We went to the Walk in Aviary in Canberra a little while ago. It had lots of birds as expected, what was not expected was how crazy they were about the apple pieces you could buy to feed them with. You really had to watch your fingers (and your ears!) to make sure you didn’t get […]
Armor All Auto Show 2013
The Armor All Auto Show at the V8 Supercars Sydney. Again there were lots of different cars and competition entries, and the usual muscle cars too.
Fireplace
Trying to capture some images of a fireplace, using different settings and effects. Initially I was wondering white balance I should be using for this source of light. The ambient didn’t contribute much to the exposure, but it seemed that AWB gave a good result.
Ardella Cosplay as Power Girl Revisited
Here’s a photograph you may recognise from our Sydney portrait photography session with Ardella Cosplay as Power Girl from last year’s custom photography session. If you remember we did this portrait session at Sydney Olympic Park, with the hope of having some industrial metropolis feel to the photographs. This set has always had a lot […]
Telstra Tower Black Mountain
A couple of things I don’t usually do: landscapes, and HDR. We were at the top of the evilly named Black Mountain, and it just happened to be ridiculously cold and windy.
Speeding your WordPress site with ZippyKid (Pressable) managed hosting vs caching?
Speeding up your WordPress site can be done in several ways. ZippyKid (now Pressable) managed hosting offers only WP, and claims to make your site ‘3 times FASTER’. It includes a CDN in its monthly fee of $25 for its base plan.