• The Clever DSLR

    The Clever DSLR

    Whenever I’m called upon to present and demonstrate DSLRs on television or at instore events, I am amazed at the...
  • Getting Creative

    Getting Creative

    If you use a DSLR only for taking family snapshots and holiday pics you’re missing out on its enormous power. Early...
  • Shooting in Program AE

    Shooting in Program AE

    A while ago, I discovered that even with a digital SLR, the auto exposure setting can mess up some subjects....
  • Stabilising Your Video DSLR

    Stabilising Your Video DSLR

    The new video functions in DSLRs have introduced us photographers to a whole new world of cinematography. For me, it’s...
  • Orgasm for your mouth. Choose your flavours.

    Orgasm for your mouth. Choose your flavours.

    Christmas Morning 2009 in Singapore turned out to be gastronomic. After a slow start (do you recall the article about...
  • Storytelling, In:Series

    Storytelling, In:Series

    As I eluded to in a previous post, Mike our web guy here at KSP and I have been working...
  • Surf and Glare and the Canon 7D

    Surf and Glare and the Canon 7D

    Surf and Glare and the Canon 7D There seems to be some controversy about the video functionality in the new DSLRs....
  • Thoughts on Buying New Camera Gear

    Thoughts on Buying New Camera Gear

    When it comes to buying, some cameras would have me on the rocks after the fashion of the fictional mermaid...
  • Taking Care of Your Underwater Equipment

    Taking Care of Your Underwater Equipment

    1.   Make sure your O ring is intact The O ring is what guarantees no water will enter your camera. Check...
  • Singapore has balls… big and small.

    Singapore has balls… big and small.

    The Singapore Wish Balls. The tradition of writing your New Years dreams onto plastic balls and then setting them afloat...
  • Singapore to Vietnam to Thailand… a Journey

    Singapore to Vietnam to Thailand… a Journey

    I have recently returned from a month long journey into Singapore then Vietnam then Thailand. Over the coming blogs, I will...
  • The Wide View

    The Wide View

    Have you ever bought a lens, tried it, then had next to no further use for it? This seems to...
  • Amanzi Swimwear 2010 Campaign

    Amanzi Swimwear 2010 Campaign

    AMANZI Swimwear Behind The Scenes 2010 from AMANZI Swimwear on Vimeo. Those of you who have found my blog will have...
  • Club Cameraderriere

    Club Cameraderriere

    I do believe that activity clubs have their reasons for being. For the sick at heart and lonely, clubs of...
  • Apple iPad first hands-on!

    Apple iPad first hands-on!

    If the Engadget guys who made this video sound excited, you can’t blame them. As a Mac user myself I know...
  • A Photographic Studio at Home

    A Photographic Studio at Home

    The idea of taking photos whenever one pleases means one of two things: (1) absolute control over the elements, or ...
  • Cyber-shot® Digital Camera TX7

    Cyber-shot® Digital Camera TX7

    Here we go again! Another year and another bag load of new “the best we have ever seen” point &...
  • Creating Memories for Yourself

    Creating Memories for Yourself

    Why do we take photographs? I found myself contemplating this question while driving home from where I work (of all places,...
  • Say Hello to My Little Friend: Fill Flash

    Say Hello to My Little Friend: Fill Flash

    Scenario: you are photographing a subject in broad daylight. The camera sees a bright scene and adjusts its exposure accordingly. Result:...
  • What Really Matters in Photography

    What Really Matters in Photography

    Many may disagree but when it comes to photographic equipment, the thing that matters above all else is the quality...
  • Is Photography Expensive?

    Is Photography Expensive?

