Woke up this morning to the nice fresh air, and had to just take out the camera 
Grape Vine Morning dew
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Apr 292012
Mar 272012
Once again, the Australian distributors have struck yet again!!! Price of LR4 in the US is $149 for the full version and $79 for the upgrade. How much is it in Australia??? AUD $250 for the full version and $109 for the upgrade. You would think that the prices should be similar to the US price so what the…
Anyway now that that is off my chest, I would like to report that I got my hands on LR4 and having a quick play with it… it has some really welcomed improvements. Will hopefully be able to post some review of this software over the next couple of weeks so stay tuned
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A little bird tells me the Canon 5DMk3 have been putting big smiles on their owner’s faces starting yesterday the 22nd of March. Kudos to Canon for meeting the end of March deadline. Now lets wait for the real world reviews in the hands of the public Having said that I don’t think many people will be rushing in to purchase this sub AUD4000 camera.
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Mar 212012
Having played with the new iPad at the apple store… boy am I impressed. Maybe it is because I have the iPad gen1 rather than the ipad2. The speed or “lagless” (yep new word here) load up time of apps just amazed me. I must admit I was a little apprehensive with the heat issues reported by various websites, having checked and double checked the aluminium case of the new iPad for signs of heat I was impressed and don’t really know what the fuss is all about. Having said that, I wasn’t playing a game that was computing intensive I did however use apps that I would use everyday. Overall it is excellent for what I would want from the new iPad.
All I need to now is to juggle the finances and possibly cut back on some meals just to have one of this babies
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I just rang www.praimaging.com.au and the guys there are fairly certain (meaning not 100% maybe more like 70% confident) they will have stock of the 5DMK3 tomorrow the 22nd of March 2012. I wonder if they already have the stock but are not allowed to sell it or even mention the fact they have it in stock??? Is Canon following the marketing footsteps of Apple Inc (e.g. by controlling the on sale date) they afterall did mention it will be available on the 22nd of March. The pricing of the 5DMk3 is however still a mystery at the moment so we will have to wait and see. Let’s see if there will be a major price difference between the USD and AUD price.
As it currently stands some indications have a listing price less than AUD4000.
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Mar 052012
This post is not related to photography but it is a necessary story to share with the world!
We (my family) were driving home today around 11am and were about to stop at the lights when a traffic hooligan decided to beat the lights and they did it in style, picture this. Lets set up the scenario:
a double lane road with a right turning lane
the lights are red
the left lane had a car that was stopped
we are in the right lane with less than 10 metres to go before we reached the lights.
All of a sudden a Mazda 3 on the left of me decided to swerve in front of me and immediately swerved left past the stationary car on the left. All this to beat the lights????!!!!!
The story doesn’t stop there, a few seconds later another idiot wanting to turn left decided to get onto the right hand side road (a right turn only road) just to over take all the stopped cars including mine.
Why are drivers these days disregarding the traffic rules and taking risks? Do they not understand the consequences? Don’t they know the consequence of their action is not so much on them but rather their support group like their family and loved ones.
A few hours later, we received a phone call from a very close friend who’s son was in a very serious car accident. At the end of the day, it doesn’t matter who is at fault it matters that your loved ones return home at night.
My plea to everyone out there… it doesn’t matter if you are late to a dinner function or if you get held up at the lights… it matters that you get home safely to your loved ones.
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Nov 032011
what Canon is up to? 3rd of November 2011 is when they are going to make this *historic* annoucement in Hollywood CA so my hunch is Canon is going to release a cinematic camera??
Wonder if they are going to release some EF lenses like a 24-70 f2.8 II L as that would be sweet for wedding photographers…
Ah well all will be released soon I suppose.
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Oct 252011
It is that time of year again when the white trunk (no idea on the species / scientific name is sorry) Eucalypt trees around Perth lose their winter blanket. It is amazing how these trees go through this cycle every year without fail. It sounds like nature at its best, but (there always is a but…) spare a thought for the cleaners or backyard garderners who have to pick up the fallen bark as it creates a big mess!!!
taken on the iPhone
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Oct 232011
Wow… I never thought I would hit and go past the 100th blog post. Here is me congratulating myself yay…
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Oct 232011
Man… this is a very difficult competition, for those people who don’t know what it is about, go visit the Canon Photo5 http://www.canon.com.au/en-au/worldofeos/photo5/home?cid=emphoto5110933
Anyway… here are my entries for this year. I am actually glad I entered the competition even if I don’t win anything (me being a realist ) It really makes you think and get those creative juices flowing.
I would encourage anyone who is into photography to get involved next year. It is open to anyone and is not exclusively for Canon people.
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