This is the waterproof enclosure my friend Bob lent me for our Barrier Reef trip. It enables all the functions of the G9 via enlarged buttons on the case and allows for the full travel of the G9′s zoom lens. There is a diffuser for the flash and can handle a depth of 40 meters or 130ft. first experiments snorkelling on the great barrier reef are here

This image is a 360 degree interactive panorama click and drag inside the image to rotate your view

This is a VR-Style Panorama of the Hardy Reef “Reefworld” Pontoon. I shot this panorama hand held and just relied on the stitch assist function on the G9 to get the sequence ready for stitching.
Snorkelling photos here

A few more macro shots from around the house, these guys were definitely looking at me. I like the shadow on the green bug, the photo is a little over sharpened but it was shot one handed while the other hand was lighting it with a dolphin torch. ha ha the bug was on the fridge. Still no mantis, I’m getting over the same old bugs.

This link will take you to the video played at 2000% speed of my students 2010 Digital Media exhibition at CSIRO – set-up and pre showreels.
DM-Speedreel 2010

This is the blog of Roy Torkington from Canberra Australia. I am a Digital Media &  Graphic Design lecturer at Canberra Institute of Technology. I am also the guitarist for Psychedelic Metal band Alchemist who have recorded six full length records and toured extensively in music career spanning almost 20 years. Alchemist have been quiet of late so I have starter a new project called Tranquilistics to focus my writing on. I am consumed by my interests in multimedia communication, graphic design, music, recording and photography with a great deal of my time these days going in to teaching these concepts.

I had been a practicing graphic artist for about  8 years before beginning lecturing Flash at the University of Canberra before moving to CIT in 2007. This blog will hopefully add some clarity and detail to my life which does move at a rapid pace. There will be an emphasis on the toys I get to play with and how they can be used creatively.