tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17858115199460843322012-01-22T06:44:40.268+10:00Photography Help Blog - Digital Camera - Photo How To - Photography TipsRussell Stewarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16315032879077532231noreply@blogger.comBlogger521100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1785811519946084332.post-78586429778478166282011-10-08T09:01:00.004+10:002011-12-16T23:15:45.128+10:00

Finally we doing something about selling our images! Landscape Photographer Extraordinair Bernie Zajac and myself, have joined forces to create.... ♪ ♫ Bup de de bup bup da dah!!!! ♪ ♫ (that was the sound of trumpets) AustralianLight - Landscape Imagery (and the crowd goes wild... yay!) Our online gallery is undergoing final development and we hope to go public with the site soon. Until then,

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Recently I have entered a few online photo competitions, only to be shocked by some of the results. Poorly constructed, technically woeful images making the finals and often even winning the competitions overall! As a photo competition judge myself, this has really bugged me. I spend hours viewing images and take all of their expects into consideration.... from artistic nuances to technical

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Well a few weeks have gone by since our Autumn Colour Road Trip and it's only now that I am finding some time to catch up with the blog. The roadie was a quite a whirlwind tour of the greater New England area of NSW and involved about 1350klms of driving in 3 days. Now to an Australian or an American that's no big deal…. quite a relaxing drive really, but to my English friends that is a major

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Do you want an easy way to keep up to date with this blog? ....then 'Like' us on Facebook or 'Follow' us on Twitter. Twitter: Search "PixelPixBlog" and then Follow. Facebook: http://facebook.pixelpix.com.au and then Like. Of course you can still subscribe via Email, but that is soooooo "old school" and probably not the way that all the cool kids are doing it. ;) Cheers Rusty

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Sometimes it can be difficult to create the Depth Of Field (DOF) that is required to complete our image. This can happen for a variety of reasons, such as…. * A long focal length (FL) is required to achieve the desired composition. * A macro lens is being used for a tiny subject. * A low light situation dictates that a wider, open aperture be used to achieve correct exposure. Thankfully there

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It's a common myth that changing the camera lens focal length, changes the perspective within an image. This is indeed a myth, as true perspective results from viewer's location and nothing else. The location of the viewer dictates the spatial relationship between the viewer and their surrounding objects. This location also dictates the spatial relationship between those surrounding objects

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I was wandering around the city with a compact camera and no tripod, when I came across the old Regent Theatre and it's magnificently decorated interior walls and ceiling. The theatre is dimly lit and flash is out of the question, so a long shutter speed was the only answer, but as I mentioned above, I had no tripod. (not that the management would have allowed me to use one anyway) So I

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It's the eternal newbie question and rightly so I would think. Buying a new digital camera can be a very daunting thing, especially for the newcomers to photography who are still grappling with terms like 'megapixels', 'f-stop' and 'focal length'. These newbies are lucky enough to be starting out in what can be a wonderful, fulfilling and rewarding art and buying your first camera, is as

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A little while back I borrowed a 16-35 f2.8L v2 from Canon Professional Services, so that I could make a direct comparison against my own 17-40 F4L. At the time I was looking for the Holy Grail of wide angles for my landscape work, even though my 17-40 was doing OK. The 16-35 was a new model so thought it was worth checking out. Here is what I found…… Part 1: Lens Flare Comparison Both

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Do you want an easier and faster way to resize your images for the web? This photoshop web resize and sharpen action set has been a favourite action set of mine for ages now and I still use it for each and every image that I upload to the web. It provides both high-pass and lab sharpening methods. To download, simply "right-click" this link and save the target file: http://www.pixelpix.com.au

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Qu: How do I photograph lightning?   Ans: Very very quickly! Actually nothing could be further from the truth.  Photographing lightning requires patience, time and whole lot of luck. But before we get into the topic, let me say this…. STORMS AND LIGHTNING ARE VERY DANGEROUS!!!!! The first thing to consider when photographing lightning is your own safety.  No shot, NO PHOTOGRAPH, even if it's

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It's been quite a while since my first blog entry was posted on this subject (see: Panoramic photography on the cheap!) and I have managed to pick up a few bits & pieces to make my pano setup just that little bit more convenient. While my original setup worked and worked well. It was not all that convenient and added to the weight in the camera bag quite considerably. So I was always on the

