Darren Rowse
@darrenrowse.bsky.social
Speaker | Blogger | Photographer | Pastor
Founder of ProBlogger & Digital Photography School. Based in Melbourne with my wife, V, and three teen boys. Passionate about storytelling, faith, community and tech through words, images and action.
Founder of ProBlogger & Digital Photography School. Based in Melbourne with my wife, V, and three teen boys. Passionate about storytelling, faith, community and tech through words, images and action.
We've been running a series at church called Questioning Christianity that has been getting a lot of positive responses from our members (and those they're bringing to hear it).
Here's what we've covered so far:
one.org.au/questioning-...
Here's what we've covered so far:
one.org.au/questioning-...
August 25, 2025 at 2:24 AM
We've been running a series at church called Questioning Christianity that has been getting a lot of positive responses from our members (and those they're bringing to hear it).
Here's what we've covered so far:
one.org.au/questioning-...
Here's what we've covered so far:
one.org.au/questioning-...
I had the opportunity to share a message about prayer, faith and persistence in the face of injustice yesterday at church.
The recording is now up for anyone interested in catching it.
one.org.au/blog/the-per...
The recording is now up for anyone interested in catching it.
one.org.au/blog/the-per...
The Persistent Widow: Darren Rowse — One Church
On Sunday, Darren Rowse continued our Teach us to Pray series with a message based on Luke 18:1-8 - the Parable of the persistent widow and the unjust judge. Below you’ll find a video and audio recor...
one.org.au
May 12, 2025 at 6:37 AM
I had the opportunity to share a message about prayer, faith and persistence in the face of injustice yesterday at church.
The recording is now up for anyone interested in catching it.
one.org.au/blog/the-per...
The recording is now up for anyone interested in catching it.
one.org.au/blog/the-per...
This year I tried something a little different for my Easter Sunday message - hope you enjoy it
one.org.au/blog/easter-...
one.org.au/blog/easter-...
Easter Sunday: Darren Rowse — One Church
Easter Sunday at One Church Blackburn was full of celebration—songs, stories, and baptisms that painted a beautiful picture of resurrection. Below you’ll find Darren’s Easter Sunday message as an audi...
one.org.au
April 24, 2025 at 3:12 AM
This year I tried something a little different for my Easter Sunday message - hope you enjoy it
one.org.au/blog/easter-...
one.org.au/blog/easter-...
I’d love to see the billionaire’s WhatsApp group just before he sent this out.
April 9, 2025 at 10:03 PM
I’d love to see the billionaire’s WhatsApp group just before he sent this out.
I used to look at the US as a country that was all about stability, leadership, inclusivity, generosity.
It’s been a while since I felt that way.
This past few weeks it has been quite the opposite. Sad to see.
It’s been a while since I felt that way.
This past few weeks it has been quite the opposite. Sad to see.
April 9, 2025 at 10:01 PM
I used to look at the US as a country that was all about stability, leadership, inclusivity, generosity.
It’s been a while since I felt that way.
This past few weeks it has been quite the opposite. Sad to see.
It’s been a while since I felt that way.
This past few weeks it has been quite the opposite. Sad to see.
This lens was born in the same year I was and it is still going strong.
Here's my review
Here's my review
Super-Multi-Coated Takumar 50mm f/1.4 Lens Review
Me and My Takumar: A Tale of Two 1972 Originals
open.substack.com
March 28, 2025 at 12:32 AM
This lens was born in the same year I was and it is still going strong.
Here's my review
Here's my review
From today’s photo walk shot with the Chinon 55mm f1.7
March 25, 2025 at 4:18 AM
From today’s photo walk shot with the Chinon 55mm f1.7
"And if anyone tries to say that the good news is not about all these things—about freeing slaves, about helping the poor, about reconciling warring factions, ethnic groupings, and whole nations, about looking after the blessed world we live on and in..."
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March 22, 2025 at 1:42 AM
"And if anyone tries to say that the good news is not about all these things—about freeing slaves, about helping the poor, about reconciling warring factions, ethnic groupings, and whole nations, about looking after the blessed world we live on and in..."
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Took out the Schneider Kreuznach Edixa-Tele-Xenar 135mm f3.5 (which I picked up at a camera market on Sunday) tonight for a first whirl - first impressions are good!
March 19, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Took out the Schneider Kreuznach Edixa-Tele-Xenar 135mm f3.5 (which I picked up at a camera market on Sunday) tonight for a first whirl - first impressions are good!
Camera nerd heaven at the Melbourne Camera show.
March 15, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Camera nerd heaven at the Melbourne Camera show.
There's a whole generation of photographers who have never focused a camera manually. This lost art is one of the biggest challenges for those trying vintage lenses - so I wrote a post with tips on how to do it.
open.substack.com/pub/rowse/p/...
open.substack.com/pub/rowse/p/...
Mastering Manual Focus Lenses
Tips for Sharper Shots with Vintage Lenses
open.substack.com
March 14, 2025 at 2:00 AM
There's a whole generation of photographers who have never focused a camera manually. This lost art is one of the biggest challenges for those trying vintage lenses - so I wrote a post with tips on how to do it.
open.substack.com/pub/rowse/p/...
open.substack.com/pub/rowse/p/...
When the opportunity for bird photography presents closer to home than you expect and all you have on your camera is a 50mm lens!
Thank goodness for a high-megapixel sensor that lets you crop and still get some details.
Thank goodness for a high-megapixel sensor that lets you crop and still get some details.
March 13, 2025 at 3:33 AM
When the opportunity for bird photography presents closer to home than you expect and all you have on your camera is a 50mm lens!
Thank goodness for a high-megapixel sensor that lets you crop and still get some details.
