I have shown you this before, but there is a good reason why I am showing how my camera-strap is attached to my Canon EOS400D: With the battery-grip attached, I am able to attach the neck-strap to just one side of the camera. Now it doesn't get entangled around my neck when holding the camera.... Continue Reading →
Shooting at Night
Thanks to this Flickr.com thread entitled "Night Photography Tips", we have an amazing list of points, tips, tricks and items to have when shooting night photography. I will need to revisit TED's Camera's again! I've shuffled them around, spell-checked, cropped a few lengthy personal statements plus removed a lot of duplication. Use a tripod. If... Continue Reading →
Macro Photography at Wittunga
I have a lovely 60mm dedicated-macro Canon lens that fits very nicely into my Canon EOS 400D. Today the sun is out and the sky is mostly-blue, so I am going with Susan Adey, a fellow photographer upon Redbubble. We visited the flowers at the Wittunga Botanic Gardens, shooting their petals and features at all... Continue Reading →
Canon EOS 7D
Have you seen this very new Canon camera? It looks impressive! The Canon EOS 7D. With a 18megapixel CMOS sensor, up to 12800 ISO and a 19-focal-point sensor, this camera looks mighty impressive. The only flaw? Well, just for the body alone you'll pay around AU$2,500. With the kit lens (EF 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS), you'll... Continue Reading →
Amazing Camera Lenses You Wish You Had
Over the last two years I have bookmarked over twenty amazing lens that I'd really like to buy. Some I have been able to purchase here in Adelaide, but some will remain must-have's for some time yet. Thankfully I have had the presence-of-mind to save them all to my delicious feed. That way I can... Continue Reading →
Make a Home-Made Snoot for your Flash-Gun
I've had this idea for a snoot for about six months. But the issue was how to fit the square peg (flash gun) into the round white plastic ("Betty Crocker" frosting tub). A few nights ago the idea appeared before in my day-bag: About eighteen months ago I got a Apple Touch. Within six months,... Continue Reading →
Wittunga
A few months back I visited an amazing public garden in the Adelaide hills - Wittunga Botanic Gardens. This park is filled with South African plants that are suited to the South australian climate, so they flower most of the year. Thankfully the rain had abated and the cloud clover was good for overall-light, so... Continue Reading →
Borked Lens
If your camera should fall from your tripod, make sure it has a Canon EF 50mm 1:1.8 II attached. Earlier tonight I was going to photograph pens and papers for the Drawing Day 2009. I had planned to draw something, but after throwing all the pens onto a brown paper bag, I saw an opportunity... Continue Reading →
Find and Photograph an Australian Echidnea
Photographing Australian wildlife is fraught with many interesting problems. Most of our wildlife lives in the bush, an environment that is either burnt to the ground or overgrown to the point of strangulation. Australia also has land covered in tree-stumps from over-zealous farmers who try to live on lands where water accumulates only where plants... Continue Reading →
The Entrepreneurial Life of Stephen Mitchell 