David de Groot - a Brisbane based professional photographer.
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Photography Training Courses
Kane and I have begun offering professional training courses in photography as Grasstree Photography.
You can enrol in any of our Photography Courses - click through to see what courses are currently running. Sign up for the newsletter to keep track of which courses are coming up.
Abbey Medieval Tournament
I am shooting the Abbey, a very popular medieval re-enactment event next weekend (10-11 July). Photos of the Abbey Medieval Tournament will be up soon – click through and you can leave contact details if you’d like us to let you know when the photos are available for purchase.
History Alive 2010
Last weekend I shot History Alive, a Brisbane recreationist event.
Photos are available for purchase online – view our Fort Lytton History Alive 2010 Photos.
David's Gallery
Featured: Belinda and her horse Gecko
Filed under: Portfolio People
Shot in the lovely late afternoon light on Saturday afternoon at the Abbey Medieval Festival, Abbeystowe, Caboolture, Qld.
Ordinarily one would not shoot into the sun due to the flaring that occurs, but in this case, the rim lighting and yes, even the flaring was desired for the overall effect.
This may be Gecko’s last Abbey Festival [...]
The Partial Lunar Eclipse
Filed under: Portfolio Night Sky
From bottom right to top left, 8:14pm to 9:38pm AEST (beginning to peak).
I’d planned to shoot right through to the end, but the clouds had other ideas.
In order to shoot a montage like this, you need to capture enough changes as the shadow of the earth moves across the moon to show the full progression of the eclipse. Many more photographs were taken than were used, but it is better to have too many and thus give you the choice of the better photographs than too few and finding your progression stilted. Ideally, you would shoot all the way through from full moon to full moon, however sometimes the weather conditions or even the time of day that the eclipse occurs, will prevent this.
The next eclipse is a total eclipse of the moon on Dec 21st 2010. People on the Eastern coast of Australia should be able to see the second half of the event, as the moon will rise in full eclipse.
Lake Somerset Dawn
Filed under: Portfolio Landscape
Met up with Ian, Allan, David and Glenn from AP this morning for a dawn shoot along the upper reaches of Somerset Dam.
We couldn’t have asked for much better really, fog, colour, still water, it was all happening.
What better way to commemorate our armed service personnel on ANZAC day than to enjoy the hard earned [...]
Serenity Falls @ Buderim
Filed under: Portfolio Landscape
A 210 second exposure of the Serenity Falls at Buderim, taken on a recent visit to show some visiting relatives the beauty of this place just after rain.
