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Back From the Desert

May 31st, 2010 at 7:45pm

Rudall River National Park

Hi everyone

Just returned home from what was an amazing shoot in the heart of the east Pilbara. Myself, Les Walkling, Peter Eastway, Tony Hewitt, Michael Fletcher, Larry Mitchell, William Fox and our guide Tim Acker drove about 300kms inland from Newman to check out the Rudall River National Park now called Karlamilyi National Park and to spend some time with the local Parnngurr aboriginal community. We were lucky enough to have access to the community and to be able to photograph the artists and teach the local kids a thing or two about photography. It was an amazing experience and we all agreed that the land has a hold on us in an almost spiritual way. It is hard to describe unless you have been there. It is so remote and so surprising I’m sure I will be going back.

The park sits on the boundary between the Great Sandy and Little Sandy Deserts and if you decide to go you have to be self sufficient. There is no fuel, food or medical help available. A great place to go and get bitten by a snake, we actually saw a Death Adder on our first day photographing around Newman. A guide is recommended and we were lucky to have a great one in Tim who  was a great cook to boot.

I have lots more stories to tell from this trip so will gesticulate more in coming posts. Oh and BTW, it is not good to be home to the real world!

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Michaels Video Workshop @ Team Digital

May 21st, 2010 at 11:11am

My bro is doing his first workshop on how he gets his stunning videos. If you want to find out on all the inside info have a look below for the details. I believe Muzz and Merv will both be there making guest appearances. Worth the admission price alone!

Team Digital is very pleased to present “The Moving Landscape” seminar. This will be the first time that Michael Fletcher has given an insight into how he has created such a stunning body of work. What he’s been able to achieve using  the DSLR Video format is a must see. Please click on the link below to see some of those works.

Michael’s Vimeo Site

In this 2 hour seminar Michael will give us an insight into how powerful DSLR Video is , and how to unlock that power. Covering points on

Focus

Exposure

Audio

Frame rates

Editing workflow

Output

Saturday 12th of June 11.00am to 1.00pm $ 39.00 per head
Held at Team Digital 268 Lord Street Perth
Limited numbers to book contact Bianca on 93283377 or email bianca@teamdigital.com.au

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What you can do with a Phase One

May 19th, 2010 at 9:13pm

These photos were taken through the fog from a distance of about 1.5kms I think. All the crops come from the one image and it is pretty cool carving it up and seeing what you get. Ok the file sizes of each crop aren’t huge but you would still get a usable print from them. Thought the scene needed sepia toned B&W. Thanks to Nik Silver Efex Pro

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Mt Beauty Autumn Tree

May 17th, 2010 at 8:14pm

Mount Beauty

This is a classic Victorian Autumn scene. As Tommy mentioned on his blog we were waiting for the light on this bridge whilst Markie had shot off down the river. After 30mins we thought we had better see what the guy was up to. And what did we find, Markie all over this tree like girls to a pink feather boa! There was no danger so I took the shot! The early morning fog was the icing on the cake. hmmm making me hungry! After this golden moment we went into Mt Beauty for some breakie, what a morning.

Phase one P65+, 645df body, 80mm f/2.8 Schneider lens.

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Follow up from Nick Melidonis

May 17th, 2010 at 9:03am

Hi Christian

Thanks for your kind wishes and for keeping people informed about me.

The Greek tour finally got away and reports are that all is well and the
group is having a great time over there. I’d kill to be able to chew a
souvlaki at the moment

On June 14th , I undergo surgery again to remove the wiring in my jaw and
soon after I’ll get some temporary teeth leading to some more permanent
implants down the track. I’m very lucky to be alive; I’m in great spirits
and look forward to the future.
Below is a paragraph I posted on my ‘What’s New’ page on my website with
some photos from Cliff Winfield of the Karijini rescue

