After editing more wedding photos I thought I would put together an Instagram inspired photo in photoshop before I call it a night/morning. I call it Instashop!
Instashop – I highly recommend giving this a go. Simply open your photo in Photoshop, crop to a square and play. Let me know what results you come up with by sending me a link on the blog or Facebook. I look forward to see some crazy results!
Until next time – Happy Shooting!
One of my first stops on my recent holiday was at the Albany Entertainment Centre. When I arrived in Albany I sent a message out on Facebook to see if anyone was keen to join me for a night photography shoot at Middleton Beach.
Local photographer Tina Bartley jumped at the idea. I have quite a bit of respect for this amazing lady. Tina is an amazing photographer with a keen eye for detail and composition. I have known Tina for some time as we meet on one of my courses I ran with Andrew Halsall while I lived in Albany (a few years back).
Thanks Tina for coming along and driving me around that night! I look forward to seeing many more of your fabulous images. Here is one of mine images from the night taken with the Fujifilm X-Pro 1.
Until next time – Happy Shooting
After working on weddings all of yesterday and this morning I decided to post another photo from my recent holiday.
The light in the South West of Western Australia is magnificent to photograph especially when the light warms the side of the hill as cool clouds roll by.
Photographed with the Fujifilm X-Pro 1 near Bridgetown, Western Australia.
Until next time – Happy Shooting.
After working on a recent wedding most of the night I decided to take a break and enter a photography competition. I found myself catching up on emails after being distracted from a photo competition search on google. To my surprise I opened an email from Photojojo and found a link to a Jen Bekman Project called Hey, Hot Shot.
With a competition name like Hey, Hot Shot I knew that this photography challenge was going to be a little different.
I had a quick read of the main page and was surprised to hear that this was more than an ordinary photography competition – “Hey, Hot Shot! provides an ongoing platform for photographers at all stages of their career by providing unrivaled exposure, support and recognition through Bekman Projects (which also includes Jen Bekman Gallery and 20×200).” I continued reading…”Each year, one talented image maker will receive a $10,000 honorarium, in addition to the hallmark awards Bekman Projects offers.”
I was sold. I had to enter! I decided to visit the archives for this competition. Below are the five photos which formed one entry into the competition.The competition closes the 14th November 2012. For more information check out the Hey, Hot Shot website.
“Hudor Calme”
“Chroma”
“Kinesis”
“Aurum”
“Sumarlina”
Parts of this text forming this post were taken from Hey, Hot Shots! website.
Until next time – Happy Shooting!
GoPro Hero3 – Black Edition
I can’t wait to get one of these GoPro Hero 3 cameras! I have the GoPro Hero 2 which should work along side the Hero 3 (most of the new accessories like the new LCD touch screen should also work with the new one once firmware has been updated).
I am planning to use the WiFi remote to control both cameras at the same time so hopefully in the near future you will be seeing more of me!
Until next time – Happy Shooting.
The latest FREE fine art photograph is ready to be downloaded.
October 2012 – Circular Pool.tiff
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Another jpeg image from the Sony A99. This time I wanted to push the jpeg file of the flowers to the limits to see what the end quality would be like. Â Please remember this was shot at ISO 5000!
Sony A99 – Carl Zeiss 24-70mm F2.8 ZA SSM – 70mm – ISO 5000 – f4.0 – 1/500 sec – Photoshop CS5
Until next time – Happy Shooting
A new day brings colour and beauty.
Flowering carpets of colour merge from the arid cracking earth.
Crowns of yellow stand surrounded by a dancing sea of indigo blue performing on the gentle breeze.
A wave of colour floods my vision as the lens focuses on the beautiful creation.
Clusters of aromatic perfume fill my senses, the composition falls into place.
My final breath rests on the click of the shutter button.
I am captivated, captured and colourful. I am a beautiful new day.
Until next time – Happy Shooting.
Over the next couple of days I will have a few more photos to post that I captured using the new Sony A99. Of course as always I have styled the jpeg file using Photoshop. Thanks to Sony for an amazing night of photography.
Sony A99 – Sony 28-75mm f2.8 SAM Lens – ISO 160 – 1/60 sec – f2.8
Its back to editing weddings now.
Until next time – Happy Shooting
A few hours ago I picked up a few Sony A99’s and Sony NEX 6 cameras.
All these photos are nothing serious just a bit of fun as I wanted to test what the jpeg quality was like.  Overall I think the image quality is quite good from the basic file size although I had to do a bit of styling in Photoshop to get the result I wanted.
