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NEW – Complete Lightroom Classic Course
Just before Xmas 2020 I completed the recording of over 100 videos covering all I know about Adobe Lightroom Classic. It’s not a course that explains every single little feature like a manual – it’s a distillation of my experience and what I actually do in the day to day operations of running my photographic business. I call it Applied Lightroom and, if that approach resonates with you, you can find out more about it here:
New Book
My latest book, Heart of Australia, is now available signed, direct from me. It’s still on sale in the bookshops of course, but sometimes it’s nice to have a signed copy. I will mail it using Express Post, but only within Australia as it’s very expensive to post books overseas.
Workflow Seminar with QNAP
I’d like to invite you to attend the QNAP Workshop 2019 for Creative Professionals. With this presentation and live demonstration, you will get the latest information about data backup strategies and personal cloud storage. I’ll be the guest speaker and will share how high quality NAS systems have improved my productivity and work efficiency. I will offer a step by step presentation that could quite possibly save your day.
Namibia Air-Safari 2018
August 29 – September 8, 2018.
A ten night, five star fly-in Safari around Namibia with Master of Photography Nick Rains. Nick will guide your photography practice in the field and then be on hand in the lodges for workshop sessions and editing advice.
The safari takes in the iconic sights of Namibia including the stark landscapes and Desert Adapted Elephants of Damaraland, the famous dead trees of Sossusvlei standing in vivid white dry salt lakes beneath some of the world’s highest sand dunes and the ghost town of Kolmanskop, slowly giving up to the reclaiming sand seas. We will also visit the villages of the serene and photogenic Himba and Herrero people.
The whole trip is by light plane, a Cessna Caravan. This means that there are no 8 hour drives to get from one place to another and it also means that the group size is very small at a max of 7 guests.
Aerial Australia
My new book is now in the shops or available by mail, signed, from this website. I’ll write a message in it as well if you want to send it as a gift to someone!
182 pages of full colour, case bound.
Photo Basics – Apertures
Wide apertures like f1.4 limit the focus to only the eyes – Banda Neira, M-Monochrom. 50mm Summilux.
The aperture is a crucial component of photographic lenses. It’s an adjustable iris mechanism that can be a narrow hole or as wide as the inside of the lens allows. Why is it important? Well, if shutter speeds determine the length of time light shines on a camera’s sensor then the aperture controls the intensity or brightness of that light. Think of it like a pipe. A narrow pipe can only let so much water through in a given amount of time whilst a wider pipe can let through more.
Your eye has an iris, and it will be small on a bright day and wide when the light levels are low. This is exactly how a camera’s aperture works – the aperture controls the intensity of light entering the camera. This is very important for two reasons: Exposure and Depth-of-Field.
Read on for more, and if you find this interesting consider joining me on one of my Leica Akademie workshops – Photo Fundamentals – where I take you through ten different core subjects including Apertures, Shutter Speeds and ISO.
Six Things you might not know about Photography
(The following article was first published in Australian Photography magazine earlier this year).
Shutter speeds, apertures, focal lengths, camera brands, post processing tricks – these are all essential things to know about and understand, but, beyond the obvious, there are also plenty of aspects of modern photography that are not so well understood – call them photography myths if you like.
Cuba 2017
Join myself, Nick Rains, and my partner-in-photography, Christian Fletcher, for a 9 night exploration of Havana and Trinidad on the Caribbean island of Cuba.
The dates are October 16 – 25 2017. As with all my photography tours this is for a small group only – Christian and I take only 8 guests – so with one instructor per four guests there is ample opportunity for one-on-one advice and feedback.
The price includes twin-share accommodation and is also fully inclusive of all meals, travel on the island, accommodation, drinks, fees. Essentially you enjoy yourself without having to worry about paying for anything. It’s a tried and true approach which all of out past guests have greatly appreciated. You are on holiday to enjoy yourselves and concentrate on shooting awesome images.
The workshop starts and finishes in Havana which is best reached from Australia via Los Angeles, then Mexico and on to Havana. We can recommend a travel manager to assist you with flights if you like.
Leica Akademie Masterclass Review
Christmas 2014 and I was in Manilla for an Akademie Masterclass as part of a tour of SE Asia. One of the guests, Raul Echivarre, wrote an in depth review of the proceedings which I link to here because it will give you an excellent idea of what my workshop are all about. Thanks to Raul for his candid assessment.
Raul Echivarre – The Bigger Picture
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