August 2011
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Black and White portraits
My brother and his wife were over for dinner tonight. My father-in-law came over to get some snaps taken for his 60th birthday party next weekend. Just a couple of quick black and whites. I don’t particularly like taking photographs or having photographs of myself being taken which is quite ironic but maybe I’ll ease into it.
Brother & Father-in-law
Camera self portrait
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Arise Rodimus Prime
I added another Transformers Masterpiece to my collection on Wednesday with the purchase of Rodimus Prime. Rodimus became the next Prime after Optimus was killed in the original Transformers Movie. Rodimus was previously Hot Rod, a young Autobot who was able to use the Matrix of Leadership during the Autobot’s darkest hour in the movie.
Rodimus Prime was released as a Masterpiece in 2010...
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Hitting the streets of Brisvegas
Walked into the city on Friday for lunch with some work mates and took the X100 for a few snaps. Impressive as always and you can just blend in like a ninja since no one takes notice of you. Most people just think that I’m some Asian tourist taking happy snaps around the mall. I am allowed to stay in this country legally you know!
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Sunrise with the Fujifilm X100
Greg and I went down to the Wellington Point on Saturday morning for a sunrise shoot - The weather wasn’t exactly perfect for it because there weren’t too many clouds so it was a pretty clear sky. There were some clouds forming on the horizon but nothing spectacular. We did get a couple of moon shots as it was a full moon and very bright.
This is the moon shot I got with the D7000:
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The Photo Mojo Show, Episode 63: More Bang for...
This week Willis and Mitch are joined by Ricky, yes that ‘Wake Up Ricky’, as a guest host and there is discussion about photo sharing sites, high ISO, weddings and more.
Links for this week’s episode:
The camera that goes to a million FPS
Chainfire creates Android tethered controlled app for Canon DSLRs
RED Epic with EF Mount
Ricoh M-mount GXR A12 module announced and...
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Shoot Tokyo
Shoot Tokyo
I casually mentioned to my wife over dinner that I was thinking about picking up a smaller camera to my Canon as a second point and shoot. She agreed and off to the web I went to scout out my new Leica. Something was serious wrong with this site I though when it returned $7,000 for the body only! Huh? What? A lens is an additional $4-5,000 US Dollars?
Ricky shared this on...
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The Ballad of Mike Hagger
The Ballad of Mike Hagger (via Joystiq) - I loved Final Fight growing up.
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Fujifilm X100 on a night out
Last night I went to a pub quiz in West End at The Archive with some workmates and thought it would be great to see how the X100 does in low light photography. Great it seems! I’m not a fan of on flash photography so I usually have that turned off. To compensate for the lack of flash you usually crank up the ISO. In the past, increasing ISO meant that you got noise as the tradeoff. It seems...
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Leica M9-P Review at The Phoblographer
Review of my dream camera at The Phoblographer
Is the M9-P a work of art or is it just an expensive doorstop?
Jollys Lookout Time Lapse
Jollys Lookout Time Lapse from Friday night.
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Office 365 for SME - SharePoint Online
This is the next piece in the Office 365 for SME series. You can view part 1 and part 2 if this is the first time you have read the series.
SharePoint Online for Office 365 is based upon the on premise version of SharePoint 2010. The previous version of SharePoint Online for BPOS was based upon MOSS (Microsoft Office SharePoint Services) 2007. SharePoint 2010 was a huge improvement over MOSS when...
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Fujifilm X100 hands on
Last weekend Dad brought up the Fujifilm X100 camera for me to test drive. I’d been looking forward to this for a while since I first read about it at Photokina last year and we spoke about it lots of times on The Photo Mojo Show. I’m a huge Leica fan and this looks like the closest thing that I’ll get to a Leica for a long time. It takes the inspiration of the rangefinder...
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Sunrise shoot with Mitch, Mel and Lee
This morning Mitch, Mel, Lee and I went up to Noosa Heads for a sunrise shoot on the rocks look at the headland. We were up very early (not so bad for us compared to Mitch and Mel who picked us up along the way) leaving Brisbane for the Sunshine Coast. There was a bit of trek along a walking path and then onto the rocks where we setup for a couple of hours.
Yesterday I bought a Hahnel Giga T Pro...
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Wallabies Pump Up Video for 2011
So the match last week was a bit depressing if you are a Wallabies fan. Samoa played their hearts out and deserved the win.
Green and Gold Rugby put together this little video to get us going again for this weekend.
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Song: Electric Romeo
Put your headphones on, close your eyes and listen to this song. It is awesome on an epic scale.
