Photographer in Perth, Western Australia
Master Vernon Low was in Perth this month on another teaching visit, and personally instructed First Tae Kwon Do senior coloured belt and black belt members on breaking techniques and combination techniques. He spent considerable time with the coloured belt members, instructing on a one-to-one basis as part of their preparations for their upcoming black… Continue reading October 2018 action
Master Vernon Low, Chief Instructor John O’Brien, and a contingent of senior South Australian instructors visited Perth recently for First Tae Kwon Do Western Australia’s spring grading examination. The afternoon segment of the event started with adult black belt gradings. The highlight of the afternoon was the examination for one instructor’s promotion to the rank… Continue reading September 2018 action
Nikon recently announced its new Z system, a high-end consumer mirrorless camera system. I haven’t read through any of the many on-line commentaries in depth, but I’ll comment on a few things in the announcement that stood out in my mind. The Z system is a “full-frame, Nikon FX format” system, so it will have… Continue reading Nikon Z announced
Master Vernon Low was in Perth again recently on another teaching visit. The evening started with some training on breaking and self-defence techniques for instructors and breaking techniques for senior coloured belt members. Most of the evening was dedicated to training for instructors and black belt members.Throughout the session, Master Low gave meticulous attention to… Continue reading July 2018 action
Recently, I had the opportunity to visit First Tae Kwon Do headquarters in Adelaide, South Australia. The hall had challenging lighting—strong daylight from outside was mixed with at least two different types of interior lighting. In a few of the photographs below, the subjects are clearly backlit, and it took significant exposure compensation in post-processing… Continue reading First Tae Kwon Do Headquarters in June 2018
Master Vernon Low and Chief Instructor John O’Brien visited Perth recently for First Tae Kwon Do Western Australia’s winter grading examination. Below are a few of my favourite photographs from the event. The girl in the picture showed excellent poise in her kicking technique, and I was able to maintain the focus on her face… Continue reading June 2018 action
If you have last Saturday’s edition of The West Australian (19 May 2018), look at the photographs in the special liftout section on the wedding of Prince Harry and Ms. Meghan Markle. In that section is a 10 cm x 7 cm photograph, and it is captioned, “The Changing of the Guard near Windsor Castle.” At… Continue reading The Changing of the Guard
Master Vernon Low was in Perth again recently on a regular teaching visit. During the event, he went over kicking techniques with senior coloured belt members, then through a range of basic combination and self-defence exercises with black belt members and instructors. Master Low’s concentration is clearly visible as he focuses on his students’ performance… Continue reading May 2018 action
Thanks to Mike Johnston (The Online Photographer), I’ve become aware that DxO appears to be in some financial difficulties. In a news release, DxO indicated that on 7 March 2018 it had filed for bankruptcy protection, and was restructuring its business. I’ve relied on DxO Optics Pro as my main RAW conversion program for some… Continue reading Trouble for DxO?
Normally, shooting during the daytime is good in many ways. But when you are indoors and there is strong daylight entering the venue from outside, shooting can become difficult. Thankfully, modern digital cameras and sensible processing of RAW images make it very possible to get adequate pictures. In two of the images above, an open… Continue reading April 2018 action