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A Different View

February 28th, 2010 at 8:57pm

On the first day of out Pilbara project we got a half hour jolly in a Heli over town, BHP, the Port and Dampier Salt. Was a fun experience and a first for Les as he hadn’t been in a chopper before. Hope he got some shots as he had one hand firmly on side of the heli for most of the trip. That Hassleblad of his is a bit weighty, one handed for 30 mins could be interesting. I held on with my butt cheeks and was sort of comfortable.

This was a pic over the tanks, don’t know who’s they are, but found the scene interesting. Stylized in Photoshop and using Nik Colour efex pro. Great software. If you want a copy see Benny @ Team Digital. Thats where I got mine. I know Tony Hewitt is a big fan of it too.

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Rubber Love

February 27th, 2010 at 10:00pm

This one is for Muzz.

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Les Walkling Pilbara Clip

February 27th, 2010 at 9:55pm
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Searing Heat and B&W

February 25th, 2010 at 9:21pm

I like B&W landscape images that are contrasty. Shoot during the heat of the day when there is bucket loads of contrast and you will love the results. This old tin shelter was at Pardoo Station. They have the best junk there.

Shot on the trusty Nikon D3x. Have I told you that I love that camera??

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African Photo Safari

February 24th, 2010 at 2:55pm

Dennis Glennon is heading off to Africa and is looking for like minded photographers to join him.

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Winner of the Team Dig/ True North/ Rotto comp

February 24th, 2010 at 12:51pm

Leo Ng has won the tripod. Well done mate a worthy winner. Give Benny at Team Digital a call to collect your new piece of kit.

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Together Again In Tasmania

February 23rd, 2010 at 3:35pm

So the big news for the 4th and 5th of December this year is Tasmania!!

Nick Rains and I following on from the success of our recent Bunker Bay workshop are doing it again. This time on the Apple Isle. Two days of shooting and tuition for $995. Includes morning/afternoon tea and lunch both days. Doesn’t include accommodation or any travel costs.

It is going to be an amazing experience. Combine the workshop with an extra week or too of your own touring and shooting in one of Australia’s prettiest landscapes. I am so excited to be going.

We are taking expressions of interest now and a full itinerary will be available soon. The Bunker Bay workshop filled fast so don’t miss out on this opportunity.

The accommodation at Freycinet is very well priced and consists of cabin style units similar to the Bunker Bay Resort. We will all stay there and be able to kick up our heels at the end of the long days and enjoy a drink together.

You can see the resort here Freycinet Lodge

The location is Freycinet Lodge, Freycinet National Park, Coles Bay. Below are some of the photos of the area taken by Nick. As you can see it is a photographers paradise.

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Men in Hats

February 23rd, 2010 at 2:43pm

Have you ever seen a bigger bunch of photo geeks in your life. Should we be looking up to these guys or laughing at them……… ok lets laugh. All we need in there is Ken Duncan and Peter Lik and it would be a circus!

Thanks to the very talented Nicole Yardley for the use of the photos. Nicole was one of the PH Photography students who joined us for some cool adventures. Her photos look mint, geez she must of had a great teacher ;-0)
Well maybe just great talent.

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My thoughts on the Nikon D3x

February 22nd, 2010 at 8:39pm

Well, I have been under the influence of some strange chemical in recent months and one of those is found in the latest DSLRs from Nikon. I have had the pleasure of using both the D3s and the D3x as well as some kick arse Nikon lenses. What did I really think of Nikon???

I started a Nikon man, well I was probably still a boy back then, and once again I have been tempted by the black and gold. To say I was blown away would be pretty close to the mark. Now, I am comparing those two bodies to the 5D2 so it isn’t a real fair comparison. They are both way more expensive. You get what you pay for right? But if I had the money and didn’t care about HD video I would own both. My mate Tony Hewitt has both and all the good lenses and his work glows. Ok you can get a similar result from the 5D2 but it just isn’t as good in my opinion. I found the files from the D3x were pretty stunning. Noise handling wasn’t brilliant but then it wasn’t supposed to be. The D3s on the other hand kills everything else even the new 1D mark IV, which strangely enough not many people are talking about. I guess we are waiting for a 1Ds mark IV with a bigger chip and full 1080p video. But it isn’t all about the bodies, the Nikon lenses are brilliant. I have only used the zooms but man they are good. I would love to have a crack at the 105mm.

So should we all sell up out Canons and go Nikon?? Well if they dropped the prices and bought out a D700s or x then maybe we should. Will Canon try to bring out something to kill any Nikon available, probably. Should we forget the lot and go medium format digital, hang the expense! Definitely.

Anyone care to borrow me $70,000.

I have had a good dose of Nikonite, a strange hallucinogenic compound found in Nikon glass and Nikon bodies. My mind might be fried but I am enjoying the ride.

p.s. the problems with the nikon is some button functionality and no sensor vibration to clean the dust off. The D3x was dirty but still sexy. Canon wins on that front. I hear you can set the Nikon up to operate like a Canon, I’m pretty used to the differences now so it isn’t a problem anymore.

Thanks to the two Julies at Nikon and the crew at Team Digital for getting the gear to me.

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New Gitzo Tripod

February 22nd, 2010 at 3:35pm

This is a pic of my new baby, she is real skinny and real light. Thanks again to Brendan at PRA Imaging and Gitzo for supplying me with the best tripod for the job.

