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By Darren Stones – Freelance Photojournalist / Subscribe via RSS/Atom Bermagui Seaside Fair 2007 – Blog version with accompanying photographs and music video Note: Photographs relating to this article can be found here. Horseshoe Bay – Bermagui The 10th Bermagui Seaside Fair was held on Saturday 10 March 2007 and what a spectacular event it turned out to be. Thousands of locals from the region were proud as punch to partake and witness a fun-filled day of activities. Festivities commenced on the main wharf at the Bermagui Boat Harbour at 8am with the Blessing of the Fleet ceremony. Bishop Allan Ewing conducted the blessing and also addressed the gathering of locals regarding their continued dedication in making the annual festival a continued success. During the ceremony, the dapper dressed gentlemen from the Bermagui Probus Club Men’s Choir sang hymns, and other local singers and musicians performed. The majority of events were conducted at the Dickinson Oval precinct and a large crowd attended. Bermagui Seaside Fair announcer, June Tarlinton, said “They estimate there will be around 10,000 people and judging from what I’m seeing, I wouldn’t be surprised if they are fairly close to the mark.” “The street parade is extremely popular,” said June when referring to the amount of participants and spectators. “The Bega Vintage Car Club has forty cars involved this year and they’ve never had this many ever. The way the cars have been restored is awesome.” As part of the fair each year the Bermagui Citizen of the Year is announced. This year’s recipient of the award was Candy Craine, who was recognised for her tireless work in caring for sick and injured native animals on her property. June Tarlinton said “Candi Craine was nominated by persons within the community and she was a very worthy recipient of the award.” “She has put a lot of effort into rehabilitating animals since the loss of her husband.” Candi is also an avid photographer and she exhibited many of her quality wildlife photographs at the photographic exhibition at the Bermagui Country Club during the Seaside Fair. Celebrity entertainers, Frankie J Holden and Michelle Pettigrove, were invited to perform and compere the Bermagui Idols competition. The competition catered for local talent and the performers came out in droves to strut their stuff on stage for the gathered throng. Winner of the Bermagui Idol primary school age section was the highly talented nine-year-old Sophie Halliday, who performed a cover version of the song Who Knew by Pink. Judging for the competition was carried out in a novel way, and this was done by gauging the level of audience applause when each contestant’s name was announced. When Sophie’s name was announced, the applause and screaming was deafening. You could have come to the conclusion that her family in attendance numbered 500. She was undoubtedly the star of this year’s Bermagui Idol competition. Young local band, Overdrive, belted out a few tunes for the large and receptive crowd. The street parade, sponsored by Australian regional and rural broadband internet provider, activ8me, was a roaring success as it made its way along the spectator-lined one kilometre stretch of Lamont Street. The Batemans Bay Soldiers Club Pipe Band lead the colourful parade which included floats representing local schools, various community groups, the Bega Vintage Car Club, SES and Rural Fire Service, Bermagui Surf Lifesaving Club members, Bermagui CWA and street performers. Novelty events were conducted for kids, and kids at heart, with the Chuck-A-Tuna competition proving more than a handful for participants. A little bending of the rules by some was detected, however it all added to the fun and frivolity of the afternoon. Local Aboriginal dance group, Gulaga Dancers, were in attendance and performed traditional style dances for the crowd. Carnival rides, a spectacular fireworks display in the evening over Horseshoe Bay, and a sandcastle competition were also part of the day’s festivities. Dozens of stalls were erected on Dickinson Oval with stallholders exhibiting and selling local produce and products, advertising local and regional services and businesses, and supplying food and beverages for the masses. On Endeavour Point Headland, Sculpture on the Edge featured sculptures by Alan Watt, Richard Moffatt, Michael Le Grand and the provocative Melbourne sculptor Greg Taylor. Bermagui, approximate population 1120, is situated in the gorgeous Sapphire Coast region of New South Wales and is renowned as one of the best, if not the best, places for marlin fishing in Australia. It’s also home to a fishing fleet, and