• Abandoned
    An abandoned British research station on Stonington Island in Antarctica
  • Harbour Dusk
    The daily buzz on Sydney Harbour is always a joy to experience.
  • Mona Vale
    View from the headland to Mona Vale Pool.
  • Antarctic Night
    Midnight in Antarctica and mirror-like reflections.
  • Neko Harbour
    Sunrise over Neko Harbour in Antarctica.

Archive for September, 2010

Landscape photography workshop in October

Tuesday, September 28th, 2010

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I am happy to announce my next Landscape Photography Workshop on the weekend of 23-24th October 2010 in Sydney.
The following aspects are going to be covered:

Session1 (Saturday, 1.30pm-4pm):
• Basics of photography – interior of an SLR, components of exposure (aperture, ISO, shutter speed, focus,…), technical terms explained
• Histogram and exposing to the right – how to make use of it and how to improve your images through it
• Rules of composition
• Reading the light
• Bracketing (basics for HDR photography)
• Layer blending
• White Balance blending
• How to capture seascapes
• Shutter blending
• Creating panoramas
• Tips for researching (planning, scouting, shooting)
• Gear (recommended cameras, tripods, lenses, filters,…)
• Pre-shooting checklist

Session 2 (Saturday, 4pm – 6.30pm):
On-location shooting at one of Sydney’s Eastern beaches. Composition is going to be a major subject at this dusk shoot. I will show you what to look out for and how to line up the shot. Everyone will have some one-on-one time with me.

Session 3 (Sunday, 6am -7.30am):

Second on-location shooting. You get a second chance to apply what you have learned the evening before at the dawn shoot.
Experience first-hand, how shooting landscapes at different times of day affect your photos. There will be plenty more time to ask questions and correct mistakes.

Workshop price: $289
I am confident that I can teach you some very valuable lessons. However should you feel like you did not get enough value out of the workshop, I am offering a 100% money-back guarantee.

If you are interested, please email me at kajo@kajophotography.com or reply in the comments below.

First workshop wrap up

Monday, September 27th, 2010

Yesterday I finished my first Landscape Photography Workshop and I have to say, we all had a blast!

The theory went well, and despite a huge amount of information, I believe that I was able to convey everything in 3.5 hours.
There were even two students attending with over 5 years of experience and even they said, they learned a few new tricks, so that was fantastic.
In the evening then we had quite a lovely sunset with lots of colour in the sky and 6-8 ft waves pounding the rocks. It made for some beautiful photographs. Finally the next morning participants were able to shoot sunrise and then got the chance to take some action shots of surfers. We wrapped things up – after a critique session for the students – with a hearty and well deserved breakfast.
Here are a few testimonials of this workshop:

“The course is a great start for anyone wanting to take their photography to the next level. Highly recommended.” Quang T.

“I absolutely would recommend this to anyone with an interest in landscape photography. From beginners like me especially but the advanced photographers also seemed to benefit greatly from it!” Miki O.

“Really Enjoyed it.” Susan J.

There has already been plenty of interest for the landscape photography workshop on the 23/24 October and spots are filling up quickly. If you don’t want to miss out, email me at kajo@kajophotography.com or simply leave a comment.

Here are some photos I was able to snap during the evening

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Nice colourful sunset

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Some huge waves for the students to shoot

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Quang composing a beautiful shot of cascading water

Final Workshop preparations

Friday, September 24th, 2010

Today I finalized my workshop preparations. I’m bringing way more gear than I thought.
Plenty of additional camera gear to demonstrate techniques and good study material for the workshop attendees. It should be a blast, I’m excited!

Workshop is full

Thursday, September 16th, 2010

The Landscape workshop on 25/26 September is now officially full.

If you would like to join the next landscape photography workshop in a month, please let me know and I will put your name on the list.
It’s going to be on the 23/24 October.
Email me: kajo@kajophotography.com or leave a comment here. First come, first serve – so let me know asap.

Post Processing tutorial of Zoe’s Rays

Wednesday, September 15th, 2010

I received a few emails asking me questions about my post processing of Zoe’s Rays which I posted on my blog yesterday.
So I knocked up a video of all the steps in Photoshop. I hope it helps and you learn something new!

P.s. little error in the video: When I draw the circle with the elliptical marquee tool, I press SPACE to move my selection around (not SHIFT as I said in the video), sorry for that.