Down Perriscope!

Well it had to happen!!
Living at the coast, it's only a matter of time before you as a photographer wonder what's down there...

What I discovered was that you don't have to go very deep to get some really nice shots!
(Thanks to a friend of mine who lent me his Sony Cybershot with underwater casing)

f/7.1, 1/200 sec, ISO-125
This amazing 24 cm Rock Code was more curious about my camera than I was of him. He actually followed me around the rock pool ;-)

f/7.1, 1/200 sec, ISO-125
In this shot I could actually be swimming with him...

Then there was this little fellow who thought Graham's feet were really interesting...

"mmm... something smells fishy??"

Now here is a shot I'm particularly proud of... You may have seen pictures of drops in water from above the water, BUT have you ever seen it from below the water? ;-)

This pool was just your average Cape Rock Pool at first glance but as you sat and waited patiently it came alive!

To like or not to like... is that the question?

The joys of being a light-art'ist is that what I like and what you like might not neccesarily be the same.
If you've been doing photography for any length of time you will have come across this phenomenon.  You take a picture and you think it's just DaBomb... only to find out that none of your friends feel the same way. Or you are clearing out your pictures and then are about to delete one when a friend peering over your shoulder says, "Wow, that's great!"
Well that's what art is. It's subjective, personal and emotional.


It's like this picture I took for a client recently. I think it's amazing I love it, the feel, the mood etc. but she didn't even pause when I showed her. It was, "Nope. Next"... And that's just the way it is. The important thing is that you do what turns you on. That way your photography will bring you all the joy it promises.

f5.6, 1/200 sec, ISO 200

2010 and we're off!!

f3.5, 1/1250sec, ISO 400

4th Jan and back on the job.
Had a stunning shoot this afternoon in an exquisite garden.
Now here's a bumber... I got there to discover I hadn't checked my flash's batteries... you guessed it, not only were they flat but they weren't even in the bleeding device!! AAAH! Nothing quite as humbling as having to do a shoot with your camera's pop-up flash. (Especially when you're used to showing off with your nice BIG 580 EX ;-))

f4.5, 1/320 sec, ISO 400

Needless to say we do what we can with what we have...