I had been contemplating my next post for a few days when Dave sent me the following link:
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2008/12/the_year_2008_in_photographs_p.html
Be sure to view all three pages (click next at the bottom).
These are some of the most amazing photos I have ever seen, some merely because of the powerful and shocking subject matter. Some photos have warnings, believe me these are not for the faint-hearted.
Other photos are amazing because the photographer was in the perfect place at the right time.
Oh how I dream of taking photos like these.
Showing posts with label photography. Show all posts
Showing posts with label photography. Show all posts
14 January 2009
17 November 2008
Arrested for possession of photographic equipment and causing aesthetic harm
When S flew into Melbourne, got into a cab, and a km away from the apartment had to turn around to pick up the bag he left at the airport... I figured I couldn't possibly do anything stupider than that.
For a few years, me and three of my friends have been organising and going on "photo road trips". The impetus behind these trips is to take photographs as we all have an interest in the art. We pick a location full of photographic opportunity, get away, have a great time together (i.e. drink too much) and take photos.
We were well overdue for another PRT (the last one being at Kangaroo Island in Nov of last year), when we finally got off our butts and organised one to Melbourne for the weekend just gone.
Being the friends that we are, we all dump shit on each other at every possible opportunity, so you can imagine the jokes we flew at S for having left his bag at the airport. That was pretty much the stupidest thing that had happened all weekend...until sometime on Saturday, I realised that I hadn't changed the white balance on my camera (that had been set at tungsten) after having taken a hundred photos of the Melbourne skyline from the apartment balcony on Friday. A few hours after that (and after having taken another few hundred shots at the Melbourne xmas pageant), I realised that I had my camera on the full manual setting (nothing unusual about that), but that I had only been adjusting the light metering and not the f-stop. In terms of stupidity, that's up there with leaving your bag at the airport!
So, whilst I had a great time in Melbourne, the majority of my photos are fucked. I was therefore arrested and here is the proof:
My camera, all my lenses and other photographic equipment have all been confiscated and given to this guy because he probably has half a brain:
I am comforted by the fact that I got to have one last coffee at this place:
Before being put behind bars until I have read and re-read every photography book in my library:
For a few years, me and three of my friends have been organising and going on "photo road trips". The impetus behind these trips is to take photographs as we all have an interest in the art. We pick a location full of photographic opportunity, get away, have a great time together (i.e. drink too much) and take photos.
We were well overdue for another PRT (the last one being at Kangaroo Island in Nov of last year), when we finally got off our butts and organised one to Melbourne for the weekend just gone.
Being the friends that we are, we all dump shit on each other at every possible opportunity, so you can imagine the jokes we flew at S for having left his bag at the airport. That was pretty much the stupidest thing that had happened all weekend...until sometime on Saturday, I realised that I hadn't changed the white balance on my camera (that had been set at tungsten) after having taken a hundred photos of the Melbourne skyline from the apartment balcony on Friday. A few hours after that (and after having taken another few hundred shots at the Melbourne xmas pageant), I realised that I had my camera on the full manual setting (nothing unusual about that), but that I had only been adjusting the light metering and not the f-stop. In terms of stupidity, that's up there with leaving your bag at the airport!
So, whilst I had a great time in Melbourne, the majority of my photos are fucked. I was therefore arrested and here is the proof:
My camera, all my lenses and other photographic equipment have all been confiscated and given to this guy because he probably has half a brain:
I am comforted by the fact that I got to have one last coffee at this place:
Before being put behind bars until I have read and re-read every photography book in my library:
25 October 2008
Viewing the subject from a different angle
I just stumbled across this blogspot and had to share it:
http://pictures-from-the-sky.blogspot.com/
Enjoy!
http://pictures-from-the-sky.blogspot.com/
Enjoy!
20 April 2008
Canberra balloon festival 2008 - another disappointment
Yesterday I woke up at 5.15am to capture some photos of the 2008 Balloon Festival. We got there at 6.00 only to find the reflection pool empty. The only reason anyone would get up at that hour would be to take some great photos of hot air balloons in the reflection of the pool. Last year I also got up at some ungodly hour only to get to the balloon festival to find a gaudy fence around the reflection pool. Why oh why would the Canberra council plan maintenance of the pool to coincide with the balloon festival? The mind boggles.
By 7.00am not even one balloon had been 'blown up' (because of some slight wind maybe) so Dave and I left. So I don't even have a photo of a balloon to post here.
The following photos I have chosen because I want to highlight a couple of things (mostly to non-Canberrans):
In this photo, note:
a) the lack of water in the reflection pool (bottom of the photo)
b) all the people up at the crack of dawn to see the non-existent balloons
c) only some of the beautiful colours you will see on the trees in autumn - truly, a beautiful sight - I cannot rave enough about this. This photo doesn't even do it justice, there are plenty more colours to see.
Getting up early for photography reasons does have some great advantages, note the pink in the sky. In this photo you can see the corner of Old Parliament House. And lastly, the tents of the 'tent embassy' bottom right corner.
Not great images by any stretch of the imagination, but they demonstrate my points.
These photos were taken on my old camera (the 350D) that I borrowed back from Richard. He thankfully replaced the kit lens with a decent 28-135 'all-rounder' type lens, a 3.5 to 5.6.
By 7.00am not even one balloon had been 'blown up' (because of some slight wind maybe) so Dave and I left. So I don't even have a photo of a balloon to post here.
The following photos I have chosen because I want to highlight a couple of things (mostly to non-Canberrans):
In this photo, note:
a) the lack of water in the reflection pool (bottom of the photo)
b) all the people up at the crack of dawn to see the non-existent balloons
c) only some of the beautiful colours you will see on the trees in autumn - truly, a beautiful sight - I cannot rave enough about this. This photo doesn't even do it justice, there are plenty more colours to see.
Getting up early for photography reasons does have some great advantages, note the pink in the sky. In this photo you can see the corner of Old Parliament House. And lastly, the tents of the 'tent embassy' bottom right corner.
Not great images by any stretch of the imagination, but they demonstrate my points.
These photos were taken on my old camera (the 350D) that I borrowed back from Richard. He thankfully replaced the kit lens with a decent 28-135 'all-rounder' type lens, a 3.5 to 5.6.
16 March 2008
Northern Lights
Fringe 2008 created a light spectacular using some of Adelaide's most beautiful buildings as the backdrop.
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