Photographer in Perth, Western Australia
People new to SLR and DSLR photography can be taken aback by the seemingly high price of lenses. It can be difficult to appreciate the cost of designing and producing a piece of equipment that, from the outside at least, seems rather simple. LensRentals has published a teardown article for the new Canon EF 35 mm… Continue reading Canon EF 35 mm f/1.4 II teardown
Last month, I ended my long association with Rhee Tae Kwon-Do under Master Chong Chul Rhee. I am now associated with First Tae Kwon Do, which is based in South Australia under Master Vernon Low.
There were a few promotions to Junior Black Belt and 2nd Dan Instructor recently; congratulations to all successful candidates.
A kicking drill was my main subject for these training sessions in October. With a little practice, it isn’t difficult to capture peak action because there is typically a regular rhythm. Shooting breaking action is slightly more challenging, and trying to shoot sparring action is much harder. The lighting in the gymnasium is uneven, and… Continue reading October 2015 action
Thom Hogan recently wrote about shooting football—not the type of football that most Australians would think about, but rather American football and association football (soccer). While he does go into some technical details about the cameras and lenses he shot with, he also devotes significant attention to photographic technique. The points he makes are applicable… Continue reading Shooting football
It had to happen eventually … I noticed at Imaging Resource that there’s now a lens-shaped vacuum cleaner (from Fujin) for cleaning camera sensors.
Here are some Rhee Tae Kwon-Do action photographs from August 2015. I shot these with a 70–200 mm zoom lens, which I’ve been shooting with recently, and a 50 mm prime lens, which I haven’t used in a while. To date, I’m thinking that a 135 mm prime lens might be the optimal lens for this kind of… Continue reading August 2015 action
Camera Electronic has advertised a range of Canon DSLR bodies on special, starting with the Canon EOS 1200D for $324 through to the Canon EOS 5D Mk III for $3,098 (all prices are after cashback from Canon). These are decent discounts, and if you’re not particularly interested in kit zoom lenses, this could be a… Continue reading Canon DSLR bodies on special
Nikon has just announced a few new lenses, including the new Nikkor AF-S 200–500 mm f/5.6 VR supertelephoto zoom lens. While this isn’t actually the kind of lens I’d be using for low light action photography, it is, nonetheless, an interesting lens (as Thom Hogan has commented recently). The combination of the 200–500 mm focal length range and… Continue reading New Nikkor supertelephoto zoom lens
The Conversation published an article by Baden Eunson on the absurdity of English spelling recently. With the rise of the Internet and World Wide Web over the past 20 years, I think the topic of language in general has become more prominent. When we communicate with people from other countries and other cultures, even if in the same… Continue reading The quirky language that is English