Underwater Photographer Matty Smith
This is another photographer that we have looked at before, but on the old blog. I was very silly and deleted a lot of those posts, so now I have to do them again. Today […]
Wandering in and out of Arcades during a one on one Photography Session
Last weekend I spent the day with a student learning about photography. It was good wandering in and out of arcades taking photos. She was doing the second of her one on one photography sessions […]
Reviewing new gear
Getting this blog going has become a priority and there is going to be a lot more content here. One of the changes you many have already noticed is that there are more posts. The […]
5 Reasons to go out with friends when taking photos
There seems to be this idea that if you are a serious photographer that you should go out on your own to take photos. I have never believed this or thought I was any less […]
MM 196: Monochrome Madness
Here we go again Monochrome Madness week number 196. It is always amazing how quickly MM comes around each week. Not that I mind, but it does take me by surprise sometimes.
Taking a look at a painting by Melbourne Artist Rick Amor
For anyone who has been following me for some time will know that Rick Amor is one of my favourite artists. I thought we could take a look at one of his paintings today. He […]
A morning in the city with the Tamron 24-70mm Lens
It has been an interesting week and part of it was getting the Tamron 24-70mm G2 lens on loan to test out. There is going to be a review here of it soon, but for […]
An evening in Melbourne
The other night I was able to spend the evening in the city of Melbourne meeting new friends and taking photos. It was a great evening and I really enjoyed myself. I love it when […]
A Yellow Flower today
A quick one today, just the yellow flower taken with my D850 and the Lensbaby Velvet 85. It is in my garden, but I have no idea what it is.
5 Tips for Macro Photography Using Lightroom
Macro photography can be done in many ways. You can choose which direction you want to go about it, whether that is through focus stacking or just having fun with it, being satisfied with what […]
MM 195: Theme Street Art/Graffiti
It seems you all enjoyed this theme for MM 195 and lots of images of street art and graffiti have been coming in for it. It has been really surprising to see how different monochrome […]
Doing more Video
Facebook loves video, apparently, so I have been trying to do more. Which then brings another problem, what do I do videos of?
A Sunday in Infrared
This morning I had a lovely morning out with a new friend, David and his daughter. We went down to Frankston with the hope of doing some long exposures. Unfortunately there were no clouds and […]
Floral Friday and a Launch
Not much today, but wanted to let you know that the launch of the Editing Group is starting today. If you are interested, follow this link, Editing with The Photographer’s Mentor. For the floral part […]
A quick catch up
Not a lot has been happening, not really. I’m still spending a lot of time trying to get the Facebook page going, which I am really enjoying. It seems to be paying off in other […]
MM 194: Monochrome Madness
It is time once again for our Monochrome Madness Challenge. If you don’t want to send your photos here, remember the challenge is also run on the Facebook Group, TPM members photos.
Subscribing to Photoshop and Lightroom
It seems like a good time to have this conversation as I was recently reading an article that was written when Adobe first started the whole subscription based deal for Photoshop and Lightroom. The article […]
MM 193: Monochrome Madness
Here we are on our first Wednesday Monochrome Madness for a long time. I had to keep reminding myself today that I had to do it. I did remember and here we are.
Monday is a quiet day
Sunday got away from me and I didn’t get a chance to get an image done. I do have one now, it was taken on Saturday morning of Flinders Street Station.
Not all camera stores are equal
This is not something I usually do, but I am so sick of the way stores treat people according to what they see. The whole idea that they can judge someone like that is so […]