Heartfelt – Looking For More Photographers
Recently I joined an amazing organisation called Heartfelt. Here’s what they do (from their website Heartfelt.org.au) I saw a presentation by the NSW representative – Fiona Lumsdaine at a camera club not long ago, and I was so moved by the work that they do I decided to sign up. Last Sunday I did my first heartfelt shoot alongside an …
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The Most Amazing Photo Location In The World?
No, it’s not Iceland, or Namibia, or Karijini or the Kimberley…… It’s B&H! I just got back from a couple of weeks in New York and while I was there I checked out what would have to be the biggest photographic store in the world… surely. Nothing prepared me for what I saw when I went into this incredible …
Read MoreNext Off Camera Flash Workshop End Of May – Something Different!
Hey Folks I’m just putting together my next Off Camera Flash workshop, I’m getting a bit of interest to run the next one of these. I’m thinking about doing something pretty different for my next workshop providing I get enough numbers. I’ve found a wicked studio that I am looking to rent and shoot in for the day. Tons of …
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Virtual Lighting Studio
I’ve been waiting for something like this to appear for a while. It’s quite good fun to play around with to see the effect of different lighting setups. I would like to have more control over light placement (overhead view etc.) but it’s still interesting to play with different lights, gels, setups and see the effect on a 3D person. …
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Just Ordered My New Camera…
Last night I just placed the order for my new camera. After much back and forth between the Nikon D800 and D800e I have finally decided to go for the D800e which does not have the anti alias filter. Q. Why the D800e vs the D800? I read a lot of different articles on both cameras. I checked out as …
Read MoreA Cool Trick To Help Find Sensor Dust
I saw this trick demonstrated by Scott Kelby in Lightroom 4, but it works equally well in Photoshop or LR3. Sometimes it can be a bit tricky to find all of the sensor dust on your images, and then later on when you are doing some tonal manipulations you see some of the dust spots you miss become more pronounced. …
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A New Look For My Blog & Website… Again
Yes, I have redesigned my blog and website once again (thats twice in 3 months). The reason for this was that while my last site looked pretty, I was getting some complaints about performance, loading times etc. and while I want the site to look good, I won’t sacrifice function to form. The final straw for me was when I …
Read MorePhotoshop Tutorial – Post Processing Cathedral Rock Minimalist B&W Image
Yesterday I talked about the fun I had capturing these long exposure images using my 10 stop ND filter. I put together this photoshop tutorial which explains how I post-processed this image. I hope you enjoy it. In the tutorial I refer to two plug-ins Color Effex Pro from Nik Tony Kuyper’s Luminosity masks In this tutorial I …
Read MorePlaying With My 10 stop ND Filter
After spending four days last week in a federal court (oh what fun)… I decided that I needed a bit of well earned “R&R”. So I packed my swag, camera and laptop into the car and headed down to the South Coast for a few days of photography. I had researched a few specific locations that I wanted to …
Read MoreI’m Presenting On Wed 15th Feb 2012
Just a quick note for any Sydney Photographers. I’m going to be doing a presentation on Wednesday evening at Northside Creative Camera Club in Lindfied. I’m going to be covering a range of topics including the portrait work I did on my recent Namibia trip Planning the trip The Gear I took (focusing on the Off Camera Flash Gear) How …
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