Here is a comparison of the size of the new PocketWizard MiniTT1 and FlexTT5. The MiniTT1 (which sits atop the camera) is quite a lot smaller than the old Canon IR ST-E2 transmitter. See how they fit on the camera in my post of a few days ago
Was given an assignment to photograph Elliot Brenchley last night, a 12yr old boy from Townsville, Qld who is a finalist on ABC television's Young Einstein. Didn't 'float my boat' until I heard his topic - "The life and times of AC/DC". AWESOME!!!!!!!! I am a big AC/DC fan so I loved spending time shooting Elliot and talking AC/DC. This kid knows everything about the band and I mean E V E R Y T H I N G.
A couple of weeks ago I got up at an ungodly hour to support my wife in a fun run. 300 competitors milled around and when the start gun went and they headed off all that was left were 2 lazy unfit slobs. So I nodded to the other bloke and proceeded to read the paper and wait for the runners to return. I had my Canon G10 snapper with me and took this pretty sunrise pic and thought it would make a nice desktop wallpaper. Feel free to hoover one up by clicking the link that corresponds to your widescreen monitor resolution.
All round nice guy and master dribbler John Rillie made his commentary debut tonight but surprise, surprise - he was calling rugby league and not his lifelong sport basketball. Was great to see him on the sideline at the Cowboys v Titans NRL game - keep it up JR, I'll watch for you on The Footy Show soon!
UPDATE START
I have just had a call from Britt Carseldine, the project manager of the QLD government image library. Britt has given me an indication of the future plans of the government and their new image library. It does sound like they have really thought carefully about this project and unlike many government/corporation image libraries this one may actually be well organised and technologically up-to-date. What I would like to see however is the Queensland Government Image Library spell out clearly for all photographers (maybe on a Q.G.I.L website?) what is meant by the conditions below -
The new Queensland Government Image Library project is seeking to purchase various selections of high resolution Queensland images by Queensland based photographers as royalty free, whereby the State of Queensland will have a perpetual, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable right to reproduce the licensed images an unlimited number of times in any and all media for all purposes applicable to Queensland Government communication.These royalty-free image CD/DVDs will be purchased and stored in a new secure Queensland Government Image Library. Here they will be viewed as thumbnails by a group of authorised Queensland Government communication and marketing officers across all Queensland Government agencies. The images will be managed by the Queensland Government Image Library team who will process the requests, and distribute derivatives of high resolution versions of these images to Queensland Government communications officers for their communications and marketing materials as deemed appropriate.
At this early stage we are seeking expressions of interest from a selected group of Queensland photographers, including yourself, who have been recommended as experienced freelancers to Queensland Government agencies. We are inviting you to supply a selection of approximately 200 of your web viewable images according to the brief below, from which we will select 65 to then be supplied in high resolution jpeg format sized at A4 (8x12) 300dpi. Successful photographers will be paid $1000.00 inc GST for one DVD containing 65 images we select from the 200 images submitted.
All Queensland Government agencies will be encouraged to acknowledge the photographer in editorial material and wherever practical. Obviously we cannot guarantee this acknowledgement in all circumstances but it may provide a good pr opportunity for your work as a side benefit.
Brief for royalty-free DVD of Queensland images
* the use of images with recognisable people will require signed model consent forms, and likewise areas requiring property releases would require a signed property release.
* Queensland Government agencies have full access to the Tourism Queensland image library so we are not currently in need of any tourism type images unless they are significantly different/creative in comparison to those in the TQ image library.
* We would like to focus on images that give a Queensland feel (traditional/contemporary/real life) and in that regard are very interested in images of regional Queensland.
* We will need metadata supplied and embedded with the chosen images in the following format:
* Short Unique Filename only containing letters and numbers
* Description
* Creator/Author
* Keywords (what, where, when, who)
* Location
* GPS data (where able)
* Image file format, size, dimensions, resolution, bit depth,
colour mode, colour profile.
