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Spotted Eagle Owl

Impala

Galah

Camera Course

Last week Andrew Halsall and myself (Leigh Diprose) ran a Camera Course which was promoted through selected Camera House stores; Midland, Morley, Joondalup and Fremantle. On the course participants were encouraged to interact with their cameras on a completely new level. The course covered everything from camera controls, landscape, portrait, macro, flash photography and quite a bit more!

The highlight of the course was putting all the new knowledge to practice with a model shoot out a Araluen Botanical Park in Roleystone. Participants were put into groups and were assigned a task to produce the best portrait photograph. A customer from Joondalup Camera House took out the best portrait photograph and was awarded an awesome Kata bag!

The next course dates and location (the next course will be held in Fremantle) have been finalised so make sure you book early as spots are limited.

If you would like to find out more information about the camera courses please visit the camera course website here. On the website you will also find details of the brand new Adobe Lightroom course.

Pictured below are some of the photographs from the small group model shoot. Enjoy.

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FroKnowsPhoto Raw Edit 52

I have been following Jared’s posts for a while now and decided that it was time to contribute to the RAW edit – Week 52.

Quite a good idea really. You download the provided RAW image and edit how you like then post it to the forum. Some of the work on the forum is truly amazing!

Here is my take on the RAW file:

Enjoy!

 

Here you go Ian. You can see the results. Maybe this is something I should do from now on. Post the finished versions after the video.

Thanks for stopping by!

 

The original RAW converted to JPEG

 

and the edited RAW converted to JPEG

One of the wedding team

Last weekend was slightly busy for me. I photographed a wedding in Albany on Saturday followed by the 2011 Photographers and Bloggers get together on Sunday.

I was fortunate to have a team of three along for the wedding, David as my photography assistant and Sheridan as my design consultant. I must say I couldn’t have done the shoot without you both!

Here is a photograph of Sheridan at the wedding just after we finished photographing the family groups. I shot this on the Canon EF 85mm f1.2 L Series with my new Canon EOS 1D MK IV. Such a beautiful lens…for anyone considering getting one – do it!

 

 

Andrew Halsall

 

Yesterday I went to Mutton Bird Beach with Andrew Halsall. The day was filled with blue skies and amazing ocean.

After mucking around trying to photograph an Osprey catching fish I took this image of Andrew as he was walking back to the 4WD.

I got my portrait taken by Andrew so you should see the first image of me to ever appear on my blog –  I think you have to have some sort of ego to be taking photos of yourself that’s why I have never posted one!!! Stay tuned for the “About Me” section on the blog where the photo will be appearing.

 

Also on another note my 1TB Hard drive is STILL backing up onto the 4TB drive. I’m a little bit impatient when it comes to computers so I had to go out and get another 2TB. Problem is all my work (including my frame actions) is on the other drive.  Will just have to wait I suppose. Hopefully the backup process will only take another couple of days.

 

Neon Avian

Last Thursday night went off at the Freo in Geraldton.  Neon Avian were playing their first live gig (from what I was told). The stage was set and the music was pumping. The pub went off!  All they needed was a decent photo…..I offered my services and here is the result.

Enjoy.

Make sure you have a look on iTunes for some of their songs!

 

Africa – Barn Owl

Another image I took on my last visit to South Africa.  BIF BIF!!!!

Enjoy

Mercedes-Benz F-CELL World Drive

I caught up with some of the guys from the world tour driving this extremely economical car. Couldn’t help myself I had to take a portrait!

A little bit about what they are trying to achieve:

With the “Mercedes-Benz F-CELL World Drive” we will prove that the Mercedes-Benz B-Class F-CELL can manage not only challenging street and weather conditions but is also ready to inspire the world. Consistent with the 125th anniversary of the automobile, the Mercedes-Benz B-Class F-CELL will circumnavigate the world in 125 days, giving journalists and Automotive Fans the opportunity to join in a round-the-world-trip while experiencing fuel cell technology at its best. The hydrogen required during the tour will be supplied by the Linde AG, who supports the F-CELL World Drive.

Facts of the “Mercedes-Benz F-CELL World Drive”

  • Start of driving on January 30th, 2011 in Stuttgart
  • Ending on beginning of June, 2011 in Stuttgart,
  • Three B-Class F-CELL vehicles, driving-distance per car: about 30.000 kilometers
  • Countries: Germany, France, Spain, Portugal, USA, Canada, Australia, China, Kazakhstan, Russia, Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Germany

    • For more information visit http://www.facebook.com/mercedesbenzfcell

    or to view a map of where the cars have traveled: http://fcellworlddrive.posterous.com/f-cell-world-drive-der-start

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    Until next time.

    Happy Shooting!

    Adrian & Skye

    A big thanks goes out to Adrian and Skye for coming out for a shoot on such late notice to see the mighty X100 and play with some camera gear in the dark! If you haven’t already seem some of Adrian’s blog then check it out here.

    We ran into trouble with this shoot as there was absolutely no light to focus the camera at all.  Adrian had to use his iphone torch app to shine some light on Skye and himself just so the camera would focus! Two 580EX II flash units were used for this image.

    Stephen Geppert – Amazing

    Funny story actually….about seven weeks ago, as I was driving to Geraldton from Perth and about 200kms out of Perth, I saw this guy walking by the side of the road with two camels. I considered pulling over and taking a photo of the human caravan but alas as we all know photographers can be quite lazy so I ended up driving by and not thinking much of it at all….until last Thursday as I was driving from Port Hedland to Karratha I saw him again – seven weeks later! I decided it was time to put my portrait skills to good use.

    I pulled over and introduced myself and asked if it would be alright to take a portrait. Stephen was more than happy to pose and even get on the camel for me.  Stephen Geppert explained that he is walking around Western Australia and the least I could do for the somewhat energetic traveler was take his photo for him.

    From the research that I have conducted it seems that Brisbane born Geppert is planning to walk from Perth to Mitchell Falls at the top end of our massive state with two camels from Kalamunda Camels.  In the scorching heat of the Pilbara it seems that Stephen was in good spirts with his two companions, Wasim and Herman. He explained that one of the camels would normally be carrying the majority of his water (a total of about 238 litres) but he ran into trouble when the camel developed a saddle sore. As the dilemma unfolded he planned to have the camel’s saddle couriered from Karratha to Port Hedland to give the 20 year old beast a rest.

    I am just amazed at what we can achieve if we can put our minds to it. Stephen seems to be the kind of guy who makes one believe that anything is possible. I only met him for about ten minutes but he certainly left an impression. His journey will take him through this great State of Western Australia where he is yet to experience the Tanami, Gibson, Great Victoria deserts followed by the Nullabor before continuing on back to Perth. I wish him all the best. I have sent this photo to him so he can treasure the memory forever.

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