Wait for the twilight and do some Brent Pearson inspired night photography. The sunrises and sunsets have been very average in the past week so I have had to resort to desperate measures, hence the night shots. The 5D2 loves to go out at night, she is a real party girl, just don’t wear her out too quick, her batteries are a little lacking in stamina!!
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What do you do when the sunset is average???
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It's a 5 Star Life for me!
Forget your swags, forget your three man dome tents, forget freezing cold mornings, mozzies, camp kitchens, sand in the bed, cold meals, no showers, I am a changed man! I might even sell up everything buy an island, a really small one and retire. I require a little comfort to operate at my peak efficiency.
This is one of our pools on the island, wouldn’t you rather festering in a squatters shack in the bush somewhere???? I didn’t think so. Tomorrow we are off to Whitehaven Beach for beers on the beach, hmmm beer!
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Daydream Island
Now we are doing it tough. I have always known I enjoy the 5 star shooting trips, now it is confirmed. This is a pretty little island and a perfect way to relax after being on the go for the past month. In fact it is surprisingly cheap. Not a huge amount more than staying in a cabin at a caravan park. But oh so much better. I could get used to this. The moon is almost full so I had to get a shot of some mermaids that had been hanging around all day. The 5D2 loves this stuff.
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First 14 days
This is just something I knocked up for fun, almost ready to do a first 30 day video. It is going too quick. Finally got some nice weather.
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Airlie Beach
There are some serious boats at Airlie Beach. You would expect that having lots of nice islands to sail around. I love boats in photos, I guess they say freedom and escape, things always on my mind. Hope I never have to do a real job!! Light here has been difficult and I have been ending up in the wrong place at the wrong time. That happens when you don’t know an area. Hey two blue pics in a row, no Shade white balance here!!!
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Lake MacKenzie
This place was fantastic. It is tucked away on Fraser Island. What you don’t see is the hordes of young Swedish backpackers sunning themselves on the beach. Shame they were all blokes and had to be cut out of the shot. There are a serious amount of backpackers on the east coast, more than around Dunsborough. Reminds me of when I was young! Ah the freedom. Stitched pano with the polariser on!!! yes you heard it, it has come out of the bin!! I think it worked because of the clouds in the sky. No problems with the banding. Nick Rains said that CS$ will stitch a blue polarised sky no problems. Will have to try it one day.
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Interview with Nick Rains
Nick was kind enough to join me and Mark Stothard on a shoot in Lamington National Park. We saw heaps of waterfalls but the best part of the park was closed due to the huge amount of rain they had. Nick has taken over as editor of Better Digital magazine. He is a great bloke and a wealth of knowledge. Mark and I got a tutorial on J.Holmes colour spaces on the walk back. We hiked for 12 kms Mark did it in bare feet. The tracks were pretty muddy so he had his foot spa for the day. Also managed to find 3 leeches too. Funny, Mark is probably one of the most fearless guys I have met but the very mention of leeches reduced him to a quivering mess!! hehe He promised to take me diving with sharks as a payback! Not this little black duck!!!
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