Jul 02 2009
What it is they say - never photograph animals and children? Well, children seem to respond to the same stimuli over and over (within reason), yet animals are less predictable.
Here are some ‘interesting’ casual family shots where I’m trying to get my dog facing the camera…
Jun 25 2009
OK, so that heading may not make complete sense, but when you see the photographs of my dog you’ll understand.
All the poodle owners out there will understand the hyper-energetic temperament of this breed of dog. My ‘little girl’ is now 5 years old and she has calmed down significantly, however, she still goes nuts when I see her for the first time in a day. Here are some of the photos I took of her recently…
Jun 18 2009
Understanding natural light is a huge part of photography. I remember when I was doing my training, one of the assignments was to set up your camera on a tripod and photograph a sunset at 10 minute intervals. That worked in summer, but in winter, the sun in Queensland moves very quickly.
Here is the progression of the sun rising - each photo was taken about 1 minute apart…
Jun 11 2009
Photographing sunrise and sunset can be extremely rewarding for landscape photography, so imagine my surprise when two black swans came ‘gliding’ into my frame!
Here is what I was photographing:
Jun 04 2009
One of the keys to good photographic composition is framing, whether it be for portraits or landscapes. For portraits it can be more easily ‘manufactured’, but for landscapes, you need to place yourself in a position where you can frame the shot with what’s nearby.
Here is a photo I took at sunset from Binna Burra Mountain Lodge in the Gold Coast Hinterland. The ‘frame’ also blends into the foreground, but with the sun setting in the distance, it provides an interesting effect.
May 28 2009
Big is pretty much always better right? Well, when it comes to personalities that is definitely the case with my miniature poodle. She thinks she’s as big as an elephant! In reality, this is more like it:
May 21 2009
Imagine walking along a well populated inner city street, in a world famous city, and seeing a giant rock on top of a car in the middle of the road. The rock has landed right in the middle of the car’s roof and would have either seriously injured, or killed the occupant of the car on impact.
May 14 2009
A well looked after garden is always nice to look at. I recently discovered a tourist attraction which has created new meaning to the art of gardening. This place is amazing, and sits amongst wineries in the famous Hunter Valley. It is appropriately named Hunter Valley Gardens.
Here is their austere Border Garden:
May 07 2009
Taking photographs of high contrast landscape scenes can be a bit problematic. Generally, you have to give up something - wash out the sky, or dramatically underexpose the foreground. These are the choices I recently had to make. It would have helped if I had a graduated Neutral Density (ND) filter…
Here is a sunset shot. I really wanted to capture the amazing colour in the sky, so underexposing the foreground was the only choice. But, I happen to like the silhouette look that results - it makes the image a little more dramatic.
Apr 30 2009
It’s funny the things that you can find to photograph. So many seemingly mundane things take on a new level of interest. For example, the goings on after heavy rain…
Where I live, there are a lot of Ibis birds around. They are constantly scavenging for food and are generally not afraid of humans. Here is somewhere I had never seen them before in such a large group - my backyard!
