Two publications which I like very much are sister magazines from the UK.

They are Practical Photography and Digital Photo.

I usually purchase them at a local bookstore here in Albuquerque, getting them about a month behind their issue dates.

I just tried going to the url given in one of the magazines, and it brought me to this instead, which links to both the publications.

http://www.photoanswers.co.uk/

Digital Photo comes with a CD each month, including video tutorials for photoshop, elements, and paint shop pro.

Practical Photography isn't limited to digital photography, with quite useful bits on all aspects.

Now and then I use StumbleUpon in Firefox and stumble across quite interesting photography sites.

And of course, google is our friend.

Happy hunting.

Happy holidays.

BTW, what kit are you using?

All of my desktops just got a lot cooler. I downloaded a program called wallsaver that allows me to put screensavers as backgrounds. On top of this, I found a screensaver called Lotsawater that allows me to put my desktop image into a screen that looks like water is dripping onto it.

So...I'm not sure that's a super effective description. So I recommend giving it a try yourself. The result is phenomenal.

Whoa!!! That Lotsawater! Makes me believe I'm having a flashback. Darn good acid. :D

Have to admit, did feel a little trippy when I opened up my computer this morning and the background was waving around like that...

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Lotsawater is my preferred screen saver, too.
For wallpapers I prefer to use a nice NASA image – for instance of northern lights, earthrise or full earth.

I second that link, I have tons of pics from it on my desktops.

Simplify, simplify, simplify. I choose a color, and stick with it a while.

why be a minimalist when you get such a pretty mac screen with your iMac or Mac laptop? I used to use basic wall papers on my older computers that have older monitors, however, now that I have nice wide screen displays I use nice wide screen wall papers.

There's something to be said for a zen-like simplicity. Calming, no clutter. Easy to find icons.

I tend toward black and white, but with my icons arranged on the right, I carefully choose the composition to keep that portion of the background less noisy.

ooommmm.


:)

I tend to go for pics of my kids. I find they have a calming effect when I feel like nutting my boss.

The wallclocks at vladstudio.com are nice.

I keep photos of the kids on my desk as a gentle reminder not to be in too much of a hurry to go home.



(from cartoon "The Buckets" many years ago)

I have zero desktop icons with the exception of my HD. I hate cluttered as well. In fact when users come to me with their laptops and like a billion files on their desktop, the first thing I do is toss them all in one folder.

I've read that having loose files on the desktop increases resource utilization, and that having things in folders minimizes utilization, making it easier on the operating system.

While I didn't have a gazillion icons, I'm trying your advice and keeping things in a Main_Folder. Here's my latest desktop. This is a snap of a tree stump in our neighborhood, heavily manipulated in photoshop, using curves adjustment layers with masks to increase contrast selectively.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2288/...4f70780de0.jpg

I really need help...
 

I`ve had this wallpaper for 5 years now.. the computers have changed,the years passed by.. but she remained there.. I don`t even remember how I got this wallpaper but I really need to know where it came from..
All I have is the name LOUIE signed at the bottom of it.. can anyone help?

http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/9...autyja3.th.jpg

Apple Swimsuit
 

You are free to use this. Either tile it or center it. It will show all of your friends your extreme mac dedication.

http://images.teamsugar.com/files/up...ng.preview.jpg

It's a very nice image. I've tried google images using various keywords and nothing I've tried brings it up so far.

Shot this from our roof on 29 April. Reddish yellow sunsets due to the nearby forest fire.

Color, but almost monochromatic.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2048/...a88f4377_b.jpg

here's mine.. pretty awesome huh? I got it on my 'visitor' account only, since I've been spending a lot of time there lately due to C++ programming..

http://www.tgraphicz.890m.com/desktop.png

(hey, I'm 15, OK?)