A Man with a Camera

Friday, April 5, 2013

6 Best Photography Sites

This is always a subjective subject, so lets get straight into it. This is not in any particular order.

http://www.stevehuffphoto.com/ - Steve is an awesome review of cameras, especially smaller cameras that are starting to pack a real punch, like the Fuji X series, Sony RX1 and of course Leica's and their amazing lenses. Steve is a constant blogger, updates his site daily with contributions from guest bloggers, and has shot some amazing people and places. Highly recommend.
www.kenrockwell.com - talk about constant bloggers, this guy is amazing. His site is very simple (which I like), his opinions are often humorous and off beat, but he is true to himself and that's an appealing quality. His knowledge bank of articles on cameras and techniques is one of the best around.
www.zackarias.com/ - Zack is an inspiration. This guy has some of the best composition of any photographer I've seen. Technique is one thing but really 'seeing' and waiting is something Zack is a master at. He is definitely not a stock standard photo pro. He's better. His latest blog on the Fuji X100s was a masterful piece of writing, and has attracted an amazing amount of comments and hits (judging by the current search indexing). A must.
http://strobist.blogspot.com.au/ - want to use a flash properly and get your exposures absolutely right, well David Hobby aka Strobist is your site. His content and lessons on techniques and gear is truly amazing.
http://photorumors.com/ - if you want to keep up to date with almost every new piece of equipment and gear, here's my usual first stop.
http://froknowsphoto.com/ - well he is very entertaining and extremely passionate about photography. His videos on youtube are also very informative and often very funny. He is genuine and true to himself. Go check him out.

Tuesday, April 2, 2013

x100s Early April morning in Sydney

What a beautiful Tuesday morning in Sydney! Clear skies, sun was out and everyone was feeling refreshed from an Easter long weekend. I took the x100s out with me to capture a few quick shots on the way to the office. All shot JPEG, slight tweak in PSE. Enjoy.

View over Kirribilli, Sydney

View from Kirribilli towards Sydney Harbour

The boat moarings at Kirribilli Sydney

View towards east Sydney from Mrs Macquaries Chair

Sculpture reflecting morning light, Mrs Macquaries Chair

Monday, April 1, 2013

x100s walk in the bush and candid portraits

I went for a walk this afternoon and decided to take a bush walk at the back of Lane Cove Sydney. Took the x100s just in case, and I'm glad Im glad I did. Besides taking a few vistas, I decided to play with the internal flash, whist engaging the ND filter and manually setting the shutter speed - aperture set to A. Before the walk I took some nice casual shots of the kids. Remember these are all JPEG files edited in PSE, opening the JPEGs in the RAW editor and doing minor tweaking. Enjoy.