The Feather in the Cap that is 2011
Over the course of the last couple of months, due to training commitments as a Volunteer Fire Fighter with the Country Fire Authority, I’ve missed quite a few club nights, so I made the effort to attend the last club competition night for 2011, as I had a few Electronic images in for submission. So I sat there quietly, watching the parade of images as the judge gave his comments, and disagr…
Deep in Enemy Territory.........Geelong after the 2011 AFL Grand Final!
Now it must first be said that I’m not a AFL fan, far from it, I am what I freely confess to be a Rugby tragic and that I have no interest in AFL, a game I often refer to as Aerial Ping Pong. However, my wife on the other hand, despite having being brought into the light of Rugby by yours truly is also a Geelong Cats fan, and it was her idea that saw me grabbing the camera and heading down …
Hey, I sold a Poster!..........and it made me a whole $3.80 richer!
I logged in today, to find that I’ve sold a poster, of an image taken back in 2009 at the Australian GP (see my journal entry here about my adventure to the Grand Prix!) in Melbourne. Now car racing is not usually my scene, although I will always trail along to a race track if asked, you never know what shots you might pick up. End result, I spent the day shooting at the GP, then wondered o…
Who? What? Me?!
Tonight was the Annual Awards night at my local camera club, and the first that I’ve entered since becoming a member. So I sat down and took a look at the images that I have entered over the competition year to find at least one entry to submit, if only for the experience. So after much pondering, I decided to go with the one image that seemed to have done well for me, and that is my image …
Project - Wartime Snapshot
It started with just one image, inspired by a fellow bubbler. Paul Moore’s image of Grey Nurse impressed me, and I felt inspired to take a look at a similar image I’d taken back in 2010. A little bit of creative work later and I had produced what looked like to me a “wartime snapshot” that might have been taken at some WW II airfield. I had already done a similar treatment…
Avalon 2011
Well it’s that time again, when I go gaga for a week over just about everything that’s crossing the skies over Geelong and I spend my time on the ground with my neck and head craned back! Yes the Avalon International Airshow was on again! From the Military might and muscle to the stately passage of the old veterans, I’m in aircraft heaven. This year I couldn’t get into the…
Front page of the Addy!
After the wild storm that lashed Geelong last Friday night (4th of Feb) I submitted some images to the Geelong Advertiser. A number of them were used, and I’ll throw them up on the ’bubble later, but, this one was on the front page:
My first front page feature. But it is bitter sweet. The article on the front page is about a motorcyclist being killed on the Great Ocean Road. The sad …
Published!
My one piece of most popular work, Tired is again getting around! This month it was published on the back cover of the Brigade magazine, the offical magazine of the Country Fire Authority which is sent to over 66,000 homes across Victoria. And not was it on the back cover, it WAS the back cover! The whole cover, although slighty cropped was my image! The best thing about this, is that it has now …
My God, I Won!
Recently I entered a challenge in the Friends Of Redbubble group, with the Challenge titled The Journey with the winning entries receiving a USD $30 Redbubble voucher. I logged in this afternoon, after a day I’d rather have not had altogether, and to my surprise, I’ve won one of the vouchers! I was stunned and elated! This has made my day! Except that now I have to go to a Kids birth…
Changing of the Guard
Today I put my old, reliable Canon 400D in for a sensor clean, as she was long overdue. For an old camera (she’s about 4 or 5 now, old in this day and age of rapid advancement), she’s never skipped a beat, and has survived some of the most harsh conditions and places thrown at it. From airshows to dusty firegrounds she has soldiered on, giving me faithful service while still taking gr…