The link below gives you some insight into how much work goes into getting motorsport photos. I know from the little experience I have had, it is a hard job. Standing out in the elements all day, waiting for that special moment. Missing the special moment because you dared to have a drink. Hard, hard work I tells ya. See more in a great article by Mark Rebilas, link below.
Supernova, originally uploaded by jackdoc101.
Would you go out the exit with a storm trooper guarding it? Where are Luke and Hans when you need them?
I am wondering, is there an iPhone app that acts as a rudementry light meter? Surely it wouldn’t be that hard to do. The phone already has a camera. People are writing apps like it is going out of style. Surely some smart geek could come up with an app that could be used as a light meter? Come on geeks of the world, get to it. And I want my cut of iStore profits!
Note: I dont actually own an iPhone yet, but if anyone wants to give me one of the new iPhone 3GS phones, I would be more than happy to test drive it. 🙂
Geelong waterfront, originally uploaded by w00dsy.
Been a while since I handed a Pic of the Day to a mate, but this one is a cracking shot. You really need to click the photo and look at it large to appreciate it. Well done w00dsy.
Hot on the heels of the blog post I did on June 26th, here is a great article explaining long exposure photography much better than I did or could. Kudos to Andy Mumford for the great article and Alex Wise for pointing it out to me.
NEUTRAL DENSITY MAGAZINE. Article: Long Exposure by Andy Mumford.
Once again, not a mention! Have a look at this list and see if you agree. Mr Hobby knocked me back for an interview on this very blog, he did say if I was Gizmodo it would be ok to do, so I am anti Strobist again. 🙂
No Duncan, no Vitek, no Wisie, no Micko and no Andrew Günsberg. Its a joke!
Who would you have in your top 5?
There are times when you should just shut up and let the pictures do the talking.
Yesterday afternoon I ventured down to my local boat ramp to get some long exposures at sunset. I had an ND8 and ND4 (ND is Neutral Density, which blocks light to let you take longer exposures, and the number just tells you how strong the light blocking ability is) stacked on the 24-70 lens. At 24mm, you could just see the edges of the 2nd filter.
Estimating exposure times is always tricky doing this sort of thing. You want it long enough to smooth out the water, but not so long that you blow out highlights. Thank god for digital and the ability to chimp. This shot was about to be a reject until the bride saw it and loved it. Just goes to show how bad my taste is.
For shots that make this one look pedestrian, have a look at Wisie’s work, he is the long exposure king.
A bit of a slender link to photography this one, but what teenage boy from the ’80s doesn’t remember this iconic photo?
The smile that sent teenage boys into a hormone induced frenzy.
RIP Farrah.
So, I just had a rather large clean out of cameras. 11 film cameras have been sold or given away in the past week. The Argus “brick”, gone. The Canonet QL-19, gone. The Praktica, the Asashi, the Retinette, gone, gone, gone. I am down to a measly 6 film cameras. The beautiful Yashica 635 TLR. The Yashica MG-1 Rangefinder. Olympus Trip 35, EOS 1000F, Polaroid OneStep Plus and The Holga 120GN. Of these, the Yashica 635 TLR and the Holga 120GN are my faves. The 635 is built like a tank, looks beautiful and is medium format, a format I have fallen in love with. The Holga is the exact opposite (apart from the medium format film that is). All plastic, it feels like it will fall to bits at any moment. They are poles apart, but I love them both. So, can you imagine my excitement when I found out about this beauty…
… a Holga TLR. It is like the 635 and the Holga made sweet camera love and had a baby, a beautiful baby. It is cheap, it is a TLR, it is a Holga, and I want one! If you want more info, see the links below, I am off to sell some more cameras.
blurdotblog.com
holgablog.com
fourcornersdark
Many thanks to Mick Orlosky for the heads up.
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