Brittany and JAlbum

Got back from a week in Brittany on Saturday. Rained a lot :-(
But the last few days were hot and sunny. Had a great gite which was between Rennes and Vannes, near a "petite cite de charactere" called Josselin. But we think the house had a poltergeist...

Lots of wine and cheese for the boys (myself and Huw), although none for the pregnant wives (Nicola and Nadia)!

Photos are here.

Which brings me to JAlbum. I was made aware of this great freeware photo album generator about a year ago, but never got around to using it. Anyway, the Brittany photos are created using it, so see what you make of it. It even handles the FTP upload for you...

Some modern portraiture

I've now got June's Digital Photo magazine - as usual, full of lots of good stuff, including how to shoot and Photoshop RAW format black and white images.
I must get to grips with that soon! :-)

There's also a "Modern Portraiture" feature, for creating photos that companies like Venture charge you large sums for. And it's really easy to get some pretty professional looking results. So here's my go at using their techniques using some pictures I already had: