Dip Tins a bit of grape growing history.
A stack of old rusting Dip Tins or as they were sometimes called Dip Buckets. Used many years ago by grape growers to pick Sultana grapes into. Very simple idea really. Grapes were picked into these metal buckets which had holes punched into them. Buckets were then lowered into a chemical solution. The holes allowed [...]
Little things that cheese me off.
Anyone who knows me, I’m sure would tell you that I’m a mostly lay back sort of bloke. However some things get right up my nose. For example, if you have a sign out front of your sandwich shop saying FRESH SANDWICHES CUT TO ORDER. Please don’t tell me that you don’t cut sandwiches after [...]
Big blue skies of outback Australia.
Just how big are the blue skies of the Australian outback? The answer to that question is really easy…. BIG. If you haven’t stood on the edge of vast inland clay pan, on a hot summers day, you have no idea of just how much blue sky is out there. If you’re a landscape photographer [...]
excitations stock galleries offline 4 hours Sunday.
excitations-stock photography galleries will be off air so to speak from 4pm till 8pm ESDT Sunday 22nd January 2012. Servers will be undergoing a few tweaks to keep em running more efficiently for you. Sorry about any inconvenience. If you’re not viewing this from Australia, please do the maths yourself…. I’m to lazy to work [...]
Photographers reinventing themselves.
Photographers chasing the holy grail of photography. For as long as I can remember photographers have always been chasing new ways of doing things. New Ideas, new techniques, in fact anything new. This is obviously the way forward. After all if we all stood still and didn’t try to advance our craft. Where would we [...]
Canon 1D X, new toys for the boys.
Today’s much anticipated wait for Canon to announce another DSLR camera will have some people happy and others disappointed. For me the announced camera will most likely end up in my camera bag. Ticking most of the boxes for the stuff I need a 35mm style DSLR for.The 18mp sensor is just about right for [...]
Reno Air Races.
I’ve always been drawn to the sights and sounds of WWII airplanes. Such brutish, noisy and fast machines. Can only imagine what it must have sounded like to have a whole bunch of these birds fly over at low level. A single P51 at full noise is enough to send shivers down your spine. Funny [...]
Photographers copyright creating buzz this week.
There’s been a bit of a buzz around photographers copyright on the internet. Stemming from an out of court settlement in America.
Quick tip, if you’re getting a stock library to research a picture, give them lots of information
You have no idea how many times we get requests for stock photos that are a bit hazy.
I have a new ***** lens and it is the worst lens I’ve ever owned!!! Or is it?
So often I hear or read about photographers with a certain piece of kit which in their words is just the pits… Often I think to myself, the statement doesn’t gel with my experience with said piece of gear. Of course sometimes you know it is only some know all repeating what he/she has heard [...]
Wedding photographers calling themselves photojournalists… That’s nearly obscene.
Photojournalist work hard, get paid poorly and often die for their passion, let’s not steal their perceived status by claiming we’re something we’re not.
Seek free advice on copyright matters and you’ll likely get advice worth as much as you paid.
There are so many people out there offering useless advice on copyright issues that it is really very hard to separate fact from fiction.
Representing some of the most talent stock photographers in Australia!!!
No we’re not, but I just saw a promotional piece on the internet for a small image library that we use to deal with. Good people, really trying to make their voice heard above the clatter of all the other photo libraries in Oz. Obviously trying to attract attention to their image collection by screaming [...]
Wannabe photographers and wannabe business tycoons share some things in common.
However, there are some things in this world that cheese me off and one of them is “Wannabe’s”.
Just added a link to Ben’s Camera Hire to our list of preferred suppliers.
Photographers working in or around Melbourne, looking for a reliable camera and lens hire outlet should check out the link to Ben’s Hire.
Two types of photobuyers are licensing from small independent photo libraries
The first group is made up of clients and designers looking for something different to what is on offer by the big guys. Either in artistic vision, or content that simply isn’t available the bigger collections.
Shall I tell thee how much I love political correctness in photography?
Had a picture canned the other day because it was politically incorrect to show a single female wearing a bathing costume,
Failure is an option that should be embraced.
One reason why we always have a fall back position, because when a client asks us to photograph them or for them they expect us to get it right.
Number one reason for photographers leaving the industry.
I haven’t any figures to back this up. But I’m prepared to bet, most photographers who start out on the road to being “Professional Photographers” whatever that means these days leave the industry because they haven’t worked out the real cost of doing business. I meet so many newbies to the photographic industry who have [...]
I’m told I can’t get Firewire 800 CF Card readers anymore!
Tried to buy a Firewire 800 reader earlier this week, told that neither Sandisk nor Lexar are making the little buggers anymore. Something about a controller chip used in manufacture not being available . Really not happy, I did manage to get the last one Ted’s Cameras had in stock in Melbourne, but what if [...]
Super fast photo editing. Try Photo Machanic
If you’re a photographer like me, shooting Raw. Often large numbers of images. Shooting fast unpredictable subjects in low light with wide open lens apertures, then you’ll know what a pain it is sorting all the misses out of a photo shoot. Well that was until I tried Photo Mechanic. Game changer for me. Now [...]
Don’t tell me how good a photographer you are… show me!
Words from an old editor to me when I was just starting out in this mad game we call photography. He was right of course. all the talk in the world stands for naught if you can’t take pictures. Self promotion is a great thing but not at the cost of skills. I was reminded [...]