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14/04/2013 In Venture Blog By sengmah

Light Painting + Slow Sync Flash + Wake Boards = AWESOME

A collaboration between Red Bull and the Snap! Orlando photography festival has created one of the most jaw-dropping, eye-popping photography and videography projects. Entitled "Motion to Light", it combines action sports with light painting via slow shutter speed and the use of a powerful flash...

10/04/2013 In Venture Blog By sengmah

Wednesday Video: What Inspires You?

Trawling around the Interweb, I came across this touching and inspiring video of a boy's discover of photography and what it means to him, written and filmed by Eli Sinkus with a Canon 7D. What I loved about this short film is that it meshes...

09/04/2013 In Venture Blog By sengmah

A great street photographer: Lukas Vasilikos

I've been following the work of Athens-based street photographer, Lukas Vasilikos since my early days of photo-sharing on Flickr. Thus, I was delighted to find that Lukas has been interviewed by Eric Kim in his Kim's Street Photography blog. Vasilikos's work resonate with narrative (story telling)...

09/04/2013 In Venture Blog By sengmah

Panoramas anyone?

Creating photographic panoramas has gained a great deal of popularity over the last few years. It's got to the stage that many compact camera designers and manufacturers have built in fairly advanced panorama-capturing functions into these cameras. When I was in Siena in Tuscany a few...

03/04/2013 In Photo Tips, Venture Blog By sengmah

WTF-stop?!

If you're a beginner photographer, then chances are you're a bit stumped by the relationship between the aperture value and the size of the aperture. Beginners who have attended the Getting Started in DSLR Photography workshop we run will be familiar with this relationship and...

27/03/2013 In Reviews, Venture Blog By sengmah

Loads of new stuff (Nikon D7100, The Touch App, cheaper NIK Software and a new photo competition)!

The last month has seen a few new, exciting developments for photographers. Let's have a look at them. Nikon D7100 Launch Chief of this is the launch of the Nikon D7100, a new 1.3x crop 24MP DSLR. I've been keeping an eye out on the D7100 as...

07/02/2013 In Reviews, Venture Blog By sengmah

Lighting up the dark with the Westcott Icelight

As photographers, we like talking about light: look for the light; find the light; use the light! It's all well and good when you're shooting where there is enough ambient light to make an exposure, and you're doubly lucky if the light comes from the right...

06/02/2013 In Competition, Venture Blog By sengmah

Bunbury Photo Walk Competition – Da Winnah!

53 South West snappers went for a photo walk one day in Bunbury, organised by Bunbury photographers Christian Byrt and Graeme Marsh, and we received 22 entries for the Bunbury Photo Walk competition. The images ranged from streetscapes to urban abstracts to portraits -- there...

17/01/2013 In Competition, Venture Blog By sengmah

Bunbury Photo Walk Competition

We're really chuffed to be able to support the first Bunbury Photo Walk of 2013 with a competition! The winner will win a voucher to attend either the "Getting Started in DSLR Photography" workshop on Saturday February 16 OR the "Natural Light, Natural Portraiture" workshop on...

17/12/2012 In Photo Tips, Venture Blog By sengmah

Flash exposure compensation and the distance scale (!)

At a recent Flash Photography Fasttrack workshop, a participating photographer noted that when he dialed the flash exposure compensation (FEC) on his flash down to a negative value, the range shown on the distance scale on his flash increased. At this point, if you're scratching your...