It’s funny that after the post from last night, I come up with this one. Winter is a horrible time in Melbourne, it’s rainy and cold and not a lot of colors (but there are some). Lockdown is in force, hopefully only until midnight, and as such I am stuck at home. Things don’t really […]
View ArticleI love writing on this blog and working on the site. I often have had to hold myself back to make sure I don’t give everything away in the blog or the pages of the site. My organization process was generally structured like this: core structured elements of my work I would put in my […]
View ArticleSo much that I wanted to be doing. Last weekend I could have gone out and taken photos around Melbourne, or even in close cities. Unfortunately Victoria is in lockdown because people who came from Sydney did not follow the advice/restrictions from that state nor from Victorian government. We’ve been in lockdown 8 days and […]
View ArticleSince acquiring my travel tripod, I have noticed the increase in tripod related photographic activity. I believe it is related to how easy to transport the tripod is. Because of its size and weight, it is easy to store in an accessible location, making it easy to just grab and take it. The other reason […]
View ArticleI have mentioned in previous posts, Winter in Melbourne/Victoria is not a good time to photograph. Not only is there a constant threat of rain (even when it’s not forecast to), but it is also slightly chilly. The cold makes me lazy and tired, especially now that I’m not currently working out. As a result, […]
View ArticleWe are less than a month away from the trip and COVID-19 related state wide lockdown is in place. Don’t know if it will affect the trip, seeing as we have at least 3 weeks until the trip. However, in this uncertain environment, we never know. Reviewing what I have researched so far, I think […]
View ArticleFor my second week of Self-Portrait (a little project I sneaked in last week), I decided to use try something new: monochrome. Now, I know I can photograph in color and convert it to black and white in Lightroom. However, I decided that I need to start seeing things in gray scale for me to […]
View ArticleFrom 07/07 through to 12/07, both my Hoya HD CIR-PL filters arrived. I am very excited about their arrival as I have a need for better CPLs. My 50mm prime lens (with a 58mm thread – henceforth “my 58mm”) had a good enough CPL, the Hoya NXT Plus and a Gobe (one peak) as a […]
View ArticleWhen I went out on Friday night to take photos of the Old Treasury Building, I also took the opportunity to appreciate how beautiful Melbourne’s CBD (Central Business District) is at night. Despite the recent COVID-19 outbreak (and recovery), the streets were filled with people. Even though I was there to take photos of the […]
View ArticleI almost didn’t go take photos of the Old Treasury Building because of how cold it was. I had planned, albeit not announced it, to go yesterday to the Old Treasury Building at night to take photos for The Lights of Melbourne project, and I ended up going. I was happy that I would be […]
View ArticleWinter is always such a poor time to photograph, here in Victoria. It is cold and rainy most of the time (it is the wet season of Victoria). With such weather “unpredictability”, it is hard to schedule photo sessions outside. If I’m planning nightly shots or sunrise and sunset shots, it needs to be on […]
View ArticleWhen I got my Hoya NXT Plus CPL for my 50mm lens (58mm thread), I was ecstatic. It was the best filter I had purchased in my life. On that day, I decided to invest in really good filters for my lenses. Unfortunately, as time passed, that filter ended up with a lot of tiny […]
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