Sep 24 2009
Landscape photography seems infinitely easier than portraiture. However, there are some locations that just don’t ‘cooperate’ - rainforests being the worst offender.
I love going bush walking and rainforests are extra special with their waterfalls. The light that breaks through the trees doesn’t make for an easy subject…
Sep 17 2009
Like most people, I love fireworks. Since they banned the use of fireworks in my state of Queensland, seeing fireworks has become a semi-rare event.
Every year, as part of Brisbane’s festival to the city, the fireworks kick off the festival with a bang (literally). Usually, I haul myself to a prime location with my camera and tripod in tow. But this year they predicted record crowds, so I decided to enjoy the sky show from the comfort of my balcony.
Granted, there is a TV antenna kind of in the way, but you’ll get the idea…
Sep 10 2009
Photoshop is a fun program to use for editing photos. It can also be an incredibly frustrating program. This post is only semi-related to photography, as I was recently trying to create a funky background for another purpose. During this process I discovered a way of making some great, different backgrounds to put photos on.
Keep in mind that this experiment wasn’t meant for a portrait, this is just to illustrate my point…
Sep 03 2009
The concept of a self portrait, in a photographic sense, sounds a bit moronic. I recently attempted to take a photograph of my mother and I, with me no one behind the camera - except for me, “in spirit”. The results were quite surprising…
