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New City Lights Experience Photography Workshop Date Released

mark_rayner@me.com — 2012-02-27T13:37:24+10:00

"Brisbane City Lights Experience” Workshop

Where: Brisbane CBD

Next workshops: Tuesday, 17 April 2012

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New Australian Creatures Experience Photography Workshop Date Released

mark_rayner@me.com — 2012-02-27T10:32:19+10:00

NEW - Half day “Australian Creatures Experience Photography Workshop” (majority of species completely new).

When: Sunday 15 April 2012

Where: Cedar Creek Hall - Closeburn (6kms from Samford)

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New Macro Experience Date Released

mark_rayner@me.com — 2012-02-27T08:23:38+10:00

Half Day “Macro Experience” Workshop

Where: Mount Coot-tha Botanic Gardens - Brisbane

Next workshop: Sunday, 1 April 2012

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March 2012 Photo Competition

mark_rayner@me.com — 2012-02-24T21:22:36+10:00

The March 2012 Photo Competition is now open for entries.

The theme for March is 'Water".

Find out all about the Photo Competition by clicking the link.

First Prize : Full Day Photography Workshop valued at $249.00
Your choice from either Australia Zoo Experience, Mountains to Beach Experience or the Mountain Experience photography workshops.

Second Prize: DSLR Performance Pack - A premium service for your digital SLR and includes wet sensor clean - Before and after images - Clean mirror box - Check back focus - Check mode dial - Check exposure - Optimal external clean of body and lens valued at $199.00 Kindly donated by Anderson's Camera Repairs (07) 3245 6444

Third Prize: Total Training Adobe Photoshop CS5 Essentials Valued at $99.00 - Kindly donated by Highcove Educational (07) 3359 3776

Fourth Prize: LowePro Fastpack 100 Camera bag valued at $95.00 - Kindly donated by Cameras Online 1300-CAMERA

Fifth Prize: $50.00 print Gift Voucher - Kindly donated by RGB Digital Pro Lab (07) 3426 8200

Entries close midnight Saturday 31 March 2012
Winners and place-getters announced 7:00pm, Wednesday 4 April 2012

PPP and Post Processing Workshop New Dates

mark_rayner@me.com — 2012-02-14T22:46:31+10:00

New dates are out for the next Portrait, Process and Print Workshop. Lock in Saturday 28 April 2012 for this great day learning all about studio lights and outdoor portrait lighting.

The next Post Processing and Workflow Workshop kicks off in April as well. Held over four nights the dates to keep aside are 19/19/25/26 April 2012. Learn all the basic skills to get you into places you have been afraid to go. Yes, you'll get inside Photoshop and find it is not as scary as you may have been led to believe.

First Photo Competition Closing Soon

mark_rayner@me.com — 2012-02-08T22:45:24+10:00

The first Trekabout Photography Workshops MONTHLY PHOTO COMPETITION is closing on Sunday 12 February 2012.

Hurry and get your entries in!

GRAND FIRST PRIZE VALUED AT $999.00!!
There are some terrific prizes including a ‘Weekend Mountain Experience’ workshop (valued at $359.00) with accommodation kindly donated by O'Reilly's Rainforest Retreat (valued at $640.00). We also have a ‘5 in 1 Reflector/Diffuser’ from Cameras Online, a brilliant training video, ‘Total Training Adobe Photoshop CS5 Essential’ from Highcove Educational Software and a ‘DSLR Performance Pack/Sensor Clean’ from Anderson's Camera Repairs.
Each month we will announce a new topic and prizes and invite you to submit a maximum of two images for consideration.
The theme for January 2012 is PRIMARY COLOURS. We'll leave the interpretation to your imagination and look forward to seeing the creative juices flowing!
Follow the link to find out more about the Trekabout Photography Workshops Monthly Photo Competition.

Fraser Island Experience - Dates released

mark_rayner@me.com — 2012-02-02T18:09:45+10:00

Trekabout Photography Workshops are proud to announce the release of our latest workshop, the 3 day 'Fraser Island Experience'.

Come along for three amazing days on World Heritage Listed Fraser Island with ongoing photography tuition from Michael Snedic and Mark Rayner.

Whilst in this pristine environment, Mark and Michael will instruct you in many aspects of photography including composition, exposure, post-processing, camera settings and more.

Fraser Island is the largest sand island in the world. Boasting 40 perched lakes with incredibly pure water, Fraser Island is also home to many species of birds and plays host to enormous migratory flocks.

Limited to 8 participants, this workshop will fill fast. Don't miss out on your opportunity to join us on this incredible three day photography adventure. Read more…..

New 2012 Dates Released

mark_rayner@me.com — 2011-11-29T08:01:49+10:00

We are pleased to announce new workshop dates for early 2012.

The dates are now up for City Lights Experience, Reptile and Frog Experience, Weekend Beach to Mountains Experience and Full Day Mountain Experience.

Please check each web-page for further details.

NEW WORKSHOPS RELEASED

mark_rayner@me.com — 2011-08-12T06:45:13+10:00

Trekabout are pleased to announce two new workshops.

The "Brisbane City Lights Experience" kicks off on Tuesday 13 September 2011. Join Mark and Michael as they take on a tour of Brisbane's beautiful night lights and show how best to capture the richness and depth of colour. More details can be found here.

Mark has put together a new portrait experience. The "Portrait Process Print Experience" is a workshop with a difference. Not only will you learn studio and natural lighting techniques for family and single glamour portraits, you'll also process your images right through to "print ready" and then print them off at the workshop. To book click here.

More New Dates Released

mark_rayner@me.com — 2011-04-18T18:27:16+10:00

We are pleased to announce new dates for the "Historical Experience", "Weekend Mountain Experience" and the "Five Day Mountain Experience".

More details available here.

