The Photo Thread (Post yours here)

Kaiproject · Post by **Kaiproject** » Tue Aug 09, 2011 7:31 pm

cheers liz!

deviant wrote:yeah man... totally awesome

I'm going to a party there in a few weeks... should be interesting

party?? of what sort / what for?
be sweet if it was actually in part of the exhib space. one of the main reasons i wanna check it is the crazy architecture [and non-flash photography allowed]

youthful_implants · Post by **youthful_implants** » Wed Aug 10, 2011 10:35 am

quick wrote:isn't the effort part of the point in a lot of photography? i mean, convenience is not something you associate with good photography

I dont think so.

A good photograph should tell a story, should have a story. IMO.

Its all about being in the right place, at the right time. For a second, or for a day. I worked with a landscape photographer who would set up with location scout and assistant in the morning and just wait until the light was right and then shoot. That could take days.

And then other people manage to capture something which is completely random, which couldn't be composed, and thats just luck. It's still good photography though.

Post by **fooishbar** » Mon Aug 22, 2011 9:13 pm

the royal london hospital, basically next door to me:

http://500px.com/photo/1683982

taken with a real camera. lol jk nah it wasn't film. but it wasn't a phone either.

500px is pretty rad imo.

youthful_implants · Post by **youthful_implants** » Tue Aug 23, 2011 12:38 pm

love that. the sky is such an awesome colour! ultramarine blue.

Post by **huge** » Tue Aug 23, 2011 12:57 pm

yer the sky in the uk seems to be a much more serious blue than we get down here.

Post by **fooishbar** » Tue Aug 23, 2011 5:40 pm

heh ta

it was about 6:15 in the evening so that might have something to do with it?

nic · Post by **nic** » Tue Aug 23, 2011 6:00 pm

huge wrote:yer the sky in the uk seems to be a much more serious blue than we get down here.

foo phtooshopped out the grey sky IMO
sky in uk is better than oz sky when its working thugh
better clouds

Post by **fooishbar** » Tue Aug 23, 2011 6:02 pm

have you opened your window today nic? was glorious yesterday, pissing down this morn tho

nic · Post by **nic** » Tue Aug 23, 2011 6:11 pm

its fucked
im sittng here working ot if i can be fucked even going to work
/summer is over

Post by **fooishbar** » Tue Aug 23, 2011 6:14 pm

defs bike to work, practice for phil anderson

youthful_implants · Post by **youthful_implants** » Wed Aug 24, 2011 10:30 am

nic wrote:its fucked
im sittng here working ot if i can be fucked even going to work
/summer is over

isn't it about time you moved back then?

Post by **fooishbar** » Wed Aug 24, 2011 10:46 am

shut up alex there'll be no-one left here

youthful_implants · Post by **youthful_implants** » Wed Aug 24, 2011 11:02 am

oh sorry lol....

BTW I saw this and thought it was rad, have you heard of Atelier Olschinsky? http://blog.toeverybody.com/?p=1241

Post by **huge** » Wed Aug 24, 2011 11:49 am

reminds me of nics stuff

youthful_implants · Post by **youthful_implants** » Wed Aug 24, 2011 11:58 am

totally!

Kaiproject · Post by **Kaiproject** » Wed Aug 24, 2011 1:10 pm

Post by **fooishbar** » Wed Aug 24, 2011 9:16 pm

huh, cool!

ADD_Boy · Post by **ADD_Boy** » Fri Aug 26, 2011 11:28 am

some shots from the weekend. Chunky Move - It Sounds Silly @ Signal

Lizkins · Post by **Lizkins** » Fri Aug 26, 2011 11:36 am

cool! cept the last one where the guy looks possessed :shock:

witty_pseudonym · Post by **witty_pseudonym** » Fri Aug 26, 2011 11:43 am

1st shot's mad!

ADD_Boy · Post by **ADD_Boy** » Fri Aug 26, 2011 5:49 pm

thanks guys.. Yeah 1st one is also my fave

haha the one at the end they were all playing air guitar looked really cool..

nic · Post by **nic** » Fri Aug 26, 2011 9:01 pm

youthful_implants wrote:oh sorry lol....

BTW I saw this and thought it was rad, have you heard of Atelier Olschinsky? http://blog.toeverybody.com/?p=1241

argh love this guys work. he makes me feel sick actually
here is the rest of his stuff. bit too 'lebbeus woods' in parts but zomg

http://www.behance.net/olschinsky

youthful_implants · Post by **youthful_implants** » Mon Aug 29, 2011 11:20 am

nic wrote:
youthful_implants wrote:oh sorry lol....

BTW I saw this and thought it was rad, have you heard of Atelier Olschinsky? http://blog.toeverybody.com/?p=1241

argh love this guys work. he makes me feel sick actually
here is the rest of his stuff. bit too 'lebbeus woods' in parts but zomg

http://www.behance.net/olschinsky

holy shit. so cool. I like how loose it is still. Got a lot of movement and doesn't feel too stiff.

Kaiproject · Post by **Kaiproject** » Sat Sep 24, 2011 7:01 pm

falling waaay behind in my editing/uploading...
here's a few from a series i shot about a month ago
Box Hill underpass, spruced up a bit by a senior graphic/vis designer at the studio i work at in c'wood; ASPECT

he does a lot of signage design also (did Ceres/merri creek for example, though creek stuff has been mega vandalised!)

pity they didn't have the budget to redo the pavers... but the relatively low budget treatment really lightens up a dingy underpass. playful too

youthful_implants · Post by **youthful_implants** » Mon Oct 03, 2011 12:36 pm

Rainy Melbourne. Taken with iphone.

thedeadly9 · Post by **thedeadly9** » Mon Oct 03, 2011 3:38 pm

Kaiproject wrote:

yARGGHHH CAPTAIN JACK SPARROW HAS HIT NEW LOWS!

youthful_implants · Post by **youthful_implants** » Fri Oct 07, 2011 10:37 am

Plane view

thedeadly9 · Post by **thedeadly9** » Fri Oct 07, 2011 2:03 pm

dats really nice.