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rs/SafariOmnibar
rs/SafariOmnibar [via MinimalMac] It removes the search bar in Safari and makes the address/location one and the same. So you can either type in the address of the site that you know and want to goto or use it as a insta-search bar. Chrome and now Firefox have this. It’s fan-freakin-tastic!
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Mac OS X 10.7 Lion - Get Ready!
The latest version of Apple’s Macintosh operating system. Available on the Mac App Store in the next few hours. $31.99 AUD.
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Office 365 for SME - Exchange Online
Last post was a quick overview of Office 365 and the plans that are offered by Microsoft (Telstra in Australia).
This post we will look at the Exchange Online which is one of the products you get as an Office 365 subscriber and what it means for an SME.
Exchange Online: This one’s a killer feature for Office 365. Every plan that is offered by Office 365 gives each user an Exchange...
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How Digital Detectives Deciphered Stuxnet, the...
How Digital Detectives Deciphered Stuxnet, the Most Menacing Malware in History, article by Kim Zetter for Wired.
as Homer J Simpson said,
The Most Menacing Malware in History *so far*.
Make yourself a cup of coffee, tea, hot chocolate or cola because this is one interesting and entertaining read.
July 2011
9 posts
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The Secret Life of Wedding Photographers
The Secret Life of Wedding Photographers (courtesy of Harvard Wang)
We clearly spend more time in front of our computers than behind our cameras, which is a sign of these digital times.
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Queensland Reds - 2011 Super Rugby Champions
From bottom cellar dwellers to champions in 2 years. Well done! I still support the Tahs but the Reds have been my next favourite Super Rugby team (as my school mates point out to me that I should be switching to QLD since I’ve lived here longer than I ever did in NSW.)
YES IS FOR WIMPS. GET USED TO HEARING “NO”.
Get Used to hearing No - great post by Chase Jarvis
Remember, when you’re hearing “no”, so is almost everyone else. When other artists hear “no” too much, they quit, defeated, never to return again. Don’t let that be you.
Printed and stuck on my wall.
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Vintage Bridal Photography Workshop
Ricky and I attended a photography workshop run by Krank Photography on Sunday afternoon. The theme was Vintage Bridal Couture. The workshop was held near Samford at a property with an old barn as the shoot location. There were 6 models setup in various parts of the barn (4 models plus 1 couple) in different outfits and a studio light each.
We used pocket wizards synced to the lights and the...
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BPOS/Office 365 for SME (series)
Our work moved over to Microsoft’s Business Productivity Online Services (BPOS) suite a couple of months ago. I’ll be posting about our migration, some of the pros and cons and gotchas of moving to the cloud as well as what is planned for next.
Microsoft’s Office 365 site isn’t very good at summing up what it’s all about so I had to get it from Wikipedia:
Microsoft...
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Subaru WRX STi
Friend got a MY10 Subaru WRX STi on loan this weekend from work and brought it around. Took it for a spin and a couple of photos as well. Nice car though I probably wouldn’t put the stickers on there.
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Quade Cooper gives Lachie Munro the 'Don't Argue'
The Reds reach the Super 15 finals for the first time and it’s a home final at Suncorp. I’m a Tahs supporter but you have to give respect where it’s due and the Reds deserve it!
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Matrix Lobby scene - A capella style
June 2011
14 posts
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Willis @ PMA 2011
Sunday, I flew down to Sydney the PMA Photography and Imaging Expo at Darling Harbour. It was the first flight in the morning and the last flight back to Brisbane. Had a really nice time there and got to sit in on a Gary Fong masterclass sponsored by My Nikon Life. It was more of a demonstration of the products that he sells but still, was pretty cool to sit in.
I was quite surprised also to see...
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Happy Birthday to my beautiful wife
Happy Birthday Lee. You are my best friend, companion and sweet heart. You laugh at my ‘geeky’ jokes and are always patient and understanding. You support what I do and love and are there by my side always. I won’t get grouchy tomorrow morning when you push me off the bed in the middle of the night.
Willis
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Microsoft vs Apple - infographic →
Once you hit the early 00’s then it’s all aboard the Apple freight train!
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Leica M9-P is official →
I just wet my pants.
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Strolling about with the Leica M9 →
I just love this camera.
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Photography reflection
It’s been a week since I photographed my good friend Craig and his new wife Megan’s wedding. I had a bit of trouble during the event getting some of the shots that I wanted and I think this came down to learning how to use the SB-700 and generally being new to the concept of flash photography. Until now, I’d always been natural light photographer opting to increase the ISO rather...
