Fireworks at Broadbeach

I have decided to make a few resolutions this year…and for the first time in a few years I actually got to the fireworks at midnight.  So here are a few pics…

This one was my fave of the night :)

This is my first time capturing fireworks up close with my DSLR.   I found them quite challenging as you never know where the next one will be/how bright it will be etc, making them easy to stuff up!  I took all these images with my tripod, no cable release due to having left it at home by accident so was really happy with the way they turned out. I chose to shoot in portrait as I thought it would be better for the purpose.

This was my wild one - abstract shot :)

Happy New Year everyone!

Some Holiday Funnies

Well I'm sure it has been done before but here is they don't call it the silly season for nothing…most of them I thought up while bored and recovering from the recent op...

The basics:

• Depth of Field = how hard you think
• ISO = how hypo you are
• Aperture = how open your mind is
• Shutter speed = how fast you can talk
• Flash = you don't wanna know
• Focus = what you don't have after a few beers
• Tripod = something cool that makes people think you work for the paper
• Noise = the sound when you turn the camera on to video mode
• "M" mode = when you push all the buttons at once and see what happens
• "P" mode = professional
• "A" mode = awesome
• Photoshop = the k-mart processing lab

Mac Vs PC

This is a very quick blog as I have not had too much internet time this week due to the home internet being down with "network problems".

I have been thinking a lot about the PC versus Mac debate since changing over this year from PC to Mac and having used both quite a bit. The reason I made the change - I do a lot of photography/design work.
I am talking about Desktops here as Laptops are generally not the best for photography/design work.

Reasons to stick to PC:

• You do a lot of Ebay and need Turbo Lister (there is no Mac turbo lister however you can get Garage sale for mac at a cost)  This has really annoyed me since having the Mac.
• They are cheaper.
• You are really used to using a PC and don't want to learn a new platform.
• You don't want to change your software over from PC to Mac due to expense etc.

Reasons to go to Mac:

• So much easier to download fonts/actions etc for design/photography work
• The mouse can move from side to side as well as up and down which is fantastic for scanning around an image quickly in Photoshop.
• Macs crash less.  Maybe even never.  Ask anyone.  Mine will slow down when I am doing a lot at once but never crashes.
• I-macs are compact which is a plus.

I absolutely love my i-mac and for design work it is fantastic. 

Main things I love about it are:

• The screen is fantastic size/colours/brightness
• Makes Adobe very easy to use
• Doesn't crash
• The mouse is fantastic
• The search tool in the finder window where you can search your mac for any file really easily
• Really easy to get photos off devices like i-phone, camera etc

The main things that have annoyed me though are here:

• No turbo lister for mac.
• It comes with a compact keyboard which only have numbers on the top bar (I changed mine).
• The mouse batteries go fairly quickly.
• Safari crashes more often.
• The CD slot swallowed my SD card as they are very close together on the side - oops!

So this is my little wrap up, comments on this topic are welcome!