Adding a L-Bracket to your camera to use on a tripod
Have you ever tried to take a photo using your tripod and want to put the camera into portrait or vertical orientation? Does your tripod feel a bit off centre? Or maybe your camera keeps […]
Monochrome Madness – The difference a tripod makes
I thought for Monochrome Madness this week I would pick a heap of photos that were taken using a tripod. That is all of them except the last one. That was just taken handheld, so […]
Getting the best night photos using a tripod
Before we start the post today I want to talk to you about comments on my blog. Now nothing bad. I have noticed that people don’t always get to see their comments here. I don’t […]
The 3 Legged Things that keep your camera still
The time is getting close for my trip and I have to start making decisions about the gear I am going to take with me. There are obvious things like cameras and lenses, but there […]
Chasing waterfalls and how to photograph them
Don’t go chasing waterfalls – Why not? I heard this recently in reference to people driving up snow covered mountains to see a waterfall and then getting stuck. Then they needed someone to come and […]
Monochrome Madness – The city at night
Hey everyone, how are you all? I’ve been out in the garden again this week. Taking advantage of the rain free days. It is nice to be out there again. Today I started some seedlings […]
Punk Billy, A 3 Legged Thing Tripod
One of the pieces of gear that Blonde Robot loaned me for my trip to New Zealand was the Punk Billy Tripod from 3 Legged Thing. I was give the option of a couple to […]
Trees at Glenorchy
Thought today would be a good day to look at the trees at Glenorchy in New Zealand again. It was a favourite spot for me and I did enjoy it there, well sort of.
New Zealand Wanderings Day 10 – East Coast
For day 10 in our New Zealand Wanderings we are somewhere on the East Coast. We left Invercargill and have ended up somewhere near Balclutha.
New Zealand Wanderings Day 6 – Glenorchy
Today was about driving to Glenorchy to see what was there for day 6 of our New Zealand Wanderings. It was another road trip day. Going from one place to another.
New Zealand Wanderings – One week to go
This time next week I will be busy doing all the last minute packing for my New Zealand Wanderings. It is exciting that there is only one week to go. This last week has been […]
U4D – Current Wishlist
In last weeks U4D post I talked about an old wishlist, so today I thought I could go through what my current would be. It does change over time.
Revisiting U4D: Photography Wishlist
Every now and then I wonder about my photography wishlist and today I thought revisiting this U4D post could be good. It is interesting to see how many things change over time and what we […]
Learning About Long Exposure Photography
One of the most amazing types of photography is Long Exposure and you can learn about it here. It can seem quite complicated, but learning about long exposure photography is a great way to help […]
If is a little word, but it can mean big things
Camera gear is important if you want to take photos, and over the years you change with what you are taking photos off, along with how. I thought it might be fun to take a […]
Weekend Wanderings: Melbourne’s White Night
This is a fairly new thing for Melbourne, but every year in February we have White Night. The city centre is closed to traffic, all of it, even trams, for the whole night and the […]
Weekend Wandering: Another day at the Royal Melbourne Show
One of the big plans for the Royal Melbourne Show was to photograph the fireworks in the evening. We needed to go back on a night where rain wasn’t expected. Thursday was that night. In […]
Some Tips on Photographing the Milky Way
I showed some photos today on my main blog of the Milky Way, that I photographed last night and I have had quite a few people ask me what settings I used, so I thought […]