Category Archives: BJP Business Invariably, if you have a ‘fancy camera’ you may well be asked to photograph at your next family reunion or special birthday. The thing is, how do you do it? Do you do lots of combinations of family groups, looking at the camera and smiling awkwardly, or do you find a way to capture the…
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 Sunday 2 June 10:00am to 12noon Heide Museum of Modern Art I’ve always wondered why people buy a digital SLR camera (which is intended for full manual creative control), then they use it on auto settings and feel frustration when their pictures aren’t working. You wouldn’t buy a manual car and then try to drive…  iPhoneography – everbody’s doing it man! And I mean, everybody. There are so many Apps out there, easily downloadable at the click of an App Store button. Take your photo, apply a certain ‘look’ to it, share it to your favourite social media site(s), and you’re away. Yes, I am a professional photographer, and I…  Photography literally is, painting with light. For the time that the shutter is open, light is permitted onto your camera’s sensor, recording the light that reflects off all the subjects in front of your lens. So what is ‘light painting’? Light painting is photographing the light that omits from portable light sources like torches and…  People often say never shoot animals or children, they’re a nightmare. I’ve never understood this. Maybe because the people that say this are going against the current. I mean, you can’t make a child or an animal pose, or smile for the camera, so why even try? To me it’s much more logical to go… Awesome Andrew!!! I’m very chuffed that you dropped a comment in here – thank you and send me the pictures of your pooch once you’ve done them! B Hey Beth, Great advice and a wonderful written blog post. Thanks for sharing. My little pooch is about to become a model!!! Cheers,  Yes, that’s right! Blurb is coming to Australia on a real live experiential events tour! Blurb are all about bringing your personal stories to life in your very own bookstore-quality book, photo book, magazine or ebook. You simply download their free software, start a new book, load up your photos and text, hit ‘order’ and… Hi Amanda it was great meeting you too! Thank you for stopping by here and good luck with your book writing! x It was a pleasure to meet you at the Blogger meetup last last Friday. Your photography is stunning – will definitely try to practice your great advice  Yesterday I took my group The Melbourne Walk and Shoot Group on an outing to Mount Dandenong. We were in search of autumn colour so we went to the RJ Hamer Arboretum. Thanks to Robert and Peter in the group we had an easy meeting point and a very unstrenuous walk into the forest. We…  Saturday 4 May 3:30-5:30pm Cooks’ Cottage in Fitzroy Gardens What is ‘on Manual in Melbourne?’ It’s mostly tecchi, a bit creative, 2 hours, 8 people max, exploring awesome places around Melbourne with your DSLR camera. It’s designed to get all your niggling photo questions answered hands-on with a real live human that lives and breathes…  Personal photography has gone through a massive shift in just the last handful of years. Film photography and the view that professionals can do something special is diminishing with the integration of digital photography into every day life. I do worry that I may never capture a family again sometimes, I’ll be honest about that….  Well I had a thoroughly enjoyable day out yesterday. It was a spectacular afternoon to enjoy the history of Werribee Mansion. 40 or so photo wanderers turned up to enjoy the grounds, an inside tour and of course coffee and cake at the end. Well worth the trip from Melbourne. I love these outings they…  Tomorrow I’m leading my group through a discovery of the Victorian era in Australia with a visit to Werribee Mansion, located 30 minutes west of Melbourne at Werribee Park. No set intineray but lot’s to do. Free to join us, so come along. All the details and sign up are here at The Melbourne Walk… 
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