Master Photography Awards 2011
Well, it’s that time of the year again and I just received word that 4 pictures I submitted a couple of months ago to the annual International Master Photography Awards have been selected for the awards night.
…… which is nice 😀
The images (along with all others selected) will be exhibited by the Master Photographers Association over the next 12 months starting from the evening of the Awards Presentation & Dinner held in Newcastle in October.
Last year I had 1 image get through which achieved a category runner up (not bad for a first outing).
So now I have to wait until a few weeks to see if any of this year’s 4 images get through to the category finals and possibly be the overall 2011 winner.Wish me luck 🙂
Love Music Love Food:The Rock Star Cook Book
Do you love food…?
Do you love music …?Then this may be right up your alley 🙂
The Love Music Love Food book is the brainchild of world renowned food photographer Patrice De Villiers with words/interviews by music journalist Andrew Harrison and recipes by personal chef to the rockstars Sarah Muir.
The book itself is a cover to cover sit down with musicians from the up and coming through to living legends, each talking about their foods of choice accompanied by recipe ideas and all thrown together in a mix of stunning photography and layered over 240 pages.
Proceeds of the book go to the Teenage Cancer Trust and the book is on general release from Sept 5th, but you can pick up advanced copies from Selfridges or, as I did, directly from the Teenage Cancer Trust website.
Measuring 30×30 it’s a book that takes some shelf space. And why not, it stands out in every other way too 🙂
Teenage Cancer Trust  www.TeenageCancerTrust.org Love Music Love food  www.LoveMusicLoveFood.org Patrice De Villiers  www.PatriceDeVilliers.com Sarah Muir  www.ArchesCookerySchool.co.uk Jason Kedgley (book design)  www.Tomato.co.uk   Love Music Love Food on facebook:  https://facebook.com/Love-Music-Love-Food 
Awesome Eggs Benedict
Awesome breakfast of Eggs Benedict on toasted Brioche and a hot mug of Illy Mocha on the side …. courtesy of Patisserie Valerie
3 slots available on my VPS Webhosting
If you’re navigating about my site and are thinking to yourself "Eeeee – this site’s reet nippy" – that’s because I have VPS hosting
"VP What?" I imagine you to say in my slightly warped head 🙂
VPS = Virtual Private Server.
Most webhosting companies offer a shared hosting service where you have your websites on a machine alongside about 400-800 other people.
That’s a lot of stress for any machine and disks and why your online site may be dragging its heels.2 other options hosting providers offer are:
1) VPS Hosting
2) Dedicated Hosting(1) Is what I have.
They cut one of those powerful servers into 10-20 and sell/rent then to individuals. The VPS acts like a complete server install so it looks like I have the whole machine to myself. I has it’s own CPU and reserved memory, so when I need some power – it’s instantly there.The upside is I’m not sharing the main machine with many other people, so the site flies and delivers content much faster.
The downside is that it costs a lot more than regular shared hosting(2) Dedicated hosting is where you hire a complete server.
This costs thouuuusands every year and isn’t really a requirement until you head into the successful small-medium sized business with an online shopping cart or something like that.So what’s the point of this blog?
I’ve helped out a couple of friends who were having problems with their shared hosting and they now have their sites running from my VPS server.Example websites hosted here:
https://PMcGPhotography.com
https://BelfastStudioRental.com
https://IrishProductionServices.com
https://www.Freedom2Breathe.co.ukI have more space available and so I decided to invite 3 more people to share my VPS server.
I’ll be selective in who I choose as we’ll be all sharing my fast machine.The 3 spaces I’m offering will each have:
1) 1Gb of fast diskspace
2) 25Gb bandwidth (unlimited in theory, but not in practice)
3) 20 addon/parked domains
4) 50 databases
5) Unlimited email, ftp, subdomains …. etc
6) Email capped at 2,500 /hour (share hosting is capped at 350/hr – not so good for mailing lists)
6) Your own private cPanel interface to manage your sitesThe cost …. £100 plus VAT per year.
It’s not as cheap as shared hosting, but it has the huge speed and performance a VPS server delivers.Fast website = happy Google and visitors 🙂
If you think you’d rather your own VPS server then here’s an idea of costs:
https://www.hostdime.co.uk/web-hosting/vpsSo – if you’re interested in having access to publish from my super fast VPS then let me know by filling in the form below
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