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 →
Communicate with Skype
Why would anyone use a landline phone to call friends around Australia when SKYPE provides two amazing options: 1. Skype to Skype = FREE Phone calls. The most amazing offer on the planet. All you need is a decent computer and SKYPE-capable headphones. ADSL would most certainly be advantageous. 2. Skype Forwarding. This is all... 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 →
Catching Up On My Reading
I read articles of varying topics on a daily basis. Thanks to my Bloglines collection of over 200, I daily get inundated with your articles. But I still find myself returning to the same few people who are also upon my Plurk-timeline for interesting stories that either help or amuse me. Below is a sampling... Continue Reading →
Will You Be Worm’d on April 1st?
Reposting Richard Pascoe's article. It's good information for those who rely on Windows to run their lives, oops, I mean computers! Are you about to be infected on April 1st 2009? In the New York Times they discuss the Conficker Worm which will activate itself on April 1st. Should you be concerned? Well, Only if... Continue Reading →
The Entrepreneurial Life of Stephen Mitchell 