Shady Nook

A warm summers day here has us all looking for a quiet shady nook to relax in. Have you found your shady spot? 

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Syros by iPhone 4 Photos

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My Garden Flowers

It’s summer and everyone here is enjoying the spell of decent summer weather. The British summers can be very unpredictable so we all try to make the most of it, spending as much time as we can outdoors. Not only do people  enjoy the spell 0f warm weather but so do the flowers in the garden. It’s not only the apricots that are bathing and ripening  in the warmth of the sun but also the peony, the cornflower, the roses to name just a few of the garden flowers that grow in my garden.

My Garden Flowers on Youtube

I have put together a short video of my garden flowers and it can now be viewed on Youtube. For the best result view the video in HD.

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Enjoy!

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Apricot Season

As it’s the apricot season here in the U.K., and seeing all these ripening apricots on my little apricot patio tree, reminded me of when I was a little girl my mother used to make the most delicious ‘fruit dumplings’. Whatever fruit was in season in the garden , mostly apples and plums, she peeled and cored the apples, stoned the plums, and wrapped them in a soft dough to boil them and then sprinkle them with sugar and cinnamon. Absolutely delicious!

Sometimes she bought fruit like apricots and did the same. Labour intensive cooking but worth every minute spent making the fruit dumplings. I will have to try to find that recipe again.

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Apricot Season

Apricot season is around July to end of the summer here in the U.K. and it’s definitly the apricot season here in Essex this year. It’s the first time that my little apricot patio tree, that was a birthday gift,  has produced any fruit and it looks absolutely wonderful, well worth the wait. We have had a lot of strong winds here lately and I thought we would lose them all, however they have managed to hang on. Today  I just couldn’t resist taking a few shots of the apricots with my Nikon as they bathed in the afternoon sun, they just looked so delicious and I am really looking forward to tasting my first home grown apricot. 

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Tendring Show Video part 2

More images from the Tendring Hundred Show 2010, an Essex County annual Agricultural event. A superb day out for all the family. The Tendring Show video part 2 is now on Youtube , best watched in HD (High Definition). 

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Enjoy!

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Bistro Sixteen82 Photo

One more Image of the Bistro Sixteen82 based on the work of Biance Gubalke from Noordhoek: that Bistro Sixteen82 has the trendy look according to international standards. The remarkable Chandelier, a piece of Art, dominates the sceene:

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Bistro Sixteen82 Steenberg

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Bistro Sixteen82 Image

Bistro Sixteen82 Photo by Biance Gubalke

Great Image by Biance Gubalke of the Bistro Sixteen82 in Steenberg near Noordhoek.

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Edipsos Ferry Images

Last week-end’s trip to Evia lead us to Akritsa where we took the Ferry to Edipsos. Here are some images:

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iPhone 4 Photos

This is a first test post from the iPhone to WordPress sending in a pic taken at Balux Glyfada with the iPhone 4.

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Digital Media Design Ycademy Online Seminar

Digital Media Design Basics deals with all the different types of media we have been focusing on at Ycademy: Text, Typography, Images, Video, Sound as well as 3D elements. We will keep it basic this month in order to gain more confidence using different types of media and melting them together to a single output, a short clip of 2-3 minutes.

Get all info pertaining to the seminar from Bianca Gubalke at bianca(at)ycademy.com.

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Balux Cafe the House Project

Yesterday’s temperatures gave us a good reason to spend the afternoon at the beach. We headed for the Balux Cafe, an amazing set up at the beach of Glyfada, just 5 km away from Vouliagmeni.

The House Project provides a unique beach experience: the building is set up like a family home, with living areas, library, dining, gaming, relaxation and more. A place for the whole family. On top of it: when the sun sets, part of the beach is converted into the most romantic dining place focusing on Sushi.

To resume, a nice day out at a great place with friendly and efficient staff and uncountable possibilities to relax and enjoy life. By the way: the Club Sandwich was worth every cent!

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Greek Fishing Boat near Agios

One of my preferred subjects to take pictures of are boats, particularly these small fishing boats which are so typical for Greece. I like this picture for its “busy peacefulness”.  Note the name of the boat: Georgios L spelled in Greek and pronounced “Yorgos Lamda” :-).

