Another in the before-after series. This shot was taken for a challenge competition, where the theme was “Pink”.
Category: Photography
Before and After – Fading Contrails
This is the first in a series of before-after shots, where I show the shots that came out of the camera, and the final image, describing how I got from one to the other.
Salon Gold Medal at Trierenberg 2012
Just under three months ago I started entering FIAP salons. These salons are basically photo competitions in which a certain percentage of the entered images are ‘accepted’, and a smaller percentage again are awarded medals. So it’s an very satisfying to have an image accepted.
- From Wikipedia: FIAP is the Fédération Internationale de l’Art Photographique, (Eng. The International Federation of Photographic Art), and is an international organization of national associations of photography. More than 85 national associations are members, comprising nearly one million individual photographers.
Salon Acceptances
This page is a log of all my Acceptances in the International FIAP affiliated salons. Hopefully it will grow over time.
From Wikipedia: FIAP is the Fédération Internationale de l’Art Photographique, (Eng. The International Federation of Photographic Art), and is an international organization of national associations of photography. More than 85 national associations are members, comprising nearly one million individual photographers.
First FIAP Salon Acceptances
A small group of photographers from Limerick have been getting together in the pub about once every few weeks to discuss FIAP Salon entries.
From Wikipedia: FIAP is the Fédération Internationale de l’Art Photographique, (Eng. The International Federation of Photographic Art), and is an international organization of national associations of photography. More than 85 national associations are members, comprising nearly one million individual photographers.
SACC Competition News
Just a quick note on the Southern Association of Camera Clubs (SACC) Inter-club competition that was held on 26th Feb 2012 in Carrick-on-suir. Limerick Camera club had three panels entered (Colour, Monochrome and Projected), and came third overall, which is a better result than any previous entry in my time at the club. Also, one of my images scored a perfect 20 out of 20 in the colour print section, which made me very happy indeed. Here’s the image:
Another club member, John Hickey, also scored 20/20 in the projected image section, with a georgeous image of two butterflies. Overall, a great day for the club! 🙂
Congrats to Mallow and Cork camera clubs for coming 1st and 2nd respectively.
Tri-Flash Re-design
Since I got myself some new table-saw blades, along with the capability to cut acrylic/perspex, I thought I’d have a go at manufacturing a new, neater version of the tri-flash I designed last year. This one was going to be much smaller, and require less setup time.
Photosmith and iPad Camera Connection Kit
I came across an interesting looking app in the app store called Photosmith. It’s described as “the iPad mobile companion for Adobe Lightroom®”. At €14.49, it was quite an expensive app, but since I’m interested in all types of tethering, especially those that go with my camera and software I’ve already purchased, such as Lightroom 3. The only piece of hardware that I was missing was the iPad Camera Connection kit, so I went into my local Apple store and picked one up for €29.
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No-name eBay Batteries – Too Good to be True? Probably.
I recently gave a batch of batteries a punt on eBay. They were labelled as 3000mAh, and cost about €25 including shipping for 50. Now I realise that with current technology, it’s practically impossible to push the capacity of an AA form factor beyond 2500 mAh, but even if they came close to that, they’d still be pretty good value at 50c each. Even the deals in Aldi and Lidl usually work out at about €1 per cell. Continue reading “No-name eBay Batteries – Too Good to be True? Probably.”
Fanore Beach Outing
The weather in Ireland is so unpredictable. I live in the mid west of Ireland about an hours drive from the coast of Clare. So when I decide to drive to the coast to do some landscape photography, it’s always a gamble. It’s even more of a gamble when I head off to a place that’s an hour-and-a-half or more. So, the other evening, myself and a regular photographic partner of mine, John Hickey, decided we’d head off to Fanore beach at about 8pm, which would get us to the coast with about an hour to sunset. As we drove, I had a good feeling about the weather. That doesn’t count for much, I’ve had good feelings before, only for the sun dive down behind a thick layer of misty clouds leaving the sky with as much colour as an old black-and-while TV. Continue reading “Fanore Beach Outing”