Sony A99 – Sony 28-75mm f2.8 SAM Lens – ISO 100 – 1/60 sec – f2.8
Sony A99 – Zeiss 24-70mm f2.8 Lens – ISO 1600 – 1/500 sec – f4
Sony A99 – Sony 28-75mm f2.8 SAM Lens – ISO 100 – 1/80 sec – f2.8
Sony NEX-6 – Sony E 18-55mm f3.5-5.6 OSS Lens – ISO 3200 – 1/160 sec – f5.0
Having a quick break from editing weddings right now so I decided to download some of the images I took on the Fujifilm X-Pro 1 at the Perth Royal Show last Thursday night.
This was the first time I went to the show grounds to take photos and I must say it was certainly worth it. I had so much fun!
Until next time – Happy Shooting!
Here are some more photographs I took at the Perth Royal Show last week. Flame on!
Check out my previous post “How Fireworks Can Light Up a Life” to see more images from the dazzling show.
All images are available to purchase – simply click on the image to be taken to the online gallery.
Until next time – Happy Shooting!
I must say this was the first photography competition which I have conducted and what a success! A huge thank you to all the photographers for getting behind this free competition by submitting their motion themed entry! There certainly is some very talented photographers out there! We had over 144 entries which were accepted across the month-long competition.
This competition would not have happened if it wasn’t for the amazing judges who put in a huge effort to get this competition launched. Thanks to André Appel, Suzanne Clements, Andy Gray, Kev Isabeth, Paul Pichugin, Jack Salzke and Helen Sotiriadis for donating your time and photographic insight.  Also a huge shout out for Don Noll for administrating the entire event. You all are truly amazing photographers, judges and wonderful people so from the bottom of my heart I thank you for all your help.
Below you can see the photos which made the finals as well as the top three photos. Congratulations to Nicola Davidson for the amazing photo which took out first place.
For your information this is how the judging was conducted:
Each of the 8 judges chose their favourite three entries from all the entered photographs. These selected entries formed the finalists.
From the selected finalists the photographs were judged individually and were scored out of 100 on the following criteria –
1. Â Â How well the photo fits the theme of motion.
2. Â Â How creative the photograph is.
3. Â Â How original the photograph is.
4. Â Â What the technical photographic quality is like.
Once an image had been individually scored the judges scores for that image were combined to give a final score.  The finalist that received the highest overall score was selected as the winner.
Images which made it to the finals:
Image by:Â Roy Ross
Image by:Â Tommy Lim KW
Image by:Â Erik Hirner
Image by:Â Stefan Skouti
Image by:Â Michael Merkle
Image by Jorunn Gudlaugsdottir
Image by:Â Samuel tuzza
Image by:Â Jeff Garris
Image by:Â Helge Bormuth
Image by:Â Steve Brooks
Image by: Dylan Fox
Image by:Â Anthony Rowe
Image by: Swats Bianco Nero
Image by:Â Ariel Morales
Image by Nicola Davison Reed
Until next time – Happy Shooting!
Life is fully of uncertainties for most of us. We are pushed to make decisions when life throws up its little and in most cases big challenges.
I for one can not fathom my future and journey into “middle earth” as it were. Feet compounding and traversing upon every step my endless journey through untold trials and tribulations await around each and every corner.
Life is certainly not a straight road. The road is hilly and jagged, full of twists and turns. Along the way your vision can be obscured by these obstructions and its at this point when you think all is lost – I can tell you now it is certainly not.
Looking ahead can sometimes be a daunting task as the corners and unfathomable twists seem to appear from nowhere. Worries and thoughts will flood your mind. It’s at this stage in your life a light may appear. That small shimmer of hope, lighting your way providing clarity as each sparkling flicker gives warmth, hope and fulfilment to light your way into the unknown. Seeing is certainly believing. The distant glow of light falling on the obstacles along your road seem to highlight the small and insignificant mound that seemed to block your way.
When I photographed these fireworks I paused to see each and every face in the crowd reflecting the beauty that exploded before them. Twinkling eyes of young children sheltered by their parents surrounded my photographic technique as the dancing reflections of dazzling colours filled the blackened sky. My road was clear as were the people’s around me. They were all given an escape from the world around them. A new sense of joy filled their faces. This is exactly how a firework can light up someone’s life.
My images are a reflection into myriad of emotion and hope that light can bring into someone’s life. The short burst of pure joy can bring so much happiness. So the next time you gaze upon a beautiful light like a firework know it will provide a spark of pure joy in your life and it will light the way through the many maze of obstacles you may face along your road.
Until next time – Happy Shooting.
I’m back from my little trip away! It feels great to be back in the chair after having a small holiday. I will be planning on posting a few images in the next few weeks in between editing a beautiful wedding photographed in Perth.
This ethereal photograph was taken as a two image stitch on the beautiful Fujifilm X-Pro 1 using Velvia mode.
Check out my last Middleton Beach photograph and story here.
Until next time – Happy Shooting.
LEIGH DIPROSE 