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About Me Member General Digital Photographer daniel2122/Male/Australia Recent Activity Deviant for 4 Years
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Update: Feb 2008

Sat Feb 16, 2008, 8:23 PM
  • Mood: Cheerful
  • Listening to: JJJ Hottest 100 2007, Beethoven
  • Reading: Digg
  • Watching: Dexter, Tiger Team, Juno
  • Playing: WoW, Team Fortress 2
  • Drinking: Tea (made with 2 teabags)
So I was updating my profile, looked at my journal and realised that its been a year since I've updated my journal. Oh dear.

I want to do more portrait work. If you enjoy having photos taken of yourself, volunteer, so I can be less rubbish at portrait photography! I'll buy you candy or a Porsche or something as a reward.

For Christmas, I was given a new tripod (cool!) but quickly realised by reading the box that it wasn't going to be anywhere near suitable for my camera (d'oh!). With a maximum weight of 2kg, and a camera that weighs a little over 2 on a good day and up to 2.5 with all bits tacked on, I needed to do the dreaded "heyyy.... can I have the receipt so I can return this?". I managed to essentially white lie to the guys at JB Hi Fi, and went to my favorite camera store in the city and paid the difference to purchase a shiny new Manfrotto 190. It should last me a very long time indeed.

Other stuff I need to grab when I can be bothered shelling out for it:

Remote release switch (If anyone knows where I can get an el-cheapo one for a 350D, please reply to this and let me know! I don't really want to pay $80 for something that costs $2.50 to make). I've seen the schematics, and they're dead simple, but I'm rubbish with a soldering iron.

Polarising filter: I do loads of landscape photography, and I don't have a filter. Very, very slack indeed.

As far as non-photography stuff goes, I finished uni, averaging a distinction. Yippee! Graduation is in a month, and I've ordered my tight threads for the occasion (regalia... I'll look such a tool).

So yes, everything is pretty much dandy. Hopefully I'll post another one of these in less than a year. :-s

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Devious Info

  • Current Residence: Perth, Western Australia
  • Interests: Music, Digital Photography, the beach, computers, reading, writing, photochopping, motorsport
  • Favourite movie: Donnie Darko, American Beauty, Fight Club, Blues Brothers
  • Favourite band or musician: Check out my last.fm - http://www.last.fm/user/dan.t.man/
  • Favourite genre of music: Everything but Country
  • Favourite artist: Van Gough
  • Favourite poet or writer: T.S. Eliot
  • Favourite photographer: Ansel Adams
  • Operating System: Nifty Doorways + Mac OS X 10.5.2
  • MP3 player of choice: iPod+iTunes+Daniel = :-)
  • Shell of choice: OSX Aqua 'Blue'
  • Skin of choice: Apple skin. It gets stuck in your teeth.
  • Favourite game: Deus Ex, Half Life, Red Alert 2, Orange Box
  • Favourite gaming platform: PC or NES, depending on how retro i'm feeling.
  • Favourite cartoon character: Harvey Birdman
  • Tools of the Trade: Canon EOS350D, EF 17-40 F4 L, EF 50mm F/1.8, 70-200 F4 L, Speedlite 430EX + Diff, Manfrotto 190XPROB

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Comments


:iconclarinetlovr:
hi random deviant! :]

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“The wise man in the storm prays to God, not for safety from danger, but deliverance from fear.”
:iconlaceydiane:
Thanks =]
Yes the fog is nice but the wintery cold that comes along with it isn't very nice at all. lol
:iconblacklollypops:
hey thanks for ur comment, thanks 4 info regarding the spot, ive always wanted to take some 'country' shots, so hopefully ill check it out when i have some time, i totally didnt realize it was near suburbia

and with my hard drive im still using it :P, but ive got two, one main one and one back up

Keep doing what you do cus its fantastic

and with portrait models, jus find someone who wants some wicked photos of themselves on their myspace :P

<3

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We all dream of travelling the world, but isn't the world within us? We little know the depths of our mind. The mysterious journey lies inwards.
:iconlaceydiane:
i must say your gallery is absoloutly amazing.
:iconblacklollypops:
Halo fellow perthian

Love your gallery,
where do you go to take your 'country' shots?
Your style is awesome

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We all dream of travelling the world, but isn't the world within us? We little know the depths of our mind. The mysterious journey lies inwards.
:iconloom1t:
your gallery is so great! :heart:
:iconsaini75:
hi..u've got a nice collection.
:icontheinfinatesadness:
hey, thanks for the fave! i think ive seen some of your stuff before. o.O
catchya round.

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And now for something completely different.
:iconscotty-dollin:
Cheers for the return watch, i cant wait to see what you keep coming up with...should be good :D

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