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It has been a busy few days for me, with Christmas coming up I have been working more in my retail day job but this has not meant that I have not been able to find time to pursue my photographic interests.

Firstly, I wanted to share some photos that were taken over the last few days, whilst heading into the city and USYD at night and then Mittagong the following day.

After this I swapped a lot of my Nikon gear for some Canon gear (refer here for the status of my kit including loan gear) to brush up on my Canon usage in preparation for some workshops requested by some Canon users. So I was out and about with a 400D and some lenses today.

You may have noticed that I have been very busy and have not been posting much over the last fortnight (until last night that is) so I thought I would apologise once more and share with you images of my recent travels.

Firstly, I headed off to Kanangra Boyd National Park (beyond the Blue Mountains and Jenolan Caves) with members of my old lab group from USYD. This was not a photographic expedition, but rather a scientific field trip to collect lizards to continue the work on the evolution of viviparity (live birth) – yes this was the broad subject for my honours year. As it was not a photographic trip, I restricted myself to bringing only my Fuji S5 Pro (the D300 was still with Nikon Australia), Tamron SP 17-50mm f/2.8 and Phottix Geo One.

Soon afterwards (literally a two day break) I headed off to Kiama with some friends for an overnight getaway. However, the weather was not quite smiling down upon me so I did not get a lot of good photos. With me on this trip I brought along my Nikon D60, Nikon F80 (shooting Velvia 50), SB-400, Phottix Duo Cord, Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8, Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8, Nikkor 50mm f/1.8 as well as the Tokina 10-17mm fisheye.

Then after a single day at home, I headed down to Hobart for a four day trip. This trip was meant to be pretty photo intensive, so between myself and my younger sister we had the entire kitchen sink bringing the, Fuji S5 Pro + Tamron 17-50mm f/2.8, Sigma 180mm Macro, Nikon D60, Nikon F80 (shooting Velvia 50 and Superia 200), Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8, Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8VR, Nikkor 50mm f/1.8, Tokina 10-17mm fisheye, as well as the Phottix Duo Cord, Phottix Geo One and my trusty Nikon SB-400. This four day trip can be roughly split between four events:

Mt Wellington – standing behind Hobart, this landmark provides some great views of the city and surrounds

Cascade Brewery – Australia’s oldest continuously operating brewery, a great tour and some great drinks, I really enjoyed their Mercury Cider and the Cascade Lager (only available in TAS).

Bruny Island – untouched wilderness, some animal encounters and a hell of a ride in a 1400Bhp, 14m boat.

Salamanca Markets – a must see, a mix of craft and food and a great way to spend a day

I have only posted digital images taken with the D60 (as my younger sister was using the S5 Pro) with film images from the Superia 200 and the Velvia 50 to come if I have time.

Lastly, I thought I would share a few images from today’s bittersweet adventure where I welcomed back my trusty D300 but my good friend lost her D80.

Just thought that I would share a few images that I have taken recently as I have been rather quite.

What started out as a bright sunny day quickly turned gloomy but armed with my D60 and Tamron SP 17-50mm f/2.8 I didnt let the grey day stop me from grabbing a few pics. I apologise for the poor images as I am still getting used to the finer nuanaces in the D60′s behaviour.

These were taken using my D60 and 70-200mm f/2.8 VR or 50mm f/1.8, probably one of the most rediculous combinations imaginable, at a recent USYD PhotoSoc meeting/workshop.

I have just spent the day out and about at Cockatoo Island with members of the University of Sydney Photographic Society (PhotoSoc). The sun was out, the weather warm, and the location had so much to cover. However, I managed to do one thing that I dont usually spend a lot of time doing…taking people pictures.

The Phottix Geo One came along on this trip and it once again proved to be very reliable, geotagging most images, even inside the buildings on the island at the expense of battery lift. I drained a battery and a half in my Nikon D300 for roughly a days shooting…

Here are few pictures from the joint end of semester party for USYD PhotoSoc and UTS Exposure, not my best work but I did promise that they would be up. Most of these are the result of playing with our (USYD PhotoSoc) giant polaroid frame using  a couple of SB-600′s and a SB-800 in conjunction with a shoot through umbrella.

Just took the opportunity to loose off a few snaps with my S5 Pro and with a D700. Here are a few of the better ones.

I have to apologise for the lack of activity lately, I have had little time to shoot, and even less time to post photos up. But here are a few sets, two from the last few days and a set that has been sitting waiting for upload for awhile.

Today USYD PhotoSoc went on their first shooting Mini-meet, down to the Rocks (Sydney, Aust). Although the Rocks is so photographed there seems to be little to left to capture, if you look hard enough there is always something.

Last night I finally went out night shooting again, this time in the company of a Canon wielding friend. We lugged the Manfrotto’s (Bogen for the American’s) up to Observatory Hill and were rewarded with a slightly different take on the Coathanger (Sydney Harbour Bridge). I didnt get much from the night but it was good to catch up with a friend.

This last set is from our trip down to Jervis Bay at the beginning of the month. We headed down via Bald Hill Lookout and caught the hang gliders. We went snorkelling where my Fuji F100fd + WP-FXF100 got another workout. We finished the trip with a dolphin cruise.

It has been an epic week at USYD with O-week rolling along like an unstoppable machine. Here are some of the pictures I took on the last day. It makes me sad to see this festival come to an end, as it significes another year of work ahead.

It has been a busy two days with another on the way. I have been helping out with PhotoSoc and shooting for the Bull. Here are some of the pics from today (yesterday).

What a good way to kick off the new year! A job for the University of Sydney Union, here are some of the images from the day. For a link to the full album please email me at: scout@scout-images.com