I found this interesting tutorial on flickr.com: Setting & Using the 580EX II Multi Strobe Function. I have adjusted the instructions slightly, modifying sentence structure and highlighting important words. Read on below photograph for instructions showing how flash-strobing is possible with the Canon 580EX II. I look forward to trialling this shortly. Setting up Camera... Continue Reading →
Portraits
I don't often get many opportunities to photograph humans, either in portrait or activity. The best places seem to be anyone congregating in a public place, at a party of wine-drinkers, and at a family event. Not much, but at least some of them are both willing and smiling! So when I can photograph human... Continue Reading →
Portraits at the Adelaide Zoo
Last Sunday I visited the Adelaide Zoo with a group of Redbubble photographers. I've written article about the fun and frivolity, plus uploaded a dozen photographs of the zoo animals we shot during our seven hour trek around the Zoo. But the day was not all about animals. I took the opportunity to photograph humans,... Continue Reading →
Adelaide Hills Photography
I went for a walk this morning to pick up some paperwork from the Doctor, but to make the walk much more interesting I took my camera. So my walk was quite long and followed roads I'd never been before despite living in this part of Adelaide for the last 10 years! Somehow along the... Continue Reading →
More Photographs from New Years Day
A few more shots from my early morning walk on the first day of 2009. Whilst others were recovering from NYE celebrations, I'd already been awake two hours. From six o'clock AM till late afternoon, I shot a lot of interesting photographs of things, places, animals and moments in the Adelaide CBD. Here are a... Continue Reading →
Fires Threaten Adelaide Hills
We had lunch today at the Bridgewater Mill in the Adelaide Hills to celebrate my brother's 40th birthday. It was a surprise party for him, and a lot of fun for all of us ... all the Xmas and Birthday presents that were missed last year and from my 40th earlier this year were also... Continue Reading →
Caught on Film
Last weekend whilst searching the house for my misplaced macro lens, I stumbled upon my old film-camera that shot 800+ photographs of New Zealand back in 2001. That's around 40 x 36f rolls of film! The Canon EOS 500 [Image] was quite a formidable camera for its time. But with the advent of the digital... Continue Reading →
One Good Shot in Every Hundred
"Of all the photographs you shoot per week, what percentage rank as your BEST photographs?". Anyone who claims to take 1500+ images per week might only keep 2%-5% for publication, printing or purchase. Five years ago I would shoot 300+ per day of which maybe 2 were fantastic and worthy of print. These days I... Continue Reading →
Buoyant Concrete
A question for the physics-kids to answer: How can a concrete-covered steel tank be so buoyant? Yes, I know the answer, but I'm looking for your thoughts.
The Entrepreneurial Life of Stephen Mitchell 