The Bad Photographer » Action http://www.badphotographer.com Donald Jackson's Photographic Journey Thu, 06 Jan 2011 12:08:01 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 The Jack Parow Concert http://www.badphotographer.com/2010/03/the-jack-parow-concert/ http://www.badphotographer.com/2010/03/the-jack-parow-concert/#comments Mon, 22 Mar 2010 15:12:39 +0000 Donald Jackson http://www.badphotographer.com/?p=135 After a long wait I finally managed to get myself into a club with my camera. As some of you know I prefer taking photos at night and this was a cool setting for me to try out.

I headed to Jack Parow at Mercury Live on Friday the 19th March 2010 to check it out. I love his shows so thought it would be a good place to try my first night time concert stuff. I struggled to find the settings I wanted in order to actually capture some decent photos. I found what worked for me was setting it into shutter priority and then simply finding a shutter speed I was comfortable I could shoot without a flash (without being insanely blurry). I then picked my moments when the lighting was substantial enough to actually get some decent photos. It was very much an experiment, I ended up with many underexposed photos but I did get one or two that I liked. Let me know what you think.

]]> http://www.badphotographer.com/2010/03/the-jack-parow-concert/feed/ 0 The Electric Cello http://www.badphotographer.com/2010/02/the-electric-cello/ http://www.badphotographer.com/2010/02/the-electric-cello/#comments Thu, 04 Feb 2010 10:31:33 +0000 Donald Jackson http://www.badphotographer.com/?p=127 Last night was my friend Dani’s birthday which she chose to have at the top of the Grand Daddy hotel in Long Street, Cape Town.

In addition to the already awesome setting, Carol Thorns was there with her electric cello (pretty cool looking and sounding gadget). Anyway I took some photos of her playing which I thought came out decently, check them out.

]]> http://www.badphotographer.com/2010/02/the-electric-cello/feed/ 1 The Trip to Port Elizabeth http://www.badphotographer.com/2009/12/the-trip-to-port-elizabeth/ http://www.badphotographer.com/2009/12/the-trip-to-port-elizabeth/#comments Sun, 20 Dec 2009 15:49:24 +0000 Donald Jackson http://www.bad-photographer.com/?p=78 So I made my way down to Port Elizabeth for the Christmas holiday. I took the ‘back way’ via Worcester and Robertson and on the road between Robertson and Swellendam dawn started which really allowed for some awesome views and shots. I’d never tested out the bulb function to catch ‘car drag’ on a road so I thought I could try and capture both the dawn as well as one or two of the few cars on the road.

This shot came out well for me, and there is a green light in the sky moving across the frame, but it was unintentional and I’m still not sure what it is, possibly a plane? I like it, but I am still struggling to focus the lens correctly in the dark.

]]> http://www.badphotographer.com/2009/12/the-trip-to-port-elizabeth/feed/ 4 The 2009 SA Open at Pearl Valley http://www.badphotographer.com/2009/12/the-2009-sa-open-at-pearl-valley/ http://www.badphotographer.com/2009/12/the-2009-sa-open-at-pearl-valley/#comments Sat, 19 Dec 2009 15:47:40 +0000 Donald Jackson http://www.bad-photographer.com/?p=76 Being the golf nut that I am, I made a trip down to the SA Open at Pearl Valley this year for the 3rd round. We followed around Eduardo Molinari for a few holes. On the 10th hole he hit it in the right fairway bunker and I thought this would be an opportunity to test out the drive mode of my camera and get an action shot. I was using the borrowed Canon 70-210mm which I am not as accustomed to as my own lens but it still did the job.

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