Remember my little tutorial on making photos of everyday scenes look like they were actually shots of little models? Well, as well netting me over 150,000 page impressions, and a decent wodge of cash from Google AdSense, it also caught the eye of a couple of photography magazines.

A big American magazine will be publishing just a link to this site, but the German title fotoMAGAZIN actually translated my tutorial into German. The kindly folks there even sent me a copy which arrived on my desk this morning; I know how difficult it can be to remember to follow up like this, and I really appreciate it. They've even been chasing me about payment, asking how I'd like the money to come to me; it would appear that the national stereotype of efficiency is rooted in truth somewhere.

Being in German, I can only assume that the content is correct. I may send a copy down to my dad – fluent in German* – to see what he makes of it, but I suspect that the language would be too specifically technical to give him much of a chance of understanding what's going on.

Emma, if you're reading this, keep an eye out for fotoMAGAZIN in the shops in Berlin. And if the security guard asks you why you're just staring at a page, point to my by-line and tell him that you know the author...


* and Spanish and French, though he's less confident with these latter languages. My folks both teach modern languages, and at various points my brother had at worst a good conversational grasp of French, German, Italian, Spanish and Catalan. Me, I can muddle by in French, but that's it. Basically, my grammar is shot to hell, but I still have a decent accent. It's all in the shrug.