TWITTER: Profound or Banal?
Posted by Dean Bradshaw | Filed under News
So I just gave in..
If you’d like to be informed of the precise moment I eat my next sandwich or have the urge to shout from the rooftops through another means (on top of a blog, flickr and facebook) – follow me on twitter.
It is peculiarly addictive…
Before I joined and even now, I share the wonderful musings of techno-skeptic Margaret Wente.
“If you thought Facebook was banal, try Twitter,” says she. So why do we use the short-messaging network and how can we explain its meteoric growth? The Toronto Globe and Mail columnist/cultural anthropologist gives four possible critical explanations:
1) “Is it really hunger for community? Is it, as one Twittering friend suggested, a safe substitute for talking to yourself, something that other people tend to find disturbing?”
2) “One more symptom of mass attention-deficit disorder – yet another excuse to distract ourselves from the dull or difficult tasks at hand?”
3) “Is it really fear of dying? Maybe Twittering is just another way (like getting and sending e-mail) to reassure ourselves that we exist: Ego tweeto, ergo sum.”
4) “Maybe the drive to tweet is just the logical extension of our narcissistic age, in which nothing in the world could possibly be more fascinating (to us) than what we’re having for lunch.”
But if you can’t beat em’, join em’ …
Tags: social media
Canon Australia Professional Photography Awards: Perth Exhibition
Posted by Dean Bradshaw | Filed under News, Perth Creative Scene
For those of you in Perth, be sure to check out the travelling Canon APPA exhibition being held in the Central Park Building (152-158 St. George’s Terrace) between the 20th of April and the 1st of May.
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From Canon’s website:
The Canon Australian Professional Photography Awards (Canon APPA) represents the very best in Australian Professional Photography. Now in their 32nd year, the Canon Australian Professional Photography Awards recognise the top professional photographers in Australia. The 2008 awards received a record number of entries with an increase in submissions of 45%.
The Canon Australian Professional Photography Awards are open to all Australian and overseas professional photographers. Photographs are individually critiqued and scored via a rigorous peer-review judging process to determine the highest-scoring prints across the different categories of Advertising/Fashion, Editorial, Commercial/Industrial, Illustrative, Portrait, Wedding, Environment, Science & Nature, Landscape, Photo Illustrator and an Open Award. From the 10 category winners, one photographer is chosen as the major winner.
In 2008, the major prize and title of Canon AIPP Australian Professional Photographer of the Year was awarded to Melbourne-based professional photographer, Mercury Megaloudis, of Megagraphics Photography.
Bushfires rage in Victoria, Australia
Posted by Dean Bradshaw | Filed under News
As most of you in Australia know, the state of Victoria is battling enormous wildfires at the moment. Having already claimed upwards of 130 lives, these wildfires mark the worst natural disaster Australia has ever seen.
The Boston globe, who also brought you the amazing photos of President Obama’s inauguration has a gallery of remarkable photographs which give better insight into the event than just words. It is a terrible turn of events. If you’d like to help out by donating to the Red Cross, please call 1800 811700 or visit the Red Cross website.
Canon 5d mkII videos: Game Changers
Posted by Dean Bradshaw | Filed under GEAR, Multimedia, News
The Canon 5d mkII promises to revolutionise the photographic industry – both in the amateur and professional spheres. Shooting full High Definition video – via a highly sensitive 35mm sensor – the camera allows photographers to unleash their creative vision in motion picture as well as 21 megapixel still photographs.
But don’t take my word for it, listen to Vincent Laforet – pulitzer prize winning photojournalist and creator of the widely acclaimed short film ‘Reverie’ – shot in one day on a pre-production 5d mkII – as he speaks about the 5D mkII at the Photo Plus Expo in New York.
For those as eager I as have been to get your hands on any examples of video recorded on a 5d mkII, check the following links out – a selection of my favourites from around the web – after the jump… Read the rest of this entry »
Lightroom 2 released!
Posted by Dean Bradshaw | Filed under Lightroom, News
I am a disciple of lightroom.
This piece of software makes my life so much easier, speeding up everything from sorting through thousands of images to making adjustments via Adobe’s powerful Adobe Camera Raw interface.
Big News, the official full release of Lightroom 2 was released this morning!!!
It is an amazing upgrade from the last iteration, Lightroom 1.4, and promises photographers an even more enhanced workflow experience.
My favourite new features include localised adjustments (awesome when wielding a Wacom Tablet) and support for dual monitors.
According to Adobe, the powers that be have deemed the official top new features list to include:
* Local adjustment brush
* Enhanced organizational tools
* Volume management
* Extensible architecture
* Multiple monitor support
* Flexible print package functionality
* Streamlined Photoshop CS3 integration
* Enhanced output sharpening
* 64-bit support for Windows® and Mac OS
To find out more, check out the awesome Lightroom 2 Learning Centre presented by Scott Kelby and Matt Kloskowski from the NAPP.
Enjoy!
Tags: adobe, Lightroom, News, release
Ray Hanas – Where service still matters…
Posted by Dean Bradshaw | Filed under News
Tags: martial arts, News, ray hanas, service
Demystifying Camera Specifications – Canon 50MP sensor
Posted by Dean Bradshaw | Filed under News
There are reports that Canon is working on producing a 50 megapixel sensor, courtesy of a roughly translated and interpreted Chinese article from the Chinese P&E show.
Pecha Kucha Night – 23rd May – Perth, Western Australia
Posted by Dean Bradshaw | Filed under News
I’m heading to my first Pecha Kucha night tonight
What the heck is that you ask?
Well, i asked the same profound question when in was initially confronted with the term. After 20 seconds of diligent internet research, i came up with a basic understanding, no doubt about to be expanded at 7pm this evening.
Basically these nights, currently hosted at Ginger’s Garage , are open forums where young designers can meet, network and show their work in public.
Each speaker is only allowed to show 20 images, each shown for 20 seconds. If you do the math, that’s 6 minutes per talk – perfect for today’s youtube corrupted attention spans.
I’m heading there with my friend Ed, uber designer of Dickanded fame.
Should be fun…
Tags: design, event, pecha kucha, perth
Welcome
Posted by Dean Bradshaw | Filed under News
Have just finished the new and improved www.deanbradshaw.com.au
With it comes a blog, this one, something to consolidate my photographic web wanderings, opinions on obscure photo gear and whatever else i can come up with.
So stay tuned…
