The one thing I like most about photography is utilising lines and horizons to give a landscape more vitality, more punch. But what I have learnt to do is ensure the horizon is actually horizontal. There is two ways of achieving this: 1. Tripod with bubble-level. The bubble-level is not compulsory since most cameras have... Continue Reading →
The Bakkabakkandi Grandstand
Adelaide residents (should) know the bakkabakkandi grandstand , situated on the eastern side of the old race-course upon Victoria Park, Adelaide CBD. When you went to the Adelaide GrandPrix during the 1980's and early 1990's, you would have walked passed this building hundreds of times, but not realising the importance of significance of it to... Continue Reading →
Favourite Photos of 2009
I uploaded 782 photographs to flickr during 2009! I keep this gallery for people to appreciate my artwork, for me to evaluate my skills, improve wherever possible, and for both the world and I to display upon blogs, articles, news-reports and many other locations. I can guarantee you that I shot probably 100x as many!... Continue Reading →
Cranium
Finally, a portrait from the other side: Don't ask me why, I just felt like shooting the back of my head.
How is your Business Being Seen on the WWW?
This is an interesting podcast from LeeHopkins. I've met Lee, I know he is passionate about this subject, and I know he means alll that he says, and it is interesting to see him gesticulating from the grassy side-walks in North Adelaide. I wondered why he is standing to one side of screen ... but... Continue Reading →
Convert to Raw Photography Today
This quote puts it all into perspective for me. Finally and suddenly it all makes sense.. This quote was enough to convince me to switch to RAW when shooting my photography. RAW is the negative and JPG is the snapshot your camera makes from it” – Garth Smith, December 2009 Found at the top of... Continue Reading →
Achieving 500 Viewers per Photograph
My first job for 2010 has been to sort out all the photographs within my Redbubble gallery to show those that are most popular! The photographs shown below have each received over 500 hits in the last three years, and many are soon to reach 1,000 viewer-hits! This is quite a milestone, and of this... Continue Reading →
Finding Your Creative Mojo
Some days my creative advertisements and logos take forever to be extracted from my mind - and even longer to draw on paper. This is not for lack of ideas - but because I'm not sure the first, second, third and forth idea are what the client wants. I have devised 5 simple methods of... Continue Reading →
Setting Up A Professional Photography Blog
One of the most important aspects of any blog is its appearance. Most new bloggers will want to pick a theme to suit their blog, style, input and outcome. To ensure your site attracts both advertising-space and traffic, the first page should have clearly distinctive sections and space for the following components: Advertising/Sponsors/Affiliates These should... Continue Reading →
The Entrepreneurial Life of Stephen Mitchell 