is close to Montague Island which hosts numerous animal species. Other local attractions in Bermagui are the scenic Horseshoe Bay, the Bermagui Boat Harbour where you can witness the unloading of the catch of the day, and the Bermagui Blue Pool. The historic Bermagui Beach Hotel exhibits fishing memorabilia in the main bar, lounge and dining areas. It’s also a top spot for a soothing ale or lemonade. Meals are hearty and excellent value for money. High quality accommodation at affordable rates is available at the Bermagui Beach Hotel and the ultra modern Harbourview Motel. Bermagui is a friendly and scenic seaside town located 378 kilometres south of Sydney, Australia. Put it on your list of must see places – it’s a gem. Information Visit Bermagui – Bermagui information web site Bermagui Beach Hotel – Established 1895 Harbourview Motel – Four star accommodation Darren Stones Horseshoe Bay – Bermagui Bermagui Blue Pool
It was spectacular… the colours, the sounds! And all just up the road from us!! I had forgotton my trusty camera in our haste to get ou…
It was spectacular… the colours, the sounds! And all just up the road from us!! I had forgotton my trusty camera in our haste to get out the door (left it on the kitchen table!) and so all these pics are taken by my phone! Technology… isn’t it blooming marvellous? Pity they’re not good enough quality to put up huge on walls, but I thought they were worth sharing anyway!! / / / They are at Southgate Plaze in Adelaide and I don’t know why they did it. MixFM (I still call them 5AD!!) hosted the night. If anyone know what the occasion was could they share? Thanks! / / / Nearly makes up for not getting to the RB exhibition opening!!
Thank you to whomever just purchased a card of my “Floral Fireworks” ! I appreciate your support and I hope you enjoy this.
Thank you to whomever just purchased a card of my “Floral Fireworks” ! I appreciate your support and I hope you enjoy this.
Well I say read this if you want to be astounded… / I will write different experiences on different entries… But here it goes… / My first i…
Well I say read this if you want to be astounded… / I will write different experiences on different entries… But here it goes… / My first impression of Iceland was that of trying to not have a heart attack while the plane tried to land in 70 mile an hour winds. You can imagine what it was like, I felt like the bubble in a shaken bottle of coke… I was the little bubble rising to the surface and popping as I overflowed… Anyway… / Next came Iceland’s airport where fifty year old men in uniforms rode scooters at speed and wove through the passengers very straight faced. Every nown again they would say beep beep! Or more hurdy gurdy beep gher beep ger-her… (That was the Icelandic translation). Anyway out on the forecourt I got the fly bus, now Ironically the wind was so strong I almost flew past it. I wondered whether the name was predictive or just lucky. Anyway night fell at four o clock and it descended like a brick from a tall story building. When night fell the temperature dropped and I could feel that nostril icicle forming rapidly… / Once I arrived at the bus station I was transferred to a smaller bus that could navigate the narrow streets of Rekjavik ( I might have mis-spelled it, but could say it well after a cider). There I arrived at the hotel, a cosy guest house run by a family.. Lovely, sweet, free hot chocolate and… well then there was my room. To say it was large was a lie. If I tried to swing a cat I would have hit the wall with my hand, the cat would have purred and suffocated me because there was no room for it to be swung, launched or kept… In fact the bathroom was larger and that had a toilet where you could shower whilst sitting on the loo. It is always interesting when you make such discoveries by mistake! The shower itself was designed for a person half my width. As for the shower curtain, I know what it is like to become contained in a cocoon. Although I never came out the butterfly… Shame. Now other than that there was an interesting aroma that goes with the water in iceland I like to call it l’eau de egg or if you want full french L’eau to oeuf. Alternatively you could call it a smell that resembled an upset dog’s stomach. Later when I asked about this everyone said they couldn’t smell it on their skin. Where do they smell it then? And how come when I sniffed my hair it smelled like a five year old omlette? Who knows, I did not want to get into this because I thought it better to make a pleasant impression and then surprise everyone later. / Anyway after the bathroom adventure I passed out for a while and then lo and behold a whole load of fireworks went