Posts Tagged ‘Weekly roundup’

It’s been a week of work and getting back into the groove of Singapore after a great business trip to Geneva. There was also time to post some fun facts . But its time to kick back and smell the flowers and share a whole heap of inspirational content for a travel photographer.

• All of us always want better camera or better lenses or better software. I really enjoyed reading FlixelPix’s post – My photography would be so much better if I had
• FlixelPix also put up 53 Essential RSS Feeds for Photographers which opens up an amazing array of resources.
• A city like Singapore has really interesting architecture. DPS published a great post on photographing architecture.
• Black and white photographers have always been an inspiration. Here are 10 contemporary photographers who shoot in Black and White.
• Speaking of black and white, my favourite presets websites Lightroomkillertips put up a whole load of free Black and White presets for portraits. If you use Lightroom, you should definitely give it a try.
• I also discovered Richard Silver’s amazing tilt-shift portfolio. Truly inspirational stuff
• Gobackpacking put up this amazing post on visiting Seoul, South Korea which has forced me to move South Korea higher up my travel plans

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Not letting things fall through the cracks

It’s been an extremely busy time at Sidpicky HQ. We have decided to leave beautiful Sydney and move to Singapore. Moving your life from one country to the other is a super complicated affair and we are trying to not let anything slip through the cracks. This week, I posted a photoset on the famous Sydney Fish market, featured the ‘Road Less Travelled’ blog and posted a picture of the majestic Sydney Opera house basking in the autumn sun. In case you missed them here are the links to the posts.

Sydney Fish Market Photoset : http://blog.sidpicky.com/2012/05/sydney-fish-market-photoset/

Traveller Blogger Spotlight – Road Less Travelled Blog: http://blog.sidpicky.com/2012/05/travel-blogger-spotlight-road-less-travelled-blog/

Sydney Opera House hiding behind some leaves : http://blog.sidpicky.com/2012/05/sydney-opera-house-hiding-behind-some-leaves/

Resources I discovered last week:

Lowepro Protrekker Camera Bag :  With my first African Safari less than a month away, I am in the market for a sturdy and flexible camera bag that can fit in telephoto lenses and be light enough to fit under the strict baggage restrictions imposed by African airlines. The ProTrekker AW Series seems to tick most of the boxes.

Nikon D800 review: While I am a Canon guy through and through, I do like to keep a friendly eye on the competition and enjoyed reading the excellent review of the Nikon D800 by the folks at dpreview.com. It does appear to be class leading in a lot of the specs and builds on the amazing success of the D700. If you are a professional using Nikon gear, you will enjoy reading this post.

Smugmug and SEO: As you can tell my blog is hosted on Smugmug and it is really important to have your account geared up for Search traffic from Google. Here is an excellent post to ensure you are showing up consistently high in search rankings.

Places I yearn to go:

New Zealand’s South Islands: Having lived in Sydney for so many years, I am kicking myself that I haven’t gone down to the South Islands yet. This post from Heels and Wheels fills me with profound regret on what I am missing.

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Have a great weekend! See you next week.

It’s autumn here in Sydney and it is my favourite season of the year. It’s been a productive week at blog hq. After getting back from a business trip to USA, I posted a photo set on the famed Golden Gate Bridge, five tips to capture great photos on a business trip and featured one of my favourite travel bloggers. In case you missed them, here are the links to the posts.

• Golden Gate Bridge Photoset (http://blog.sidpicky.com/2012/05/golden-gate-bridge-photoset/)
• Five Great Tips to Capture great photos on a business trip (http://blog.sidpicky.com/2012/05/five-tips-to-capture-great-photos-on-a-business-trip/)
• Travel Blogger Spotlight (http://blog.sidpicky.com/2012/05/travel-blogger-spotlight-nomadicsamuel/)

 Resources I discovered last week: 

• Adobe Lightroom 4 tutorial: The guys at SLRLounge (@Slrlounge) have put together a mega-comprehensive video on Lightroom 4. Lightroom 4 is the tool I use the most for my photographs. I thought the investment in this video was worth the cost. A detailed review of the video will follow shortly.
• Shutter Speed Chart for Photographers:  We’ve all shot at various shutter speeds, but ever wondered what the best shutter speed is for certain situations. This handy chart prepared by the folks at @freedpt gives you an easy to use cheat sheet.
• Springpad: Springpad is a great tool for travel photographers to research the locations they plan to shoot at. I took a photo walk to the famous Sydney Fish Markets and used Springpad for collecting history, facts and flickr photos from other photographers onto Springpad. Here is the link if you want to check it out, sprng.me/e3pr3

Places I yearn to go: 

• Yangon, Burma (Myanmar) – Check out this amazing post by Road Less Travelled to know why

If  you like what you see you can follow Sidpicky:

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on Pinterest: www.pinterest.com/sidpicky

on Instagram: sidpicky

on Stumbleupon : sidpicky-su

Have a fantastic weekend! See you next week.