Nigel Paterson – 0410878752

Category: Photography

  • Vibrant flowers…

    I’ve lay on the ground with a long focal length and shot this group of flowers a from low angle. The sun is to the front and right, punching through the petals. Exposure is as metered, although mid-tone levels were adjusted in post.Olympus EP-1, 40-150 @ 150mm (35mm effective 300mm), 1/250s @ f/10. ISO 100.…

  • Rule of thirds… sort of.

    Dividing this image into three bands – the foreground reflections, the boys in the water and the boats on the horizon, make this a distintive summer feel. Strong saturated colours give it an intense feel. Underexposed 2/3-stop off the meter to hold highight detail in the white water and saturate the colours. Canon 5D Mk2,…

  • Curve, warmth and texture

    In this shot I’ve tweaked the yellow to give the shot a very warm, almost sunset feel. The letterbox crop means many won’t identify it immediately with the Sydney Opera House, just wonderful curves, textures and tones. Shot with an Olympus EP-1, AV, 17mm f/2.8 @f/4.5, ISO 200, underexposed 2/3-stop from internal meter.

  • Is the Canon EOS 1D MkIV half-baked?

    Canon’s EOS 1 range of cameras were the professional standard against which others were judged. Put simply, they are the choice of squillions of working professional photographers, the guys and girls who make a living looking through pieces of glass, who require dependability and high performance in every respect. Some would argue the range peaked…

  • My iPad

    There has been no end of coverage of the new Apple iPad, and I suppose I’m just contributing to the noise here, but that’s the point of a blog: I can write this and if no one reads it, well, no trees will fall in the forest. But I’m not going to say who the…

  • Call me square

    There has been a slew of new cameras announced on launched in recent months, but no manufacturer has really launched a game-changer. Put simply, we still use cameras like we did when their design was as much dictated but the shape and technical requirements of film rather than what’s ideal for us – except we…