Portraits at night

Taking portraits at night-time can be achieved by using nearby lighting and a flash as a fill light. By using both these lights together your subject will not be washed out by the hardness of the flash.

Sunset

Sunsets always make beautiful photos. The warm glow and the silhouette.

On the stairway to where?

I always find stairs very interesting, they are always leading to somewhere. They can be used to direct you to where you want the eye to travel.

Dinosaurs on the loose in Canberra City

  It was a lot of fun photographing this beautiful dinosaur. He kept everybody amused.

Dinosaurs in Canberra City

Look at this beautiful baby dinosaur, enjoying the attention.

20 years of the Wiggles

20 years of the Wiggles.
Wow that time went quick!

Who are the heroes Australia Day?

 Who are the Australian heroes? Well I think that they are everyday people who just try to get on with life. They try to be part of the community doing ordinary things that make that little bit of difference to someone else. They are the unsung heroes.

Roses are Red....

What a gorgeous red, so passionate.

Pink Roses

Roses are so beautiful to photograph.

Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve, Koalas

Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve ACT

Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve ACT

Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve ACT
We spent all afternoon waiting quietly, hoping to spot a platypus in nature but it was not to be today.

The Blue Tongue Lizard

I patiently waited for this blue tongue lizard to stick out his tongue.

Debris from the storm

Debris after the storm.

Clouds

Today I though I would take a picture of the clouds floating by.

The power of water

 Here I wanted to show the shear power of water.

Yasss Weir over flowing

 Yass Weir over flowing

Where has the bridge gone?

 There was a bridge here.

Flooding on Yass River Road

 

If you live on the other side of this road than you have will have to back track the long way.

Canberra flooding

Setting up a product shot with artificial lighting

 Requirements for this shot.

• A light box for underneath the product.
• A soft box light positioned above the product
• A table with perspex (white) in a concave shape
• Camera
• Product

A light was positioned underneath the table illuminating the product, creating a seamless background, and another light slightly above the product, giving it definition.

Photographing birds behind wire fronts

These scalies are actually behind a wire cage front. To be able to emphasize the birds and not the wire front, I focused carefully between the wires and focused on one of the birds.

Fairy Penguins Three

These three fairy penguins remind me of the three stooges.

A little touch of magic with dappled light

Natural light can be magical. I found this mushroom underneath a large fir tree. The fir tree branches produced the beautiful dappled light on the mushroom. It reminds me of fairies in the garden. Just magical.

Natural lighting with macro photography

Here I have used a macro lense with no flash. I opened the aperture up as wide as possible, using only natural lighting giving it a warm natural feel.

Designing a layout for a poster

Here I created a poster to promote the National Poultry Show.
I divided the poster into 3 sections.

• The top section for the banner. This encompassed their logo and scenic views of Canberra. 
• The middle or content section contains a picture of some show Pekins. 
• The bottom or footer section shows the information on time, dates, contacts and venue

The Devon Rex

 Meet the Devon Rex. This young cat was extremely active at the time of the shoot. A lot patience was required. As you can see this is a very alert feline, she just wanted to play.

High Key Photography

 

Photographing insects

Here I patiently waited for a dragonfly to stop, using a tripod and macro lens.

Photographing birds

Here I photographed a Sun Conure in the morning. I used a macro lens enhancing the fine details in the bird and it's feathers' whilst blurring the background.

Creating a photo a day the challenge

I have taken on the challenge to create a photo every day. I will be exploring the different forms of photography. Please feel free to make any comments or suggestions. 

Thank you.