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| Addicted to landscapes 16 September 2012 |
Sunday 16 September 2012
Saturday 15 September 2012
Friday 14 September 2012
Wednesday 12 September 2012
Saturday 8 September 2012
Saturday 1 September 2012
Tuesday 14 August 2012
Sunday 12 August 2012
Saturday 11 August 2012
Wednesday 8 August 2012
Tuesday 7 August 2012
Saturday 4 August 2012
Friday 3 August 2012
DIY softbox
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| DIY Softbox - Lemon |
I recently have been reading Scott Kelby's digital photography books and felt inspired to have a crack at some better product photography.
I did some research and decided, on a bit of a whim, to make a soft box for photographing small stuff about the place. I did it on the cheap and spent some time thinking. This is what I came up with. I'm a little surprised at how well it worked; and a little scared about the amount of flash batteries I'm bound to go through now I have one of these.
Ingredients:
1 x cardboard box - $ 0.00
4 x mini spring clamps - $ 3.00
1 x 4.5m 100mph tape - $ 3.50
1 x can matt white spray paint - $ 4.50
1 x outdoor chair cover (opaque clear) - $ 3.00
1 x white poster cardboard - $ 2.00
sharp knife
ruler
pencil
1 hour
1. Cut a hole in both sides of the boxes. I left a 5cm border around the edges to provide some stability and tape the 'diffuser' to.
2. Cut a small hole, the length of the box less 1cm on each side at the very back of the top of the box (roof).
3. Spray pain the inside of the box; paying particular attention to the top/roof (with the hole at the back.
4. Tape 'diffuser' to box; making sure it's pulled tightly. I used two layers; pulling both tight to eliminate wrinkles.
5. When paint is dry, insert cardboard through hole in the roof and use clamps to attach to the top back and front bottom of the box.
Seamless background complete.
Uses off camera flashes, with wireless flash triggers; on either side of the box.
Wednesday 1 August 2012
Tuesday 31 July 2012
Sunday 29 July 2012
Saturday 28 July 2012
Friday 27 July 2012
Thursday 26 July 2012
Wednesday 25 July 2012
Tuesday 24 July 2012
Monday 23 July 2012
Sunday 22 July 2012
from the grass
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| From the grass 22 July 2012 |
Saturday 21 July 2012
still
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| still 21 July 2012 |
An old windmill and well cover at my parent's farm. Coalbank, Qld. Australia
Friday 20 July 2012
Thursday 5 July 2012
Tuesday 3 July 2012
Thursday 2 February 2012
Emerald Lake
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| Emerald Lake Yoho National Park. AB. Canada. 2009 |
Like Peyto Lake, Emerald Lake is a glacier fed lake, the stunning colours in the water are due to glacial sediment which reflects the light. It's quite amazing how the surface is like a mirror. The mountains in the background just add to the spectacular scenery.
Tuesday 31 January 2012
Banff River
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| Banff River Banff, AB, Canada. 2009 |
Banff River. The water in this river was amazing. Kayakers and rafters seemed to have an amazing time on this river; we just didn't get time.
Sulfur Mountain Vistas
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| Banff from Sulfur Mountain Banff, AB, Canada. 2009 |
Feeling overly enthusiastic & energetic one day while travelling with one of my best mates, we hiked Sulfur Mountain at Banff. It's a trail of switchbacks that regularly pass under the gondola that most (normal) people take up the mountain. The sign at the bottom warns hikers that this hike takes between 2 and 5 hours depending on conditions. We hiked for about 3 hours and finally reached the sumit (2451m), of which we'd climbed over 600m, and some amazing vistas. The gondola ride down was a well deserved rest.
I took this shot from the top, overlooking the Fairmont hotel (Banff), Banff golf club and Banff river. On a clear day you can see over 145km from the sumit. The temperature drops by 3degrees with every 1000 foot rise in elevation.
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| Sulfur Mountain Gondola. 2009 |
Monday 30 January 2012
Othello Tunnels
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| Othello Tunnels path Coquihalla Canyon, AB, Canada, 2009 |
Othello Tunnels are converted train tunnels running through mountains and winding along the pristine river. The tunnels were a part of a line connecting Kootenay with the British Columbian coast. The line was built across three mountain ranges. The Coquihalla Gorge river was at the bottom of 300 feet of solid granite. The engineer, Andrew McCullough, a straight line of tunnels crossing this gorge and named stations after Shakspearean characters as he was an avid reader of Shakespearean literature.
