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Starting my FIAP distinction journey…
Since I’ve had more free time this year to devote to photography, I started thinking about progressing my distinction beyond the IPF Licentiate and look the the next level Associate (AIPF). But when I looked at my work to date and thought about the panel requirements for the A, I really did not feel I…
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Keep looking…
My disappointment last week with the Martello Tower at Corballis beach kept with me all week, so I knew I needed to go back and redeem the location. Stealing the last hour of light on Thursday gave me these satisfying shots from the same location, but different conditions [what’s new!] My bad habits persist…
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Liquid Gold
Sometimes the sun just won’t dance! This morning I had the pleasure of being up before 5:30am to drop my daughter off EXTRA early, so I decided to bring my camera and grab a seascape before work. After the storm of the night before and a clearing sky I was sure I’d have a few…
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Christelle…
I had the pleasure of hosting and shooting with Christelle last week. Christelle is from Quebec and was starting her month long Euro tour in Ireland last week. I had no real ideas about the shoot, but it wasn’t long before Christelle was making suggestions about outdoor locations and capturing some of the Irish landscape. …
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More Panel thoughts
I’ve always thought Landscape and Seascape panels are more challenging than most because of the lack of control over the environment we have. The challenges should be essentially the same as any other panel subject; theme, continuity, balance, engagement, so why do I think it’s more difficult? Maybe it’s just a selection process I struggle…
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Fredau
Today was an exploration of colour with Fredau. Natural light and my trusty 50mm 1.4 all afternoon.  More images to follow… Fredau
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Playing with Panels
The last panel I put together was for my LIPF in 2009. When I’m taking/making an image I seldom think about whether or not it would work well in a future distinction panel or competition panel. My ‘L’ was a mix from assorted work to date with no specific intent on actually creating a panel. …
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An afternoon with Elle Beth
Two weeks ago today I had the pleasure of shooting Elle Beth for the first (and I hope not last) time. The preparation for this shoot was frantic to say the least for the previous few weeks. The reason was, I wanted to re-establish my ‘home studio’ in my 21’x42′ shed which since my last…
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Location Art Nudes
I’ve been struggling for some time now trying to develop some ‘style’ in my photography. I like landscapes, seascape, models, fashion, studio, surreal and fantasy work. I’m keen to improve on all fronts but this does not seem to be giving me a particular look and feel to my work. So what to do… Last…
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Emotion
I picked up an inspiring book recently by Calvin Hollywood called Calvinize. The book is mostly pictures, each chapter covering a different style and a short one page description what Calvin is trying to achieve in each section. The book comes with a DVD of short videos explaining many of Calvins Photoshop techniques which I…
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