A lovely morning with light wind had me out on the deck shooting another idea, this time for the Confetti in Motion category. It took a lot of tries to get decent confetti action, not so easy without an assistant to let the confetti fly, hold out my hand and fire the camera. In the […]
Photo5 2010: Eye dropper part II
After taking a break I went back to see what else I could find in the close-up world of water drops and lilies. Here are some more examples. Photo by Brendon & Keryn The minimalist shot. Photo by Brendon & Keryn The contrast shot. Photo by Brendon & Keryn The lost in a field of […]
Photo5 2010: Eye dropper
Time to play with another Photo5 category. I’ve been playing with the eye dropper/close-up brief today and have been experimenting with water drops on lilies. Photo by Brendon & Keryn As a first go with a drop of water at the end of the flower this is OK but isn’t that interesting. Photo by Brendon […]
Smoke continued
Right, a couple more photos taken after dinner: Photo by Brendon & Keryn Front on with a different spoon Photo by Brendon & Keryn Who knew spoons could be so interesting And this is what it looks like in the makeshift home studio, also known as the dining room: Photo by Brendon & Keryn One […]
Photo5 2010: Smoke
It’s Photo5 time again and I’ve started taking photos. The categories this year seem to favour the macro photographer, we have the following: Close-up (using an eye dropper, so things like water drops); Portraiture (using bubblegum, I’ve never been able to blow bubblegum); Black and White (using the smoke from burning incense) ; Motion (using […]
Recently
Spring is in the air, there is lots or rain and wind about. Photography has taken a back seat recently, coinciding with one of my lenses being sent up to Auckland for repair after the auto focus motor failed. It was an expensive fix, but much cheaper than buying a new lens. Naturally, back seat […]
Only if you don’t mind
I’ve gone and entered another popularity contest masquerading as a photo competition and need some votes, stop reading if this isn’t your thing 😉 The travel/social media site Gecko Go has a photo competition in association with Intrepid Travel & Brandt Guides with three trips as prizes, all to places we haven’t been yet. I’ve […]
Photo walk in Devonport
We were up in Auckland for Keryn’s Mum’s birthday and this coincided with the 2010 Scott Kelby Worldwide Photo Walk. Last year I joined the Wellington walk and as we were up north I joined the walk taking place in Devonport. Keryn, Sophie and Travis all came along as well and the day was beautifully […]
Entering competitions
I’ve been entering a few photo competitions today, specifically the Landscape Photo competition on the Burrard-Lucas photography blog and the Travel Photo competition on Darwin Wiggett’s site. The entry for the Darwin Wiggett compeition is below. Now I really should get outside given the great weather. Children running up the stairs of their home in […]
Last Wanderlust post, at least until the next competition
So I didn’t win, or come second, or get highly commended. But I made the top ten and had my photo on display at the largest travel show in the UK, so that’s something. I’ll just have to do better next time around. You can see the winning entries here: 2009 Wanderlust Travel Photo of […]
Wanderlust once more
The Wanderlust Travel Photo of the Year award winners are announced this Friday (UK time) and they’ve put the shortlisted entries up on their website. You can see all the entries from this page: http://www.wanderlust.co.uk/photography My photo is shown under the Icon section, mine is sixth in the gallery. Hopefully they’ll fix it but for […]
Competition time again
While I await the result of the Wanderlust Travel Photo of the Year competition I’ve been entering another competition closer to home. The NZ photo magazine DPhoto is running a competition in association with Canon to find the NZ Amatuer Photographer of the Year. I have entered the four categories and would love for anyone […]