off. It was the 6 o’clock in the evening and time for the warm up for the coming launch. Now what was amazing was my hotel was located right where everything was going to go off… With a bang. I could step outside the door, dodge a firework collide with a drunk and trip over a dog without even trying- marvellous! Not many people can say that when they’re holiday. / So to the explosives. Now in most countries a firework display is where you have fireworks and no people, a barrier, a gap, and then the explosive… Oh no- this is viking land. The people live hard, drink a lot, shout loudly and eat fish… So who would expect a health and safety officer standing to one side saying actually son you might get burned… oh no. From six o’clock it was apparent you needed to carry a portable fire extinguisher. Not just for yourself either. The first fireworks exploded, then more exploded until the explosions become more frantic until midnight and that was when the fun began. Numerous people launched fireworks from their hands. the wind picked up and there it was: a fire was blown over onto a huge set of fireworks. The fireworks fell sideways and then bang bang bang!. Fireworks were blasting along the ground, shooting into the crowd and… well everyone cheered. They loved it. Then while I was photographing I noticed something flying towards me. It was a rocket. Yes a rocket. The blooming thing collided with my leg. My reflex action was influenced by Ninjas so I jumped and booted (kicked it hard) towards an uncrowded area. Unfortunately it rebounded off a wall, spun and landed in the crowd and exploded. They all cheered. I know… it was insane. Then it began to snow, the whole area became uncontrollable. I then came to the conclusion I needed full body armour and the closest thing was a dust-bin (garbage thing) So a created a sturdy baracade to use as shelter for the next rain of fire. Anyway it was whilst leaping a yelping dog and avoiding the drunk lighting a fuse to a rocket that I met my two new Australian buddies. As I dived for my newly constructed shelter they did too. At one point we discussed whether it was possible to make a periscope. Obviously we did not have adequate mirrors although in the hotel hall there was potential. Although did we want to break out cover, fight through a crowd of what resembled sumo-suited people to spend time making a periscope? No. So finally the pair joined me in the what is commonly known as the photographic dash. This happens only when you have one photo left on a memory card and you want to get something memorable. So on the count of three the three of us ran from cover to take our final imagery. And what was it? Well it turns out every year the icelandics take great pleasure in trying to shoot the belfry of the church. So that was what they were doing, but as hard as I tried I could not get the shot. So settled for a red explosion amongst the crowd…. So there we are- new year. My new pals and I went and drank free hot chocolate until we were almost sick… Oh yes…. That was a new year to remember. It was almost as good as when I danced on a stage in front of 40000 Mexicans, met a multimillionaire. Fell down a hole under a palm tree and then was convinced I had missed the ship I was working on at the time… But that is another story. There is more to come from Iceland and the all fours embarrassment saga! / Oh and a young Icelandic gir,l who could not remember the word for fireworks, asked us if we enjoyed the bom bings! That turned some heads I can tell you!
Wow I must have been on my no A/C hiatus from my computer. I gave up trying to do much artwork as I thought the uncomfortable feeling mi…
Wow I must have been on my no A/C hiatus from my computer. I gave up trying to do much artwork as I thought the uncomfortable feeling might bleed into some of my artistic decisions. Thanks are a little delayed but still heartfelt. Thanks so much for featuring of “Explosive love.” This is an older journal entry, sorry for the age of this writing. Card of “Explosive love”... /
This weeks theme is bonfire night and fireworks! Please take a little time to look at these excellent shots. !http://images-3.redbubbl…
This weeks theme is bonfire night and fireworks! Please take a little time to look at these excellent shots.
Hi Guys With all the Firework displays we will be seeing over the next few days, does anyone have any technical advice for me? This…
Hi Guys With all the Firework displays we will be seeing over the next few days, does anyone have any technical advice for me? This will be the first time I am using my SLR for this type of shot and would love a bit of background beforehand. Your help would be greatly appreciated!