Fading Bloom
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| Fading Bloom Vancouver, BC, Canada, 2009 |
Spring was a nice time to live in Canada. Flowers blooming, long sunny days and relativelty clear weather. I started to take more interest in photography around this time, and started to notice the little things in life.
Photography makes you stop and appreciate, and to me it makes you see things from a different perspective.
Kickinghorse River
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| Kickinghorse River Yoho National Park, AB, Canada, 2009 |
This is the mighty Kickinghorse River in Yoho National Park (I think). It's clarity and colour is amazing, the blue is entirely natural, created from suspended particles from glacial flow. This region is surrounded by enormous peaks, roads cutting through them to form a path for tourists and Canadians alike.
Clarity
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| Clarity Johnson Canyon, Banff, AB, Canada, 2009 |
Johnson Canyon was one spectacular place. It was rainforesty, there was a stream running the entire length of the wooden boardwalk. The boardwalk was at times 20m above the ground level, bolted precariously to the edge of a cliff, sometimes under a shelf so you had to duck as you passed. It is somewhere that could not be properly explored in the time we spent there, I would say it would be an all day job, at the least.
Twilight in Vancouver
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| Twilight in Vancouver Vancouver, BC, Canada, 2009 |
Twilight in Vancouver was a magical time. Whether you were walking through the city, strolling along False Creek, or taking a run over one of the many bridges in the Downtown area; it was magical. Lights everywhere, making everything twinkle.
Burrard bridge was one of those things/places for me that sort of tied everything together. After I got off work I would walk my sister to hers then run back after a coffee. Burrard bridge was how you got to Granville Island. Burrard Bridge was extremely photographic.
Coal Harbour Pier
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| Coal Harbour Pier Vancouver, BC, Canada, 2009 |
Taken on a nightly walk at Coal Harbour while living in Vancouver.
Sunday 29 January 2012
Edith Cavill Stream
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| Edith Cavill Stream Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada, 2009 |
The road back from Mount Edith Cavill & Angel Glacier, along the Athabasca river, was peppered with wildflowers. When we found an area to pull over safely I decamped to grab some shots of them and noticed this stream. The water was crystal clear and the rocks had amazing colour.
Mt Edith Cavill was named after Edith Cavill, an English nurse who was captured and executed by the Nazis for assisting allied soldiers in their escape from occupied Belgium. There was a placard with information and details of her heroics. While we were standing, awestruck, there was a massive rumble from the mountain, we for a second thought we were going to witness an avalanche on Angel Glacier. Alas we did not.
Farmers market
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| Farmers Market Seattle, Washington, USA, 2009 |
We spent a weekend in Seattle, catching the 7.30 bus from Vancouver after I finished work at 7am. We camped in the Green Tortoise hostel, spent loads of time in the Public and Farmers markets, dranks loads of coffee from the first ever Starbucks, investigated the city's underground past, visited a building that at 40 stories was once the tallest in the world and saw a baseball game.
It was one busy weekend, but at the same time one of the best weekends away I think I've ever had. I still want to spend more time there - it seems like a city full of culture, it has a relaxed and vibrant atmosphere and some awesome markets.
Peyto Lake
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| Peyto Lake Banff, Alberta, Canada, 2009 |
Peyto Lake is a glacial fed lake in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada. Access to the lake is from the Icefield Parkway which is a nature reserve dotted with glaciers, glacial lakes, massive mountains and wildlife. One of my favourite places, and I'm glad I got to share this sight with my sister.
Coal Harbour
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| Coal Harbour from Canada Place Vancouver, BC, Canada, 2009 |
I spent 6 months in Vancouver, and took a lot of night shots. This was taken after a night time stroll with my sister and her flatmate.
Granville Island Berries
During my 6 month stay in Vancouver we visited Granville Island relatively frequently. It has one of the most amazing public markets I've been to. It has one hell of a choice of fresh fruit, vegies, meat, seafood, small goods and exotic foods like stuffed olives and cheeses.
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| Granville Island Berries Vancouver, BC, Canada, 2009 |
During my 6 month stay in Vancouver we visited Granville Island relatively frequently. It has one of the most amazing public markets I've been to. It has one hell of a choice of fresh fruit, vegies, meat, seafood, small goods and exotic foods like stuffed olives and cheeses.
I shot this photo on one of those trips and have loved since seeing it on the LCD screen of my new (at the time) DSLR.
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