Photografica Blog
the mother of all learning curves
In the last six months or so, I have been on, baldly stated, one of the steepest learning curves I’ve ever encountered in my life (learning Danish was another that comes to mind). But this one is all about photography. Six months ago, I was at a crossroads. I had [...]
The Strobist Explosion
David Hobby – founder of the Strobist blog – has singlehandedly created a monster. That monster is called off camera lighting, and in the realm of digital photography is one of the hottest topics around. A few years ago, you could pick up a used [...]
The Perfect Backup Strategy Part 3
I thought I’d update my series of posts on backup. The first one can be found here and the second part here. Of course, there is no perfect backup strategy. Just like there’s no Santa Claus (sorry to dissapoint kids). But depending on several things, like the volume of data [...]
After the shutter has fired, then what?
As we all know the advent of digital photography has changed photography enormously. Not only has it fundamentally changed the way photography businesses operate, and how professionals are perceived, it has changed our whole relationship with photography. And by ‘our’ I mean everyone’s. What once was a very simple relationship, [...]
The Perfect Backup Strategy Part 2
In an earlier post, I spoke about back-up and the need to develop a system that does what it needs to do – save your data from all potential loss, and allow you to get back up and running in the quickest possible time. Photographers have special requirements with regards [...]
15 kilos of passion
It's a good thing I go to the gym. I can feel I'm going to have to make it more regular though. After a recent upgrade and expansion of my equipment, my Lowepro backpack weighs a tonne... I haven't weighed it, but judging by how much my seven year old [...]
Pixelpost
My other blog, my photoblog, runs on Pixelpost v 1.7. I've been using Pixelpost for nearly two years now, but have only recently upgraded to the newest version. As far as photoblogging applications go, I think it's the best one out there (certainly the best one I've found.) It's free, [...]
Wink
Magnolia Road, by Tyler E Nixon, of Wink Photoblog. I haven't been keeping much of an eye on the photoblog world lately, as I've been focussed on other things, but I came across this site today, and I recognised it immediately. Ahh, I thought, I remember this site. Bookmark it [...]
A world of excess
I was cleaning up the other day, and came across an old notebook from my uni days. I went through it to see if there was anything I needed to keep, and I found one page that I'd written that I wanted to post for posterity. Considering the obscene (though [...]
2008 AIPP Canon APPA
The other main highlight of PMA 2008 was watching the judging of the 2008 AIPP Canon APPA (Australian Profesional Photography Awards). Firstly, I went to the AIPP stand and acquainted myself with the book from last years awards - and found 2 of my own pictures on page [...]