It’s been awhile since the Socceroos played in Melbourne. Here are some images from their match on Tuesday night. All of these were shot from the sideline where you’re not permitted to sit at the domestic A-League and Asian Cup matches unless you’re the official photographer. One of my favourites is the first image where you get the sense of what’s going on when a player crosses the ball. The other two shots shows how you can really get goal-mouth action from the sidelines that you won’t get when shooting from the ends.
The other interesting note is that these were shot with a Nikon D3x on DX mode. Not normally seen as a sports camera, in DX mode it’s a handy 7 fps, not quite the 9 fps of the D3s Enjoy!
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Socceroos action from the sidelines shot with a Nikon D3X
The Jay Maisel Workshop
I had a wonderful 5 days in NYC at the Jay Maisel Workshop. It’s hard to explain Jay’s magic but suffice to say that he is referred to by many of his contemporaries as “God”. Jay is a wonderful teacher and his philosophy is simple. The great photos have “Light, Colour and Gesture” and this workshop is Jay’s attempt to get some of these three elements into his students. Here is a link to some of my images from the workshop on Flickr
… and here are some of my favourite images. If you get a chance to do one of his workshops, don’t hesitate.
NYC eating – my gold list
Go at least once: (numbers are my ratings)
Le Bernadin: 9
Sasabune: 9
Corton: 11
Per Se: 10
Megu: 9
Balthazar’s (for dinner, lunch is patchy): 10
Pylos: 9
Kajitsu: 8
Go as often as you can (afford to!):
Sasabune: 9
Toloache: 9
Corton: 11
Per Se: 10
Katz’s: 8
Balthazar’s (for dinner): 10
Pylos: 9
Emporio: 8
Plaza Hotel food hall: 9
Shake Shack (Times Square): 8 for burgers
Gimme Coffee
RBC NYC Coffee
Go if you have time and are curious:
Le Pain Quotidien (on Lex)
Vanessa’s (Chinese Dumplings): 6
City Hall (Steaks & Tuna): 8
Torisi: 6
Ippudo: 7
Tacombi (Tacos): 7
Oriental Gardens: 7
Golden Unicorn
Fun in the desert
I’ve been in Utah for the past week and went on a tour to a canyon called Secret Canyon. Took the opportunity to take the GoPro out for a spin. Mounted it on the windscreen and got the following footage on the way back from the canyon.
and here’s the camera mounted on the windscreen:
The first 3 hours
When I get into a new country, I have a routine for getting connected onto the local mobile network and the Internet. So here’s my routine for the US:
- – Find an AT&T store. You can go to a dealer, but I find the AT&T stores are the most knowledgeable. Ask for a GoPhone Pay as You Go prepaid SIM card. If you have an iPhone4, ask for a micro-SIM. You’ll need to put some calling credits – it’s $2 a day, so buy as much as you need
- – If you want to have data access on your mobile (e.g. iPhone), you’ll need to pay an additional $20 for 100MB. It’s expensive but there’s no alternative that I know of. You can do this in store or you can just add the $20 to your new account and transfer $20 to the data access feature via the GoPhone web site later
- – Pop the new SIM card in and you’re done. You can login to http://att.com/mygophone check your account and add features like data
Now, this what I do when I get into my hotel room:
- – Check the speed of the in-house Internet. Most hotels will have wired and wireless. The wireless is often much slower because of the equipment and other infrastructure slow downs. If so, I use an Airport Express base station I usually carry with me. Use a site like http://speedtest.net/ to test the speed