V & C Impressions

Almost Grey Nomads in Australia

Tag: photography

  • Pic of the Day – On the beach

    Pic of the Day – On the beach

    This trip was a long time coming.

    Towards the end of our holiday, we met up with some friends, so we can go in a group to the beach, you know, safety in numbers, especially since we had never done beach/sand driving before. Byfield National Park was the place we stayed at for a few days, so we just had a short drive to the beach along some sandy tracks.

    As the Ranger suggested drop Tyre pressures down to about 14psi, low range, manual third gear and just keep on going. Our new Nissan Patrol did not disappoint, handling the sand with ease. Not once did we think we would get stuck.

    It was a good day out with the experience wanting use to do it again soon.

  • Rear Synced Flash Photography

    Rear Synced Flash Photography

    So, what is this new-fangled photography technique?
    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.

    • Choose a location where the ambient light is behind the model
    • Expose for the ambient light
    • Aperture f2.8 – f4
    • Shutter speed 1/8
    • Adjust ISO to help balance the background exposure 1 -2 stops below correct exposure
    • Now introduce the flash and alter the power to suit
    • Lock focus on the model
    • When shooting, move the camera and take the shot

    As you can see the background is blurred, while the model is nice and sharp.

  • Color Theory

    Color Theory

    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, the color of a scene you have taken a photo of should not be altered too much, but to make it more pleasing to the eye you have the ability to emphasize the colors that work well together.
    The more photos I look at online, the more I realize that some Photoshop work is needed to get that image to pop, it’s just finding out what to do and how. These two articles will help.

    Ted Gore

    Color. When it comes to landscape photography, color has the power to both take a good image to great, or take that same image, and absolutely ruin it. Sometimes it is a very thin line to balance on, but absolute ruin can be avoided with a little knowledge of color theory. ……..

    Ted Gore Landscape Imagery

    Dave Morrow

    Light is the single basic ingredient required to create photographs. Without light, pictures don’t exist.
    Digital photography is the process of transferring light energy, carried by photons, into digital information, which can be processed and displayed by computers and cameras in the form of digital images.
    Light also contains the ability to produce color. Color is produced by specific energies or frequencies of light, known as visible light.
    Understanding color theory and creating beautiful images requires a basic knowledge of color & light.
    This basic understanding is essential for mastering all other aspects of photography, including shooting & photo editing…….

    Dave Morrow Photography

  • HMAS Gayundah at Woody Point

    HMAS Gayundah at Woody Point

    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.
    Low tide was good, sunrise, unfortunately, was not anything spectacular due to the heavy clouds. We made the best of what we had.
    I have been here before about a year ago, the first thing I noticed was the top of the bow was now broken, tilting backward. Just goes to show rust never sleeps.
    I think looking back that the heavily overcast morning set a somber mood for the pictures, which I think is fitting considering the way the ship is slowly disappearing into the environment.
    I’m not sure how far the stern goes down into the sand, but the whole thing is balancing on that point. I don’t think that will last too much longer.
    The crabs, though have made this ship home.
     

  • Sunflowers at Allora

    Sunflowers at Allora

    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 test of character to be out in these temperatures taking pictures. It was worth the effort.
    A good day out despite the challenging conditions.

    Willowvale Sunflowers from Above
    Willowvale Sunflowers from Above

    This was taken after my climb up onto a silo.
     
    Willowvale Sunflowers
    Willowvale Sunflowers

    One of my first goes at using a reverse grad Nisi ND filter.

  • Editorial Shoot

    Editorial Shoot

    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 with this selection, but as some of the photos didn’t come out as I anticipated there are gaps in my short picture story.
    Tayla from Mystique models is a fantastic model, being very patient with the group.

    Tayla from Mystiquemodels
    Tayla from Mystiquemodels

    Tayla from Mystiquemodels
    Tayla from Mystiquemodels

    Tayla from Mystiquemodels
    Tayla from Mystiquemodels

    Tayla from Mystiquemodels
    Tayla from Mystiquemodels

    Tayla from Mystiquemodels
    Tayla from Mystiquemodels

  • Dancer Photo Shoot

    Dancer Photo Shoot

    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 poise and grace that she was able to demonstrate is truly exceptional.

    Dancer
    Dancer

    Dancer

    Dancer
    Dancer