Scouting Shoot 19th May

went out yesterday afternoon on a scouting location shoot.
I was looking at a location at the Samsonvale Cemetery right next to the North Pine Dam.
I took a few shots around the area and I was going to stay for the Sunset and for an hour after it but I have a rotten cold and I felt I was getting a lot worse.
I could not hear much at all and my daughter Natalie was with me so we both decided to call it early and go home.
So I might try next Saturday for a morning shoot and pray its not raining.
Here is a shot I took before we headed back to the car.

 

 

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A Couple Of Shots From Mothers Day

Nisse playing with her brothers (Super Pink Nisse) & Dane having coco with mum.

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Bribie Island Shoot 9th April 2012

I went out nice and early to Bribie Island on this morning to go and get some nice sunrise shots.

So when I was driving there at 04:15am I could not see to many stars meaning yep I will have some cloud and some drama to the sky.

Well when I got there and walked 2 km or 1.24 miles north up the beach all of the clouds had gone and the only cloud was on the horizon. (Bugger)

So here I was standing on a lovely beach with not a whisper of wind around looking out to sea watching a very nice sunrise (with no cloud) I decided to at least try some new techniques out and explore some settings on my camera.

And here are two photographs that I came back with from the mornings walk.

Enjoy.

All photographs were Shot with a Nikon D700 Nikkor 24-120 VR Lens ISO 200 at f22 on ScanDisk 8.0 GB Extereme III Film.

Shorncliffe April 2012 Morning Shoot

I went out to Shorncliffe Saturday morning 7th April 2012 for a sunrise shoot.

I got there later than I wanted to but never less I was the only photographer there at 05:15am. Well that I could see? But later I did see one other.

To the sad part is that the jetty or pier at Shorncliffe depending on were it is that you live is now closed.

It is due to the structure not been safe to walk on and a report has said that water borers are one of many to blame.

This structure will turn 140 years old this year so a lot of people are hopping that it will be repaired, and I am one of them.

This is the second time I have been out to photograph this lovely structure and I hope it will not be one of the last.

All photographs were Shot with a Nikon D700 Nikkor 24-120 VR Lens ISO 200 at f11 & f22.

Got A Little Surprise In The Mail This Week

I was stoked to get this in the mail this week.

I had forgotten about it but it was in the back of my mind for some time but they did have a lot of people enter and a lot of great winners.

I think quite a few people this week will be very excited as I am to get this in the mail.

Thanks to the Sunday Mail for putting on the competition and for selecting one of my images.

The Sunday Mail Summer of Photography competition – Winners for The Spirit Of Queensland - My winner Sunrise At Redcliffe

To view the image on my web site just go to Gallery Print Order Page and it is image number 29.

 

My Other Images From My Redcliffe Peninsula Shoot

Here is four more images from the other locations on Redcliffe Peninsula that I had taken.

All were photographed with my Nikon D700 Nikkor 24-120 VR Lens at ISO 200

 

 

My Shot of the day – Scarborough Marina -

I went out this morning around the Redcliffe Peninsula for some sun rise shots today and it was a okay sun rise but not much to really talk about. A few showers around.
But I still went at it and drove around to 5 different locations and then I got this.
My Shot of the day. No award winner but I do like it.

I also met some very nice people out shooting this morning so hi to julie if I remember her name correctly and hi to another very nice lady who’s name I can not remember from the Peninsula Camera Club.
Good luck for next weekend Julie

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Shot with a Nikon D700 Nikkor 24-120 VR Lens ISO 200 at F22.

Something Simple But Nice & Simple

I was walking back to the car after finishing up on a scouting shoot and found this blowing around in the wind

Something Simple But Nice & Simple.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shot with my old Canon 400D – 50mm AF 1.8 Lens on ScanDisk Ultra II 4gb Film

Found A Turtle On The Road

I was out on a scouting shoot last weekend and came across this little turtle.
Well to give you an idea of the size of him or her, if I put both of my hands over the shell of this little one my hands would not cover its shell.
I did pick him/her up after I got a quick shot and put it off to the side of the road to safety before more cars came along.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shot with my old Canon 400D – 50mm AF 1.8 Lens on ScanDisk Ultra II 4gb Film

A Couple Of Photo’s From Australia Day

I took a few images on Australia Day and I thought I would share a couple of them so here they are.

