Well its just 4 days to go now until I head off to South Africa to do my FGASA level 1 field guide course. Figured just to get everyone in the mood, heres some of my previous South African images.

Point Halswell Lighthouse

An early morning at Point Halswell Lighthouse. Images taken between 5am and 7am when the light began to come up.

Seiko Watch

Had a fun and challenging shoot today shooting dads old Seiko Watch. Key word being OLD! As it was for an assignment i had to make it look new again and make it look good. Im reasonably happy at how it turned out.

Heres a quick look at the lighting setup. 3 Soft boxes, a bare bulb with a reflector, a small gridded snoot and a very large reflector.

And heres the final result. Pretty happy with it, a few scratches and dings had to be removed in post!

Shooting in the dark

Had a fun shoot with Ryan Taylor tonight. The goal was to capture some bullets and muzzle flashes in the shots, and if you look closely we managed to do it.

We decided on a system of 1..2..3..bang and mixed it up with a few 1..2..bang..3s and 3..2..bang..1s but eventually we sorted our timing issues and got some very cool looking shots.

 Ryan was wanting a large panoramic print for his wall.....think this could work quite nicely.


Its not every day you get to stare down the barrel of a gun!

If you look closely in the trees there is a bullet in this shot....its not completely frozen by the flashes, but its there! Mission successful! 

New Zealand v South Africa

Last night was a great game between SA and NZ. Being on the field makes things a little bit more special as well. South Africa got off to a slow start and finished on a score that was never enough with Martin Guptil being in the form of is life! Had dinner with Simon Doul and got on tv about 46392 times.....good day all round.

Macro

Hi all.

Decided to get out with the macro lens today and give my new DIY diffuser a proper test run.

All images take with;
Canon 1dmk3
Canon MP-E65
Canon MT-EX24 with DIY diffuser