Permanent Tourist

The personal website of Mark Howells-Mead

Posts about photographs

  • Twalender 2014

    Here in Switzerland, a few active photographic members of social media website Twitter have decided to pool their resources and initiate a calendar of Swiss photos for 2014, featuring photos from a Flickr group entitled “Twalender 2014”. (Kalender being the German translation of calendar.) Flickr members can add up to five of their photos to the…

  • Keeping your location private when sharing mobile phone photos

    Keeping your location private when sharing mobile phone photos

    The news story in this video highlights technical points which seem obvious to most mobile phone users, but which less tech-savvy people may easily overlook. If you take photos when location services are active on your phone, the photos contain details of where and when the photo was taken. Share the photo on Facebook, Twitter…

  • Who pays for photos should receive photos

    Barbara Hess has written an interesting blog post (original in German, linked version automatically translated by Google) on the subject of image usage rights; her approach, with which I agree, is to ensure that clients get the maximum use out of photos they receive, and understanding and considerate license terms. A part of this is an…

  • Up the Aisle

    A few selected images from my ever-expanding collection of aisles in places of worship.

  • Regular free magazine coming soon

    I have found a way of sharing high resolution images with you, free of charge. Check out this blog post for details of the “Issuu” service and how to best view a first preview document.

  • Photo book “In Brienz”

    A personal review of my years with my previous employer in Brienz, primarily for my own photo bookshelf.