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 →
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 →
I Hate Umbrellas
I hate umbrellas. Yeah, it's a weird thing to hate, yet it's with good reason. Umbrellas seem to be my one and only true enemy. My height off the ground invites the spine of each umbrella-wing straight into my eyes. It doesn't matter how tall the holder is, they are always held at just height... 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 →
Giving Good Advice
Sometimes the best advice is NO advice. Recently I noticed several online arguments wherein people I know and respect were at loggerheads over inane and pithy incidents. Whilst I could have put my written-voice into the conversation, I had the good sense to take a step back. Yes, the topic was of interest and a... Continue Reading →
Taking Better Night Photography
Taking night photographs is never easy, but it is certainly lots of fun! Even I have trouble working out what is the best setting ... yet I am always willing to learn! Here are tonight's internet-finds to help us all improve our Night Photography. First we get the low-down on Exposure at Wikipedia. This will... Continue Reading →
Six Jobs To Do Before 25 Years Old
Just for something completely different to what I normally talk about, here are six jobs that everyone should try at least once before they are twenty-five years old: 1. Builders labourer. This is sold work that will put muscles on your body and brain. The industry is getting smarter as young people realise that plumbers,... Continue Reading →
Let’s Get the Business Started!
Some days I forget the to keep on the path of my journey. But which one, you may ask, for I have so many business and potential projects in stages of startup ... and very few of them have gone beyond paper. I don't deny that I am an ideas man, a. conceptualiser and somewhat... Continue Reading →
Weekend of Panorama Photography
I've had a lot of fun over the last few days shooting lots of shots of hills and yards at family homes around Adelaide - then stitching them together into 180degree, 270degree and a few 360degree panoramas! Here are just a few the results. If you look at the large version of the pano below,... Continue Reading →
Night Photography in Adelaide
Here are my midnight-photographs, shot on the 23rd December 2009. It was a very hot night, and somewhat warmer inside the house! Since my wife was still making chocolate delights for Xmas day, I went for a walk with my camera and tripod. Check out what I found in the darkness: 1. Some interesting abstract... Continue Reading →
[…] with XXY, and alone now, has taught me that my brain is wired differently to most – yet I…
[…] Living with XXY, and alone now, has taught me that my brain is wired differently to most – yet…