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The Photo Mojo Show, Episode 55
This week Mitch and Willis discuss some new cameras from Sony and Panasonic, discuss the lunar eclipse, some apps for the iPad and have a bit of a laugh at Karl Stevanovic - Gold Logie winner. They also have an interview with famed fashion photographer and My Nikon Life school lecturer, Christian Blanchard.
Links for this episode:
Sony CyberShot DSC-HX9V gets reviewed
Lunar eclipse creates...
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Robin Williams stars in Zelda game ad →
Who knew Robin Williams played the NES back in the day. Wicked name for girl by the way.
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The Photo Mojo Show, Episode 54 point 5
It’s midweek through the Photo Mojo Show podcast cycle but we recorded this interview on late Saturday night and there was so much discussion that we had to give it a .5 release on its own. We chatted with Diane McGurren who is a part of the podcast Secretly Timid. Secretly Timid is:
A hilarious weekly news podcast based out of Dallas, Texas. Special episodes include “Open Mic with...
First And Last Time You’ll See The Space Shuttle... →
Shot with a Nikon of course.
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The Photo Mojo Show, Episode Niftier Nifty Fifty...
Mitch and Willis discuss some new announced cameras from Sony and a leaked Panasonic one. Discussions about the new Nikon D5100 ad campaign (and how Nikon is pronounced as well as Nike and Melbourne!). A cross-promo interview is being setup with Diane from Secretly Timid and Mitch acquires a new 50mm f/1.4 Nikkor lens.
Links on the show:
Sony NEX-C3 Camera
Panasonic GF3 leaked
Nikon films...
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Strobalicious
Mitch came over this afternoon and we had a bit of a play around with some Speedlites which was fun. Both Speedlites were setup in remote mode and our cameras setup in Commander mode. It worked great as once we had the initial configuration, we didn’t have to change any settings when we were alternating shots.
A benefit of having parents owning a toy store is that you can take home lots of...
May 2011
13 posts
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Nikon Fashion Photography Workshop
Saturday I went to my first photography course and it was the Nikon Editorial Fashion Photography workshop run by Christian Blanchard. It was hosted at The Prop House in the Gabba not too far away from the city. The workshop comprised of a bit of theory and discussions about the shoots that Christian has done in the past and how he achieved those shots as well as some practical. The first...
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Hobbit W.C
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Some more street photography
It’s great to be able to wander and take photos without any restrictions. I had an all day workshop on Saturday but a friend and I ended up leaving just before lunch as we got a little bored. Good thing I brought the D7000 and he brought his Canon 40D. We walked into the city from Spring Hill and did some street photography along the way. I did a bit of both shooting from the hip as well as...
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Mini-Review, Crumpler Haven Camera Pouch
I’ve been looking for something like this for a while now. The Crumpler Haven is a camera bag for your bag if that makes sense. I’ve got a Vanguard sling backpack which I take with me on shoots and it has all my camera gear loaded in it and is great. Problem is that sometimes I don’t want to take everything and it also won’t fit my iPad. The idea behind this is that I can...
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Domke F-5XB Camera bag →
I’ve been looking for a new camera bag for a while now. I have a Vanguard sling which is great when I take all the gear with me but I wanted something casual and not so obvious. On the occasions that I have taken my camera out and about I used my old Country Road messenger bag but it’s starting to get worse for wear and fading.
After reading the Carryology review I thought, this was...
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Windows Phone 7 'Mango' screenshots →
Interesting to see how long this takes to come out and even after Microsoft release it, when it will be available for consumers. Telstra is only just delivering the updates now that were announced in Feb this year.
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The Panasonic 2011 Launch
I had an awesome time down at Sydney for the Panasonic 2011 Home Entertainment launch. I met some really cool people including the gang at Soup (Hi Emma and Sharyn), cool Panasonic Insiders like Brendan, Ross (@rosslib), Indra (@scrypton) and Mikey (Gerard). After some communication issues I finally met Jared (@jaredmorgs) who was the other Insider that flew down from Brisbane. I enjoyed the...
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Panasonic 2011 Launch
I head down to Sydney tomorrow afternoon for the Panasonic 2011 Home Entertainment launch at Hoyts, Moor Park.
I scored the trip as part of the Panasonic Soup Insiders, a community group that gets early access to Panasonic products and invited to their launches. It’s run by Soup a word of mouth advertising agency.
It’s an opportunity to see what new products Panasonic will be...