Brisbane City Council hosted the Green Heart Fair up the road today, so I decided to head down and check it out. I was surprised to find the place absolutely packed! Plenty of good photo opportunities, including Lord Mayor Campbell Newman riding a Segway 
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Green Heart Fair
May 16
Buddha’s Birthday
May 2
According to Google, Buddha’s birthday is December 6, 1970. According to the organisers of the Buddha Birth Day Festival 2010, it was today. Camille and I went to take some photos of the fireworks. It was my first attempt at fireworks photos, and I think they turned out quite well. The fireworks themselves weren’t anywhere near as big as the New Year displays (they only used one barge instead of three), but still stunning nonetheless.
The festival provided plenty of great Asian food and drink, along with the fireworks and some great bands playing for the crowd. I wouldn’t mind going next year to check out some of the other activities. Click on the photo above to see the rest.
Stadium Drift
Apr 28
Well… it’s been a long time since last update. I’ve been getting very slack, including not taking many photos. In fact, I haven’t really taken photos since I got back from New Zealand in February! I finally set a date to take some photos with Dan, so we headed down to the Gold Coast for our first attempt at motorsport photography at Stadium Drift. It was a fairly quiet event which meant we were able to get nice and close to the action and get a few shots before it turned dark. So, without further ado, here are some of my photos (click through for more).
A battery grip is one accessory that could be handy to have for your digital SLR. The benefits are two-fold; it extends your shooting time by adding another battery, and it makes portrait shooting easier by adding a vertical grip and shutter release button. I was pleasantly surprised when I received a shiny new Nikon MB-D80 as a Christmas gift from Camille. After a few months of use, I’ve decided to share my experience with this battery grip.
Image from KenRockwell.com - check out his great camera and lens reviews
A good tripod is one essential piece of kit for any photographer, but with so many different models, even from the one manufacturer, it can be a difficult decision to make. It can be all too tempting to buy a cheap tripod to start off with (which is what I did), but after a few months of use I can guarantee you’ll wish you’d spend the extra money to begin with! Cheaper tripods are usually sold as a one-piece setup; that is, the head is permanently attached to the legs. The head is usually of the pan/tilt variety, not the more flexible ball head. By being permanently attached to each other, if something goes wrong with either the legs or the head, you can’t replace them independently.
