William Bullimore
String Tripod
I saw this cool video here and decided to have a go at making one of these string tripods to see if it really works.
And it works great. Have a try yourself and let me know if you use it at all. Have fun.
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Photography and the Dentist's Drill
Well, some of my precious photography time was taken up yesterday by a dentist’s appointment. Now I’m not particularly scared of dentist’s, but I defy anyone to not tense up when they hear the high-pitched whir of the drill when it starts up! In fact, I got so tense that I started thinking to myself, “Okay Bill, calm down, think of something else.” So I started thinking about my next photo shoo…
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My First Lightning Strike!
This has been the holy grail for me since I got my camera. Living in Far North Queensland, we tend to have monsoonal rain more often than not. So that means proper chain lightning is rare. So I had been out on one of my excursions to take some new photos and at about 2pm, I was heading home. I drove into th…
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Over Hill and Dale
Well, if anybody had told me six month ago that I would be climbing over rocks, getting wet and braving the elements, all in the pursuit of the “perfect shot”, I would have laughed out loud. But this morning, I found myself going cross country at the Barron Gorge for that exact reason. I even managed to get a little bit lost on my way back to the car and ended up climbing up quite a steep incli…
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Living In Paradise
I’ve been out taking lots of photos this weekend and it struck me today just how lucky I am to be living in such a beautiful place as Cairns. I have thought this many times before but now I’m seeing it through a different eye. A photographic lens really heightens your sense of things around you. Honestly, where else in Australia could I hop in the car and in 30 minutes time be on a sandy beach…