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A Beginners Guide These days I pretty well consider myself a landscape photographer... sure I still enjoy shooting other stuff, but my passion is for landscape images. I just love wide expansive views that include close foreground interest, as well as distant detail... and the two in combination do not always come easy. Wide angle lenses are an important part of the landscape photographers kit

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Or can you?.... The old blog layout was getting a bit dated and I personally found all that white text on black hard on the eyes. So a new template has been added and I think it's just a little bit nicer... Don't you? There will most likely be some tweaks made over the coming days, so if you find any problems with the new template, please let me know by way of a comment below. Cheers Rusty

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* What makes a camera a grey market camera? * What is parallel importing? * What are the problems with purchasing a grey market camera? * Is it illegal to buy my camera overseas and what about GST? * Why buy a grey market camera? * What about International Warranties? These are all very good questions and ones that you need to fully understand before buying your next camera or lens. Lets

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OK... I am off to Sydney for a day. Hold on to your hats Sydneyites, I know this news must excite you, but please quell that burning desire to meet my plane screaming like it's the "Beatles Reincarnation Tour". ;) So what camera kit to take? I am not one to leave much at home and normally I will drive to the other end of the country with the back of a Landscuiser loaded with kit, but this time

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With the introduction of the new Class system for memory cards, it has become a little bit confusling (yeah that's one of my words, use it if you like but please place a gold coin in the tin) as to just how fast a card really is. With the normal (old) method of 80x 133x 266x etc, it is easy to see that one card is faster than the other, but what does Class 6 or Class 10 mean? Is the bigger

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What a great little camera! I was looking to upgrade my G10 to a G12 for HD video, but after playing with a friends 550D and discovering how good the image quality was, I decided to move away from the compacts and go with a baby DSLR. I must say that I have not been disappointed. This camera consistently delivers fantastic results without any fuss. As well as fantastic still image quality, the

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** Versatile Value As a full frame shooter, I have not ventured down the EF-S lens path since my old 20D days. I actually thought I would never be shooting a APS-C camera again, but FullHD Video has enticed me back and I must say that I have been extremely impressed with the 550D and how far things have come since the 20D. It was original intention to use my existing 17-40 L lens with the 550D,

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"I photographed this image because it touched me and did things to me and made me feel things that I have never felt before... blah blah blah!" What ever happened to simply "I saw something, I liked it, so I took a photo of it"? Do some photographers really have an 'existential connection to their cosmic emotional being', that allows them to visually taste the scene around them and then wax

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It's been a long time since I last blogged and I am sorry about that, but I have been putting a lot of time into promoting my Australian Digital Photo Of The Day web site. My latest efforts in particular have been to build a presence for ADPOTD on Facebook at http://facebook.potd.com.au It would be REALLY great if you could help promote us on Facebook. So if you see something that you like...

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I have various photographic items for sale...... Manfrotto 357 Sliding Plate Adapter $50 VGC See: Here Olympus OM Series Geared Macro Rail $100 VGC Leave comment below if interested in purchase or if you have questions. Cheers Russell

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Bugga! Just a little too much oomph and I stripped the tripod socket on my cam. :( You know the problem.... you set your cam up on the tripod and position it just right. Then just as you are about to take the photo you notice that you have a droopy one. The darn thing is slowly but surely looking down towards the floor. Not a problem.... just crank up the tension on the tripod screw just a

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Why is it when out taking photos, it is common for cars to drive past with the occupants yelling and screaming, while the driver blows the horn?Is the average Aussie a bogan dipshit?Do they think that every camera is a video and that they are spoiling the shot with the noise? .....and if this is the case, then why feel the need to bugger something up for someone?Again.... Is the average Aussie a

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Yep! I must be. Just looking back over the past 3 years and I hardly lifted a finger in '08/09. :-(Could it be that I have nothing to say? No, I don't think that is it. Ask anyone who knows me and they will tell you that I am not short of a word and have an opinion on everything.So I guess I am just lazy. Yeah.... that sounds about right. Perhaps I should make a 2010 resolution to make

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I have had a chance to run some more tests with my G10 and I am now liking the results even more. I have found that (with my copy of the G10 anyway) being careful to shoot at the lens' "sweet-spot" makes ALL the difference in the world to this camera. Shooting at the sweet-spot means a MUCH sharper file from the get go. This results in less post process (sharpening) being required and this in