CoB · Post by **CoB** » Sat Oct 08, 2011 12:46 am

yeah that is mad!!!

probably one of the best uses of the wing i seen

edit: oh yeah

Direkt · Post by **Direkt** » Thu Nov 03, 2011 6:30 am

Hey gang,

I'm interested in stepping into the photography caper as a hobby, have had an interest for some time... what are your thoughts on this camera pack for starting out, seems like a good idea, and the reviews sound favourable: http://www.kogan.com.au/shop/canon-eos- ... s-18-55mm/

Direkt · Post by **Direkt** » Thu Nov 03, 2011 3:05 pm

Ghost Town 101.

Lizkins · Post by **Lizkins** » Thu Nov 03, 2011 4:43 pm

i clicked the link and it froze my internets

good camera, to be honest, the only one i have checked the specs out for the most of lately is the canon 5d mark II which is way premo and amazing and i totally want it

Direkt · Post by **Direkt** » Thu Nov 03, 2011 5:11 pm

Aah yes, the 5D. Not exactly cheap, but I've heard nothing but good things.

Kaiproject · Post by **Kaiproject** » Sun Nov 06, 2011 1:22 pm

550d or 600d both great starters - 600d has the swivel screen which isn't that amazing but can be handy for shooting high or low angles or for video.
it also has a digital zoom feature for video without loosing quality which is pretty sweet for macro stuff (with a good lens too).

lenses are by far more important than the body.
whatever you do, don't use the kit lens. if you have to buy a kit, sell the lens on ebay if you can. or just store it away

even the 18-55 version with IS would be better for image quality and handheld shooting, better yet a Tamron 17-50 f/2.8 for yummy Bokeh/Dof ($350 ebay)
other cheap-yet-good starter would be 50mm 1.8, or for a better focal length on the crop sensor maybe sigma 30mm 1.4

Direkt · Post by **Direkt** » Mon Nov 07, 2011 6:28 am

went the 550d kit, looking forward to getting my hands on it tomorrow. I'll start with the included kit lens, no point lashing out more coin if it turns out I don't have a real passion for it... but thanks for the advice.

it's funny how the importance of lens v. body reminds me of the importance of preamps v. microphone.

Lizkins · Post by **Lizkins** » Mon Nov 07, 2011 1:35 pm

i don't agree re not using the kit lenses. i use the kit lenses for all my shots, bar when i borrow Oli's wide angle lens to play with. The kit lenses do just fine for starting out with and playing around with for sure. In fact i haven't bought a new lens at all, just use the kit lenses.

Direkt · Post by **Direkt** » Tue Nov 08, 2011 6:27 am

will be doing so m' dear...

CoB · Post by **CoB** » Tue Nov 08, 2011 4:20 pm

yeh i pretty much only use the kit lens on my dslr
but i am pretty novice at cameras...
am waiting for the reverse mount to get here so i can turn it into a macro, huhuhu

Kaiproject · Post by **Kaiproject** » Wed Nov 09, 2011 5:33 pm

oh but when you do use another lens (such as a piece of L glass) you'll be blown away!

but yes still all the fundamentals of photography to practice regardless of the lens... & as long as shooting raw plenty of fun to be had making amazing images in photoshop (preferably Lightroom, its great)

CoB · Post by **CoB** » Wed Nov 09, 2011 5:50 pm

i still never play with lightroom...
only i use camera raw, then photoshop to make final adjustments >.<

CoB · Post by **CoB** » Mon Dec 12, 2011 11:08 pm

something a bit different...

nishikapre-012-2 by Villephant, on Flickr

youthful_implants · Post by **youthful_implants** » Tue Dec 13, 2011 1:47 pm

LIKE! I blogged you.

CoB · Post by **CoB** » Tue Dec 13, 2011 7:47 pm

im flattered

Kaiproject · Post by **Kaiproject** » Mon Dec 19, 2011 11:12 am

Yup amazing texture & great idea gifing it man

I'm finally getting around to editing some photos, catching up on sets from as far back as September!

Mount Dandenong
http://www.flickr.com/photos/11411198@N ... 466820859/

Videography of William Ricketts Sanctuary done on same day:

Watch the posted video on YouTube.

Some other recent videography on my Vimeo, yet to youtube them..

CoB · Post by **CoB** » Mon Jan 23, 2012 10:48 am

those are really cool
nice video also

been a while between posts so...

High Contrast Nights by Villephant, on Flickr

018 Jan 18 Placeholder creek by Villephant, on Flickr

Lizkins · Post by **Lizkins** » Mon Jan 23, 2012 1:52 pm

fricken awesome Cob. The cat one is mental!

youthful_implants · Post by **youthful_implants** » Mon Jan 23, 2012 3:10 pm

Very cool. Kind of dark.

Kaiproject · Post by **Kaiproject** » Fri Feb 03, 2012 11:46 am

some of my rsf photos..
full set here:http://www.flickr.com/photos/11411198@N03/sets/72157629113329301/
also did a timelapse of our geodome setup which ill get together sometime soon

Post by **huge** » Fri Feb 03, 2012 12:03 pm

you dont really get the size of that mountain projection in the photots. it's rly fucking massive.

Lizkins · Post by **Lizkins** » Fri Feb 03, 2012 12:55 pm

they are spectacular Kai, really really good! Did you get a new camera, cos you photos have gotten mighty crisp