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Greek Fishing Boat near Agios

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Tendring Show 2010 on Youtube

The day of the Tendring Show was hot with a cloudless blue sky. Staying cool for both animals and the public was a problem. The show was held in a field at Lawford Park which meant lots of dust being kicked up by animals and humans and cars.  Not the most ideal conditions to take pictures, however some of the shots have been compiled into a video which can now be viewed on youtube.

Video is best viewed in HD.

Enjoy!

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Digital Butterfly Images from Agios

After yesterday’s Seagull from Edipsos, whichflew right to the top 10 on Google, here is my preferred digital butterfly image I shot in Agios, a small community a few kilometers from Edipsos.

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Butterfly Image 1

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Butterfly Image 2

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Butterfly Image 3

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Butterfly Image 4

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Tendring Hundred Show 2010 images

More  images from the Tendring Hundred Show on Saturday 10th July 2010.

Thick wooly coat in the middle of summer….phewwwwwww!

3 days old gosling sheltering from the midday sun.

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Seagull Image

Back from a great Greek Summer week-end I will publish some of the pictures I took. To start with a Seagull accompanying us on the boat trip to Edipsos on Evia island.

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Seagull Image

Enjoy!

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Tendring Hundred Show 2010 Images

This year even the weather was perfect at the Tendring Hundred Show, temperatures in the top 20C with a clear blue sky and a slight breeze. A perfect day out for the family. I have no idea about the numbers that attended the show but the car parks were certainly full and busy and so was the showground.

Tendring Hundred Show

The show is an annual agricultural event bringing together the farming community, the associated organizations, clubs and the general public. Lots of shows, events and displays in the various categories of  farm animals, (equestrian and livestock), prizes, nominations and a chance for the public to get a closer look at what farmers and smallholders do.

Shows included:

Poultry Show by the  Colchester Poultry Club
Rabbit Show by the Colchester & District Fur & Fancy Rabbit Club
Cavy (Guinea Pig) Show by the Suffolk Rabbit & Cavy Club
Rat Show by the National Fancy Rat Society
Pigeon Show
and….. a show for  all the boys……..Vintage Car Show by the Colchester Vintage Motor Club.

The show is a great place for youngster to learn about animals and farming (as well as the adults of course).

Tendring Show Tradition

The Tendring Show was founded way back in 1899 by  the Tendring Hundreds Farmers Club as a way for the local farmers to keep abreast of the latest technology that was available to them as well as a way to improve stock rearing.

Tendring Hundred Show Images

Below are a few images from the Tendring show on July 10th this year.

Does this taste nice?

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Online Media Production

Preparations are already on the way for the July 2010 Ycademy Seminar – a seminar that will focus entirely on Online Media Production.

Ycademy Seminar Workshops

The Ycademy Workshops will be  focusing on media production using some of the advanced professional tools available such as Camtasia Studio 7, Photoshop CS5, Soundbooth CS5, After Effects and Sony Vegas Pro.

Today’s young generation is being propelled into using media devices like never before, everything from mobile phones to ipads. Everything has to be portable, everything on the move.

As any Internet Marketer knows, if you have a product to sell you need to be visible where there is most traffic, right up there on the high street. Where there is traffic there are sales. If the traffic is on portable media devices then we must be able to produce media that delivers our advertising to these applications. Mobile commerce (m-commerce) is very much a new trend still in its infancy stage with a few teething problems, however many big companies see it as the way we will be shopping in the future.

Ycademy Online Media Production Seminar

The Ycademy Online Media Production Seminar will guide all participants in the direction of online media production in all the training and workshops throughout the day.

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Ycademy online Seminar July 31, 2010

Finally we are ready to go: Ycademy’s first Online Media Production Seminar is tied up. My previous post may have given you some indications about what we will focus on; today just the registration link.

The agenda

Will be released next Tuesday at the Ycademy call.

Exceptionally this will be a one day Seminar with two important pre-seminar sessions.

Registration and Price

First the limitations: we can only serve an extremely small number of participants due to cost of licenses.

Price: $ 80

Discount: $50 for Ycademy Pros

Registration link: HERE

I am looking forward to an exceptionally exciting Seminar!

Author: Yorgo Nestoridis, Media Marketing & Publishing, Founder of YORGOO Publishing, YORGOO Press and Semiomantics. If you enjoyed reading the above, please consider following future tips and strategies by RSS reader, Email delivery, or Kindle subscription.