Below we have complied our top 10 tips to improve your photography, some of these tips don’t just pertain to DSLR camera’s they can be used for all your photography be that with your pro camera or even your mobile phone! Feel free to share these with your friends via social media. If you are interested in learning more about your camera and taking great shots read below and maybe consider joining us on a retreat or workshop, all the courses and workshops we currently have in the system are here. #1 Take More Photos Outside There’s nothing better than natural light to illuminate your subjects. When you photograph outside, you don’t usually have to use a flash, and it makes the subjects much more colourful and vibrant. It is essential to make sure the sun is behind you so it is lighting up your subjects from the front or partial side. If the sun is behind your subject, you will find you’ll have to use a flash. #2 Take Photos at Sunset or Sunrise A good photographer will tell you that these are the best hours to take photographs. Why might this be, it’s because the light comes in […]
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Its been a little while since my last blog post and with the busiest start to a racing year ever I thought it would be a good time to put down a few words along with some hot motorsport photography shots, oh and a Scallop Pie! So for 2018 we have elected to make this our biggest year in motorsport photography. Last year was full on with the Aussie Racing Cars and our Supercars commitments (and we have both again this year), to add to the mix I had 10 days away in Mexico at the F1GP and with Matt Campbell in the Porsche SuperCup, it was a mind blowing trip, so amazing and capped with Matt winning both the Porsche events. But thats so last year LOL. Remember to LIKE our Digital Realism Media Hub page on Facebook to keep up to date with Photos etc for this year. After the Christmas break we were back into the shooting, there was a couple of practice days out at Queensland Raceways for the brand new SuperUtes with Western Sydney Motorsport. However the first race meeting for the year was to be the Bathurst 12hr, once again we were the team photographers […]
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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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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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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 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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We are kicking off again for 2017 the Photo of the Week Challenge – whats that you may ask? Well each week we will post a Challenge Photo Subject in the Header of our Digital Realism Photography Training Facebook Page. Over the course of the week, Monday to Sunday we will challenge you to upload and share a photo to the page for that weeks subject. The Photograph we choose as the winner will get to grace our Training page Header for the following week. Before we get started though we need a comprehensive list of subjects and that where we are looking to you to help us build the list of subjects, we have some in mind but we are sure you will have lots more we can use. So with this in mind leave a comment below or you can Contact Us directly via our page with your list. The more subjects the merrier the Challenge will be. Lets get 100 subjects! HAVE YOU JOINED OUR MAILING LIST? DON’T MISS OUT ON OUR SPECIALS + TIPS & TRICKS.
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We have gift vouchers that can be used for any occasion available for any of our work, be it photography in the studio or your home, or for any of our courses and retreats. In 2017 we are excited to announce that we will be running our photography courses once again. We had 18 months away from the courses working on our own photography skills and opening the new studio. Now we have both the time and the space to do both. More details on these and the Mid Year retreat is coming soon. Our gift vouchers can be for any dollar value you like and can be used on any of our services. These are great for Christmas or Birthday presents, or especially for someone who may have just got a camera as a gift and doesn’t know how to use it 🙂 To Purchase just call us on 07 3372 2333 or via our Contact Us Page
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Yesterday we had the pleasure of photographing 42 Zambesi St Riverhills for Chris Sheehy of Ray White Middle Park, this is a lovely sized 3 bedroom home on a large block, we produced our Real Estate Photography and our Floor Plan services for this project. Have Real Estate For Sale or Lease that you need photographed? You can contact us here.
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This week we were commissioned by Susan Bardon of Ray White Middle Park to produce our specialist Real Estate Photography and Real Estate Video packages for an amazing home in Brookwater, 54 Brookwater Drive is a beautiful home with amazing views. Below is the video from this project along with Susan’s description of the property. Link to 54 Brookwater Drive Brookwater on Real Estate.com.au or Phone Susan on 0405484828 Re-Defining The Brookwater Lifestyle · Four very spacious built-in bedrooms plus a study over two levels, the master bedroom featuring an ensuite with twin vanities, custom-fitted walk-in robe and opens to a deck with outdoor kitchen and spa · Fully equipped and soundproofed home theatre, generous living and dining areas, plus a rumpus room or children’s retreat upstairs and a wonderful north-east facing deck for year-round entertaining · The kitchen features Smeg cooking appliances (including gas/electric 6 burner 900 mm hob), integrated dishwashers, plumbing for refrigerator and a waterfall edge granite bench top. The stunning Kashmir granite also features in the bathroom and ensuite. · Many extras, including ducted air-conditioning, electronic security alarm, intercom, triple car lock-up garage with drive-through access for trailer or jet-ski, etc, gas hot water “on demand” and […]
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