Blue Photographs

Charles(@Rantz) reminded of the Big Huge Labs Mosiac Tool. So I had some fun... Names of works, from top to bottom, from left to right: 1. Queen Victoria (?), 2. Twine DOF, 3. Boat Keel, 4. Candles, 5. Water, Fountain, Victoria Square 01, 6. Palm Tree at Japanese Gardens, 7. Skyward Bound, 8. Infinity, 9.... Continue Reading →

August 3, 2011

Inspired to Write (Again)

Thanks to Google+, I've returned to reading articles. For the last few years I have spent too much time staring at the screen waiting for responses. Now I am taking the time to read the work of those people I have called 'mentors' in areas of the online world that fascinate me most. This will... Continue Reading →

July 10, 2011

Photographs at Rocks Reserve, Balaklava

I always take opportunities when presented to photograph the grand landscape of Australia. So when I discovered our weekend included a visit to a land-formation I'd not seen ever before, I made sure I was fully packed for every style of photograph. A few kilometres West of Balaclava, South Australia is the Rocks Reserves, an... Continue Reading →

June 27, 2011

All the Stuff I did on ANZAC Day

It's been a busy day for me, which is pretty cool considering how little sleep I have had. ~ I had one of my melted bathroom photographs featured in a Redbubble group. ~ I've been on Redbubble since April 2007, just a little over four years. Whilst at my age time goes faster, it's been... Continue Reading →

April 25, 2011

One Way to Have a Great Weekend – My Way!

It's been a busy weekend of editing photographs and creating new graphics. All whilst doing some gardening, so nothing happened as fast it could have done. Yet this is not what I had planned for the weekend ... I did have plans to build an eBay store. I saw last week (via someone on Facebook)... Continue Reading →

March 6, 2011

Calibrate the Colours of your Monitor Regularly!

Who else color-calibrates their monitor on a regular basis? I use the Spyder3 Express regularly to ensure my monitor is displaying my photography galleries in the right colours. For photographers and videographers, this is a tool you can NOT live without. It's amazing how often I speak to people who tell me their artwork is... Continue Reading →

February 12, 2011

My Top 10 Movies

Until very recently, my list of top ten cinematic masterpieces had only two upon it. Now it has three. In fact, the new movie has moved into second place. Something I never thought a movie could do. 1. Shawshank Redemption.Tim Robbins is Andy Dufresne. Morgan Freeman is Ellis Boyd 'Red' Redding.~ Two imprisoned men bond... Continue Reading →

January 19, 2011

Invitation to (Another) Exhibition of my Photography

You read correctly: My photography will be displayed in yet another exhibition this year! But not alone this time: Thanks to the lovely lady, Sharon Leaney (Marketing Consultant) at Adelaide Arcade who enabled and assisted all the artists who displayed in the Arcade during SALA 2010: Seven artists will be displaying a variety of awesome... Continue Reading →

October 2, 2010

Updates to my Upcoming Exhibition

I have accepted the invitation : I one of 3,300 people exhibiting photographic artwork during the SALA 2010 festival. 30th July to 14th August 2010, peruse and purchase my twenty framed photographs of waterscapes around Kangaroo Island upstairs at Stall 141 in the the Adelaide Arcade, open between 10am and 6pm. The opening night is... Continue Reading →

July 17, 2010

This is NOT Real HDR!

Whilst learning (read: playing with) the various interesting features of Photoshop, I discovered 'Shadow/Highlight' (under Image\Adjustments), but not before I discovered 'Curves' (CTRL + M) and 'Levels' (CTRL +L). Using a combination of all three, with a little bit of 'Photo Filter' and 'Exposure' (both also under Image\Adjustments) to attempt to retain the original colouring,... Continue Reading →

April 2, 2010