Looking forward to the Art unlimited competition at Dunedoo

Hi everyone
Just getting ready for the 2016 Art unlimited competition at Dunedoo.

no fingers crossed for winning any of the prizes but you have to be in it to win it anyway and i would not win anything if i did not enter anyway so i might as well try.

more information on the competition can be found Here

Entries close on the 23rd of April and art work has to be delivered by the 14th of May though  Artwork can be personally delivered on Saturday, 16 May 2015 from 9am to 4pm & Sunday the 17 May 2015  from 9am to 3pm.

Geminids meteor shower December 13 and 14 2015

Geminids meteor shower December 2015

On Monday the 14th we had the Geminids meteor shower occur and i was out in my parents back paddock photographing the meteor shower.

Had some fun with my Tamron 10-24mm and the usual camera takes photo and whilst the RAW file was processed by my Nikon, suddenly a meteor will appear, but oh well just my luck.

So far been happy with my Tamron lens but i will save up for the Tonika 11-16mm lens for future meteor showers.

Looking forward to the new years eve fireworks and the Quadrantids meteor shower on the 3rd and 4th of January 2016. It will be an interesting year for my blog + website as i plan to photograph as much Astronomy events as possible.

does anyone have any experience with the Nikon 70-300mm VR  or the Tokina 11-24mm as i am interested in getting the lens.
  Looking forward to trying to spot the the Quadrantids Meteor Shower on the 4th of January 2016.

I would like to thank Warwick Brown of the Bathurst camera club for reminding me about the Geminids meteor shower, if not there would have been no way I would have been able to have made any last minute preparations.

quadrantids meteor shower 2016

quadrantids meteor shower 2016

Looking forward to tonight, despite the weather and the poor chances of seeing any of the  quadrantids shower in the Southern hemisphere, I Will try to see what will happen in the limited clear sky on the 4th at 8pm Australian Eastern Daylight Time (AEDT) so i will not likely see anything.

It looks like I will not be seeing much tomorrow evening with the weather forecast.

Sadly it was  to light and overcast to see anything today.
If not I will just have to go out and practice my Astronomy photography for the Lyrids meteor shower in April.

More information can be found here, here and here

Bibliography

http://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/earthskys-meteor-shower-guide accessed 02/01/2016

 http://meteorshowersonline.com/quadrantids.html accessed 2/01/2016

http://www.spacedex.com/quadrantids/locations/quadrantid-australia-melbourne.php accessed 02/01/2016

http://www.timeanddate.com/astronomy/meteor-shower/lyrids.html accessed 02/01/2016

Looking forward to trying to spot the Quadrantids Meteor Shower

On the 3rd or 4th of January 2016, I will be trying to observe the Quadrantids Meteor Shower from my parents back paddock on both nights. I decided to mow around the back paddock so i will not be in patches of thistles this time (real fun).  

Though i might not be able to see the Quadrantids Meteor Shower over Bathurst, As it is better observed in the Northern hemisphere, but i will still try anyway because i can not expect to get any meteor photos if I don't put any effort.

I did have fun taking photos of the Geminids meteor shower on the 13th-14th of December, so I think I have a bit of a idea what settings to use, though there are always room to experiment with the settings.

More information can be found here and here.

(note I am an Amateur astronomy photographer and i don't have much experience in Astronomy photography, I would go to other photographers first for advice on taking Astronomy photography.)

Anyway i will have fun photographing the stars on the 3rd and 4th of January 2015 and if i get any meteors that will make it all the more better.

Tafe for 2015

Tafe is over for 2015 and it has been a great year, learning more and more about photography as I learn to become a better photographer.

I found making my own website for my business as it  has made me think about how i present myself to the world. before i made my website I only had this blog.

My friendship with Chloe and Liz made the diploma of Photo imagery worth the Time and effort to travel to and from Orange. Without them I don't think i would have been able to have completed the course without them.

Well anyway It has been a great year for me which will hopefully lead to more opportunities in 2016 for my photography.

 Photo taken by Chloe Mackenzie (here is her website and her blog)

Photo of Class taken at Byng street cafe