Both were shot with my Canon 400D – EF50mm Prime 1.8 Lens – On ScanDisk Ultra II 4.0 GB Film & Both were shot at 1.8

Half Price 20 x 30 Inch Prints Only – Ends Tuesday 31st January 2012 Midnight

A Very Special Offer That Ends Tuesday 31st January 2012 Midnight

20 x 30 Inch prints Normally $150

Special Half Price $75

Offer is for all of my stock images as well as all client images

Just contact me for for your requirements Click Here

Just remember you can have more than one image on the one 20 x 30 inch print

 

At First I Did Not Like This Image But Now I Am Starting To Like It

It funny how you don’t like something at first then just when I was just about to delete it I decided to have another look at it.

Now I like it, I like it a lot. I just needed to not look at it for a week and just like the other 100+ images I took that afternoon I had a better prospective of it and refreshed mind.

Which One??? Colour Or Black & White

So I have a small quandary.

I took an image on NYE Afternoon 2011 at Bribie Island where we went so the kids could have a swim and an early dinner on the beach before fire works at 8 pm.
We went with friends and it was a awesome afternoon & evening.
But now I am at a position, which one do I like the best Colour or Black & White.
I find one day I like the colour image then the next day I like the black & white image.
Cindy our very lovely friend likes the black & white image and my very lovely wife Liv likes the colour image.

 

 

 

 

Sunday Mail Summer Of Photography Competition 18th December 2011

My father called me this afternoon to let me know that I was a top 50 winner in a photo competition in the Brisbane citys new paper. He was reading his paper when he came across the competition and found my name in the top 50 winners out of 500 selected. I did not get the top prize but it did get up. Also I found I have another one of my photo’s on the site so hey bonus. My winner was Sunrise At Redcliffe. The other one on the site is Sunset At Lake Kurwongbah.

The Sunday Mail Summer of Photography competition – Winners for The Spirit Of Queensland - My winner Sunrise At Redcliffe

The Sunday Mail Summer of Photography competition – Photos - The other one on the site at the moment Sunset At Lake Kurwongbah, its on page one.

My Daughter Ready For Her School Halloween Dance

 I did the make up for Nisse but we only had about 1/2 an hour so I did not get to do The Crow look for her as it used to take me about 2 hours to do it on my self back when I was doing live theatre at Mouse Trap in Redcliffe. But it did turn out spooky for her and she had a great night going to the dance first looking after her little brother at his dance & then she got to stay for her’s with her friends. Great night all round.

Up Dated On An Image

I have put an image that I shot a few weeks back, and just ran it through Nik Soft Color Efex Pro 4. The up dated image is just below the old one so just scroll down to Smokey Sun Rise Off Bribie Island

Davin’s James Dean Look

I had a little problem with my web site and I deleted my older posts. Yes it was my fault that I did that but look at this way now I know what not to do.
So here is the photograph that I took of our son Davin a few months back at my wife and others refer to it as a James Dean look.

Smoky Sun Rise Off Bribie Island

On Sunday the 18th September 2011 my son Davin & I went out to Bribie Island very early for him and we got a cool shot of the sun coming up through the smoky horizon. It was just luck that a yacht was passing at the right moment.

 

 

 

 

 

 I thought this would be a great chance to show of how nice Nik Soft Color Efex Pro 4 is. This image below has been run through this software just using the “Tonal Contrast” pre set and wow it really cleans up the image just as we were standing there.

Shot with a Nikon D700 Nikkor 24-120 VR Lens ISO 200 at 1/20 of a sec at F22.

Sunset In A Smoky Sky

My son & I went out to North Pine Dam to shoot the sun going down in the smoky sky on Saturday afternoon 17th September. So when I was setting up a got a lovely silhouette shot of him trying to skip stones.