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'Learn to read the light and capture it with whatever you have on hand.
Best camera does not mean best image.'
Danielle Lancaster
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As this newsletter goes out Danielle is flitting around her beloved regional Queensland delivering workshops with some of us other pups and catching up with family and friends. St George was last week and this week is Rolleston. Check out our blog for some interesting yarns by the crew of their travels and discoveries. The Bluedog Outback Odyssey Tour in April, with 2 places still available, will have Anita, dubbed the ‘lady of the night’ (for all the right reasons), joining Danielle as assistant tutor. News from the outback is it is stunning after the rains earlier this year. If you do love the outback there are also still places in the Bunginderry Photography Artist Retreat from the 26th to the 31st of May 2011, where Danielle will spend four days on this beautiful cattle and sheep property, west of Quilpie, another amazing location for photography! We could not write this newsletter without a special mention of the people of Queensland who have gone through harrowing times due to the hands of Mother Nature. Thankfully all reports from our subscribers so far have been ones of nil loss of life. We feature just three of the numerous images sent to us from around Queensland below. Thank you so much and let the sunshine state shine again! So as 2011 rolls on and February is now a mere memory, what is new? And yes we are going back to Cambodia next year to visit the ancient temples of Angkor, our friends in Siem Reap and other amazing places from the week commencing the 1st July 2012. Our 'Roam with the Pack' vouchers were launched! Attend selected Bluedog Photography short courses such as Sunsets and Star Trails, Brisbane and Gold Coast @ Dusk, Get to Know Your Camera, Travel and Landscape and others and you receive a 'Roam with the Pack' voucher which entitles you to attend free for up to 12 months when booking with two paying participants. And for those that do our Story Bridge Photography climb, when you climb with Bluedog and Story Bridge Adventure Climb you are able to return and climb for free with us when bringing two paying participants! With only 2 places remaining in our weekend retreat in May we are pleased to announce dates for our next retreat...drum roll...14th-16th October 2011!
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 Mandy is seeing the benefit of having her camera with her at all times and trying something each day, 'With the photo of the people jogging on the water I had just pulled up to the broadwater and saw them so I had to quickly get myself organised and out of the car and then I myself was jogging to hurry up and photograph them before it was too late. ....Now I can see improvement which is greater.' |
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 The following four images were sent in by Judi after a Bluedog Photography Brisbane @ Dusk session at Wellington Point - what a wonderful range of captures! |
 By Judi at a Brisbane @ Dusk at Wellington Point. |
 By Judi at a Brisbane @ Dusk at Wellington Point. |
 By Judi at a Brisbane @ Dusk at Wellington Point. |
 Simonne doing some great creative work! |
 What an image! Titled 'Dance with the Lights' by May-Le this amazing image is of the Aurora Borealis taken from near Fairbanks, Alaska. |
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El has zoomed ahead and shared this special image with us - thanks El your images are inspiring. |
Please remember, we keep setting dates as allows with the professional commitments of the tutors so check our web site calendar page for continuing updates. |
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Photo Tip: The key to the perfect image.Combining the exposure, white balance and contrast in camera is the key to perfecting your image quality straight out of camera. Exposure is made up of your shutter speed, aperture and ISO – it’s a little more than just clicking. Our cameras meter reflected light which in an overall situation may be fine. However, many of our scenes have contrast lighting conditions and relying on the camera’s meter may mean the histogram of the resulting image shows clipping: blown out highlights and clogged shadows. This is not what we want. Can it all be ‘fixed’ in a photo editing program? Sometimes and there is much dependant on that too such as which file format you have shot in. Take the time to understand the effects of each under different types of lighting scenarios. Study light, by looking at its colour and quantity at differing times of the day and seasons. Early morning is a much different colour than at noon on a bright cloudless day. Remember photography means drawing with light. Light can be used by photographers to show details, create shadows and depth visually defining objects, describe colour and give mood. Before you can ‘draw’ the light and shadows you see with your camera, you need to train your eyes to see it first. For instance try playing with back-lighting during different times of the day – light that comes from behind your subject. Back-lit situations can create images that are either stunning or disasters. Can you add artistic nature to your photograph? We’d love to see some of your results! Plus for the month of March Bluedog Intermediate Workshops are worth 3 rewards points!
