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Artist // Professional // Photography
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My Bio
Current Residence: Perth, Western Australia, Australia, Earth
deviantWEAR sizing preference: as big as possible - XXL minimum
Favourite genre of music: Rock, Punk, Ska
Favourite photographer: Ichiro Nagata, Shelby Chan,Reinhard Klein and the McKlein rally crew, Robyn Feaver and Easton Chang
Favourite style of art: Motorsport and Automotive Photography
Operating System: OSX - Snow Leopard and iOS4.3.3
MP3 player of choice: Itunes/Iphone/Ipad thank god for apple
Shell of choice: im not a teddy im a turtle - but i swapped my shell for fur - Ted E Bare
Wallpaper of choice: One of my pictures, it changes every minute
Skin of choice: my own, unmarked skin
Favourite cartoon character: Brian (from Family Guy)
Personal Quote: Power is nothing without control

Favourite Visual Artist
David Strassman, the guy takes puppets and ventriloquism to a whole new level
Favourite Movies
The Italian Job (the old version with real minis, not BMW's with mini badges)
Favourite TV Shows
Family guy, American Dad, Top Gear, Dexter, NCIS
Favourite Bands / Musical Artists
Dropkick Murphys, Frenzal Rhomb, NOFX, Red Hot Chilli Pipers
Favourite Writers
Thomas Harris
Favourite Games
Grand Turismo 5, and Colin McRae Dirt2
Favourite Gaming Platform
Playstation 3
Tools of the Trade
Canon, Mac, Sigma, Wacom and Adobe, support by Velbon, Slik and Manfrotto
Other Interests
Knives, Flashlights, photography, Motorsport
For the next month, i am going to try something. Post a good photo a day, shot with a 50mm lens. most will be shot with a Canon 1Dmk1 (4mp) so they will be almost straight out of Camera, and shot with either a 50mm f1.8 or 50mm f2.5 macro lens. Im going to try and stick to manual exposure, and manual focus too. Post will be done in Photoshop, with the Nik plugins. Feel free to comment on any or all of them (and be honest, if you think they are crap - tell me !) All photographs appearing on this Section of Deviantart were produced by and are the property of Echo63/JBC Photography They are protected by Australian Copyright Laws, and are
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I have been having trouble to find time to update my Deviantart recently. I have just added 2010 Quit Forest rally pics from a month or so ago. will hopefully be able to update a little more regularly now. All photographs appearing on this Section of Deviantart were produced by and are the property of Echo63/JBC Photography They are protected by Australian Copyright Laws, and are not to be downloaded or reproduced in any way without the written permission of Echo63/JBC Photography. Copyright JBC Photography 2010
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Big Storm

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I hope all DA Members from perth are ok after last nights big storm. My Wifes car had the roof, bonnet and a few other panels dented quite badly by the hail, but we are both ok. Last night i witnessed some of the stupidest actions on the roads people not slowing down, trying to go through massive puddles in little cars, but also people being courteous, helping each other out etc. thanks  to everyone who let me infront of them, and also thanks to the Police, Fire Brigade, Ambulance service and SES who helped people stay safe, patch their homes up etc. All photographs appearing on this Section of Deviantart were produced by and are the prop
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Thanks for the watch mate great rally pics must have been fun.
No worries,
Thanks for the comment on the rally pics, its one of the things i Love shooting, walking miles out into the forest, looking for the perfect spot, relaxing, and just firing a few frames as the car slides around the corner.
Sound like a great day!
Checked out your shots on the wests site! very well done mate :) lots of wide action across the skies of Perth :).
Hey dude!

Saw your shots on Catchfence and my god you have some awesome shots man

do you have proper branded lenses or 3rd party (Sigma, Tamron etc) because your pans are stupidly sharp.. Any advice you can give a keen bean? :D

Cheers brother,
Aaron
Thanks

for the V8 supercar stuff (last weekend) i was using a Pair of Canon 1dm2n Bodies, Canon 400mm f2.8LIS lens, Canon 70-200 f2.8LIS Lens, and Canon 1.4 and 2x converters.

the Safari Rally was shot with the same bodies, and Canon 70-200 f2.8LIS, and 16-35 f2.8L Lenses, and Canon 1.4x Converter.


the Older stuff is shot with Varying lenses, mostly a Sigma 70-200 f2.8 with a Sigma 2x Converter.

it doesnt really matter what lens you use, i have seen some awesome shots with really basic gear, although Image Stabilising helps a lot.

Better gear works better though, you dont have to work around its problems
(my first lens was a canon 75-300 that focused really slowly, had to prefocus, and snap the shot as the car came into focus)

Practice really helps too.
I have probably spent 2 weekends a month at the track, for the past three years, so i know where the good spots are, where the best light is at different times of day etc too.

hope this helps
damn... i love your pictures --> watch :P

sorry for all this favin' , but your work is really really good