Dirty Dirt

This used to be covered in natural bush land and is an area I used to visit to watch wondering wild Buffalo, the place I spotted my first antilopine walleroo (which I thought was a ‘big red’ at first) and to watch various finches in the tall grasses (wishing for that 400mm canon lens). It is government land that is used to collect dirt for the new bridge that is currently being built in Palmerston. When I spoke to the guy that is in charge of the area (-as i asked to drive in to take images of dump track tyres for some ttv work) he reassured me that the land is fully regenerated and no one would even know they were there. Little does he know that I have been visiting the area for long enough to watch these 2-3 square kilometre areas get wiped clean of all nature and no, years later they do not look the same.Granted though, there is enough land available here in the NT to take what you want from it without any fuss but it makes me SAD as its MY area, less than 10 kms from my home and a where I can go to see everything the territory has to offer from wandering emus to wetlands to rocky outcrops.It is where most of my ‘Through the Viewfinder’ images have been taken that appear on this blog. Anyways I said my bit…good on you if you’ve read this far as i really just wanted to rant outloud. Oh and the pano is a 6 image stitch with PTGui with no colour manipulation just a little burning and dodging. Don’t care about pano correctness in this one-I know I’ve got alot to learn re panos:)

Cheers Jules

Art Auction Melbourne

Well tonight’s the NIGHT if you happen to be in Melbourne, because tonight is the Gulidford Lane Gallery Art Auction for Charity !

So go along and support a fantastic cause and buy some art including yours truly! Yes thats right I have 5 images up for the bargaining.
_A generous portion of each of the art works sold will go to helping disadvantaged youth in our community through the Westside Circus program._ Westside Circus and GLG

Its on tonight! December 15th 6pm at Guildford Lane Gallery 20-24 Guildford Lane Melbourne
Cheers Jules x

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas and All the Very Very Best for 2009 Everyone!!

Arhh a christmas toy- an underwater camera is proving to be alot of fun !

Another Underwater shot…

The underwater camera…Little toys create such BIG fun..this is my beautiful 12 year old stumpy tail cattle dog having a drink from our saltwater pool. As she comes from Broome I think she misses the taste of Cable Beach water lol !

Talk about pressure!

Well phew thank-you Mr Fletcher for the link!!

Okay so the latest gallery pics posted are from the same day, same time ..two using my ‘through the viewfinder’ technique and one straight photograph. Don’t get me wrong I love straight images (when I say straight I am referring to very little post process) as most of my square images only have colour adjustments.

Oh don’t worry I am working on getting on the pano bandwagon for sure even thinking of doing a Christian Fletcher workshop! woohoo But because I am an honest poor artist I make do with my crappy 400D (but a CANON none the less) and my $5 1966 Kodak Duaflex from ebay and CS3.

My Lee Filters and a Canon prime 400mm and PT Gui are still on a wish list oh and of course the mkii….sigh BUT I must be realistic!

A little about me …I am a former WA girl now living in the wilds of the Northern Territory amongst beer swilling, fish mongering blokes in singlets and thongs oh and did I mention beards and motorbikes!
I love it here but I also miss my childhood town of Dunsborough but fear that perhaps the only thing I really miss is the memory of it. I try to visit often as I still have my folks and brothers down that way.

I have been doing photography to my budget’s limit for well over 15 years and once had a job with The SouthWest Times taking photos for $5 each which makes you think “well no wonder she is poor!” I am quite new to digital really which pees me off because I’d just mastered film…its all live n learn. Digital is pretty dam exciting I gotta say!!!

And I tend to hang out at redbubble alot !! actually too much but its ok – I have alot of images there…

Thanks again Christian for the heads up ..as I now feel less like I am talking to myself! Cheers Jules

Happy New Year!

Hello and thank-you to everyone that stopped by yesterday as I really do appreciate the feedback and support. I hope everyone had a wonderful New Years!! – mine was pretty quiet ..I’m actually nursing a sore ear which I suspect is from my recent acrobatics with the underwater camera. Just trying to get that perfect shot underwater without drowning!

Anyway ..I am looking for some Lee ND filters can anyone recommend a good website?
I usually buy from http://www.bhphotovideo.com/
but they are currently out of stock. USA market still seems to be more competitive than buying in Aust. All thoughts appreciated…

Cheers N New Years Jules
PS After yesterday’s success (thank-you Mr Christian Fletcher!) I may become a serial blogger ..oh no watch out!

