VC Impressions

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WordPress themes

April 3, 2017

Since starting this of this website, I have been on a search for the perfect theme, with excellent functionality, especially when it comes to showing pictures. There are a lot of options out there, free ones (lite) and premium (commercial ). A lot of time can be spent searching and customizing Wordpress themes. The problem that I am coming across constantly is that some themes don't work correctly with all plugins. In fact, even plugins can conflict with other plugins.

Portrait- night shoot organized by Matt Barwick

Rear Synced Flash Photography

March 14, 2017

I'm not sure if it's new, but it is the first time I have tried it out, works pretty good if you can get the settings right. To set it up you just tell the flash to sync to the 2nd curtain. On the flash, this is indicated by the double arrow. Below is a brief overview of setting up the camera and flash.

Camera Market 2017

March 3, 2017

The camera market in 2016 shows a steady decline in mirrorless and DSLR sales. Looks like the smartphone camera is going to take over the world for the vast majority of…

Color Theory

February 5, 2017

Two articles I have come across this week concerning the use of color theory during post processing. Both articles are about what color combinations work well together, admittedly in landscape photography,…

Moreton Island

February 4, 2017

It's Australia day (Jan 26), the time when most Australians take some time off from work, and head to the beach, fire up the BBQ, or just sit back and…

Gayundah ShipWreck

HMAS Gayundah at Woody Point

January 16, 2017

On Sunday morning it was decided to go and do a shoot of the Gayundah shipwreck at Woody Point. We were after low tide and hopefully a nice sunrise.

New Website Design

January 10, 2017

After about a week, I think I have got his website molded into something I am pleased with. It has been a steep learning curve. I have been playing around…

Willowvale Sunflowers

Sunflowers at Allora

January 2, 2017

On new years eve, a group of us decided to drive about 2 hours out of Brisbane to photograph Sunflowers on a farm. It was very hot and humid, a…

Editorial Shoot

January 1, 2017

Last week I attended a Photoshoot session run by SandmanPhotography, with the aim of shooting a sequence of photo's that link together to tell a story. I think I got partially there…

Dancer Photo Shoot

December 23, 2016

Matt from Sandman Photography was leading our photo group from Brisbane Model & Portrait Workshops. Below are some of my favorite pics from that session, of the amazing @beccamurray247. The…