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October 2018

02 Oct

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Well, if you want to make yourself either very happy or very unhappy in 24 hours, here is your chance. Leica Australia and Camera Electronic are willing to trust you out the front door with a Leica M10 camera and a lens for a day. You get to go see what the Leica fuss us all about on your own with your own vision and ideas. You'll experience the ergonomics that have sold the camera to working professionals and enthusiastic amateurs since the mid 1950's combined with the latest of digital advances. In case you think that's funny - the 1950's and all - consider that many of the iconic images that have formed your view of the world came through Leica glass into M-series cameras...

02 Oct

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The recently concluded AIPP-APPA photographic awards and trade show - held in Melbourne at the Function Centre near the end of August - saw Sam and Lauren from Camera Electronic operating our trade booth. I asked them about the big-enquiry items: Drones. The DJI Mavic series of machines were a hot topic amongst the professionals. The Mavic 2 was the centre of attention, though we did have a small fun Tello there as well. The working shooters all want an aerial advantage over their competition. Mirrorless systems. This was before the Big Two had made their Big Reveals, but rumours are pretty universal things in the photo trade - and professional photographers run on rumour just as well as the amateurs do. The big questions for pros may be different from those of the enthusiasts, though...

01 Oct

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The pocket is calling. That wonderful invention that carries money, keys, handkerchief, and lint. The stylish sometimes avoid them in the hopes of appearing slimmer and sleeker - but pay the price in having to carry ever larger bags to hold the tools of modern life. The pluggers amongst us know the vlue of good pockets everywhere - trousers, skirts, and especially coats and jackets. These are places in which you can keep your camera. Now some readers of this column will instantly think of mobile phones - they can be used as cameras as well as fetching Ubers, pizzas and Pokemon. Some do make quite fetching images, but the ergonomics of them as the picture is being taken can be atrocious. And the principle of a good big'un beating a good little 'un still applies. The trick for the travelling photographer is to find the compromise point between a number of factors: a. Size of pocket vs size of camera. b. Quality of image needed at the end. c. Type of image that will be sought - in terms of framing and exposure. d....

25 Sep

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You've got the bully beef or the mutton stew. And cans of plum and apple jam too. There's a tablet of salt and a biscuit of wood And you end up feeling fed-up good. Or you can go to Margaret River and have a different sort of MRE Experience. Here's a few bits of the local flora that I found on a recent weekend trip. I was fortunate in being able to poke around a bush track that abutted a forest. Every district has someone who is interested in it - a long-time resident or a zealous newcomer - and who is generally shyly bursting to tell you all about it. The thing is to find them and to give them a chance to do it. It may involve a little money, but the expertise you get in your exploration will make the expenditure well worthwhile. Any day you learn something is a good day. Expect to get dirty in some places, and tired in many more. You'll generally have to walk it some part of the way but if you pick the right season to...

25 Sep

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Good Old Tony - he came though like a champion. On my recent interview with he and Denis Glennon, they painted a vivid word picture of their search for vivid aerial pictures, and he promised to send some photos of the actual venture. They arrived in the Dropbox, complete with captions, and I can do no better service to the flyers than share them directly. Tony and Denis. Instrument panel and smart phone. Steve manoeuvering the plane in. Denis heading for the plane, early morning, in not so inviting weather. Tony and Roger discuss the day's trackroute and possible locations of interest between Port Hedland and Karratha in WA. And that's a good start on the visuals of the flight - but today is the big day for the opening at Central Park building in St Geo Tce and there's nothing to stop the readers of this column from going there between 10:00 and 5:30 and seeing what it all produced. I'll show you more of the images that Tony send through tomorrow to give you an idea what it was like around cockpit around the coast. Oh, before...

24 Sep

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In case that sounds like a takeoff on Jules Verne - it was meant to. The world that was circumnavigated by air is Australia and the voyagers were Denis Glennon and Tony Hewitt. Their sponsor was Canon Australia and their purpose was to discover their personal reaction to the colour, texture, shape and form of our coastline. The set their hearts on seeing us " Girt By Sea " as the lines from the national anthem go - and they have entitled their photographic exhibition and the book that displays it in just that way. It is especial - they had to get permission from the Prime Minister's office to use the phrase.  The journey of discovery and the results are especial too. Quick note - go to see the exhibition at the Central Park building at 152-158 St Geo Tce sometime between the opening on 25 September until the close on 13 October. Entry is free - and the times run from 10.00 to 5:30 weekdays and 10:00 to 4:00 Saturdays. You'll see more than I can describe of their work...