    Why is photography so expensive? I hear it all the time… When you think of photography as a creative outlet; as...
  • On the Verge

    On the Verge

    ‘On the Verge’ – adding Glidetrack to my HDSLR macro rig After some field testing last spring I’ve now started to...
  • Canon’s new 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM Lens is finally here

    Canon’s new 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM Lens is finally here

    Quite some time ago we predicted that Canon would be releasing an update to one of the best lenses they...
  • Our gallery my culture

    Our gallery my culture

    A short piece featuring the indigenous artists of the Yurauna Centre Workshop at the National Gallery of Australia from 2009. The...
  • 2009 – It’s a Wrap

    2009 – It’s a Wrap

    Merry Christmas everyone! It sounds cliché but man this year has gone by fast. On top of the catching up with...
  • Merry Christmas

    Merry Christmas

    Merry Christmas to all our visitors, regulars and contributors. 2009 was, well just another year really! It went so very fast...
  • A Photographer’s Journey into Filming

    A Photographer’s Journey into Filming

    THIS QUICK VIDEO I’m posting is a demonstration of the movie mode in the new Canon EOS 7D. As a photographer,...
  • Summer Light

    Summer Light

    summer light from Glen Ryan on Vimeo. Quick test of manual controls on Nikon D3s – just shot it in the...
  • Get A Grip

    Get A Grip

    High end DSLRs have big bodies. But they feel right in your hands. There’s a balance, particularly with heavy lenses,...
  • The Deep End – A Shoot for the Australian Dive Team

    The Deep End – A Shoot for the Australian Dive Team

    We knew it was in the pipeline, the Australian Dive Team had wanted to get their star athletes photographed for...
  • Nikon 28mm F2.8D — Cheap Thrill

    Nikon 28mm F2.8D — Cheap Thrill

    PRIME LENSES… fast primes, in particular, have become increasingly relevant to my photography. Shooting with my 50mm f/1.8, I very soon...
  • Extension Tubes Close Up

    Extension Tubes Close Up

    EXTENSION TUBES MAKE AN ATTRACTIVE ENTRY POINT into macro photography. These relatively inexpensive tubes have no optical elements. They work by...
  • Amanzi Swimwear Campaign 2010 Tearsheets

    Amanzi Swimwear Campaign 2010 Tearsheets

    (From my blog) Thought I’d share some of the tearsheets I just received back from the 2010 Amanzi campaign I...
  • Worth More Than 1000 Words

    Worth More Than 1000 Words

    A PICTURE IS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS… I’m sure you know that. But it doesn’t account for inflation. The following accounts...
  • Sony Alpha DLSR α550

    Sony Alpha DLSR α550

    Sony’s α550 Digital SLR is a 14.2 megapixel camera with a number of built-in features to guarantee sharp and perfectly...
  • Sony Alpha α500 DSLR

    Sony Alpha α500 DSLR

    SONY’S α500 is a 12.3 megapixel Digital SLR camera with a 3-inch extra fine LCD display that tilts, up or...
  • Sony Alpha DSLR α850

    Sony Alpha DSLR α850

    SONY’S α850 is the Alpha range’s full-frame (24 x 36mm) sensor DSLR camera. The size of this 24.6 Megapixel Exmor...
  • Hi, I’m Kelvin and I’m Here to Help

    Hi, I’m Kelvin and I’m Here to Help

    Kelvin temperature… photographer’s best friend, beginners’ bugbear… In photography, Kelvin is simply a measure of colour temperature indicating to a shooter...
  • Alpha Bet Pays Off For Sony – α230 | α330 | α380

    Alpha Bet Pays Off For Sony – α230 | α330 | α380

    SONY’S EASY-TO-USE ALPHA α380, α330 and α230 CAMERAS make it a breeze to step up from point-and-shoot digital still cameras...
  • Market Alert: Sony Alpha DSLRs

    Market Alert: Sony Alpha DSLRs

    SONY HAS GONE FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH since it acquired Konica Minolta’s Digital Single Lens Reflex (DSLR) cameras division in...
  • Why Buying Online is a Grey Area?

    Why Buying Online is a Grey Area?

    YOU CAN SAVE MONEY SHOPPING ONLINE but can you be sure of what you’re ordering? No doubt about it, the internet...
  • Train Spotting – Nothing to see here

    Train Spotting – Nothing to see here

    Last week I made myself take time out for a photo walk. I was a little sapped keeping up with...