Kingdom Hearts 2 / Organisation XIII Photoshoot at Cockatoo Island
This would be the second time I've shot at Cockatoo Island, but once again in the rain. Meeting up with people from the Animania Forum, we missed the first ferry, which was probably fortunate since we had waited the rain out a bit before proceeding.
I missed quite a few things the first time around on the island and so whilst I knew of a few spots to take photos, there were also new and interesting things to try. On the upper side the the island, an entire area that was previously closed off had opened up. I didn't get many usable shots in this area, but there's always next time.
I'm not particularly liking the use of my Sigma 10-20mm on a full frame camera. The vignetting is nice (albeit strange) for a few shots, but shortly after becomes rather overused. A 35mm 1.4 is still a whiles away yet, so in the meantime, I just have to make do with what I have.
My composition needs improvement, that which can only be fixed through more (creative) shooting, but in time all will fall into place. One of my goals this time around was to make better use of my flash and whilst I made a partial improvement, I'd really like to jump to more off camera work, ala Strobist style.
Lessons learned? Know the limitations of your hardware; reframe to avoid subjects at the edges of wide angle lenses, don't rely on your 70-200mm or you'll become creatively stale. Charge your flash batteries after a wedding the previous day! -2EV or so in ambient for flash photography will fool your post processing software; think about what is being "metered" as the "correct" exposure in post. Jeans are once again such a good friend.
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December 29th, 2009 - 13:29
Hey Muki,
Just a quick question;
Are we allowed to use these anymore as long as they’re not for selling purposes?
December 29th, 2009 - 14:42
All of my works fall under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 Australia License. (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/au/)
You’re free to use these images for non-commercial use so long as you provide credit, but you are not permitted to make any derivative works from them.
That said, I’m relatively lax about the general use of my photos. What were you thinking of using the photos for? If it’s a forum sig or something similar, go right ahead!
December 29th, 2009 - 15:41
Just maybe an upload or two to dA ^^’
Is that alright? ill link back to your dA or here,
which ever you would prefer
December 29th, 2009 - 16:01
Sure thing =) A link back here would be great!
December 30th, 2009 - 20:18
hey wasn’t there more photos? but you are awesome ^^
January 15th, 2010 - 17:59
I set myself a certain standard as to what photos make the cut and which don’t. That often means a lot of photos get binned, even if for the casual eye they may be acceptable.