I had the same legs as Peter Eastway but a much better head, in fact I have two better heads than Peter Eastway now. I must say this thing is so light yet so firm on the ground. It makes photography fun again, ok, well tripods are never fun but it is a hell of a lot easier than the old one I had. Won’t mention the brand but it starts with Man and ends with frotto. I won’t get big muscles with this thing but there is always a downdside to state of the art equipment.
The details are

GT2542L carbon fibre tripod
GH3780QR Ball Head

See Brendon for your very own piece of perfection, and a good head!

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Test Image

February 22nd, 2010 at 12:38pm

Just trying to get the blog sorted, can you let me know if you have had to sign in each time you make a comment on my posts? Hoping to get it sorted soon, the web legends at Clever Starfish and Jex Analytics are working like dogs trying to keep you lot happy.

Hope this image opens large the first time you click on it not the second, if it does things are looking up.

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True Norths New Website

February 22nd, 2010 at 11:01am

True North has a new website and it looks pretty fantastic. It has Michaels videos on it and lots of great photos by Mark. Check it out and whilst your at it book a trip.

Mark and I are working on the True North / Rotto trip extravaganza for next year and lets just say it will be bigger and better than the last one. Keep an eye on this blog for more details.

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Digging up Dough

February 21st, 2010 at 9:08pm

These piles of ore are oresome!!! couldn’t resist. They are ore-inspiring and ore-fully big. I ore to know better than to ore-ganize myself ore anyone else f-ore that matter. The money being made from ore is not ore-dinary, it is ore-some. I shot this with the Nikon D3x.

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Real Work

February 21st, 2010 at 2:58pm

So glad I am a photographer. This isn’t a landscape photograph, well it sort of is, it’s an industrial landscape. Will it sell in the gallery, no way. What should I do with it then?? How will it make me money? Who would be interested in it? Why did I take it and work it in photoshop? What the hell am I banging on about??????????

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Ground Zero

February 19th, 2010 at 3:35pm

Here is the scene of what could have been the greatest loss to photography in two decades. Imagine if I dropped the Nikon D3x whilst dying from inhalation of cyanide. What a waste of a great camera! Tony Hewitt might have got the award winning photo, if only I had dropped dead!! Sorry Tone, I’ll make sure the dust is radioactive next time!

This stuff interests me and in the Pilbara there are lots of scenes like this. Industry is amazing to photograph, it is beautiful but deadly!! haha

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The Pilbara Project Video Teaser

February 18th, 2010 at 1:05am

Well here is the start of Michaels video project from our recent trip to the Pilbara shooting with Tony Hewitt, Peter Eastway and Les Walkling. I think it is going to be an amazing doco on what we experienced. Stay tuned for more.

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Some cool stuff coming up

February 17th, 2010 at 2:38am

Benny at Team Digital has told me about some specials they are having on Manfrotto gear till the end of February, 15% off in fact.

Also there is some good news and bad news .
Bad news first Team Digital are postponing the ITeazer Night that was running on the 24th Feb. Some products they were going to announce wont be here in time . So they are running it in May instead. I will be keen to get to that.

Good news is that Les Walkling has been confirmed . He doing a number of thing for Team Digital as part of the FotoFreo 2010 program.
The main one will be a hands on workshop on Fine Art Printing all the details are on their blog. If you haven’t seen Les in action make sure you get along to this. I hope to be going too.

They will also have a free Fine Art Printing Seminar running which will be on the Team Digital blog (see my links bar).

Thing that may interest you also are a Seminar on Rips and Profiling on the Thursday the 1st April. And directly after that Capture One training. Man two more things I need to attend. Geez I better ask the wife first, I have already had a few trips away this year.

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True North Team Digital Rottnest Island Competition

February 17th, 2010 at 2:25am

Hi all the 7 finalists in the competition are now on Mark Stothards blog. Go to Finalists to vote on the one you think should win. The prize is the Manfrotto Tripod kindly donated by Team Digital and Manfrotto.

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Idiot of the Year

February 15th, 2010 at 11:21am

Danger... Cyanide

Today is the first day I have started to get my energy back. Hopefully will be even better tomorrow. If I did get Cyanide poisoning this is why. The title says it all, what an idiot. Thanks to legend photographer Tony Hewitt for these pics, he could have been the last person to see me alive.

I just wanted to thank Nikon again for the loan of the D3x, the 24-70mm, the 14-24mm, and the 70-200mm. It was awesome to have this gear to use and as one of the photographers I travelled with said to me, ” the D3x is probably the best dslr in the world right now” You know what, I do believe he is right, and he knows his stuff.

Oh and to the guys at Nikon, you might want to wash your hand before eating your lunch, just in case. I gave it a good wipe over, just don’t go licking it clean. Hey just as well those puppies have cyanide seals on them!!

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HOT Damned HOT!!!

February 14th, 2010 at 9:22am

I put the spelling mistake down to cyanide poisoning!!! ok, so no more he can’t spell stuff, a man is not a dictionary you KNOW!!!

The name says it all! We stopped at this scene about 80kms inland from Marble Bar. I took this handheld stitch pretty quickly as at the time I thought I was going to drop dead from Cyanide poisoning. If you get a good dose of that stuff you would be dead in a matter of minutes. I wish I had thought a bit more about entering a mine site without checking it was ok, never again, I can’t handle the stress!! Oh and the heat…. note to self, next assignment to be in a less extreme location!! Poor Pete went from Antarctica to the hottest place in WA.

Shot with the amazing Nikon D3x and 24-70mm lens, love it!

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