Beauty and the beach
There’s no doubt that Andy Royston captures the beauty of the beach every morning. And at dawn, before other people arrive, it is at its best. His artwork is timeless – the waves have been crashing onto the shore here before Fort Lauderdale existed – even before the human race existed.
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Proofreading
I’m sure that there are a lot of typos on this site. I have to admit that I’m short on time and don’t proofread as much as I should. But if someone is paying me a lot of money, oh boy, can I proofread. Stick an erroneous apostrophe in there and I’ll spot it.
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Our first online magazine
Andy has had FAR too much fun recently. 
He has created the first issue of his online magazine and he intends to create a new issue every quarter. This summer issue is full of his fabulous fine art photography, has tips about iPhoneography and its apps plus details about a few things he feels strongly about.
The perils of beach photography
You’d think, wouldn’t you, that after all these years of walking on the beach daily, Andy would have everything off to a fine art. And he had … mostly … until yesterday. You see, when Andy does his morning beach walk, I’m at the computer social media-ing. And that’s what I was doing until his text arrived …
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Photography and art photography
Someone has asked me to be a little clearer about the differences between photography and art photography. (Yes, I know. Me trying to be clear isn’t always easy!) The best way I can do this is to show you a couple of examples, I think.
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Not all publicity is good publicity
I’ve been having quite a rant this week about companies that use inexperienced social media marketing managers. Two have been about a rather silly girl who wrote a poorly thought-out article about her generation and social media. No harm done, except to her reputation. But …
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Why every social media manager should be over 25 part two
I imagine that the poor student who claimed recently that every social media manager should be under twenty-five years of age has now retreated into a cave or something after being lambasted throughout the internet for her ill-considered article.
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