About

 The photo displayed on this page is of the “left-mitten” in Monument Valley which was photographed on a visit in the summer of 2005. Most of the Photos shown on this site were taken with either my Canon 20D or my more compact and lightweight Konica Minolta Z2. These two cameras have long since replaced my traditional film cameras.

My first forray into Photography was with a Kodak Disc camera that my Grandma gave me, I later inherrited her Olympus 35mm camera which featured both a standard and telephoto lens.  As my interest in photography grew I ended up purchasing a Canon EOS 300 film SLR which I continued to use up until I replaced it with the Canon EOS 20D.

For me digital photography has opened up new possibilities and helped me to improve my photography as it’s far easier to learn from mistakes as you go along. Until recently I still used my first digital camera a Fuji A201 (2 megapixel and no zoom), but only when riding horses.  I now have a compact Panasonic 5MP camera that I carry with me on city breaks and short trips.

I’ve owned AtlantisWeb.co.uk since 1999 and used to have a Dolphin & Whale information site hosted at this address. I never quite finished the site as my MBA studies took up too much of my free time. This original site can still be found at dolpins.atlantisweb.co.uk. This site was developed using HomeSite & PaintShop Pro and was my first attempt at web site design and development.

These day’s I’m doing things the easy way. AtlantisWeb is hosted using GoDaddy’s Shared Linux Hosting package. This enables me to use OpenSource products to simplify the development and maintenance of the site. The CMS/Blog software WordPress is used to provide the text based portion of the site. The photo gallery is provided using the excellent NextGen Gallery plugin.

In addition to this site I have also built an online store based on Zen-Cart for my sister’s handmade jewellery business CharacterCrafts please do visit this site, you may find something you like.

Welcome, I’m Mark Warner and this site contains information about a fairly eclectic mix of hobbies and interests. Hopefully you will find at least some of this information useful or entertaining. You may also be interested to take a look at AtlantisWeb which displays my photographs taken on my travels.

This site is powered by WordPress (at time of writing version 2.7). The core theme used is a modified and customised version of StudioPress Streamline theme. The photos that appear on this site are managed using the excellent NextGen Gallery add-in for WordPress. The Featured Content Gallery plug-in is used for displaying the featured content image on the home page.

Much of this site focuses on my interest in figure skating. Having only started skating in the Spring of 2007, this hobby has now become extremely addictive and is something that I find enjoyable, challenging and relaxing.

My other favourite hobby is horse riding, western style, which is a little difficult to find instruction in over here in England. However, whilst working in Texas I did take full advantage of the opportunities for riding that the Lone Star State provided. I work in IT and have a background in software development.

These days I work as a Project Manager so don’t get to do much programming. However in addition to maintaining this site I have designed two other WordPress based sites AtlantisWeb – Travel Photography and EasyIBS – Information about Irritable Bowel Syndrome. I’ve also developed a ZenCart powered e-commerce site for my sister’s Hand Made Jewellery Making business CharacterCrafts.