Here’s the second installment from Darren and Tori’s wedding reception.
The formalities were over and now was the time to relax and let some hair down. Some let down more hair than others.
Continue reading ‘McGinniss Wedding Reception: Post Formalities’
Here’s a couple of images from a recent weekend at Catamaran, near Southport and Cocle Creek in far South Tasmania.
The beach is basically private, with only two or three properties having access to it, abundant with fish, abalone, rock lobster and even Calamari squid.
Absolutely perfect location for a lazy day by, or on the water, in one of the most untouched parts of Tassie.
I had the pleasure of meeting, the latest offering to the world from some my closest friends late last week.
A healthy baby boy, Noah John Wicks, 7 pounds.
Congratulations to the parents, Daniel and Kiah, and Noah’s big sister, Izabella.
Here are a few shots from the wedding reception that I shot for some good friends of mine.
The entire day was a great learning experience for me, and hopefully I’ve captured some important memories for them to look back on in the future.
NOTE: If any friends or family would like to purchase prints of any of the images from the day, just contact me @ brooksrl@telstra.com and I’ll be happy to discuss the options.
Prints will be sourced from my un-compressed, high-resolution original files. And are available in a number of different sizes, finishes and products.
On the weekend just passed I had the pleasure/ challenge of shooting my first wedding for some friends of mine, although it was only the reception and some family portraits beforehand.
Given the constraints I had from time for shooting, the large amount of people and combinations that they wanted, and dealing with weather conditions (quite windy and late afternoon sun) I’m relatively happy with the raw results from the camera.
Continue reading ‘First wedding shoot, pretty pleased’
These shots were taken at lunch today, around Hobart’s waterfront.
Obviously not the best lighting at midday, but i wanted to see how the wide angle coped with some upward shots with overhead sun.
I must say, I can see this lens getting a lot of use. I love it’s width, and it doesn’t seem to suffer from any “softness” that is reported with some Sigma lenses. (Only out of correct focus, which was my fault for usinf a larger than intended aperture setting)
Since I began the journey into SLR land i’ve always been keen to get my hands on a good wide-angle lens, as my current, main lens is only as wide as 28mm, which may be fine on a 35mm or Full-frame DSLR, but on a Cropped-Sensor DSLR such as the 400D i have, it’s really only 44mm wide. which gives relatively poor results for taking great landscapes of shooting indoors.
So I set about hunting out a great deal on a good quality lens. I read countless reviews and lens lens tests on all the major players, such as
Canon’s EF-s10-22mm USM
Sigma’s 10-20mm EX-DC HSM
Tamron’s 10-24mm F/3.5-4.5 Di-II
Tokina’s 12-24mm AT-X PRO DX
and also a number of different Canon EF Prime lenses.
I had the pleasure of attending one of my best friends’ wedding a few weeks ago.
Although they had their own photographer for the day, I did take it upon myself to try and get around some of the other guests for some candid shots of them enjoying the evening.
I will say that I have a new found respect for professionsal wedding/ function photographers as you have to try and deal with so many location and human difficulties when composing a shot in 1/50th of a second.
Such as distracting backgrounds, un-level surfaces/ walls, optical illusions, light sources (or lack thereof), the suitability of your own gear for the task (28mm on a 1.6 crop body is waay to narrow for indoor group shots, and F3.5 is waay to slow for a dimly lit room!!).
Anyway, after a decent amount of processing and culling of a LOT of terrible shots, here’s a few i’m happy to share.
See, distracting background, damn coffee machine!!
If you’ve seen most of the other posts in my blog or viewed my gallery, you’Il see that I have a thing for reflections…
Whether it be in water, glass, mirrors or even the oven door, I feel compelled to take a photo of it.
Here’s a couple of recent ones…
Shot with Canon 400D, EF28-135mm
Shot with Canon 400D, Ef28-135mm
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