31 today.

So... today is my 31st year of life.

It has been a productive day at college and a good bit of fun thanks to my new friends and classmates of which i am very greatful to have, because it would have been quite dismal without them around.

I wasn't feeling 100% today (health-wise) but soldiered on in order to get things done.

Yesterday was a good day. Spent it with Gus, Simona and Kiki. We went to a camera market, then had some lunch before Gus and I wwent out to Uriarra Crossing for a swim in the river - that was nice!


Time for bed now i reckon.



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On the list with BMA = Yay!

(29-09-2012)

Out of the blue last week, i received an email from the editor of Canberra's local "scene magazine" BMA - http://www.bmamag.com/home/

It came from a recent chat i had with the sub-editor, who kindly passed on my details and hence this blog entry.

So i decided to cut short my weekend on the south-coast in order to make it back in time for a meet and greet with the staff of the magazine. I see this as a pretty good opportunity. It is not paid work, but the chance to network with a broad range of industries is in offer and the bonus of gaining FREE entry into some pretty cool gigs/events is nothing to complain about.

Long story short, i am now on the list of photographers for this publication and let me say i am ready, willing and able to start shooting for BMA and look forward to what it might bring for me.

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Lifeline book-fair (again).

Okay, so back on the morning of Friday, September 21 i made my way back out to the local show grounds to attend the spring Lifeline book-fair in search of some new photography books.

I feel I did okay and here's a photo of what I grabbed. In the end, 19 books for $85.50



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JOBY gorilla-pod for iPhone4/4s.

Fr some time now i have been interested in Time-Lapse photography/video.

Early this year i stumbled across a little product from JOBY that would allow me to make use of the application on my iPhone 4s and begin to experiment with time-lapse. I will ever be able to create a time-lapse anywhere near as good as the folks at timescapes.orghttp://timescapes.org with just my smart-phone and an app, but this new gismo will certainly give me a good start in the right direction.

It is a customised case that attaches to a small gorilla-pod - which keeps everything rock-steady. So simple yet so functional in so many ways.

Just the other week Simona, a classmate of mine was looking around for some remote triggers to go with the nice new speedlite she had just purchased and i let her know about the ones i have - she liked the idea and wanted to order a set - so considering they were at the same store in Sydney as this i recommended we order both and split the shipping cost. End of story.

I have used it in my apartment, at college and even in the car. It is proving to be a great little addition to the contents of my back-pocket and i look forward to using it long into the future to hopefully create some pretty cool stuff.

Great thing to have for $45 - example below.



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United Nations competition - awards night.

Last Tuesday (September 18, 2012) was when we students finally got to learn who the winners were for this.

It was a fun evening held at the CSIRO's office in the suburb of Acton here in Canberra. Most of the students were able to attend, which made for a good atmosphere - the free beer and wine also helped.

Anyway, how did i go? Well i didn't win any awards, but i am pleased to report that two of my three entries made it to the wall of the exhibition that evening - which i was very proud of. A number of us first-year students had our work hung, so well done everybody :]

After the gig, a few of us came back to my place for a feed, a few drinks and an enjoyable game of cards - cards against humanity was the game, and my god did it give all of us a bunch of laughs for hours! so much fun i tell ya.

So perhaps next year i can take out an award or two ay :P


Till then... here are a few snaps taken on my iPhone from the evening.



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That's mine on the left.

That's mine in the middle.

A panoramic photo of the exhibition.

An extreme panoramic photo of the exhibition.

Dru's Wedding in Woolongong!

my new mate Dru Maasepp is getting married this Friday and i am grateful to be able to attend the ceremony up in Woolongong from 3pm.

This will not only make for a special occasion to whiteness, but it will also prove to be a nice way to start my two week break from college. I feel i need to get away so i'm gonna do just that.

I plan to pack the camera gear, swag, fridge full of food and spend Friday through to Sunday just following my nose and seeing where it leeds me. I'll most likely go Canberra up to Woolongong then head south along the coast as far as Bateman's Bay before heading back up to our nation's capital before sun-down on Sunday.

Can't wait to be honest, because it will allow me to re-trace parts of my trip from back in 2010 that i enjoyed so very much, only this time i will have a camera at my disposal instead of only an iphone 3g :]

Stay tuned for images,



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NEW BATTERIES :]

Okay so after discussing with my classmates about the horrible trouble i was having yesterday trying to get a reliable recycle time on my speedlite with the batteries i was using whilst trying to do a range of portraits.

So many thanks to Rachel, Ben and Joel for sharing with me what they use and strongly recommend.

I ended up dropping Dru home and afterwards knee could take a quick detour through Fyshwick to drop into The Battery Factory and try purchase some of these snazzy batteries.

Thankfully the store had them in stock so i grabbed a set of AAA's and a kit that included a set of AA's and a charger that caters for both sizes of batterie for a little over $60. Which when you consider how long these batteries are said to maintain their charge, output and ability to be recharged quite quickly is a very reasonable purchase.

Here is what i grabbed.


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eneloop batteries - another reason to love Japan.