During the Bluedog 12 Days to Christmas challenge we ran a send us your best Eco Tip and received and received some beauties. Here’s another two we particularly liked. ‘My Eco tip is to plant native plants local to your area in your garden, by doing this you use less water than species of plants not suited for the area and it can create an environment to attract native wildlife (which can create a life time of photo opportunities).’ From Kassy
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The Passport Sling is a great way to lug around an SLR so it doesn't look obvious you're carrying expensive gear! It’s compact, light and features a host of zips and extra spaces. The Sling is coated in a durable polyester that can withstand some of the elements — though it's not indicated if it is water- resistant. An interior camera box pads out part of the inner real estate, offering another layer of protection for a camera. It's ample enough to hold any consumer or pro SLR with a decent- sized lens attached, though telephoto primes are probably out of the question. There is also a dedicated memory card holder on the side of the camera box insert. The top double zip, as with the other zip on the bag, is sturdy and has a cord tied to it for easy use. The long cross-body strap can be extended or retracted to wear the bag according to anyone's individual style.
This monster is expected to be the same specs as the Nikon D3S except for the sensor resolution which will be raised to 16 megapixels. All this makes some of us wonder what the suspected release of the Nikon D4 will bring to the table! So what will replace the Nikon D range later in the year or will it just expand and move on up? Well let’s wait and see as the rumours are running hot.
Tamron's new 18-270mm F/3.5-6.3 Di II VC PZD (Model B008) with 5-year warranty! It’s being touted as a groundbreaking lens: the world’s most compact, lightweight lens with a 15x zoom ratio, featuring a 62mm filter diameter, VC (Vibration Compensation) image stabilisation and Tamron’s first standing wave ultrasonic motor system for SLR lenses, PZD (Piezo Drive). This ultra-high-power zoom lens for digital SLRs with APS-C sized sensors is being introduced in Canon and Nikon mounts, shortly followed by the development of a Sony-compatible mount. Some of the specs:
Blogging has become very popular and this issue we feature two blogs: 'Splash Photography - Put yourself in the frame' is the blog of Bluedog tutor Anita Bromley. Well done ladies - great reads! If you have come across a great web site please send it to us - we'd love to feature it!
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I The Christmas Tree Bucket: Trent Parke's Family Album Venues & Dates: I Annie Leibovitz: A Photographer’s Life 1990–2005 Venues & Dates: I Gunggari dunthee: Mitchell country Venues & Dates: I Robert McFarlane - Received Moments Photography 1961 – 2009 I 'There Is No One. What Will Take Care Of You?' by Kurt Sorenson Venues and Dates: I National Photographic Portrait Prize 2011 Venues and Dates: I Stormy Weather: Contemporary Landscape Photography Venues & Dates: I Staging Action: Performance in Photography since 1960 Venues & Dates: I In Africa | Christopher Rimmer exhibition...
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http://blue-dogphotography.blogspot.com ~ Journeys end - for now......Guest blog by Augustine Mathews ~ And the lessons just keep coming. Guest blog by Augustine Mathews ~ So much to learn- so little time. Guest blog by Augustine Mathews ~ Camel Trekking and Point and Shoots. Guest blog Linden Neill ~ North Queensland comes back after Yasi ~ Beauty retouching in Photoshop. Guest blog Julie Martin ~ Diffused lighting the way to go. ~ Is the sun shining on Queensland? ~ A man I met the other day - Hawaii's back streets ~ 5 top things to do in Queensland in flood. To view the Bluedog Blog visit:
I Sony Alpha 100 DSLR complete with 18-70 and 75-300mm lens, UV & Polarising filters, two batteries and charger, memory cards and manual. $500.00 ONO I Sigma Lenses: ALL sigma lenses have a two year Australian warranty. They have been demoed but other wise are new stock and come with full warranty some of the boxes may be marked or tattered, but the stock is perfect and working order. |
Simply titled 1927 Nautilus the print was originally priced by the artist at a reasonable $10 (the amount is inscribed on the back). It sold for over $1 million, the second photograph to cross that threshold at auction in 2010. It is said at the time of photographing this shell in the early 1930’s Weston was so poor his children often were almost without food and can remember eating left over subjects such as those from his pepper images. Weston was intrigued by the many kinds and shapes and began taking close-ups of vegetables and fruits. He made a variety of photographs of cabbage, kale, onions, bananas, and finally, his most iconic image from this period is Pepper No. 30 and considered an all-time masterpiece of photography. The owner of the Nautilus print is unknown.
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aHenri Huet 1927- 1971This month (and continuing till the 3rd April) opens an exhibition - "Henri Huet: Vietnam" - in Paris of images captured by Henri Huet, an Associated Press photojournalist, during the Vietnam War. Son of a French father and a Vietnamese mother, Huet moved with his family from Da Lat to France when he was five years old. Educated in Brittany and at art school in Rennes, Huet started out as a painter, then went into the army, which sent him to study photography.
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