A few of you who follow me on Facebook or Flickr will see I’ve had a couple of recent attempts at taking photos of the stars. This was all sparked by me hearing about the Perseid Meteor Shower.
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PHOTO ESSAY | One morning, at Fogg Dam
I’ve just bought myself a Canon 1.4x Extender for my 300mm F4L lens, and I thought a trip to Fogg Dam would be the perfect place to test it out – great bird life, lilies, and bugs galore.
TIPS | Composition for landscape photography
The biggest mistakes made by beginners starting out in landscape photography, are in composition. In my opinion, it is one of the most important things to get right “in camera”. Composition (aside from a little cropping) cannot be fixed in post processing. Nothing you do on the computer is going to change how you arranged…
Kakadu National Park
I’ve visited Kakadu quite a few times over the last few years, but I don’t think I’ll ever get bored of exploring the area and taking photos! I recently traveled out to the park because Jim Jim Falls had just opened for the dry season. Despite seeing the “falls” three times, I’ve never seen it…
Photoshop – an introduction to my workflow
One of the most asked questions about my photography in my stall is “are these photoshopped?” The answer is yes and no. No – the photographs I display in my stall are not “photoshopped” to appear surreal or fake. The colours are not pushed to the extreme, the rainbows really were in the scene –…
TIPS | Long Exposures
What is a long exposure? Basically, a long exposure refers to the length of the shutter speed used to take a photo.
The Traveller’s Special!
I often run promotions at my market stall, but up until now have not had an online platform to promote the same. With the advent of my new blog, I can provide more information to my Facebook, Flickr and other online followers! Mindil Beach markets, where I am based, sees thousands of visitors a night…
Photography Equipment
For those who have been following me on Facebook or Flickr over the last couple of years, I do generally post my EXIF and camera data with the photos. Here it is a little more detail (and up to date!):
An introduction
Basically, I want a platform to share photography and ideas with on a regular basis. When I store my photos on my computer, I file them by date and I have a file for every single day of the year. There are a LOT of photos that I do not post or even look at,…