New Workshop Dates Released

mark_rayner@me.com — 2011-04-17T17:50:12+10:00

We are pleased to advise that new dates have been released for the next "Brisbane Wildlife Experience" and "Beginner's Experience"

More details available here.

NIKKOR Lens Production hits 60 Million

mark_rayner@me.com — 2011-04-06T06:30:51+10:00

Total Production Of NIKKOR Lenses For Nikon SLR Cameras Reaches Sixty Million

Nikon Corporation is pleased to announce that total production of NIKKOR interchangeable lenses for Nikon SLR cameras has reached 60 million in March 2011.

In 1959, Nikon (then Nippon Kogaku K.K.) released its first SLR camera, the Nikon F. At the same time, Nikon also released its first NIKKOR interchangeable lenses for Nikon SLR cameras, among them the NIKKOR-S Auto 5cm f/2. In the half century since, NIKKOR lenses have become the favorite lenses of a wide variety of users, and have been extremely well received by a great number of photo enthusiasts and professional photographers.

In August 2010, total production of NIKKOR lenses reached 55 million. Since then, Nikon has continued to expand the product lineup by releasing six new NIKKOR lenses for FX- and DX-format SLR cameras. As a result, the fact that NIKKOR continues to satisfy a wide variety of photographers is evidenced by production of an additional five million lenses in less than one year, bringing total production to 60 million.

NIKKOR lenses released since August 2010

• AF-S NIKKOR 28-300mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR (released September 2010) An ultra high-power zoom lens with magnification of approximately 10.7× that covers a broad range of focal lengths from the wide-angle 28mm to the telephoto 300mm; equipped with Nikon's latest vibration reduction system, VR II, which provides image stabilization equivalent to an approximately four-step increase in shutter speed. This lens is compatible with the FX format.
• AF-S NIKKOR 85mm f/1.4G (released September 2010) A fast, mid-telephoto, fixed focal length (prime) lens that offers pleasing blur characteristics and superior resolution with a focal length of 85mm and fast maximum aperture of f/1.4. This lens is compatible with the FX format.
• AF-S DX NIKKOR 55-300mm f/4.5-5.6G ED VR (released September 2010) An ultra high-power zoom lens with magnification of approximately 5.5× that covers the 55 mm to 300mm range of focal lengths; equipped with Nikon's latest vibration reduction system, VR II, and high refractive index (HRI) lens elements. This lens is compatible with the DX format.
• AF-S NIKKOR 24-120mm f/4G ED VR (released September 2010) A 5× standard zoom lens with a fixed maximum aperture of f/4 throughout the entire zoom range; utilizes Nano Crystal Coat and is equipped with Nikon's latest vibration reduction system, VR II. This lens is compatible with the FX format.
• AF-S NIKKOR 200mm f/2G ED VR II (released October 2010) A fast, telephoto, fixed focal length (prime) lens with a focal length of 200mm and maximum aperture of f/2 that is equipped with Nikon's latest vibration reduction system, VR II, and utilizes Nano Crystal Coat. This lens is compatible with the FX-format.
• AF-S NIKKOR 35mm f/1.4G (released November 2010) A fast, wide-angle lens that exhibits superior image quality with shooting at f/1.4 maximum aperture; utilizes Nano Crystal Coat and is equipped with Nikon's Silent Wave Motor (SWM). This lens is compatible with the FX format.

The NIKKOR brand

As the brand name for Nikon lenses, NIKKOR has become synonymous with high-performance, high-quality SLR lenses. The NIKKOR name comes from adding "R"—a common practice in the naming of photographic lenses at the time the name was established — to "Nikko", the Romanized abbreviation for Nippon Kogaku K.K. In 1933, the large-format lens for aerial photography was released with the name Aero-Nikkor.

NIKKOR has always been ahead of the times. The OP Fisheye-Nikkor 10mm f/5.6 fisheye lens for SLR cameras, released in 1968, was the world's first lens to incorporate aspherical lens elements. What's more, NIKKOR lenses for the latest SLR cameras utilize a number of Nikon's own cutting-edge technologies, including Nano Crystal Coat, which virtually eliminates internal lens element reflections across a wide range of wavelengths.

The current lineup of more than sixty NIKKOR lenses for Nikon SLR cameras offers a rich variety of lenses, including fisheye lenses, super wide-angle to super telephoto lenses, micro lenses and PC-E lenses.

May 2011 Digital Processing and Workflow

mark_rayner@me.com — 2011-03-19T07:50:25+10:00

The May 2011 series of the "Digital Processing and Workflow Experience", has been announced.

The workshop is designed to de-mystify and streamline your photography post-processing and in particular, the very powerful, Adobe Photoshop.

The workshop is spread over four, three hour evening sessions and held in the Resource Centre at Historic Newstead House in Brisbane. There is plenty of parking available with easy access.

The sessions run over two weeks (Wednesday and Thursday evenings).

The workshop will cover:

Importing and opening images
Image resolution
Selections and masks
Colour and white balance adjustments
Retouching
Histograms
File formats
Filters
Actions
Scripts
Plug-ins
HDR
Metadata
Batch processing
Presets
Keyboard shortcuts
Exporting and saving
Automating tasks
Re-sizing
Sharpening
Noise reduction
and much, much more.

To find out more click here.

Next Reptile and Frog Experience released

mark_rayner@me.com — 2011-03-02T06:05:32+10:00

The next Reptile and Frog Experience has been released after a complete sell-out of the upcoming workshop on Sunday, 6 March 2011.

New date: Sunday, 1 May 2011. For more details please click here.

New Mountains to Beach Experience Date Released

mark_rayner@me.com — 2011-02-20T18:10:59+10:00

The next Mountains to Beach Experience has been released.

Sunday 22 May 2011. More details here.