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The Rule of Thirds and Fill Flash with Wayne Toh

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Positioning the subject at the magic one third

Wayne Toh’s photographic journey began with a camera that his parents passed on to him when he was aged 7 years old. Since then, Wayne has progressed from a career as a teacher to following his passion and becoming a full time educator in the field of photography and design. Read on to find out Wayne’s hot tips on maximising your photographic opportunities during your hot air balloon experience. Hot air ballooning experience for a first timer was amazing for my kids and myself. It was an excitement when taking off and fun when touching down. The whole experience was just… unforgettable. It…
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Photographing Your Experience with Hot Air – with Instagrammer Emily Schreck

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Hot AIr Balloon flight across Atherton Tablelands North Queensland Australia

Emily Schreck is a well know Instagram poster and artful social blogger, here she shares some tips with us and taking photos on a hot air balloon ride. Fluent in both English and Mandarin and hailing from Atlanta Georgia, Emily spent nearly a year in Cairns in 2013 exploring Green Island the Great Barrier Reef and the Tropical North, also taking side trips upon the invitation of Tourism Tasmania and Tourism North Territory Emily gained solid reputation as an expert instagrammer and with a solid following on Instagram and her Weibo Chinese webblog and great eye for an Insta-typa picture…
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Hot Air delighted to launch our new photos website

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spectacular Hot Air Balloon in flight photo

Focussing on tips and techniques for the photography of Hot Air balloons and the beautiful landscapes and colours of Hot Air ballooning, our completely redesigned site launched in November 2013 will also provide a smooth platform for guests flying with Hot Air in Cairns or the Gold Coast or Brisbane to purchase the online photos of their experience for print or download.  Our photo team here at hot air will be searching out “how to” and FAQs from around the globe to help you get the best out of your hot air balloon ride with the latest gadgets, smartphones and…
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Hot Air Brisbane and Gold Coast flight a Top 100 View

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Here at  Hot Air, being Australia’s most popular balloon ride operator,  we constantly host media and bloggers from around the World to experience the sights and sounds of the Australian bush at dawn from our bases in Queensland, all of them taking photos, #instagram and Facebook as they go.  Our State Tourism Authority Tourism and Events Queensland TEQ and National Tourism Authority NTO Tourism Australia have a steady stream of media opportunities to send our way from all over the World and we were recently voted one of Australia’s Top 100 views by Travelling Australia Magazine   It’s therefore obviously the perfect…
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