Archive for May, 2010

Why a photographer needs basic photoshop skills in the digital age

Thursday, May 27th, 2010

A picture I was originally sent in jpeg form:

After requesting the .NEF (Nikon RAW) file and editing it myself this is the result:

Landscape catch-up

Tuesday, May 25th, 2010

Here are a few landscapes taken since I got the M9 that aren’t online anywhere so I figured I’d bring the blog up to date.

Justiiin

Thursday, May 20th, 2010

A coupla snaps of my cousin I took before last night’s gig.

I can paint a picture in a moment of memories

Thursday, May 20th, 2010

Went and saw Joey Cape and Tony Sly tonight. It was awesome to re-live some great songs from my teen years, with my cousin Justin with whom I shared so many of those good times.

A LOT of pics after the break v v

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Blood Brothers

Tuesday, May 18th, 2010

Two little limestone outcrops I named blood brothers, off the cliffs between Mullaloo and Ocean Reef. Here is a link to the location on google maps. Not easily accessible and scrambling back up in the dark wasn’t much fun.

Giants Foot

Sunday, May 16th, 2010

Here are two shots from sunset today. While the sunset was mediocre I’m happy with how the shots came out.

It was the first time I used my custom polariser I fashioned for the Lee RF75 system. My polariser was $40, theirs is USD$399.

We Can't Stop Here… This is BAT COUNTRY!

Sunday, May 16th, 2010

Bucko, Lee and my old workmate Giles make up a band called Bat Country. One of the best kept secrets having not had an official record until now. Do yourselves a favour and check them out.

Who needs a tripod

Friday, May 14th, 2010

I went for a walk through the city before sunrise. All of these shots are handheld, braced against walls or with the camera rested on whatever is available.

New Sony NEX Cameras

Wednesday, May 12th, 2010

I’m interested in getting one of these to adapt my diminutive Leica M mount lenses to. Solely for the purposes of shooting some HD video.

The camera really is tiny! Here is the product page on Sony’s website.

Here is a mock-up I did showing the approximate size of a Leica 35/1.4 on the NEX-5:

Reticulation Sprinkler

Wednesday, May 12th, 2010

Not much to shoot today, might go shoot at sunset though…

Daniel Kennedy
Landscape Photographer
Perth, Western Australia
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