Photographer in Perth, Western Australia
Photographic technique
During recent travels, I had the opportunity to take many photographs, and also to see many other people taking photographs. While I am not an expert travel photographer, I noticed a few things worth commenting on. For most people, the best type of camera for travel photography will probably be mobile telephones (assuming that they… Continue reading Travel photography
Earlier this week, I conducted a photography workshop for First Tae Kwon Do Western Australia. There are several photographers in the FTKD WA community who give generously of their time and energy to contribute pictures, many of which appear on FTKD WA’s Facebook site and FTKD WA’s Instagram site. This workshop was an opportunity to go… Continue reading February 2017 photography workshop
Master Vernon Low and Chief Instructor John O’Brien visited Perth recently for another round of advanced instruction. Master Low spent a considerable amount of time on breaking techniques needed for promotion into the black belt ranks. The photograph below shows him explaining some adjustments to a student’s side kick technique. The foreground blur is from the… Continue reading May 2016 action
A family member asked me to make a business portrait for him; he’s organising a conference next year, and needed a picture for use in the prospectus and related documents for the event. This is something a little different from what I usually shoot, but I was happy to oblige. Below is a low-resolution version of the… Continue reading Something a little different
First Tae Kwon Do (Western Australia) held its first grading examination recently, and I was on hand to capture some of the action. The venue was well lit, and the only lighting challenge was when shooting against external light, as you can see in one of the pictures below. Here we see a crescent kick… Continue reading March 2016 action
Today was the Labour Day holiday in Perth, and a sunny day for photography at Jackadder Lake in the suburb of Woodlands. I didn’t actually visit the lake with the aim of photographing birds (otherwise I certainly would’ve brought my telephoto zoom lens along), but I noticed avian activity in a particular area and walked over… Continue reading Ducks and cockatoos
“Micro contrast” is a term I’ve heard used many times, and something that I’ve probably had some implicit understanding of for some time, but I don’t think I ever took the trouble to research it. Thom Hogan has recently published an article on micro contrast, and I think it’s well worth a read through for… Continue reading Micro contrast
A few months ago, I had the opportunity to travel to Japan. Photographically speaking, it was clear that a mobile telephone camera or other ‘small sensor’ camera would not be desirable, and this left me with essentially choosing between my Nikon D70S and Nikon D700. Although the D70S had probably the more appropriate lens for travel… Continue reading Japan with a 50 mm lens
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
When we talk about low light action photography, we’re only speaking in relative terms, of course. There’s low light, and then there’s really, really low light … the kind of low light in which we can shoot the stars. If you’re interested in astrophotography, Canon and Nikon have both produced DSLRs that are optimised for the task. I… Continue reading Really, really low light