- a Pentax Spotmatic SLR - complete with Takumar 50mm f/1.4 standard lens a 200mm f/4 tele and a 28mm f.2.8 Sigma wide angle. Soon after, I picked up another Pentax, this time the ageing manual Honeywell model. In 1970, a couple of months after the birth of our son Simon, my wife Helen and I were transferred by my firm from South Australia to Port Hedland in the North West of West Australia.In my spare time, when not fishing, I was involved with both cameras, capturing many hundreds of black and white images - on either Ilford HP IV or Kodak Plus-X - of the stark landscapes and derelict mine sites. I still have the Spotmatic, but only as a museum piece.In 2001 I went digital, and a marvellous new world opened to me. The medium is perfect for improving technique with the time between photo session and end result being minimised so that errors can be quickly corrected. The passion for stark landscapes and ageing (and sometimes quirky) subjects remains. with me.I purchased my first digital SLR the day the Canon EOS 300D was released in Australia. My son Simon now has that camera, and I’m currently the proud owner of Canon 40D, 50D and 5D MkII SLRs. My lenses include a 10 - 22mm EF-S f/3.5 wide angle, a 24 - 70mm f/2.8 L, a 70- 200mm f/2.8 L, a 400mm f/5.6 L, an EF-2 extender and a 100mm f/2.8 macro lens - all Canon. Recently I also invested in a "Travel Camera". This is a little Canon Powershot G10 IS, shooting both RAW and jpg, and it joins an even smaller Canon Ixus 860IS (only shooting jpg). These little beauties, although not capable of massive zoom ratios, keep me with a camera close at hand in most circumstances - sometimes where the DSLRs would be inappropriate.I use a range of Epson papers that include Archival Matte, Semi-gloss Archival, Full Gloss, Vivid White Watercolour and the new Cotton Rag paper. My printer is a (now ageing) Epson R1800. All this is tied together with a ColorMonki screen/printer calibrator.As can be seen by the range of images on this site, I spend quite a bit of time shooting working sheepdogs. These intelligent, hard working dogs are a pleasure to be with, at times rewarding me with exhibition standard images (although many thousand exposures are made).I also take great pleasure in shooting casual portraits under available lighting conditions (the 5D is great for this).Many of my images are to a large extent attributable to my wife Helen who I fondly refer to as my “Director of Shooting”. She has a Canon Ixus 960IS because she says that my SLRs have too many buttons!A retired electronics buff, I now divide my time between gardening on our 3.5 acre property at Strathalbyn SA, grandchildren and my (obsession) - photography.About RobMade with Xara
- a Pentax Spotmatic SLR - complete with Takumar 50mm f/1.4 standard lens a 200mm f/4 tele and a 28mm f.2.8 Sigma wide angle.
Soon after, I picked up another Pentax, this time the ageing manual Honeywell model. In 1970, a couple of months after the birth of our
son Simon, my wife Helen and I were transferred by my firm from South Australia to Port Hedland in the North West of West Australia.
In my spare time, when not fishing, I was involved with both cameras, capturing many hundreds of black and white images - on either
Ilford HP IV or Kodak Plus-X - of the stark landscapes and derelict mine sites. I still have the Spotmatic, but only as a museum piece.
In 2001 I went digital, and a marvellous new world opened to me. The medium is perfect for improving technique with the time between
photo session and end result being minimised so that errors can be quickly corrected.
The passion for stark landscapes and ageing (and sometimes quirky) subjects remains. with me.
I purchased my first digital SLR the day the Canon EOS 300D was released in Australia. My son Simon now has that camera, and I’m
currently the proud owner of Canon 40D, 50D and 5D MkII SLRs. My lenses include a 10 - 22mm EF-S f/3.5 wide angle, a 24 - 70mm f/2.8 L, a 70-
200mm f/2.8 L, a 400mm f/5.6 L, an EF-2 extender and a 100mm f/2.8 macro lens - all Canon.
Recently I also invested in a "Travel Camera". This is a little Canon Powershot G10 IS, shooting both RAW and jpg, and it joins an even smaller Canon Ixus
860IS (only shooting jpg). These little beauties, although not capable of massive zoom ratios, keep me with a camera close at hand in most circumstances -
sometimes where the DSLRs would be inappropriate.
I use a range of Epson papers that include Archival Matte, Semi-gloss Archival, Full Gloss, Vivid White Watercolour and the new Cotton Rag paper. My printer
is a (now ageing) Epson R1800. All this is tied together with a ColorMonki screen/printer calibrator.
As can be seen by the range of images on this site, I spend quite a bit of time shooting working sheepdogs. These intelligent, hard working dogs are a
pleasure to be with, at times rewarding me with exhibition standard images (although many thousand exposures are made).
I also take great pleasure in shooting casual portraits under available lighting conditions (the 5D is great for this).
Many of my images are to a large extent attributable to my wife Helen who I fondly refer to as my “Director of Shooting”. She has a Canon Ixus 960IS
because she says that my SLRs have too many buttons!
A retired electronics buff, I now divide my time between gardening on our 3.5 acre property at Strathalbyn SA, grandchildren and my (obsession) -
photography.
About Rob
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