Author: Nigel Paterson

  • Walking around Sydney

    An overnight trip to Sydney included a walk around Government House. Awesome city if you’re a tourist, awful if you live in the suburbs and spend time in the congested roads.

  • Lack of Mic input fix

    If you’re still lamenting the fact the Leica D-LUX or Panasonic LX100 don’t have a mic input, Tascam may have the solution for you. Video review: Tascam DR-70D recorder offers professional audio capture on a budget

  • Blue Pool Panorama

    We visited, shot, swam in and jumped off the walls of the Blue Pools today. The place is magnificent and lends itself well to the panoramic feature of the Leica D-LUX. (Yes, then water looked green rather than blue. Such is life).

  • More Dawn

    Ahh, saturated colours, a big fireball and water – love it.

  • Pelicans

    Pelicans

    Had the opportunity to shoot a flock or two of pelicans as the local fisherman threw them the heads of the fish they’d caught. Most of the images were shot at 1/1000th of a second, shutter priority, 200ISO. For most I had a polarising filter attached. If you like more details, leave a comment/question. All…

  • A walk along the shore

    A walk along the shore

    Yamba, on the far Northern NSW coast, is a very pretty place. I took an hour or so and came back with a few nice images.

  • A compact holiday

    I have access to a huge range of incredible photographic tools – Canon Full Frame and Olympus m4/3 systems, video cameras, many lenses, flashguns, filters, tripods… but on holidays this Christmas all I’ve brought along is the Leica D-Lux (Type 109, aka Panasonic LX100). I use the bigger equipment for work, and I enjoy my…