Grab the blutac, sticky tape, hammer and nails… the hot glue gun, whatever… You’ll be needing it to stick this calendar on your wall …
Grab the blutac, sticky tape, hammer and nails… the hot glue gun, whatever… You’ll be needing it to stick this calendar on your wall :) Please don’t forget, all proceeds go to The Fred Hollows Foundation
Grab the blutac, sticky tape, hammer and nails… the hot glue gun, whatever… You’ll be needing it to stick this calendar on your wall …
Grab the blutac, sticky tape, hammer and nails… the hot glue gun, whatever… You’ll be needing it to stick this calendar on your wall :) Please don’t forget, all proceeds go to The Fred Hollows Foundation
This bubblemail greeted me this morning… “Ann, / I’m the Editor/Art Director of a national fireworks magazine. I’d love to use the ph…
This bubblemail greeted me this morning… “Ann, / I’m the Editor/Art Director of a national fireworks magazine. I’d love to use the photo of your nephew and his sparkler for a future issue. Great photo! www.76pyro.com Anyway, let me know and you can either send it to my personal email address* or I can send you a password to send it to our ftp site. You will be given full credit for the photo and I’ll send you a free copy. Michael Richards” / *e-mail address omitted for privacy’s sake. This is the image that he’s referring to…it won best of show at our local fair this summer. I couldn’t be more thrilled!
I was thrilled to find my copy of the Capture Kentuckiana book on the doorstep when I got home today. BUT…I was even more excited when…
I was thrilled to find my copy of the Capture Kentuckiana book on the doorstep when I got home today. BUT…I was even more excited when I paged through this beautiful collection of photos from this area and found that two of MINE had been voted into the publication! How cool is that??? / Here’s the link if you’d like to check it out: / Capture Kentuckiana Here are the images of mine that were included: / Hawaiian Hawk and Spectators
xploshun was featured in the Fireworks Group. Thanks to the group moderators!...
xploshun was featured in the Fireworks Group. Thanks to the group moderators! It’s been a while since I uploaded something & this as rekindled my fire… hopefully more uploads to follow.
Here are some photos I took on New Year’s Eve 2008 in Melbourne.. / It’s a little tradition for us to take the kids into the City to watch…
Here are some photos I took on New Year’s Eve 2008 in Melbourne.. / It’s a little tradition for us to take the kids into the City to watch the fireworks. / Happy New Year 2009 & / Enjoy.. Basia :o) Hmm…. Maybe fellow bubbler?! / Couldn’t help my self.. it was just floating in the breeze waiting to be photographed! /
Happy New Year Everyone! School is finally OVER! And now I’m in London doing whatever sightseeing I can before I start my new internship….
Happy New Year Everyone! School is finally OVER! And now I’m in London doing whatever sightseeing I can before I start my new internship. As some of you may remember, I arrived here on the 18th, but I still had a school assignment to complete over the holidays (so much for my Christmas…). But now time has freed up again. I’ve missed this community so much! I have been far less active since I started school again in September; I still came on once in a while but I was much more active before as I was an RB addict ;) Now I am catching up again. But not only will I be catching with bubblers online, but in reality too … On New Year’s eve I met up with Gaurav who is now officially the first RB member I’ve met face to face (we’ve know each on the bubbler since March 2008). Meeting someone face to face after only knowing them for a long time online is rather interesting; I think it is wonderful how this art community brings people together. So I got to learn other things about Gaurav aside from his photography; such as his home-cooking (it was the first time for me to have home-cooked Indian food and it was good!), and he got to learn that I suck at virtual tennis :P. We saw the New Year’s fireworks at the London Eye, and it was great. It is nice meeting face to face; especially since both of us have been too busy these past few months to be on the bubble (although my time is now freeing up); perhaps I’ll meet up with more of my favourite UK bubblers while I’m here as I catch up on RB again; that’s my New Year’s Resolution this year :) And here is a preview of the fireworks; wasn’t easy getting pictures since the area was crowded and I don’t use a tripod.
Dear Sharon, Host of “ALL COUNTRIES – Streams, Brooks, Creeks, Rivers, Ponds & Lakes” thank you so much for the kindness of this feature….
