One of my most popular blog posts was my review of Smugmug vs 500px back in 2013. Back then Smugmug came out the winner but will it still hold it’s own today? Here’s an update on the review for 2017! 500px Plans: Free: The great … Continue readingBest Photography Portfolio Website 2017: Update 3 Years Later!
I’ve used and tested a number of different stabilisers, gimbals and glidecams in the past, including the Movi, DJI Ronin, DJI Osmo, Glidecam XR 2000, Glidecam HD 4000 and the Feiyu WG for the GoPro. What’s the best solution for your videography? For me, as I shoot … Continue readingGlidecam vs Gimbal | What to buy?
I was in Leogang, Austria on the weekend getting some shots for goggle company SunGod, check them out below: 1/1000s, f/6.3, ISO 100 1/1000s, f/6.3, ISO 100 1/4000s, f/9.0, ISO 1250 1/1000s, f/6.3, ISO 100
This week I joined IFMGA Mountain Guide, Tal Niv, ice climbing in the Tyrollean mountains. Tal runs exclusive outdoor courses through his mountaineering school Harim Mountains and as well as ice climbing, he teaches freeride skiing, ski touring and other mountaineering courses. I was very grateful to … Continue readingIce Climbing Shoot in the Tirol
As I mainly shoot in the outdoors, I was having real problems seeing the LCD screen on my Sony A6300. The daylight renders it pretty much useless, meaning shooting with it or reviewing your photos just doesn’t work. The only other option is to use … Continue readingSony A6300 LCD Screen Loupe Hack
Earlier this week we ski-toured up Ponten in the Austrian Tirol. There’d only been about 10cm of fresh snow overnight but the avvy warning was still a three above the treeline, so we proceeded with caution. It was the afternoon, so we were following the … Continue readingSkitour & Avalanche at Ponten, Tirol
Some shots below from last week’s sunrise and sunset ski-tour up to Ornach near Oberjoch in Bavaria. In the morning we were the first heading up, so it was pretty slow going through the fresh snow. It took us just over an hour to do … Continue readingSkitour & Photoshoot | Ornach, Bavaria
Many years ago, I worked for my parents who own a video production company. Because it is a family business, you inevitably end up wearing many hats and being the czar of many different jobs. I mainly managed projects and worked as a video editor. On production, there were times that I was called on to work as an audio tech and was made to wear headphones on long production days. In those days, having a really good set of headphones that picked up every nuance of sound was essential to making sure the client got what they needed. … Continue readingDo Athletes Need To Create More Video Content?
Helped the LOA boys a few months back shooting Arnulf Rainer’s exhibition at the Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac in Salzburg. We used the Canon 5D Mark III, Sony A7s and DJI Ronin to get the shots. You can watch the video below:
The photos that I edited for Hotel Villa Carlton are finally up on their website, check them out here. It was a basic retouching job, so I used Lightroom CC to clean and enhance brightness, contrast and colours.