43
New BitDepth archive feature
24/09/07 23:45
Added Lightshow capability to the BitDepth archive pages with #595. Lightshow is similar to Lightbox, which I added to the blog page recently as well to make viewing larger images more user friendly.
New BitDepth instalments as well as older images that are added to the archive will have the feature first and then I'll have a look at how to improve currently archived columns.
New BitDepth instalments as well as older images that are added to the archive will have the feature first and then I'll have a look at how to improve currently archived columns.
Changes to Just Talking Loud...
10/09/07 13:42
What's next for media?
03/09/07 03:15
