As I have a slowly healing 'stress fracture' in my right leg, I cannot get around so easily. So I have been taking it easy most weekends for the last couple of months, shooting stuff in my own backyard. Other than a few family outings to watch and photograph other people from the sidelines, I... Continue Reading →
Want to Meet, Greet and Shoot with Adelaide Photographers? You can!
Over the last few years I have attended many interesting photography MeetUps. As I have always enjoyed meeting and talking with new people, I continued organising MeetUps enabling Adelaide Photographers to meet, greet and shoot at various locations. I organised the City-Walk MeetUp in May 2009 where 30 people from Flickr, Redbubble and PhotoWhosalers met... Continue Reading →
3 Jobs where the iPad will be Useful!
Whilst some might say the iPad has limited functionality, I believe the latest toy from Apple is the perfect tool for these 3 types of workers: Photographers, Entrepreneurs and Consultants. The world is filled with people who spend their days performing many of these jobs, often in combination. With the many applications that can be... Continue Reading →
Locations for the DEH Art-of-Nature Competition
For those considering entering the DEH 2010 - Art of Nature Competition , here are a few lists of all the locations around South Australia they want us to visit, photograph and submit: National Parks and Wildlife National Parks, Reserves and Forests Parks, Reserves and Recreation Areas
An Arachnoid in my Insulation!
The wife has been making brood-boxes for her bees, so there is snippets of insulation around the yard. Whilst searching pot plants for items to shoot with my macro lens on my new Canon 50D, I found this dead spider stuck to a tiny piece of insulation. Rather than worrying about the effects of insulation... Continue Reading →
Saving Money with RSS-Readers
Most bosses are worried about the probability that you are viewing unsavoury internet sites, so they periodically send emails or bulletins outlining the strict usage of the internet for work-purposes. A few years back they were concerned with excessive band-width usage and download over-capacity, which is not really a problem if they have change their... Continue Reading →
New Artillary: The Canon 50D
I have been so lucky today: My wife made the final payment on my new camera; A Canon EOS 50D! NOTE: The image above is NOT the camera I purchased, it is a Canon RF50mm 1.8 STM lens. I've been wanting this camera for about two years. Despite the other new Canon's that have arrived... Continue Reading →
The Entrepreneurial Life of Stephen Mitchell 