Stakky's photography blog

EDIT: changed the image (the previous one has a few issues). Here is a different view from the same night!

The end point of our hike, and the highest altitude the group as a whole managed… about 4900m. To put that into perspective, that’s more than twice the height of Oz’s highest mountain, and another kilometre above New Zealand’s highest peak. Whilst there was no views of Everest (and not a whole lot of oxygen), there was this; the Lang Tang mountain range, which reached 7800m and had some freaking huge glaciers spilling down the side. This image was a hand held stitch with the 50mm 1.4, and needs to be printed. Big.

What’s up, folks? I’ve spent the last month in Nepal, trekking across Lang Tang valley with a group organised by World Challenge (organisation that sends school groups overseas) taking many awesome landscapes which I’ll upload over the coming weeks. I’ve also spent a week in a small Nepalese community school building stuff and being laughed at by foreign kids for just about everything (makes good photos, luckily). This shot was taken in the Lang Tang valley, an area of the Himalayas that is home to some sh*t big mountains, a cartload of small villages, an adequate amount of yaks, and some of the best scenery you could ask for.

Finally shot a new image last night, possibly the first one in the last 6 months! I’ve forgotten crucial points of the shooting workflow, unfortunately… one being that I shouldn’t submerge my tripod and/or filters in the river.

Hey folks,
As a cure for study insanity, I opened an image and tried to kill it. Here’s the result! Call it my interpretation of ‘AIPP atmosphere’. The actual image is from NZ, shot with the ol’ 400d (it’s also about as grainy as as a wheat farm and will yield absolutely no use for printing large). There are a few other issues, but enjoy!

Hey folks.
Blog has – for the fourth or fifth time this year – died. The reason for this is that exams are coming up, which require masses of focus and concentration, which photography tends to prevent me from exerting. For this reason, things will continue to be deceased for some time.

The lack of photography has had profound health effects, though. Every time I see the camera my hand loses control and tries to press the shutter, and if i don’t allow it to, it starts flapping around like a dying fish. Preventing this is difficult and involves bricks to weigh the hand down during study sessions. I’ve also had to result to listening to a prerecorded shutter click on my ipod whenever I see a decent sunset, and the miming of setting up a camera is often necessary to prevent stress and retain sanity. Finally, whenever i see a decent composition, I’ve had to instantly close my eyes to keep the image in my mind for as long as possible. This can be a problem in public places, especially when walking in places where walls may be frequent.

Anyway heres an old image that may remind you of the good times. It does for me!

Hey folks, or those who still linger amidst the blog’s stale air. Apart from becoming a pretentious writer lately, I’ve produced a short art film for my media class. This was all filmed with the 5d, and edited by the same girl who acted in it. Had a great time making it, even if we produced it in a day’s time, and after six hours in that tunnel we went slightly crazy (possibly explaining the plot). This insanity officially categorises the film as an ‘art film’. Might get a little more thorough in this filmmaking stuff.

Only because I’ve gone and shot this in JPG. Damn.

Both images from a smokey night at Lights Beach, Denmark!