Thank goodness for a high-megapixel sensor that lets you crop and still get some details.
When you track a parcel (new lens) from Tasmania… 😊
to your state and then to your suburb… 😃
only to see it do a 180 turn and return to Tasmania due to incorrect addressing! 🤦♂️
to your state and then to your suburb… 😃
only to see it do a 180 turn and return to Tasmania due to incorrect addressing! 🤦♂️
March 12, 2025 at 9:43 PM
When you track a parcel (new lens) from Tasmania… 😊
to your state and then to your suburb… 😃
only to see it do a 180 turn and return to Tasmania due to incorrect addressing! 🤦♂️
to your state and then to your suburb… 😃
only to see it do a 180 turn and return to Tasmania due to incorrect addressing! 🤦♂️
Substack growth - slowly but surely.
Interestingly enough, today I noticed I've started to get a trickle of Google traffic. substack
Interestingly enough, today I noticed I've started to get a trickle of Google traffic. substack
March 12, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Substack growth - slowly but surely.
Interestingly enough, today I noticed I've started to get a trickle of Google traffic. substack
Interestingly enough, today I noticed I've started to get a trickle of Google traffic. substack
When I first saw this lens… my heart sank.
When I saw the images it took… my heart soared!
open.substack.com/pub/rowse/p/...
When I saw the images it took… my heart soared!
open.substack.com/pub/rowse/p/...
Carl Zeiss Jena Pancolar MC 50mm F1.8 Review
Does this ugly duckling lens still deliver stunning results.
open.substack.com
March 10, 2025 at 10:37 AM
When I first saw this lens… my heart sank.
When I saw the images it took… my heart soared!
open.substack.com/pub/rowse/p/...
When I saw the images it took… my heart soared!
open.substack.com/pub/rowse/p/...
Not all things ask to be seen.
Some drift at the edges,
soft, shapeless,
unconcerned with clarity.
Golden echoes hum in the green,
whispering between
what is and what is not.
They do not beg for form,
yet they remain.
.
Some drift at the edges,
soft, shapeless,
unconcerned with clarity.
Golden echoes hum in the green,
whispering between
what is and what is not.
They do not beg for form,
yet they remain.
.
March 7, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Not all things ask to be seen.
Some drift at the edges,
soft, shapeless,
unconcerned with clarity.
Golden echoes hum in the green,
whispering between
what is and what is not.
They do not beg for form,
yet they remain.
.
Some drift at the edges,
soft, shapeless,
unconcerned with clarity.
Golden echoes hum in the green,
whispering between
what is and what is not.
They do not beg for form,
yet they remain.
.
My wife on our walk today:
“You have photographed that tree three Saturdays in a row!”
Yes I have. But with three lenses!
“You have photographed that tree three Saturdays in a row!”
Yes I have. But with three lenses!
March 7, 2025 at 11:30 PM
My wife on our walk today:
“You have photographed that tree three Saturdays in a row!”
Yes I have. But with three lenses!
“You have photographed that tree three Saturdays in a row!”
Yes I have. But with three lenses!
Will it swirl? Yes it will… sometimes… a bit…
Carl Zeiss Pancolar Jena MC DDR 50mm f1.8
Carl Zeiss Pancolar Jena MC DDR 50mm f1.8
March 7, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Will it swirl? Yes it will… sometimes… a bit…
Carl Zeiss Pancolar Jena MC DDR 50mm f1.8
Carl Zeiss Pancolar Jena MC DDR 50mm f1.8
Photowalk this morning with the Carl Zeiss Pancolar Jena MC DDR 50mm f1.8 - full review will be ready next week.
March 7, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Photowalk this morning with the Carl Zeiss Pancolar Jena MC DDR 50mm f1.8 - full review will be ready next week.
The most common question I get from photographers about using vintage lenses on their digital cameras is simply 'how do I do it?'
Here's my introduction to adapting these amazing lenses to your camera
open.substack.com/pub/rowse/p/...
Here's my introduction to adapting these amazing lenses to your camera
open.substack.com/pub/rowse/p/...
An Introduction to Adapting Vintage Lenses to Modern Digital Cameras
How to choose the right adapter for your lens and camera combination
open.substack.com
March 6, 2025 at 11:55 PM
The most common question I get from photographers about using vintage lenses on their digital cameras is simply 'how do I do it?'
Here's my introduction to adapting these amazing lenses to your camera
open.substack.com/pub/rowse/p/...
Here's my introduction to adapting these amazing lenses to your camera
open.substack.com/pub/rowse/p/...
I’m not sure where it says in the Bible that someone is saved by God to make a country great.
It does say that there will be ‘fruit’ of arelationship with God though - the fruit being:
“love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control.”
It does say that there will be ‘fruit’ of arelationship with God though - the fruit being:
“love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control.”
March 5, 2025 at 5:18 AM
I’m not sure where it says in the Bible that someone is saved by God to make a country great.
It does say that there will be ‘fruit’ of arelationship with God though - the fruit being:
“love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control.”
It does say that there will be ‘fruit’ of arelationship with God though - the fruit being:
“love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control.”
This week I’m doing my ‘AI for churches’ presentation twice. Once to a large church’s ministry team here in Melbourne and another time to a denomination’s training of pastors online.
Constantly amazed how many new tools have come out every time I do this.
Constantly amazed how many new tools have come out every time I do this.
March 3, 2025 at 2:04 AM
This week I’m doing my ‘AI for churches’ presentation twice. Once to a large church’s ministry team here in Melbourne and another time to a denomination’s training of pastors online.
Constantly amazed how many new tools have come out every time I do this.
Constantly amazed how many new tools have come out every time I do this.