Archive for December, 2008
So that’s it. 52 weeks, 52 self-portraits It’s been such an amazing journey for me, not only in a photographic sense, but in a personal one as well. I’ve come to the realisation that those strange little ideas I have in my head translate well into photographs and that people do understand my slightly crazy [...]
Two days ago, my government made a decision that threatens the future. It’s related to perhaps the major issue of our generation, Climate Change. Yet again, politicians proved that they cannot be trusted. The Australian Governement made the decision that our target for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by 2020 was, wait for it… [...]
I mentioned in an earlier 52 Weeks shot about a friend who had been diagnosed with Pancreatic Cancer. Since then, she’s been through a horrible operation, some serious radiotherapy and a huge amount of weight loss. She has a rare form of cancer which grows aggressively, but thankfully doesn’t metastasise (ie. spread throughout the rest [...]
For a long time, I simply couldn’t find a method of RAW conversion that worked for me. I’ve tried Lightroom and Adobe Camera Raw, but was always left with this ugly green/yellow tinge I simply couldn’t remove. Even after mucking around for hours, my jpegs always looked better. Non photographers can probably tune out now, [...]
I had set up a bit of a DIY light tent to take some product shots for my mum and I managed to convince Soph to stick her head in. Consider this my contribution to Pretty Pink Sunday, you’ll never see another from me again. :) Also, I hope everyone who tilts their head to [...]
I went to my Ten Year High School Reunion on the weekend and I didn’t expect to have as good a time as I did. I was never the cool kid at school, in fact, I was pretty much towards the bottom of the social ladder. At the reunion, no one seemed to care about [...]