If you are down this way, pop in for a visit, I’d love to catch up

Warm regards
Nick

Nick Recovering Well from Karijini Accident

Nick had an unfortunate accident on Thurs 2nd May in Karrijini. While
descending to the bottom of Knox gorge with friend Cliff Winfield (ex
Regional Manager for the Pilbara), he lost his footing and fell 5 metres
face first of some hard ironstone. This fact probably saved his life as he
avoided skull and brain damage (face acted as a crumple zone for the brain)
and miraculously didn’t suffer any spinal or limb damage either. He broke
his jaw in 5 places, broke his nose and lost most of his teeth. It took the
SES and volunteers 6 hours to get him to the top of the gorge  and after a
few more adventures, he was flown by Royal Flying Doctor to Perth and was
operated on immediately. He is now back at home for the long recovery
process and the reconstruction of his mouth.
Nick is in great spirits and healing well and was overwhelmed by the
hundreds of ‘get well’ emails and messages that flooded in from all over
Australia and overseas. In particular, he would like to thank the many
generous helpers who cared and comforted him at the bottom of the gorge and
helped the SES to carry the stretcher for a couple of hours. His partner,
Carol, has been at his side as soon as he arrived in Perth and has been
tireless in her quest to keep people informed and looking after a very
grateful Nick.
Thanks again to all the people who have sent their concerns and warm wishes
to Nick and he will get around to responding to the emails in due course.
Cliff Winfield took some images of the rescue, (attached)

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Some dude shooting with a Nikon

May 16th, 2010 at 10:21pm
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Anonymous Posts

May 16th, 2010 at 9:10pm

Hi all, if you have something to say make sure we all know who you are. Any anonymous comments will be deleted before getting on the blog. Nobody likes to be insulted by a nameless nobody ! Yes you know who you are…….

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Mount Hotham Valley View

May 16th, 2010 at 8:51pm

Mount Hotham

Took this photo with Mark Stothard, Tommy Putt and Tony Middleton. What it doesn’t show was the apparent temperature, -2.2. It was a wee bit chilly, i.e Tommy being all rugged up. I only had an army shirt with the sleeves cut off as I don’t think -2.2 is really that cold. Still the P65 gives off a bit of heat when she is going flat out. When I’m shooting I’m running on pure adrenalin, it is UN-BELIEVABLE !!!

The old ND filter came in handy for this pic. Kept telling the boys the dynamic range of this scene was going to kill them. They kept telling me they were going to kill me if I didn’t shut up. Still you can’t argue with 12 stops of dynamic range. Ah yep, yep, yep, anyone else want to kill me?

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Portrait

May 16th, 2010 at 8:03pm

I found myself with a little time to play today so I pulled out the studio light and asked my ever ready super gorgeous model to strike a pose for me. The original image wasn’t brilliant so I decided to have a little play with “arting ” it up a little. What do you think.

Shot with the trusty phase one P65+ and Schneider 80mm combination. As you would expect laceratingly  sharp, ouch!!!

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More Blue Steele

May 14th, 2010 at 9:40pm

Tommy Steele

Have a look at the guy would ya, all action man. I haven’t seen another photographer look this rugged since Peter Lik. Tommy your on the way my friend.

Shot this with the Phase, oh so sharp. Straight out of the camera too. No massaging pixels. Couldn’t stand looking at Tommy for longer than a few minutes. Felt a little wrong!

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Forgot to mention my new Epson 3880

May 13th, 2010 at 7:47pm

I just bought myself an Epson  3880 for home. I really enjoyed the one Benny loaned me for the recent Karijini workshop. Anyway I thought I would buy it so I could do some rough proofing of new images at home. Well to say I was blown away by the quality was an understatement. Man that thing can print. So much so that I am printing my Australian Professional Photography awards entries on it. That would have to be the highest recommendation I  could give any printer. If it is good enough for the APPAS it is good enough for anyone. I love it, my house is slowly becoming a dumping ground for the dozens of proofs I am printing. They might be worth something one day! Who knows. Anyway if your thinking of getting a printer that will do up to A2 sized prints, this is the puppy for you.

