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Marketing, product and customer service lessons from a Gypsy fortune teller

Some months ago Mrs T and I spent a most pleasant weekend at a country town far enough from the capital to be worth the drive. (This post has been in a notebook for a while – I’ve not had a chance to finish it till now.) My friend Janusz Kobylinski’s exhibition of photographs was [...]

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iPhone photography, a sense of place and a “new old” aesthetic

Promenade des Anglais, Nice, France

Bless its silicon heart, the iPhone would be loved even by my old chiropractor who for years told me to quit lugging a camera bag the size of a small Victorian travel trunk on my shoulder… I did finally quit the year my damaged back convinced me I should [...]

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Fuel consumption sweet spot – an idea for car manufacturers

Why is it that car manufacturers don’t publish the optimal “road eating” speed for their vehicles? Having just driven over seven thousand kilometres up, down and across Europe, while keeping an eye on the fuel gauge of course, I have to say I am puzzled as to why it is difficult to obtain what I’m [...]

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Three steps to better holiday photos (guaranteed)

The holiday season is nearly upon us, not a day too soon I say, and for those of you who take more than a passing interest in immortalising those holiday memories it’s time to think about packing the photo gear and stocking up on memory cards, or Tri X if that indeed is your preference. [...]

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Serendipity at work

A little while ago I was shooting in Palma de Mallorca, for a new yachting book project which now may or may not happen, but that is another story. On my last evening there, having finished up my work and packed up my lights, I went for a walk through the old town, so as [...]

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