Bendigo Show 2009

Just got back from this years show, but I never go into the showgounds!

After 9pm entry is free and the gates are opened, went there tonight with my wife and daughter to go see the fireworks that start at 9, but we never got in. Resulting in the following views of the fireworks (taken on my phone)










Just before 9 there was a fight near the main gates (didn't see it). This caused a lockout where no-one could get in, only out. However shortly after, anyone with a stamp for today was allowed back in, this is a very strange lockout!! So thanks to some idiot teenages and the poor handling of this situation by both the Bendigo Agricultural Show Society and the Security people, a lot of families with kids who also came in to see the fireworks were treated to the same view as above.

Light Text/Soft Box/Light Box

I was looking through a camera house catalogue dreaming about the equipment I want when I came across a 'Portable Photo Studio' for $199. Thats a lot of money that would be better spent on a new lens so I thought I'd try building my own collapsible light box.

Found this DIY one (http://www.jpgmag.com/stories/458) and based mine on this, however mine is all hand stitched instead of glued.

Total Cost: $12 (and a few needle pricks), but only because I bought some small wooden sticks to build a wooden framed one before I found this coat hanger version.

Here are some of the first test shots:

Now with some levels/dodge adjustments in PSE7

Boxing Kangaroos

Took these right next to the caravan park we stayed at the Grampians in Halls Gap, right next to the park was a huge open field filled with kangaroos, that were able to wonder in and out of the park as they liked, there is no fence bordering the park.

One night i got out of the tent to go to the toilets at around 4am and totally forgot about the roos, i took one step away from the tent and two roos in the dark jumped away, scared the crap out of me :)

Night time shooting

Went out with a fellow photographer and ended up at the Quarry Hill Cemetery in Bendigo at around 9pm, kinda freaky especially when horror movie is the conversation as we walked around. These are some shots from the night.

Hundreds and Thousands

Been a while since I last posted, will have to do it more, anyway these images came about from this years Photo5 competition, brief is Close-Up, 100's & 1000's were supplied by Canon for this one. The second one entry for Close-Up