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So you want to sell stock images online do you? First I must ask you.... "Wouldn't you rather join the circus and jump through flaming hoops?" At least that way the gratification is instant when the audience applauds (especially if your pants catch fire, as audiences just can't get enough of someone's flaming backside, just watch any "home video" show and you will see). With photography stock

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Every month or so we hear another story about a photographer being escorted off the beach or out of the park by the police. Generally the police are reacting to a complaint from a "concerned member of the public" about someone taking.... "Pictures!" What?... "Pictures???"...... SHOCK HORROR DISMAY!!!! "Pictures!" How dare they! Well it's time that the Australian public pulled their head in (

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I see many forum threads extolling the virtues of the latest and greatest camera flash diffuser, wiz-bang light modifier or best ever bounce attachment.... the "must have gadget that makes your on camera flash produce studio lighting".... etc etc Well the fact is.... physics has not changed! Light still travels in straight lines, is diffused and bounced just like it always has been, sees it's

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Arrrrgh! I am so over the bad use of HDR. HDR stands for "High Dynamic Range" and is a method of combining multiple "different" exposures into one image. The aim of this is to provide a more even exposure across the image... eg: no "extremely" dark shadows that display no detail, no "completely" blown highlights that display no detail and a smooth transition of colour & tonal values in between

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 Anyone who has visited my on-line gallery will see that I shoot a lot of wide landscapes. I use a 1DsII (full-frame sensor) and 17-40 f4 L lens that may as well be glued at 17mm. (Note: 17mm on a full-frame sensor is about equal to using 10-11mm on an smaller APS-C sensor camera like a 40D) 17mm gives a very wide FOV (field of view) which is great, but this often comes at the cost or corner

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Well it's been quite a while since I have made a post to my blog.... very slack of me I know :( but I am here to rectify that, even if it's only with a small tip. Waders! ....Yep, those dorky looking rubber fishing type waders. I purchased a set recently for a trip down to Bright in Victoria. Knowing that the area has mountain streams, I figured that waders might allow me to get into some

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As you may have read in this blog, I like to use some manual focus Olympus OM lenses on my 1Ds2 and this of course, is done by way of an adapter that converts the Olympus mount to a Canon lens mount. This is such a simple process of "click on-click off", that I also carry mounts for M42 Screw and Nikon lenses. Using other manufacturer's lenses opens up a whole new world of imaging, with access

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I was lucky enough to pick up a second hand MC Zenitar 16mm Fisheye lens recently. I have heard a lot about the Zenitar and how good it was for the price and at only 150AUD I figured it would be worth the giggle. Well I am happy to say that this lens has blown me away with it's performance! I am very impressed with the sharpness, contrast and colour rendition that this lens provides. At f11

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This technique has been submitted by David Haviland http://havilandphotography.blogspot.com Today I thought I would give a tutorial in a processing method I use fairly often. This technique is a split toning. A basic description of this would be a duotone image with 1 colour being used for the darker tones only and another tone for the lighter tones only. (Note this image is for sale here: http

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I thought that it might be a good idea to share some images and talk a little about them....So for my very first "Image Showcase" I would like to present.... "Fire Fighter"This image is one of my faves, because it is much, MUCH more dramatic than what was really going on at the time. The fire was a small.... "very" small, grass fire down the road from my place here in the Gold Coast Hinterland.

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One of the wonderful things about the design of the Canon SLR (both digital and film), is that it is well suited to the use of non-canon lenses via an adapter. This is possible because of the shorter “flange-2-sensor” distance (eg the distance between the lens mount and the film/sensor) used by Canon. This shorter distance means that lenses from other manufacturers want to sit further out

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"If you build it, he will come" (it's a line from a Kevin Costner movie) or in photo speak... "If you wait, the image will come". Just a quick ramble about an image that I shot this afternoon. I drove up to the Qld Sunshine Coast for some R&R and camping today. 2.5 hours from home and I am dealing with freezing temps, gale force winds and the difficulty of finding something worth photographing

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The Poor Man's Pano Head Not being one to shell out the big bucks if I can make it myself... I set out to make a cheap panoramic head that would provide me with nodal point rotation. First place was eBay looking for a macro focusing rail. I was lucky enough to find an AU seller with an Olympus rail that had been listed only moments before and it had a "Buy Now".... sweet! So 2 mins and $49