2nd hand mkii for sale already!

Well ..I think I am now suffering from stage fright now a have a few viewers hehe I have been trying to do a pano with pt gui (I only just purchased last week) but so far they all suck. Its a different kind of thinking doing panos..I think you need to get used to viewing the landscape in a larger way. As I have never had the pleasure of using a 6×17 I am finding it a little challenging as I rely (as most of us do) very heavily on composing my images through my viewfinder (either square or rectangular) and now I am faced with something much, much larger. Its a bit of a ‘head’ err ‘muddle’.
Is there a standard number of images used for panos or standard size perhaps?

So anyways I will leave you with another underwater image which I am really enjoying at the moment and I have found all the manual settings also which is just lovely!! (64 ISO !)
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Thanks for info on lee filters everyone – I will check them all out soon.
Cheers Jules
Oh and if anyone is after a 2nd hand canon 5d mark II there is one for sale on rb with a heap of other things (filters etc) he is looking for a local sale ie WA-Perth here’s the link
Redbubble member EOS20 Canon Mkii 4 sale

CF’s job is safe….

Well its been a while ..I’ve been busy driving around looking for that elusive image sigh. Still not having much luck with pt gui don’t get me wrong love the program but just not too keen on my own skills at this stage. I am taking way too many images and my poor mac is groaning and stitching things together then looking at them and thinking ‘ erhhh that’s just poo’

Drove to Litchfield National Park with my daughter (she’s 2.5 years) and what a pleasant place it is with no tourists lol sorry! -it looked fabulous with all the water everywhere, unfortunately because I do have my daughter with me on every photo shoot I tend to miss those golden hours for light which is something I need to work on …getting up earlier!

Anyways years ago (2004) I drove up from Busselton WA to Darwin NT with just my mum, me, my faithfull dog. It was the best trip as we swagged it out every second night and took just over 2 weeks in total. Well I had my medium format and 35mm gear with me of course and I’d just purchased a small canon point n shoot digital for the trip, it was either that or the eos20 but I didn’t have enough $$. It was my first experience with digital (except for a few goes at uni) and the image below is a stitch I took from it at the Wyndham Lookout not bad considering it was about 11am and there was loads of smoke. Its not a CF by any stretch of the imagination ….

I have a new appreciation for all you pano stitchers out there!!

PS That really bright cyan colour pool is looking down onto the croc farm-pretty crazy colour hey?

Exhibition List & Call for Nominations..

After reading Christian Fletcher’s post and call for nominations for ‘Australia’s Top Photographer’s‘ I thought about where I’m at…as I don’t often take stock of what I do and what I have been doing for over 10 years now.So I’m also going to ask for nominations in the ‘art’ category ..not much time I know (close 30th Jan) but I’d appreciate it immensely! Because its kinda dawned on me that that’s what I do and what a nice revelation to have on the eve of the news that I am now ‘represented’ by an art gallery in melbourne (more info soon) yippeeee
Here’s a list of exhibitions I have been in over the years (ones that I remember) oops typical bloody lazy artist!
Exhibitions

2008 Art Auction for Charity Exhibition Guildford Lane Gallery

2008 My Humble Laundrette Inner Northern’s Exhibition

2008 Territory Landscapes Art Warehouse

2008 Precious Pix Exhibition C.I. Studios Sydney

2007 Rural Reflections Palmerston City Library

2006 Rights on Show Human Right’s Art Exhibition

2005 Darwin Vision Arts Association Member’s Show

2005 Rights on Show Human Right’s Art Exhibition

2005 24HR Art Members Show

2004 Rights on Show Human Right’s Art Exhibition

2004 24HR Art Members Show

2003 In Honor of Emma Graduate Show CDU

2003 Rights on Show Human Right’s Art Exhibition

2003 Glass Elephant Darwin Vision Arts Association Member’s show

2003 Ardour Arbour Photographic Exhibition Darwin Vision Arts Association

2003 Visions Northern Territory University Upstairs Gallery

2003 Chrysalis Northern Territory University Gallery

2003 The Device Show Northern Territory University Upstairs Gallery

2002 Exchange Canberra School of Art Exchange Show

2001 On Northern Territory University Graduation Group Show

2000 No Opening Roma Bar Gallery Darwin Group Show

I also had a baby in between there somewhere too I guess sometimes it pays to sit back and take stock every now and then.
Cheers Jules x

So you just need this link to nomination form here
Go to the arty farty category and my name…Jules Campbell and my website if you wish to add it but not necessary. www.australianphotography.net.au

People Pics..

