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Should I upgrade? I’ve had the #djiphantom4 dron

Should I upgrade?
I’ve had the #djiphantom4 drone for years, and it has served me well as I’ve photographed farms for Australian Farm Albums @ausfarmalbum. But now, looking to create wall art pieces, the 12MP camera just doesn’t cut it.
So I need a new drone…
But which one?
#djimavic2pro or #djiair2s ??
Decisions, decisions…

I often think of how much some drone photos can lo

I often think of how much some drone photos can look like brush strokes in a painting.
This isn’t a painting, but a wall panel in my new bathroom that hasn’t been sanded and painted yet!

NOTE: low resolution images. It is never too late

NOTE: low resolution images.
It is never too late to learn!
I thought I had learnt something new when my drone didn’t recognise the memory card I’d put in it. A message popped up saying that the images would be stored in my phone cache (I was using the iPhone app on the controller). “Wow”, I thought, “that’s great that I don’t have to bring the drone down and replace the card.”
However when I finished taking all these magnificent photos and I brought the drone back to download the photos from my phone to my computer, well that’s when I really learnt something!
The images stored in the phone cache are *really* low resolution! Even too low to post on Instagram. 🥲 So thanks for that lesson #djiphantom4. At least there was no harm done as they were photos I took at home #warragalpark, not at a client’s farm.

A recent photoshoot for @austockphoto included som

A recent photoshoot for @austockphoto included some wheelchair basketball at the #southwestsportscentre in #bunbury.
Two of the young people who modelled for this shoot had never been in a wheelchair before, so it was a learning experience for them. The other two regularly play wheelchair basketball.

#wheelchairsports #southwestsportscentre #wheelchairbasketball #indoorsports #activelifestyle #bunburyphotographer #austockphoto #australianstockphotographer

Cute pony 🙂 This @austockphoto photoshoot was ce

Cute pony 🙂
This @austockphoto photoshoot was centred around the life of a young man with a spinal injury. We photographed him training for wheelchair racing at the athletics track, playing a bit of wheelchair basketball, showing his friends the ponies and alpacas on the farm, hanging out with other teenagers, and driving his car.

#teenagers #cutepony #lifestylephotoshoot #farmlife #countrylife #austockphoto #australianstockphotography

I was lucky enough to spend some time taking photo

I was lucky enough to spend some time taking photos of a group playing ukuleles at a senior citizens’ centre during the week. I hadn’t really been excited by the thought of a couple of dozen ukuleles playing in unison, but when I got there I discovered that they sing along while they’re playing. I like nothing more than a good old song-along, so it ended up being quite fun 🙂
#ukeleleplayer #ukelele #seniorcitizen #austockphoto

This is why I was rearranging the furniture in the

This is why I was rearranging the furniture in the studio. Tomorrow I’m getting a TV screen installed.
I’ll be able to display photos, but also other things like videos and promotions.
At 82” it will be a large display, and I’m hoping that if I leave it on while I’m not there, it will be visible from outside. (Hope the window tinting I got won’t be too dark 🤞)

The water ski photography ramped up a level when I

The water ski photography ramped up a level when I had the opportunity to photograph some wakeboard action from an awesome ski boat at Lake Towerrinning.

Do you actually need to know what you’re looking

Do you actually need to know what you’re looking at to enjoy a photograph? I enjoy the composition of this image, and the way it reminds me of a mouth saying “oh” and a tear falling down. And the red line makes me think of rules, regulations and bureaucracy.
#abstractimage #abstractphotography #redline #wallplug #masonry

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I was meant to be helping the boy mark out a bike

I was meant to be helping the boy mark out a bike track, but there was so much to see in the bush. I wasn’t allowed to take my camera, but the iPhone 12 Pro does a mighty fine job of these photos.
#iphone12pro
#australianbush
#fungus

I spent the weekend at my parents’ place, and lo

I spent the weekend at my parents’ place, and looked through some old family photos. These ones I hadn’t seen before, but it makes me wish that everybody had a formal portrait at least once in their life.
It also makes me glad that corsets are no longer a requirement for young ladies to wear!

I’m not a big fan of selfies, so you don’t see

I’m not a big fan of selfies, so you don’t see me on here very often. But today I want to share the aftermath of my cataract surgery yesterday.

Having cataracts slowly developing over a period of years means that you don’t notice your eyesight slowly degrading. The optometrist described it by imagining your natural lens is like hard plastic, which gets yellow and brittle and develops cracks in it. Because it happens slowly it is hard to tell how your vision is deteriorating. But watching my son playing footy was easier when he wrote bright orange footy boots so I could pick him out on the field. And it was embarrassing when someone was approaching and calling “hello” but I couldn’t recognise who it was until they got closer.

After removing the old lens a new artificial lens is implanted, which is clear. And as a bonus it is designed for your eye so my long distance vision should be better, and I shouldn’t need glasses for long distance any more. The other eye will have the same surgery in two weeks time. In the meantime I require two different eye drops in the eye four times a day, and I have to wear sunglasses 🕶.

When the patch was taken off this morning I noticed a difference right away. Everything looked brighter and whiter, although it is still blurry and my eye is a bit sore and weeping. If you have ever replaced old incandescent or tungsten light globes with modern daylight rated LED ones you’ll be able to envisage the difference.

I can’t wait for my eye to heal properly so I can look through my camera and see the difference!

All the cuteness of a vintage caravan. It will be

All the cuteness of a vintage caravan. It will be home for the girls for the next ten weeks!

My girls have headed off together on the trip they

My girls have headed off together on the trip they’ve been dreaming of and planning for years; although their plans have been somewhat curtailed by coronavirus (being restricted to Western Australia). Follow @maceyjanetravels to keep up to date with their adventure!

#vintagecaravan #viscountambassador #viscountambassador1972 #sisters

A storm rolling in over the farm at nightfall. #t

A storm rolling in over the farm at nightfall.

#timelapse #nightfall #stormrollingin #winterstorm #weather #bureauofmeteorology #winterweather #darkan6392

Above and below. #clouds #timelapse

Above and below.
#clouds #timelapse

We are lucky we got to head to the coast for Easte

We are lucky we got to head to the coast for Easter. And even luckier that we didn’t have to drive on busy roads to get there!

The kids have always loved going out to Lake Tower

The kids have always loved going out to Lake Towerrinning with their friends whose families have boats. We are lucky to have this water playground only half an hour away from the farm.
Well this summer the kids have been harping on at every chance they get that we we should have our own boat. And he who holds the purse strings has weakened enough that we are going to have a look at a boat and give it a try this afternoon. It’s a pity this has been decided on the last day of summer!

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image of older lady on cattle farm with quote "Just love a photographer who can make me look good!" Photo by Caro Telfer