I have found a new great way to shoot. Forget from the car window, this was shot from the hotel window 19 stories up! 5 Star shooting, now that’s the goods!! I got the tilt shift look using Len Blur in photoshop.
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Black and White Cradle Mountain
Just messing around with some black and white. Silver Efex to the rescue. Hard to tell on my laptop if it has the right contrast in the right place. Will know when I get home to my beautiful Eizo monitor. There is a reason we buy these monitors. They show you things a little apple screen can’t. Well worth the investment. Speak to Ben and Trevo at Team digital about the latest models.
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One Million hits and counting
Well it has been a few years in the making but I finally hit a big milestone in my blogging history. Thanks to everyone who has tuned in and made it successful. I really appreciate the comments and all the friendships that I have made over the years.
So how did I celebrate. By tripping over at Freycinet national park and falling into a ravine tearing a ligament in my leg and a possible fracture of my wrist. It was at least a 20 ft drop, and you know I don’t exaggerate. I managed to stay on my feet and protect the phase from the fall. It was pretty close to total destruction of both camera and body and a pretty good wake up call. Put your camera in the bag when scrambling on rocks.
At Launceston airport now waiting to fly home. The trip was fantastic as was our workshop we held on the weekend. Thanks to all those who attended.
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Classic Wilderness Scene
There are places like this all over Tasmania. After trekking for hours I came across this little creek. I will focus stack this when I get home to get the ultimate sharpness from front to back.
Ok it was just off the road!! Do you think I am stupid enough to walk? Come on!!!
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Railway Shed
I love old buildings. I could photograph them all day. They will be gone one day so it is nice to shoot them whilst we still can. This is part of the museum at Launceston.
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Two new Workshops – Book now
Nick Rains and I are holding two more workshops next year. The details are below.
Click here for our Mornington Peninsula workshop
Christian Fletcher and I will be presenting another of our intensive photography workshops in March 2011. This time we will be holding it in Victoria, on the beautiful Mornington Peninsula just one hour from Melbourne. It will be on the weekend of March 5/6.
The intensive weekend workshops we have been conducting around the country have proved to be very popular and we get a lot of excellent feedback. We have been looking for a suitable location in Victoria and have decided that the Mornington Peninsula provied what we need to put on a successful workshop.
Whilst our workshops are classroom based, we do go out shooting on the Saturday and Sunday mornings.Within a short distance are beautiful beaches, interesting rock formations and the wonderful lines and shapes of the numerous vineyards in the region.
Christian and I will present eight seminars, four per day. We will cover all aspects of our photography and will share with you, in detail, many of the techniques that we use. Nick will cover the essence of landscape photography, colour management, raw shooting, and image sweetening. Christian will demonstrate his Photoshop mastery and the many ways in which he creates his amazing images.
A full itinerary of the two days can be downloaded here.
The cost is $995 and includes morning tea, full cooked lunch and afternoon tea on both days. Sign Up for this Workshop
Click here for our Blue Mountains Workshop
The intensive weekend workshops we have been conducting around the country have proved to be very popular and we get a lot of excellent feedback. We have found a fabulous venue right at the edge of the Grosse valley, about 500m from Evens Lookout. It’s an ecolodge called Jemby Rinjah and it’s buried in the forest with lots of beautiful trees filled with birds. When the mists roll in it is quite spectacular. Fortunately it’s also very cosy and has a big log fire in the main room – we are doing the workshop in June so bring your woollies!
Our workshops are classroom based, but we do go out shooting on the Saturday and Sunday mornings. It’s a very short walk to the amazing Evans Lookout, and if we get the misty mornings that the Blue Mountains are known for then we will be in for a treat. Right next to the lookout is the track down into the Grand Canyon and if you spend an extra day in the area this would be a superb walk to do. It’s a tough one, with some serious stairs to ascend at each end, but it’s one of the best walks in the Blue Mountains.
Christian and I will present eight seminars, four per day. We will cover all aspects of our photography and will share with you, in detail, many of the techniques that we use. Nick will cover the essence of landscape photography, colour management, raw shooting, and image sweetening. Christian will demonstrate his Photoshop mastery and the many ways in which he creates his amazing images.
A full itinerary of the two days can be downloaded here. Date is June 18th & 19th 2011.
The cost is $995 and includes morning tea, full cooked lunch and afternoon tea on both days. Sign Up for this Workshop
The venue has offered an accommodation package for three nights (Friday to Sunday nights) for $458.50 including all meals so this is a really good deal. Call Wendy Cowan on 02 47877622 at Jemby Rinjah for bookings.
We have had bookings for both workshops already so make sure you don’t miss out.
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Bay of Fires, Tasmania
This place on the north east coast of Tasmania reminded me of the beaches around the south coast of WA. It was nice to get the kids running around playing in the sand again. They loved it. In Hobart now and trying to get some shots in the sketchy light we have been having. Traded in the Motorhome for a hotel room. Tough at the top! from our hotel we can see the two Sea Shepherd boats getting ready to take on the Japanese whalers. Thery are gutsy people. The Southern Ocean is not my idea of fun.
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