Marios Tziortzis

As many of you might know by now, I’ll continue my studies to the University of Surrey, following an MSc degree in Internet Computing. The academic year starts in a few weeks. Since my first design for this site was released almost two years ago, when I first started my BSc course,  I thought it would be nice to start fresh with a new design following some of the current web trends. I’m really pleased with the outcome and really happy to know that people liked it from day one when it was still a PSD file :P . Continue reading to find out more geeky facts about the whole redesign process.

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A couple of weeks ago I came across HDR Creme. It’s a site that features some of the best HDR photos. HDR is not something new to me. It always fascinated me. I knew how it was done and had all the required software from day one. I never gave it a try though because I didn’t take any ‘HDR worthwhile’ photos. Lately though, I purchased a new lens which is somehow essential for HDR. The lens is a Sigma 10-20mm f/4-5.6, that is a wide angle lens suitable for landscapes. After some experimenting I am finally pleased with some HDR photos that I produced. Read on to see what can be achieved with HDR photography.

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Lately I’ve been working on Adobe’s Photoshop CS3 more than usual. I have a rather good ‘relationship’ with it. I started working with it a couple years ago in early 2006. Ever since I use it daily. Either for a design project or for photo editing, Photoshop gets me. Lately though, I’ve been experimenting with new techniques and new tools. The reason was simple. I’ve started taking photos in RAW rather than compressed JPEG. This gave me the ability to correct colors and adjust them without distorting the image. I’ve collected some photos I took over the last couple of weeks and have before and after shots. This will give you a rough idea why RAW is my weapon of choice.

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