Christian Bowman » Weddings

Nikon D90 is hotter

Christian — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 20:53:16 +0000

Along with the release of the Canon 50D, Nikon announced the successor to the D80 the Nikon D90.

I’ve been a fan of Nikons since the release of the D3. Basically until then Canon lead the way with Digital SLR technology.

The D90 introduces a new feature which has rocked the digital slr world and the forums at DPreview the world’s number one digital camera website. Nikon introduced at Photokina 2008 the D90 with live video recording. The first of it’s kind on a Digital SLR.

I never thought it would be any good, i mean, you can’t autofocus, zoom and the ergonomics are wrong. HOWEVER, after some time to digest it, its truly ground breaking.

The video above shows some footage recorded on the camera using fisheye and big aperture lenses. Amazing.

You cannot do anything like this on a digital video camera under $1000. For me who does video work and even now i’m trying to do some shallow depth of field shots in post-production which is very time consuming can be done easily with a D90. You can even get this effect with the cheapest nikon 50mm lens.

So obviously you can’t use the D90 for event work but for creative shots, its revolutionary. Live view has been around for digital slr’s for a while, why haven’t they thought to just record the feed in the past?

Canon has missed the mark this round. I’m sure they could do a firmware update down the track.

UPDATE:
Sample D90 Video – HOT!

NRA Fashion Awards – Bridal Wear Winner – Brides Desire by Airs & Graces

Christian — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 23:36:04 +0000

Clip from Channel 9′s live telecast of the 2008 NRA Fashion Design Awards. See the full coverage again on Channel 9 on Saturday 22nd of March, 2008. Lock it in!

Brides Desire by Airs & Graces – QEvents Bridal Award Winner

Online Photostore Live – Download my photos!

Christian — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 23:12:14 +0000

I’ve spent a few hours over the weekend working on my new online photostore. It’s brand new and I’d love your feedback on how it’s working atm.

http://christianbowman.com/photostore/

At this stage, the following photos are available for download/prints:

Adam and Taryn Wedding
Lauren and Nathan Wedding
NRA Fashion Design Awards Finals 2008

And the Winners Are… (NRA Fashion Design Awards Finals 2008)

Christian — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 15:16:26 +0000

Lisa Brown – AMP Capital Shopping Centres Supreme Award Winner

Gold Coast designer Lisa Brown took out the NRA Fashion Supreme Award at last night’s fashion gala event. This was the first time Brown has entered the awards and her bohemian silk dress collection, was the winner in the Evolve Make-Up Lifestyle Collections category. One of which was recently purchased by Kate Hudson whilst filming in Queensland. This was a surprise win as the supreme award has most often gone to a Bridal or Evening wear designer.

Brides Desire by Airs & Graces – QEvents Bridal Award Winner

Emily Black – Moreton Institute of TAFE (MSIT) -
Student Designs presented by Gold Coast Convention & Exhibition Centre Award Winner

Dimitria Bridal Couture – Bose Couture Award Winner

Zoo Ski – NRA Fashion Design Rising Star Award

Darb Couture -Cabcharge Australia Fashions on the Field Award Winner

Karen Neilsen – Conrad Jupiters Gold Coast Swim-Surf Award Winner

Little Workers – Pacific Fair Shopping Centre Kids Award Winner
Bose Viewer’s Choice Awards

Bridal – Ja Delle Designs

Kids – Little Workers

Special Awards presented this year included:

Soul by Juniper Award for Fashion Excellence -
Collette Dinnigan

Australian Fashion Design Awards Rising Star presented by Business GC -
Zoo-Ski

Chic Management New York Model Search
Hayley Fitzpatrick

New Australian Wedding Web Site!

Christian — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 00:55:10 +0000

My friends Paul & Helen have just finished making a website to help people plan their wedding. Everything from bucks parties to wedding photography. It’s the perfect site for anyone in Australia who is getting married or planning a wedding.

Beautiful Romanian Wedding in Brisbane

Christian — Wed, 16 May 2007 03:31:06 +0000

On Sunday, I filmed the beautiful Romanian wedding of Sorin & Persida. Held at the Romanian Penticostal Church, we then did the photoshoot at Roma Street parklands and UQ St Lucia. The reception was at Victoria Park Golf Complex where they had more than 200 guests in the ballroom there.

It was a long day for me, starting at 7:30am, I didn’t finish until 11:30pm. As I was only contracted to film, Sorin’s brother Emmanual from Truly Yours Productions is doing the post production. Emmanual did an amazing photo slideshow, which was presented during the reception, I have no doubts he’ll do an amazing job on his brother’s wedding video. I got about 6 hours of acquired footage.

The photo above was taken with my new Nokia n95 smartphone which features a 5 megapixel digital camera. I don’t think its going to replace my digital slr kit just yet

This is the third Romanian wedding I’ve done, at all three they were extremely hospitable which makes the length of the job less of an issue. I look forward to my next one.

Bad Hair Day – Bride cuts off hair moments before the wedding

Christian — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 03:32:10 +0000

I found this video on YouTube yesterday, and as a wedding service provider, I couldn’t help but feel for this poor bride. I’ve filmed and photographed at several weddings where the Bride and Bride’s maids for that matter have been most unhappy with their hair. Unlike a mark on the dress, illness, bad weather, wearing hair that you are totally unhappy with on your wedding day would be quite catastrophic. Months and sometimes years of preparation and anticipation for the big day can lead to an overwhelming flow of emotion that is totally uncontrollable.

I’ve helped Bride’s and Bride’s mothers deal with the uncontrollable effects of a bad service provider, weather, and the unfortunate events like getting the dress dirty, broken or even having parts missing. The only thing I can do as a service provider is to help the Bride understand that in the grand scheme of marrying the one they love, all of those elements become insignificant. In fact, talking with clients after years of being married, they love watching their wedding video on their wedding anniversary to see how unique their wedding became after an “incident”. It makes their day unique, and makes their relationship with each other just that extra bit special.

If your wedding runs perfectly and without flaw, thats great. However if something does happen which doesnt’ go to plan, it’s great also! Getting married is a big step, not because of prcoesses of the wedding day, but because your have found someone you want to spend the rest of your life with. Sometimes the most catastrophic things becomes the source of great memory as the overwhelming emotion associated with that incident will only ADD to the collection of wonderful memories together.

Extreme Wedding Video, and I thought AVICA was hard

Christian — Tue, 04 Jul 2006 00:54:42 +0000

Found an article on this wedding video taken from 13,500 feet from the VASST site. I’ve had my fair share of tough weddings from the 200 odd that I’ve filmed. AVICA weddings on the gold coast comes to mind, as it was a little tricky in the chapel as they have a large glass fixture directly behind the alter, making it fun to keep silhouetting to a minimum and not having an overexposed shot just to get the bride and groom illuminated. In hindsight if i had some light bounces I could have set them up to naturally brighten the proceedings.

Anyways, I found this interesting, my work doesn’t really compare to filming at 13,500 feet. I would love to see the final product in HD.