Dear Sharon, Host of “ALL COUNTRIES – Streams, Brooks, Creeks, Rivers, Ponds & Lakes” thank you so much for the kindness of this feature. It means a lot to me, as the Light for New Year is bright for all of us! Thank you my Friend:) Tereza. / . / . / . / . / . / . /
Just found out Natures Fireworks is being featured in the…
Just found out Natures Fireworks is being featured in the Purple Passion Gallery. This is truely an honor because purple is my favorite color. I would like to thank the host of this group for this feature. They are jack01 and Deborah Bowness. Thank you to all my Redbubble friends for all your love and support. Troy
Shooting Fireworks Tips: If you want to capture fireworks that do not look like a white blur then a few tips might help: *For DSLR …
Shooting Fireworks Tips: If you want to capture fireworks that do not look like a white blur then a few tips might help: For DSLR cameras: / 1. Most important thing to remember is your Tripod. Even a cheep one is better than nothing. If you’re still worried about camera shake use the camera’s timer. However I believe, a bit of shake sometimes is a good thing if you want to paint with light. So do what works for you as an artist. / 2. Use your manual settings to set up the camera. / 3. Set your ISO speed to 50 or 100 you do not want excessive noise in the picture / 4. Best to set the F stop to F/8 or F/11 (the higher the f-stop the darker the sky) / 5. You want a long exposure time to capture most of the action going off. To do that set your shutter speed to anywhere between (1-30 seconds). 1” to 30” on your shutter speed controller. I use between 1” and 4” seconds. The longer the exposure, the more fireworks you’ll capture in the same frame / 6. Make sure you turn your flash off if built in you do not want to use the flash for the fireworks unless you’re trying to put people in the forefront too. / 7. Set the focus to infinity (which will capture all the action) / 8. You don’t need a fast lens so your normal lenses will do (wide angle if or telephoto depending on how far away you are). / 9. Bring a extra flashlight to help adjust your settings in the dark, and it helps with setting up the tripod and such. / 10. Bring lots of memory cards. You’ll want to take lots of pictures / 11. Do make sure your battery is well charged, you don’t want to hike out, and wait only to find you have a dead battery (LOL!). For Point and Shoot cameras: / 1. A tripod is still necessary (but the cheep $20.00 will work if you don’t have one consider it). / 2. If your camera has a fireworks setting use it. It will set the camera for the settings below. / 3. If not you can try to set it manually: / 4. Use a low ISO speed: Set the camera to its lowest ISO setting to minimize digital noise. / 5. Set the focus to infinity: Turn off automatic focus and set the camera’s focus to infinity so that it doesn’t search helplessly for a subject in the dark. / If you do not have a manual focus control, you can set the camera’s landscape mode, which also sets the focus to infinity; the low light will encourage the camera to shoot at a slow shutter speed and capture the light trails. / 6. Set the aperture: Dial in an f/stop somewhere between f/8 and f/11. That will help prevent overexposing the scene and avoid light “blooms” coming from the explosions in the sky. / 7. Slow down the shutter: Pick a value between 1 second and 16 seconds for your shutter speed. / 8. Bring a extra flashlight to help adjust your settings in the dark, and it helps with setting up the tripod and such. / 9. Bring lots of memory cards. You’ll want to take lots of picture / 10. Do make sure your battery is well charged or bring extra batteries. / 11. Point and shoot cameras can take a long time to record the picture to your flash card (be patient between shots and wait until you see the image in the viewer). If all else fails or your location is not that great, you can always use / Photoshop or Gimp to post process it into something great. A few suggestions from those who did try last night: / ericb: suggests making a check list and checking everything before you begin. / I suggest: Checking your flashlight battery before you leave too. (opps yep that was me fumbling in the dark last night when my flashlight was dead LOL!). (Any more suggestions just post them below.) | | (click on the picture to see it in larger view) Most of all go out and have a great time!
