Anti Climax - A Director's Nightmare

This kind of stuff is great for Queensland Tourism! ;)

This kind of stuff is great for Queensland Tourism! ;)

All signs pointed to Noosa coming alive this weekend! “Cyclone Ului is generating monster swells that will punish the Southeast Queensland Coastline this weekend!” “A Century Swell!” “8-12 Foot Waves on Saturday!” “Dangerous conditions this weekend! Storm Surges, Localised Flooding and Beach Erosion forecast!”

Friday Afternoon was exciting, the swell was sizeable and the atmosphere was electric. Everybody had heard what was heading our way, there was talk of things to come everywhere I turned. Everything was coming together nicely. I got some setup shots, popped around and shot some stuff with the Glidetrack and finished off with some time lapse when it got too dark for video. This was all just a reconnaissance mission, the next day was what counted. . .Saturday was game day! Sadly it didn’t quite turn out the way everybody thought.

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Canon 500D Firmware Hack in the works!

What it looks like at Jonny's end.

What it looks like at Jonny's end! Where is the "Add Manual Controls & Extra Frame rates button"? :)

When I first got wind of this, I was very, very interested! I’d always thought that surely as soon as the Canon 5D MKII Firmware Update that gave the user manual control over ISO, Aperture and Shutter speed came out, somebody would take up the reins and find a way to port that over to it’s baby brother the Canon 500D. It never happened. I guess by the time the Canon 7D came around, most people had seemed to forget about the fantastic little 500D.

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SmugMug now embedding HD Video!

It’s a happy day today! An e-mail just arrived in my inbox this morning from SmugMug HQ with the wonderful news that their embedded flash player is now capable of displaying a HD video feed in Full Screen mode! This is great news and welcome addition to the already fantastic service these guys provide.

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Anti-Social Social Media goes Social!

Not unlike the Canon 5DMKII was sometime ago, this is a game changer!

Not unlike the Canon 5DMKII was sometime ago, this is a game changer!

Confused? You needn’t be, it’s actually very simple. Facebook has come to the Xbox 360 and it is going to redefine the way we view and interact with Social media!

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Tools of the Trade - Part 2

The exorbitantly expensive Panasonic P2 Card and it's little friend, a Sandisk Extreme 3 SD Card.

The exorbitantly expensive Panasonic P2 Card and it's little friend, a Sandisk Extreme 3 SD Card.

Now we’ve already covered the point of acquisition, the camera, but once it’s shot and sitting on those memory cards, where does it go? Here in Part 2 of Tools of the Trade we’re going to find out.

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