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Your Old Camera is still a Good Camera.

Sunday, September 13th, 2009
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Today I had a valuable reminder that sometimes you do not need to spend heaps of money on that SLR Camera, the expensive lens, the filters and the tripod in order to get a great photo.

I went up to Mt Field National Park again today with a friend – she has not been there before. I went up with every intention to shoot 3 different waterfalls in preparation for a calendar I wanted to publish. I also wanted a couple of portrait pictures for this website & publicity.

I handed her my Canon Powershot G3. This was my first “serious” Camera, and was one of the most expensive Digital point & shoots you could buy before just purchasing a DSLR, and I used it religiously until the purchase of my EOS 400D in 2008.

After taking a photo of the friend to show her the sort of picture I was after, She took a couple of shots and we continued on our journey. We had an enjoyable day exploring the National Park – though I always seem to run out of time to do what I want to do there.

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Tools of the Trade – Cokin System & ND Filters

Thursday, June 4th, 2009

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Today I’m going to talk about what are my tools of the trade. These are the bits and pieces I use when taking landscape photos such as lenses, tripods, or in the case of today, the Cokin System.

I am a really big fan of the Cokin Creative System. For the amateur photographer it makes buying filters cheap. How so? Well its made up of three components – the lens ring adaptor (which you cannot see) that screws into the front of your lens, the filter holder, and then the filters. What makes this so cheap?

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