* Copyright and contact information
Outlined below are some areas where we have gaps in our image library to give you an idea of some of the images we are looking for. This list is a guide and as such we are open to other images you may suggest as appropriate for our Queensland Government Image Library:
* Climate change: wind farms, solar panels, hybrid cars, watertanks, native gardens, washing car with bucket
* Health and lifestyle: cycling, surfing, walking, people (not recognisable) exercising, walking dog, fishing, boating, food images
* Indigenous images where people are not recognisable
* Brisbane and regional Queensland landmarks and infrastructure
* Queensland industries: mines and mining equipment/technologies/services , marine, aviation/aerospace, architecture and design, biotechnology, creative industries, environmental management, urban planning
* Regional: various regional agricultural industries, aquaculture
* Regional: streetscapes and regional town landmarks
* Streetscape: streets of traditional Queenslander homes and modern/eco architecture
* Creative images representing Queensland corporate/business sector
* Creative images of Queensland icons
* Creative images representing Queensland research/innovation/technology/culture
The Queensland Government Image Library team would like to receive a disc of web viewable versions (1000 pixels on the longest side at 72ppi) by close of business Friday 24 April. Please include your postal, website, email and phone contact details on the disc so we can respond to your submission. All submissions will be treated as highly confidential and not be used other than for proofing and selecting photos.
Just discovered by chance that I can sync my 1Password keychain easily between all my Mac's. If you're not using DropBox I would HIGHLY recommend it! Check this video out.
Just discovered something interesting while looking at Google Analytics reports (see below) for http://www.cameronlaird.com and http://blog.cameronlaird.com. The 7th most used screen resolution was 320x396. Must be iPhone I thought at first but isn't the resolution 320x480? Well, I've since discovered that while the actual screen resolution of the iPhone really is 320x480 the resolution in Safari when eliminating the address bar and the navigation bar is actually 320x396. So there, something new I've learnt today!
Hi readers!
Just stumbled on these videos of Ricky Gervais live on stage with his comedy "Animals". I am a big fan of Ricky Gervais - make sure you check out his free podcast at this iTunes store link and also his Ricky Gervais Guide To... series at this iTunes store link!
Today was Robbie Fowler's first public training session with his new team, the North Queensland Fury FC. Unfortunately I was away on an assignment and couldn't make it. A colleague of mine, Ian Hitchcock who shoots for Getty Images was there and put together a nice set of pics that you can check out at this link
UPDATE - Congratulations to @desherinka, winner of the Nikon D2H body - Can only be 1 winner, thanks guys for your entries and twitter follows!
I've had quite a few people ask me recently about what happens with and who uses the photographs I shoot at NRL games. I have included clippings of the way major metro papers used my pics - they include the Sunday Mail & The Courier-Mail (QLD), Daily Telegraph (NSW) and the Herald Sun and the Sunday Herald Sun (VIC).
Just got a bit of a chuckle when I found my recent NRL media accreditation tags, it's a bit of a shame that they gave me a pic this year - I was hoping to draw something even more interesting this year!
Cane toads have been a major environmental menace in Northern Australia for decades and to get locals involved in their eradication the Townsville City Council have offered prizes and trophies for categories such as heaviest toad and the heaviest haul. Trained officials will then identify and humanely euthanase the toads using carbon dioxide gas. The pests will be frozen for use by James Cook University's biology program, or made into souvenirs by a local taxidermist.
This sucks, I am on the sideline ready to shoot the North Queensland Cowboys v Melbourne Storm NRL match and this is the data rate I am getting - My only goal is to upload and of course I am blessed with great download speeds and terrible upload speeds. F**k Telstra!
UPDATE: PROBLEM SOLVED - I was doing everything right - I think it was a delay in DNS updates.
A colleague and I have been doing a simple "iPhone photo competition" over the past couple of months but with only the two of us involved it got a bit dull. :-(
Was just about to make some lunch and stumbled on this thanks to Twitter user @tsvnq. Not so hungry anymore!
I have set a closing time for entries to win a Nikon D2H (info here). No entries will be accepted after 23:59 AEST on 31/03/2009 (13:59 UTC on 31/03/2009). I will tally up all the entries (in traditional fashion) and I plan to draw it live on air (if it works) on 01/04/2009. (Yes I know it is April Fools Day but this is no joke, there will be an actual working Nikon D2H given away - it's just a coincidence that the draw is on that day!)
I am running a Twitter/web competition to win a used but working Nikon D2H body - info on the competition is here and pics of the actual camera (and my ugly mug!) are here.
As you may have read yesterday on my blog post here I am giving away a much loved working Nikon D2H. I thought it only fair that I posted a few pics of the actual camera and document the condition.
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