Alpha Photography Blog

Preparing for an upcoming trip I find myself taking a look at my photography equipment and doing a check to make sure all is in working order and that I have everything I need.

I always like to make sure I have a few different memory cards, as I have been caught out with relying on one card and it corrupting, leaving me without a working camera, as there is no built in memory in my camera.

My current cards are a few years old now, so I decided to get myself a new 8GB card.  It’s getting increasingly difficult to find cards of smaller size.  Generally I like about a 2GB or 4GB, but in the better quality (faster speed) options, these don’t seem to be available in the brand I like (Sandisk).

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Event photography is almost as tension filled as wedding photography.  You get one shot at it and it has to be right.  Admittedly, the advent of digital photography has made this much easier.  However, on the day you need to be prepared and have a clear idea of what you want to achieve, otherwise, before you know it, the event is over and you haven’t achieved what you wanted.

Recently, I photographed the TedX Byron Bay event.  If you want to see some truly inspiring 18 minute presentations by some of the best minds in the world, check it out - www.ted.com.

One of the main challenges I had with this event was the lighting.  It was a fabulous event and the lighting was focused on the speakers, so it made my job pretty difficult.

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Byron Bay is a natural wonder.  As the eastern most point in Australia, it boasts a colourful history and existence.  It is standing contradiction where yuppies meet hippies and cocktails mix with marijuana smoke.

On a recent visit, I was reminded of how beautiful this part of Australia is.  The majestic natural beauty is breathtaking, especially on days when the weather was as glorious as the day I was exploring the area.

Added to which, while admiring the view from the lookout, I saw a pod of dolphins swimming along the coast!

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I know it’s been a while since I’ve written.  My apologies for that.

It’s fun breaking rules every now and then.  One of those fundamental rules in photography is to not photograph into the sun.  In portraits, it’s better to make your subject squint than to photograph with the sun behind them

In this case, I tried it out on a morning along Melbourne’s Southbank area - with interesting results…

Here is a nice effect - the sun is hitting a glass building and spraying out like a star:

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