I've had the Canon 50D for about 3 months, and I must say it is a vast improvement on my last camera, the Canon 400D. Whilst the 400D was a great toy, oops, I mean tool, to learn about digital SLR's, it lacked a lot of features that professional photographers love utilizing on the newer... Continue Reading →
What a real U2 Fanatic Does Online
Whilst I had planned to save for a new canon lens, I've decided to get something far more important - at least for me: I want U2 tickets! Unfortunately U2 are not performing in Adelaide, so we will be spending a weekend in Brisbane or somewhere we can find family willing to accommodate us for... Continue Reading →
Photographs of Australian Pelicans
I've just discovered that I have a LOT of photographs of Pelicans within my Redbubble photo gallery! Check 'em out on various products: These first two are displayed as laminated photographs. These next four are cards. These next few shots are displayed upon canvas. Just a few more pelican shots to display, so let... Continue Reading →
Portrait of Ian McFarland
One of my fellow #SALA participants, Ian McFarland , let me shoot portrait photographs whilst he sat in his stall. Yes, we are both 'artists in residence' during SALA 2010 . With the glass window between us, I was able to capture him at his most candid. Good for me, good for him. The interesting... Continue Reading →
Less Photography means More Improvement
One of the worst things about being a photographer is always seeking the perfect shot. Particularly when you know that it doesn't work that way. Wait, yes it can. You can spend every moment of your day taking trillions of photographs in the vain hope that one of them will be perfect... But if you... Continue Reading →
Bottle of Wine with Your Framed Artwork
Islander Estate Vineyards ("IEV"), on Kangaroo Island, donated the wine for my #SALA gallery launch. Therefore we now have four bottles of their beautiful wines, 2 x red, 2 x white, available. So here is the deal: The next four buyers of a framed artwork from my #SALA store will each receive a bottle of... Continue Reading →
Quit Today and Save a Life: Yours.
I'm always finding stupid places where cigarettes have stamped out, odd places where someone has mashed cigarette-ends to put out the flame, and drowned where they have been thrown into water-ways (road-gutters, creek-beds, etc). As an ardent anti-smoker, this gets me bloody angry that people can be so careless with what is ultimately a 'dangerous... Continue Reading →
The Entrepreneurial Life of Stephen Mitchell 