Back again so soon too!

Anyways I’ve been driving myself batty working on some images for competitions lately and a few of those are portrait ones like the “Moran Photographic Prize” it has huge money prizes but costs to enter too. Anyways I just got this one in today 5 mins before closing!


Thanks to those that voted the other day !

Well I’m off to see what the sunset is doing..probably not much as its been raining non-stop for 2 days ARHHHH

Take care all ! Cheers Jules

COO-EE !!

A small way for me to feel like I am helping a little to raise funds for the Victorian Bushfire Appeal is to offer some of my images. A special account has been set up by a small group of dedicated redbubble members called Phoenix Appeal to help do this. If you have a redbubble account and you would like to offer an image you can just send a bubblemail
to the PhoenixAppeal account or you could make a pledge and offer sales of your works. Find out more on the Phoenix Appeal Group Forum HERE
Redbubble is going to match donations made to the Victorian Bushfire Appeal dollar for dollar.
I am pretty poor …we are currently behind on our own house repayments and I can’t remember the last time I actually saw cold hard CASH but I can offer images and some time. The image above was put together especially so its a collectors item !! lol
If you do have cash to burn and you don’t want art in your hot little hands you can donate directly to the Australian Red Cross but I hear the site is currently having a donation overload so please be patient. All money raised in this redbubble appeal is going to Red Cross Australia also!
At last count the redbubble phoenix appeal has raised $300 and its only been operating for a day. So that’s $600 if you include redbubble’s input but we’ve only just begun!!
Some other fabulous images that have caught my eye recently for sale as cards, framed prints and posters include;
The Offering
Banshee Wail Under a Blue Moon
Standing Alone
Hope
Oh and don’t forget as Christian Fletcher reminded us in his blog here to shop at Coles this Friday if you need those groceries as all profits from the day will go to Red Cross.
Cheers Jules

PS After reading Michael’s blog I found out about photographer Tom Putt’s offer to run one of his workshops with proceeds going to Red Cross. You can find out more here

Yesterday

Yesterday is History,
‘Tis so far away —
Yesterday is Poetry —
‘Tis Philosophy —

Yesterday is mystery —
Where it is Today
While we shrewdly speculate
Flutter both away

by Emily Dickinson

Australia’s Top Photographer’s Nominees

Australia’s Top Photographer’s 2009

Well here it is in black and white… (in the middle row, 4th down)

the nominees list for “Australia Top Photographers” 2009 in the “Art” category. Thanks to those that nominated and voted…I didn’t actually expect to make a list!

CF made the “Landscape” list of course and hope he does well!
http://www.yaffa.com.au/atp/nom09_land.html

Heaps to say but not enough time in a day…next post.

Cheers Jules
PS don’t know what happened with my linky links today but post is linky crazy…

Outback Photographer

Well here it is my first magazine interview with the fabulous Disco Underworld

You can read all about it online and in several different just check the homepage out.You can also vote for the best article (ie me) in the mag and I might even some win some cold hard cash!! So don’t forget to vote for me:)

Here’s the link to go straight to voting;
VOTE FOR ME HERE

One Image Six Ways

Sooo many options sooo little time…..

Admittedly the blue wash ones don’t look too hot pressed up against the black ~ they really deserve their own space but I just knocked this up to show the differences. Sometimes I play with colour so much I can have a dozen different versions which I usually put on the back burner till the next couple of days then I come back and decide. Its strange how a day or so can make such a difference in editing choices..does anyone else do that ? or have or tips/tricks to the final cut edition?

Making Tracks

New Online Store & HUGE SALE!

I am having a MASSIVE SALE of all my works featured in DiscoUnderWorld Online Magazine (plus a few extras!) at my new online print & product store AND reduced card sales with FREE SHIPPING at my Redbubble Store!

