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A second retreat for 2017

by digital_realism· July 26, 2017· in News· 0 comments · Canon, Couran Cove, Darin Mandy, Photography Training
Couran Cove 2017 (Visit this page: Couran Cove Photography Retreat 2017) So at the beginning of the year we looked at our commitments to our photography like Real Estate, Commercial and Motorsport and pretty much decided we didn’t have time to run a Training Retreat like what we’ve done in the past, let alone a second retreat! Then the opportunity to run a Winter Weekend Retreat came up and we couldn’t miss the chance, so this weekend just gone we had 16 photographers join us for a pretty amazing weekend, they all did so well and we had a ball running it. Here are a couple of quick images from the weekend.   And so when we were preparing for this event writing up our notes for different sessions another opportunity came about for a Second Retreat for 2017.  (Yes we did say we were running just one event this year!) Couran Cove is nestled on South Stradbroke Island in Moreton Bay, its a 40min picturesque boat ride from the Northern Gold Coast, its also one of our very favourite places to photograph.  Four years ago we ran 3 retreats here in the same year, its amazing. So when the opportunity […]
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In Studio Commercial Photography

by digital_realism· June 01, 2017· in Commercial Photogaphy, News· 0 comments · Canon, Commercial Photography, Darin Mandy, Digital Photography, Studio
A BIG part of our photography is in Studio Commercial Photography, and we do this for a very varied array of customers, one day we could be shooting gift baskets or scooters and the next day (or in some cases the same day) it might be new biscuit lines or even bags of poo, cow manure that is! Commercial photography done in the studio lets us totally control the lighting and product placement, in a lot of cases this is deep etched which sees the shadows and the background removed from the images in post production (and on camera) – our customers have very specific requirements and these can differ from client to client, plus some products can be very difficult to photograph – like shiny or stainless steel products, so the studio lets us control all of the conditions, where is outdoors you are somewhat at the mercy of the available light.  Thats not to say we don’t shot them outdoors as well, just when required. And thats what we had last week, we photographed 10 new scooters for Flavor Scooters, check out their Facebook Page as what their guys get up to is NUTS! then an assortment of […]
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Perth Trek for Motorsport Photography

by digital_realism· May 12, 2017· in Events, Motorsports· 0 comments · Aussie Racing Cars, Canon, Darin Mandy, Digital Photography, Digital Realism, Motorsport, photography, V8Supercars
Each year Linda and I get to travel together to one of the remote Supercar and Aussie Racing Car events, last year we went to Sydney Motorsport Park, but this year we decided to go to the most remote event for the Aussie Cars, Perth, Western Australia for our Motorsport Photography. Wednesday morning saw us head off to Perth, the trip over is a 6-hour flight (the trip home is 4 hours 15mins, go figure), luckily, we had a row to ourselves, so three movies later we are there. We rented a house in beautiful Scarborough Beach, it’s usually beautiful but for the moment it’s a huge construction site, not to worry the restaurants are still great. Garry O’Brien from Auto Action stayed with us as well, so just a few beers each night! Linda and I headed out to the circuit Wednesday afternoon, Barbagello is a pretty great place to photograph at, it’s got everything, long straights, plenty of hills and action close to us and the crowd. This fire greeted up on the way to the track, it was just a little bit of excitement LOL. The one thing that was always a downer there though was the […]
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The Power of a Testimonial

by digital_realism· January 16, 2017· in Studio Photography· 0 comments · Blog, Canon, Darin Mandy, Digital Photography, Digital Realism, Photography Training, Testimonial
The power of a great testimonial can be hard to judge, sometimes you think the best ones will ring in the referrals and sometimes just a simple one-liner will.  As a photographer you have probably been told, even had drummed into you from your peers or maybe a mentor that you should have as many testimonials as you can get.  We have, from many!  We do subscribe to the notion that testimonials are good for your business, and of course your ego! 😉   But do Testimonials actually get read?  Its a great question and one we’ve pondered for some time, we even searched on the interwebs to find out, Google didn’t really help much!  What we have found and its been through asking friends, family and peers, so its by no means a scientific answer, the answer was yes, yes they do, however we found that if there are anymore than 3-5 of them they read the first 3, maybe jump a few read another then go on to make a decision (if there is a decision to be made).   Can you “Build your Reputation” on testimonials?  Its a great place to start for sure, as they say […]
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To Blog or Not to Blog

by digital_realism· January 09, 2017· in Photography Training· 0 comments · Blog, Digital Photography, Digital Realism, Photography Training
We’ve written about this before and I think its a great time to bring it up again as its the New Year.  As photographers should we Blog or Not Blog?  We are firm believers in blogging for photography, as a photographer we want to share as much of our work as possible.  In 2016 we blogged around 10% of our work, it was one of our failings for the year, or better described as one of our “lessons learned”.   When we took the time to blog about our shoots we gained quite a bit of traffic on our website, we had enquires from new customers, we gained more traction on our Social Media.  This year, 2017 we are determined to Blog 100% of our shoots, be that Real Estate, commercial or motorsport work, even our Training Courses.   Its quite easy to have a blog, but don’t get confused from posting on Social media like Facebook and think oh that’ll do for my Blog, whilst Facebook is a good platform and we do publish our work there, it could be gone tomorrow and all your work will be gone with it!  With a Blog its on your own website, […]
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