Night photography introduces new challenges, low light levels make exposure difficult, harsh lights add reflections, the slow shutter s…
Night photography introduces new challenges, low light levels make exposure difficult, harsh lights add reflections, the slow shutter speeds means difficulty in steadying the camera. Often night scenes lack the details needed to give depth to a photo so try adding a distinctive foreground object to give the shot some depth Night guard was shot with a Nikon D2H 14mm lens EI200 30sec f4.0 manual settings on tripod / Mounting the camera on a tripod usually eliminates the shakiness common to slow shutter speeds. Without a tripod brace yourself and experiment. Try holding the camera on a fencpost or wall for support. Use a remote shutter release to reduce vibration. / Compensating for bright lights in the scene will make for better exposures. Bright lights shining in the camera will fool your light meter so you may need to underexpose. Lightning shot with Nikon D2h 14mm lens EI400 4 sec. f5.6 aperture priority, minus 1.7 stops / When metering any night time scene remember that your light meter is trying to make everything 18% grey. So without exposure compensation the black night sky may look grey. To compensate I usually do a test of under exposures to find one I like. Shoot the scene at 1, 2 and 3 full stops under exposure then check the histograms or previews. / When shooting in automatic or program modes your camera will tend to choose wide open apertures. These large f stops reduce the resolution of many lenses so you might want to use manual modes. Shooting at f5.0-f11 will add sharpness and increase depth of field Special effects / Time exposures with action, A 1-2 second exposure during a fireworks grand finale will capture some rockets trailing skywards while other are exploding at elevation. Riverside fireworks was shot with a Nikon D2H 70mm lens EI200 1 sec f5.0 aperture priority, minus 1.3 stops / / Shooting over water adds the reflection of the rockets’ red glare. Zooming in during the exposure. / Boom was shot with a Nikon D2H 35-70mm lens EI400 1 sec f5.0 aperture priority, minus 1.3 stops zoomed in during exposure / Remember to stabilize your camera and experiment, make many exposures and check your results. “Fireworks and other things that light up the night sky” was featured in MAJOR EVENT 7/30/09
Presenting a timelapse of the bonfire night fireworks display overlooking the River Tay in Dundee, Scotland, 5th November 2009. A total o…
Presenting a timelapse of the bonfire night fireworks display overlooking the River Tay in Dundee, Scotland, 5th November 2009. A total of 353 photos were shot in the 25 minute display, timelapsed to a speedy 34 seconds. So for those of you wondering why on earth I opted to spend an evening in glamorous Dundee (ahem, hello miss purple), this is the reason :) / / / / The video quality isn’t as good as it should be unfortunately, problems uploading to Youtube meant I had to re-encode in a lesser format. Still get the idea though!
I have just sold a mounted print of Fireworks 2009 !...
I have just sold a mounted print of Fireworks 2009 Thank you so much to the anonymous buyer.
GO VISIT tutvid.com They have some awesome tutorials regarding adobe programs for both beginners and people w…
GO VISIT tutvid.com They have some awesome tutorials regarding adobe programs for both beginners and people with more experience… if the videos wont play on your computer (they wont on mine) then choose your video and copy the title and paste it into youtube.com along with ‘tutvid’ or buy it :) Enjoy!!!!!!!
I was going though my folio seeing which were the most popular art of 09 and possibly doing a bit of a end of year clean up, I noticed a …
I was going though my folio seeing which were the most popular art of 09 and possibly doing a bit of a end of year clean up, I noticed a few pieces that seemed to have gone unnoticed with no comments, and not many views. Before I remove these works forever, I thought I would show you all the work that has gone unnoticed. Smoky Sunrise Over Jandakot Airport Pelican Point – Perth Western Australia Matilda Bay Jetties At Dawn Rockingham Jetty Swan River Sunset Claisebrook Cove Night Panorama Perth City At Night Perth City Panorama Burswood Casino At Sunset Shelley Jetty At Dusk North Beach Dusk Panorama 2 Fremantle Docks At Night Panorama Western Australia Maritime Museum Building Western Australia Maritime Museum Building Low Tide At Mosman Bay Boatsheds Mosman Bay Boatsheds Panorama Mosman Bay At Sunrise Panorama Mosman Bay Boatsheds Panorama And then the rain came down….. Crawley Edge Boatshed Storm Surge Mosman Bay Jetty At Dawn Mosman Bay Boatshed Jetty Mundaring Weir Mundaring Weir Pemberton Vineyard Panorama Kalbarri Coastal Cliffs At Sunset Kalbarri Beach Kalbarri Beach Decoy At Sunrise Perth City Towers At Sunset Perth At Dawn Perth The City Of Lights Perth Skyworks 2009 – Panorama #1 Perth Skyworks 2009 Finale Bowl Of Red Capsicums Bowl Of Noodles Point Walter – Long Exposure Perth Wheel Panorama Perth Wheel Lancelin Sand Dune Champion Lakes Foothills Champion Lake Champion Lake Panorama 1 Tree At Sunset Farm Trees At Sunset Matilda Bay Brewery Panorama
Thanks to all!!! ((()))
Thanks to all!!! ((()))
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