Visit my print store HERE

Visit my Redbubble Card Sale HERE PLUS if you wish to receive FREE SHIPPING from my Redbubble Store simply add this promo code at checkout; ticktock

Free Shipping offer is only at redbubble and ends Sunday, March 22 at 23:59 p.m. AEST Australia. My cards are a crazy $5.25 AUD that’s 3.32 USD!

My wonderful new ONLINE STORE that caters for print sales on quality archival Kodak Endura Professional Paper, there are a few surprise products for sale also. Rest assured I will be personally checking every print before shipping to your door step worldwide! My personal recommendations would be to use ‘matte’ paper finish for my black and white images and ‘lustre’ paper for colour. The site accepts secure paypal check out or safe creditcard payments.Print prices are in USD and start at a crazy $6.50 !

This sale will run until March 31st (although free shipping offer at redbubble ends this Sunday so get in quick if you want to buy some stunning quality cards) and is my way of saying thank-you to Stacey at DicsoUnderWorld.com for featuring me in the latest magazine issue. And don’t forget if I can rustle up just 100 votes for ‘best article’ then I could earn $500 big ones! Voting is on page 23 HERE

A girl’s gotta eat Cheers Everyone !

PS If you have any questions don’t hesitate to ask ~ just leave a comment here or email me, no worries

Here’s a preview of what just some of the featured images look like as cards @ Redbubble. You have a choice of black or white and free shipping! Just click on the image below to see shopping cart options.Remember that code ticktock and feel free to spread the love…

Postcards

I miss those old old postcards….

PS As you can see I’ve changed my blog theme again..its only temporary till I make the one I really want, could be days, weeks or months lol

Dragonflies

Hi all ..am having a break for a bit from photos. My daughter had a nasty fall and needed stitches on her chin -poor little thing, so I’m happy to take a break from normal web stuff.

The image above is a dragonfly in its last moments of life..kinda bizarre to photograph it as it was on its last breath and me knowing the image would be with me forever but the dragonfly itself would be long gone.A small homage to these amazing little flying machines.

Cheers Jules

New Wave Pool for Darwin

Hello All,

Sorry its been a really long time since my last post. The image above is from the new wave pool in Darwin’s waterfront and is pretty nice. It doesn’t match any waves from WA but its a welcomed relief to swim where its safe and to not feel the need to do laps!

The waves are pretty small but if they were any bigger they’d take skin off when you get dumped..no big dumpers here. I managed to graze my knee body surfing and told myself it was a ‘pretend’ reef cut (arh the good ole days). Besides the odd report perverts stalking the place its really quite nice and free body board use!

As for me well …I’ve got loads going on. I’ve had to take a break from photography (which I never ever thought I could do without feeling like my arm has been cut off) and am currently having a few eye tests done. Among other things I can’t focus well out of my ‘viewfinder’ eye and am finding it hard to trust autofocus. I hate autofocus! If I was a sport photographer fair enough but not me…I am finding the time it takes to be able to see clearly with both eyes after using my camera is far too long and no I haven’t been  having a few beers before hand. I thought it could be easily solved with glasses and perhaps it will but need to get a few things ruled out first.

There are a few other things going down which have made being on the net difficult but will elaborate on those things at a later date.For now take care all ..cheers jules

Misty Mornings

Its been a while I know things are starting to get back on track and with a short break from photography I am feeling more inspired than ever. Lately there have been a few misty mornings which has been quite strange, although we do get fog in the dry season on occasion its usually cold-ish (low 20C’s) but lately its been thick fog and 26 degrees or more.

I took this image above at a favourite spot of mine, I call “Milly’s Lookout” as I once released a Frilled Neck Lizard there after I nursed it back to health. It had been hit by a car, I stopped and picked it up before another car came and after a Vet visit a few stitches and nearly dying twice on the operating table she came back with me for months of re-hab as I often used to do volunteer wild life rescue and care. Anyways years on and I still enjoy the visiting the place I call Milly Lookout.

A recent fire had gone through leaving the place looking quite eerie in the fog, if it wasn’t for the extreme humidity and the temp I could have been in a winter wonderland somewhere- well I can dream can’t I ? I’ll be right we are having another cold snap I think tomorrow morning it might even get below 20 Degrees C! Cheers Jules

My apprentice

Well here is my daughter 3 years old taking in the scene at one of our favourite spots (as mentioned in previous post; Milly’s Rock ) she looks the part doesn’t she?, complete with gum boots! Looking about for future potential image gems, whats that they say? when photographing always look at the scene behind you esp at sunrise and sunset. lol Cheers Jules

Selling my house for a camera..

