Posts Tagged Photography
Got a spare AUS$1,000,000 to splash on an out-of-date camera?
Posted by Cameron in Equipment, Photography on January 31st, 2010
Recently I wrote a column for a magazine about my personal transition from film to digital 11 years ago. In that column I mentioned that the invention of digital photography was the biggest change in the industry since Louis Daguerre’s ‘Daguerreotype’ amazed people in 1835.
Well, only a couple of days after writing this column I spotted the “Giroux Daguerréotype” up for auction at an Austrian auction house.
This camera was designed by Daguerre and his brother-in-law and sold in limited numbers from 1839. To add to the value it features Daguerre’s signature and is in stunning condition.
If you have the time take the opportunity to learn a bit more about Louis Daguerre, one of the ‘fathers’ of photography. It really is fascinating reading (did you know that the first know picture of Abraham Lincoln was a daguerrotype?)
The first know picture of Lincoln was this Daguerrotype
Further reading links – WestLicht Photographica Auction’s page on this camera, Louis Daguerre on Wikipedia, Daguerrotype on Wikipedia, Photograph on Wikipedia
My local angle on Kevin Rudd’s Emissions Trading Scheme
Posted by Cameron in Commercial, Newspaper, Photography on November 25th, 2009
Yesterday I was sent out to Queensland Nickel’s Yabulu refinery to provide a pic to go along with a story about the new Emissions Trading Scheme introduced to parliament yesterday. The Australian newspaper ran the pic on page 5 today along with Natasha Bita’s story.
Click to view the story fullsize
My latest client annual report is online
Posted by Cameron in Commercial, Photography on November 20th, 2009
One of my great clients, the Port of Townsville, has posted their latest annual report online. I’m proud to have supplied all their pics over the past few years and therefore all the pics in the annual report. If you are keen on any commercial/industrial work like this feel free to give me a try! You can find the annual report at this link
The front page of the report
The back page of the report
The beauty of winter at the Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens
Posted by Cameron in Magazine, Personal, Photography on July 20th, 2009
Took the time during a family holiday in Tasmania to visit the stunning Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens. Even though most of the floral exhibits are closed and dormant and the deciduous trees are just trunks and branches it is still a spectacular sight. I did a few quick snaps with my pocket shooter, the Canon G10. If you are in Hobart or are planning a trip there make sure to set aside at least 3 hours to take in these gardens!
My little old Olympus Pen looks REALLY out of date now!
Posted by Cameron in Equipment, Photography, Technology on June 7th, 2009
My first 35mm camera, An Olympus Pen EE-S
One of my first cameras as a teen was a wonderful Olympus Pen (model EES) 1/2 frame camera. With a roll of 36exp I could get 72 frames (but normally I would squeeze a few more on the end of the roll!). I used to play around with film & developer combinations – I was a big fan of Agfapan 400 B/W and Kodak Tri-X B/W and loved Agfa’s Atomal and Rodinal developers. I can smell those chemicals just thinking about it…. Ahhh memories!
The Pen camera is widely regarded as one of the most influential cameras ever made and for the lucky people who owned one of these I’m sure they’ll understand.
Anyway, Olympus are banking on this love of the marque as they introduce a new digital Pen. And it looks absolutely FANTASTIC! It is still unannounced but here is a spy pic of the top of the upcoming model and some specs. It uses the Micro Four Thirds format which allows it to use interchangeable lenses and the 4:3 aspect ration. The sensor is also much larger than that of other compact digital cameras (5-9 x the size) giving much higher image quality and much better control over depth of field.
The new 'digital' Pen
Olympus Pen E-P1 - Micro Four Thirds
Possible specs
12 Megapixel, 100-3200 ISO, Body IS, 3.0 LCD (no swivel) with new improved liveview (IS will work while you use the liveview), Same autofocus as the Panasonic G1, Video 720p, 2 models, one in silver-black, one beige, thicker than the G10 or DP2, 17mm 2.8 lens and 14-42 kit lens
UPDATE – A new pic of the camera is out (July 15, 2009)
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