Tour Down Under: Thirsty - Nikon D700 with Nikkor 70-300mm | 300mm, 1/1000 @ F5.6, ISO 400Today, Dene and I headed into the city for the final day of the Tour Down Under for 2010. This was the first time I had attended the event and the first time I had shot any form of sporting event. The verdict? I loved it. Shooting sport is obviously different to other forms of photography, as you don’t...
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Details: A children's festival in the small town of Izushi-Cho, Japan. Nikon D70s with Nikkor 50mm | 50mm, 1/500 @ F5.6, ISO 200 David DuChemin stats in his nice little pdf book “10″: There is a tendency when you frist start out to shoot everything in sight. Do it. Shoot it all. There are shots we all need to take to get out of the way; they help us learn the basics and go towards the...
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Sydney Bondi Skater - Nikon D700 with Nikkor 50mm | 50mm, 1/1000 @ F1.8, ISO 200Early last year, I was the proud owner of a new Nikon D700. I picked it up just before I went across to Sydney to watch Tropfest. At the time, I had a 50mm lens with me, and I was more than happy to play with the range that the lens gave. I was happily shooting people (sounds bad), when I came across this skate park...
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Miyajima Torii - Nikon D70s with Nikkor 18-200mm | 44mm, 1/750 @ F16, ISO 200I have been using Aperture 2 since its release and have been extremely pleased with its power and speed at cataloging and adjusting my images. When Lightroom 3 Beta came along I heard a lot of hype, mostly from those with connections with Adobe, and thought I would give it a try. Now, as I have said in earlier posts, it...
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Details: Delicate Sakura bloom before the majesty of the Himeji Castle. Nikon D70s with Nikkor 18-200mm | 130mm, 1/90 @ F8, ISO 200 I am still playing with Lightroom 3 Beta. Although I am STILL not happy with the speed, browsing through many photos can be an absolute nightmare, However I am thoroughly enjoying playing with the adjustment tools. I started looking for a good book on the topic of...
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