Was just reading Christian Fletcher’s blog and it got me thinking about blogging and how I don’t do it enough..but to tell you the truth I’ve been so overwhelmed with my own life dramas that blogging and photography has taken a back seat.

Today we decided to sell our house because we just seem to be going backwards with one wage coming in(and me staying at home to raise our 3 year old daughter) and because I don’t have pro gear I am limited in the photographic work I can take on, although most don’t have a problem with a bloody 400D, in my heart I do.I want to provide good quality images that are razor sharp and looking knock dead gorgeous BIG on a wall somewhere.Its ethics I guess…..dam my visual arts training for that! lol

So we need a change of scenery….so we’re gonna sell up, I’ll finally get my good gear and travel to WA back to my childhood town of Dunsborough now I think its called Christian Fletcher country? And although its a pretty competitive industry down there I know I can hold my own in my own style.

Its been a shocking year (including a bout of swine flu!) but I’m looking forward to a sea change of the best kind, one with my family in tow together.

Thanks to those that do stop by and thanks CF for making me think a little about the whole blogging thing….

Image below is completely unrelated just there for the colour:) sigh…

Through the Viewfinder Triptych

Underneath

Old habits die hard..

 

Taking more pictures of trees I can’t help myself …sigh…Can’t wait to see what the ttv style comes up with in the big tree country in the SW of WA.Still haven’t moved, as I write I am sitting in the loungeroom surrounded by boxes.It’s a hot time of year and I’m holding off packing all my thousands of large prints and negatives as the 20ft packing container reaches 40+ degrees!

Good news is I’m flying to WA to attend a 20 year high school reunion at Busselton in Decemeber so I could probably take the most important negs and prints on the flight with me and store them with my folks in Margarets.Arhhh problem solved, blogging does have a reason! too sort out problems as you type! I still feel as though I’m talking to myself though…

Cheers for now Jules

 

Which Apple Mac?

Hi there,

Would love to hear feedback from mac users, whats the best mac to get nowadays? What are you other photographers using to process? Mac Pro? Imac? and if anyone has a mac pro then what sort? Anyone got any feedback on the quad-core? or the 8-core? Its been a few years since my last mac and I feel all outta touch with the current models!

All feedback appreciated !

Cheers Jules

PS No PC suggestions PLEASE!

Jules Campbell in DiscoUnderWorld

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Jules Campbell

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Limited Edition as only 1000 issues will be printed!

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Happy time of year

Well I’m excited, I have my highschool reunion to go to in Busselton this weekend so I’ll be doing a flying dash to WA from the very wet and rainy Northern Territory. I am hoping to get a swim in a Yallingup beach and even dare I say it maybe even a surf! Have missed the ocean so much! And of course will be catching up with family and old school buddies also. Certainly my first weekend away in well, a very long time! So if I miss all the bloging christams cheers and well wishes, forgive me as I will be busy running about here and there trying to squeeze in a million things in 4 days. The above pic is  a shoot I did a few months ago, thought the red was in the xmas spirit. Take care all and have a safe and fun xmas and all the best wishes for 2010!!

Yallingup Beach

A brief swim at Yallingup Beach while I was down there for the weekend.The water was freezing, it was about 9am and I didn’t pack a towel but it was worth it!! I was so so happy to see the beach again I probably looked a little insane running about jumping for joy. hehe can’t wait to move!!  Images taken with a little point n shoot fuji and first time I’ve travelled without a SLR or DSLR it was strange!

Happy New Year

Had to add a couple of shots from the other weekend in Western Australia and of course a plane shot. I only took a little point n shoot fuji which felt very strange to travel without hoards of SLR gear but I had so many people to see on my weekend I didn’t want to add to my already over loaded schedule. It did an okay job considering…

I stayed with a friend at Eagle Bay the first night and it was pretty special to wake up to the sound of small waves crashing on the shore. I couldn’t sleep as it was the first night being without my daughter so I went for a little stroll along Eagle Bay and watched the sun rise.Looking forward to more days like these…

Hope everyone has a safe and fun new years and all the best to all for 2010.

Many Cheers Jules Campbell

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