Photos by Peterbnz : on the map, in Google Earth (KML)

This is just hoarfrost on dry grass, Peter!

Nice...

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Hi Anne,

Well, I would not say I've used every type of camera, nor every type of situation. Just that I've had the chance to take pics in so many different spots, different weather & of different people.

Even took slides with the Ricoh XR7 in the pouring rain, in Whyalla & Port Pirie when I lived in * Port Augusta, *South Aust. Did Australian Junior Motorcycle Titles photos in May'83. My (fmr) wife was 8¾ months pregnant with our first Son & she manned the tent where I displayed some 1360 photos. Took orders galore for that event. Just enough to pay my costs of that event.

But I got a front page on the Port Augusta 'Transcontinental' paper twice (incl full page of Lass who won her class with a busted leg) as well as a pic in the 'Adelaide Advertiser';-) :-)

But that was years ago, Anne. I put a lot of time into doing photography, even working very long hours doing something I loved dearly - but it cost me. Almost my life, as I got bacterial menangitis & that did some damage to me when I had a few 'minor strokes' while in hospital in '89. Did the buisness in too & unfortunetly did a lot of damage to my marriage.

Back to cameras, Anne :-) I hope you are feeling a bit (lot!) more confident using that camera. One other Pro said he did stock work for years, but only expect a few good shots out of hundreds taken. Not all of your or my work is that fancy, & mistakes or 'miss - takes' often occur.

I was luck in the years I did wedding work, there were no big mistakes - I took often more than 150 shots at a wedding. While others would take only 60 or 70 35mm pics, I enjoyed my work, the people I photographed & my using my photographic gear.

Unfortunetly, I'm not working as a pro. photog. now - some of the valuable knowledge learnt in years gone by was lost when I had those little strokes in the hospital years ago. And today the industry has changed somewhat from what it was in the 1980-'90s. Even the Digital medium has changed things - clients expect more from the photographer - after all, they can take better pics using their cameras now.

Customer expectations have grown quite a bit, the photographer has to keep ahead of the ball, knowledge, equipment & gear is changing fast. Faster than I could even contemplate 10 years ago. Faster than my wallet can stand. Hence my current camera is a standard digital job, Anne!

If you have one of those cameras that have a screw-in point (ustally on the shooting button) then you can use a cable release. That can also eleminate shake when using a tripod. I used one in the studio as well as outdoors while doing work with a tripod at the weddings. There a big dimention tripod was somewhat formidable to members of the wedding party, thus less likely to be pushed over, too!

Do you keep your photos on your computer, Anne? I have done since I got my digital camera, but have had problems there when computer went down big time - the backup dics did not have the pics on them - just mixed garbage! *#%(?<&!?! said I. Not good at all.

All the Best, Anne!!

I bet you did a few wedding photos around and on the Rotunda?

I didn't know that Peter. In my younger days I did quite a bit of spearfishing and White Pointers were always my worry. Fortunately although I saw a number of sharks I never saw a Pointer. They tell me you don't see them until they have hold of you, yuk!

Thanks for the extra info Peter!

Travel greetings from Belgium.

:D

The Guys must polish the signs over there!

Hi Mate!
Just took a look at the link you supplied in your reply - looks great. Thanks.

Hi Patrick, The problem with the wilding pines is that they actually do damage to the mountainsides, and they have to spend a quite a bit of money to remove those trees.

Where I live in Christchurch, we get a yellow dust that comes from the pine tree plantations just north of here - less than 2km as the birds fly. Leves a yellow dust to window sills, and when it rains the stuff floats on the water...

About 99% of pine trees here plantation stuff, waiting to be cut somewhere at about the 25 to 30 year period. Then replanted quickly. Very few trees get to a metre in diametre here - that is quite a few more years growing.

Cheers, Pb