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Kata Bags

May 13th, 2010 at 7:37pm

I just got my new camera bag after having the same old Lowe pro for years. I must say things have changed a lot and this thing looks like it could go into space. It has more hi-tech features than the Space Shuttle and is pretty easy on the eye too. I got to try it out on a recent trip to Bright and it quickly became a favourite part of my kit. It even has a section for a laptop. The best thing is you can now trade in your old bag at Team Digital and get $50 off the price. Hows the name, the “Bumblebee” sounds like a transformer, actually I think it is a transformer. The only thing it didn’t do was turn into a pizza and a carton of beer after a long hard shoot! Luckily we had Tommy P to whip us up a lovely quiche!

Talented that boy is!

For more info on the bags and the prices click HERE

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Spot for Tasmania

May 13th, 2010 at 3:00pm

Hi all, the workshop I am running with Nick Rains sold out a month ago but we have had a spot come up, so it will be first in best dressed. Let me know if your keen.  See the previous post for more details on the workshop.

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600,000 Hits and on the way to a Million

May 12th, 2010 at 8:59pm

Just cracked the 600k mark. I don’t really look at my stats…………… ok, so I do it every day!!!

Now a million hits, that would be good. Keep hitting on my site people, I need to get to a mill. Don’t know why but it must be important!

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Tommy P Superstar

May 12th, 2010 at 6:56pm

Tom Putt

Keep you clothes on girls, oh and some of you guys, here in all his manhood is the superstar of Victorian Photography. Tommy P, as we all know him, took out 7 awards at the recent VIC Aipp awards, eclipsing the work of Peter Eastway in the NSW awards. He will be looking to do well in the APPA’s next month and I plan on him and I being the first two spots for landscapes! So that is me first and Tommy second right? Haha.

Actually we might get the wooden spoon award but in our minds we are winners.

Tommy, you are a bloody funny bugger, we love ya man! Actually you and Muzz together would be a sight. Lets organise it.

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Leaf Pano

May 9th, 2010 at 4:08pm

This is another look down and shoot type situation. Markie, Tommy and I were going nuts getting all these lovely shots with golden misty light when some of the most beautiful images we were standing on. I think this might be a new canvas for the gallery.  Should be printed and stretched by the end of the week. Well thats if my framer plays ball!

Again I am blown away by the Phase One with the 80mm Schneider lens. It is breathtaking.

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Leaf Abstract

May 8th, 2010 at 8:58pm

Shot this one this morning on a walk around we did of Bright, Victoria. The autumn colour isn’t as good as last year, apparently, but there is still some great stuff around.

How is the detail in this image, it was shot with the 80mm Schneider lens, OMG, that lens makes me weak at the knees. Hope my wife likes this one too!!

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Mount Hotham

May 8th, 2010 at 7:50pm

Mount Hotham

Got some nice light  tonight. Unfortunately Neal, Phil and Clint went to Mount Buffalo and we had to kick their arses……………. again!! Now this stitch from 3 Phase files is 80″ wide @ 240dpi. It is so sharp my eyes were bleeding just looking at it. I know I can’t match Tommy’s 9 images posted tonight in the same time, but you just wouldn’t blow one of his up and expect to see any detail sharp. Look good on the web though! HaHa, oh and if you see some photos of me on his blog, they were set up, he told me to look stupid. I’m so nice I did what he said not thinking he would use them to defame me!

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3 Buffalo Girls

May 7th, 2010 at 8:39pm

Mt Buffalo

Tom and Mark might have put up about 9 posts each tonight but I decided to go for quality. This was a great view from the top of Mount Buffalo. Neal (Spool Photography), Clint and Phil were on their way down and we believe they missed the best light. The detail is such that you can see a truck driving on a road at the bottom of the hill. Incredible stuff.

Phase One P65+

Phase one 150mm lens

645DF Body

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From the Trip to QLD

May 5th, 2010 at 9:45pm

Atherton Tablelands

This is a pic from last year. This was  a pretty big lake popular with boaties, no photographers!! just me!! Was pretty cool this morning as it is pretty high up there in the Tablelands, Well thats my scientific observation and I’m sticking to it!

I can imagine it would be a good shot to have a sword sticking out of the lake! King Arthur style! Or maybe just a big arsed Croc!!

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