My first introduction to computer graphics was in 1983 when
I bought my first computer, a Commodore 64. It was well regarded
as a top-notch home computer with excellent graphics and sound
capabilities. I bought a graphics extension for it, a tape-based
program called Ultrabasic-64 which added "50 powerful
commands",
including Draw, Box, Circle and Fill. From the Commodore I
progressed to the Atari ST, and finally to a Dell pc. I thought
about a Mac for a long time, but just couldn't afford it.
The Dell took me into the world of Paint Shop Pro, Corel Photopaint,
and eventually Photoshop and lots of other graphics software
programs that I have come across in cyberspace. Then came the
digital camera. What I paid for my first digital camers, an
Olypmus C3040z will today buy a digital SLR. But that is in
the nature of all IT products. So, anyway, I hope you like what you
find here and also that you find it useful.
The Digital Studio
This is a screen capture of an image (a self-portrait)
in the process of being edited in Corel Photopaint 8. You
will find a very, very late review of Photopaint 8 elsewhere
in the site. It is still a very good piece of software.
Another Self-Portrait, circa 1970
I got my first camera for my thirteenth birthday. It
was a Lubitel II, a cheap Russian twin-lens reflex. It
worked well for many years, but then developed persistent
problems snagging the film in the rollers. Eventually I
lost interest in it, though I still have it today as a
museum piece.
My Cat, Tiger
Tiger is quite a cooperative photographic subject - when
she's asleep!
My Hardware
My hardware
consists of a Sony Vaio pc with a 17" LCD and .75
GB of RAM. I also have a scanner, Canon i9100 A3 printer,
a small Wacom tablet, a Nikon D80, and an Olympus C5050z
camera.
Links
If you would like to do a link exchange, please
contact me at john.ballance@ntlworld.com
