Steampunk Shoot Preparation Part 4 – The Scouting Trip
Well a few weeks ago, my assistant cameraman and I met up at Homebush fountain to conduct a thorough scouting shoot 4 days prior to the scheduled shoot. I had set myself a number of explicit goals for the scouting trip. Find out what time the fountain turns off Eyeball the direction of the setting sun and determine how to …
Read MoreNext Off Camera Flash Workshop Is 23/9/2012 At Sydney Props Specialist
My last workshop was a huge success and SOOO MUCH FUN. So I’ve organised the next Off Camera Flash Workshop to be held back at the incredible studios of Sydney Props Specialist in Marrickville. If you want to get a sense for how much fun this is, check out this video of a recent shoot that we did …
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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 …
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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 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 …
Read MoreNamibia – Portraits
Note: Please click on theses images to view them full-size… they go a bit fuzzy when reduced down. On my trip to Namibia there were three genres that I wanted to photograph; Ruinscapes (Kolmanskop etc.) Landscapes (Deadvlei, Wolverdens etc.) Portraits I was particularly excited at the prospect of spending five days living with and photographing the Himba tribes of NorthWest …
Read MoreEven Christian Could Nail Focus With this!
Hey check this out… this is very interesting. A camera that doesn’t rely on focus. Doesn’t sound like a scam, sounds like the real deal. If this is the case, it’s one of the biggest leaps forward in photography in a long time. http://mashable.com/2011/06/22/lytro/ Brent
Read MoreOff Camera Flash Workshop For Perth?
Hey there Sand Gropers I’m going to be visiting Perth for a few days of business in early June and was contemplating putting on a 1 day workshop for bringing models into your landscapes and shooting with Off Camera Flash. I’ve been running this workshop over here now for about 8 months and it is very popular. So if you …
Read MoreThis one is for Wacom Tablet Users – 3 Great Tips!
If you have been to any of my workshops, then you know that I utterly encourage the use of pressure-sensitive tablets like the Wacoms for post processing. If your not using one, chances are you haven’t been shown how to use them properly. I thought I was reasonably decent with the tablet, but a few days ago I watched a …
Read MoreTethered Shooting To A Wireless iPad – Very Cool!!!!!
iPad Users… You are going to LOVE this posting!!!!! When the iPad was first announced, I was very excited about the using this device for photography. Besides the obvious benefits of displaying photos, I imagined using the iPad as a tethered monitor for high resolution display of images in the field without having to lug a laptop around. Alas, I …
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