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Well today my new camera arrived!! At last I have a near MINT condition Olympus OM-1n. (Seen here with the amazing 50mm f1.2) Back in my college days I was using an Olympus OM10 (with manual adapter) and while this was a fine bit of kit at the time, my dream was to have the Olympus flagship, the OM-1n. This was naturally way out of my league being a student and by the time money was more

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Watch that landscape horizon! ...as our brains are well accustomed to perceiving the horizon as level, regardless of the position or tilt of our heads. So when we see a horizon off-level in an imaged, most of us react with a “something is not right here” feeling and this can turn an otherwise outstanding image into something quite ordinary for the viewer.Naturally, our first chance to ensure a

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I wish to expand this blog to provide a compendium of photographic capture and post processing techniques, for use by enthusiests and professionals alike.This will provide those who volunteer the use of their submissions, valuable exposure for their business and/or art, thanks to the inclusion of contact details and advertisement within the submission itself.In addition to this blog, the top 101

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Many of my landscape images have been captured while using Graduated Neutral Density filters or "ND Grads" (we also call them "Uber filters" over at POTD.com.au, that's because they are generally "uber expensive" lol) ND Grads work in exactly the same way as regular neutral density filters, in that they reduce the amount of light entering the lens (see earlier ND Filter blog post), but they are

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Photographing in the RAW I am sure that the debate about RAW v’s JPEG is probably still raging in multiple locations around the web. Each have their uses, but for me (I repeat “for ME”) it’s RAW all the way. Why RAW I hear you ask…… RAW is like film, it is all that your camera can capture, unlike JPEG that has thrown away image data in order to reduce the file size. Reduced files sizes have

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If your strolling around looking for things to photograph, why not check your paper or local "What's On" web site for festivals and fairs. Normally you will find that every weekend, something, somewhere is happening and that they may provide heaps of photo opportunities. My personal faves are the medieval fairs and balloon festivals, as both of these provide spectacular photo ops that are full

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In one of my earlier tips, I mentioned the use of neutral density filters to extend shutter speeds and allow for capturing movement. Quite simply, a neutral density filter is.... "Neutral" in it's effect on colour (at least the good ones are) and effects the "density" or amount of light entering your camera. Neutral density filters are available in a range of "stops" (eg how much their

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The city (any city) offers some great photo locations and I find that there is an image around every corner. From a photographic viewpoint, cities are graphic element on graphic element. Your job as a photographer, is to recognise these elements and how they interact with each other to make a visually appealing composition. Day time, night time or in between when the light is soft... the

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There is a lot of hype made of the dust problem in DSLR cameras (you know, the ones with interchangeable lenses), enough so, that many photographers are missing out on the DSLR camera experience all together, because they fear the dreaded "dust bunny" so much :-( (BTW: Why is it a dust bunny? Who made that up? Is it because dust is often seen as little fluffy things? ...hmm??) I just want to

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Ever wanted to photograph star trails? ....well it may be a whole lot easier than you think! This image posed a little difficulty in the fact that it is not simply a star trail on it's own. It contains foreground elements that needed to be considered on their own in terms of exposure. The shed was shot first with a 30 second exposure, using two consecutive flashes (different angles) and red

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I mentioned in Tip 1 about how we can "drag" the shutter to capture the movement of waves and make a mist like effect. Well now lets look at another use of the slow shutter speed to capture movement in a different way. Fast moving objects can make a very boring photograph if their sense of movement is not portrayed. When photographed, what's the difference between a parked car and a speeding

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Many people have asked me how to create the "mist like" sea effect seen here.... Well this is really quite simple and requires only one piece of specialised equipment... a tripod! The technique is called "dragging the shutter", that is making the camera shoot a loooong exposure time on purpose. (In this case it was 6 seconds) This long exposure means that the ocean waves had time to move up

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Why a blog? ...to be honest I don't know. Someone told me that I need one and that it could be used as way to pass on info about my photography techniques and images. Well I am not sure if that's the case, but I guess we will see what develops (yes that pun was intended lol) So I guess I should introduce myself.... my name is Russell Stewart, I live in Australia and I have been taking

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