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’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.
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
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.
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.
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
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.
.
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.
Just posted a new first impression review of the Minolta Rokkor MC 85mm f1.7 vintage lens at
substack.com/@darrenrowse...
#photography
substack.com/@darrenrowse...
#photography
February 28, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Just posted a new first impression review of the Minolta Rokkor MC 85mm f1.7 vintage lens at
substack.com/@darrenrowse...
#photography
substack.com/@darrenrowse...
#photography
I have just posted a mini-review of the Yashinon 5cm f2 vintage lens on substack.
There's a lot to like about this one so far!
Review ➡️ substack.com/profile/1318...
#photography #review #vintagelens
There's a lot to like about this one so far!
Review ➡️ substack.com/profile/1318...
#photography #review #vintagelens
February 27, 2025 at 11:20 PM
I have just posted a mini-review of the Yashinon 5cm f2 vintage lens on substack.
There's a lot to like about this one so far!
Review ➡️ substack.com/profile/1318...
#photography #review #vintagelens
There's a lot to like about this one so far!
Review ➡️ substack.com/profile/1318...
#photography #review #vintagelens
Four weeks ago yesterday I hit publish on my first Substack newsletter - today I got an email to say I hit 100 subscribers. Loving the journey!
February 25, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Four weeks ago yesterday I hit publish on my first Substack newsletter - today I got an email to say I hit 100 subscribers. Loving the journey!
Super-Multi-Coated Takumar 50mm f4 Macro
February 24, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Super-Multi-Coated Takumar 50mm f4 Macro
Happy accident today - I was playing with a macro lens and must have clicked while carrying the camera and it got a blurry shot of my t-shirt which I quite like.
February 24, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Happy accident today - I was playing with a macro lens and must have clicked while carrying the camera and it got a blurry shot of my t-shirt which I quite like.
When you tell your boys to ‘clean your room’ and check the laundry shoot to find how they did it.
February 23, 2025 at 10:07 PM
When you tell your boys to ‘clean your room’ and check the laundry shoot to find how they did it.
I find it ironic that the use of the word empathy has grown so much in the last 100 years - yet it is a think that has increasingly gone missing in our world in that time.
February 23, 2025 at 4:18 AM
I find it ironic that the use of the word empathy has grown so much in the last 100 years - yet it is a think that has increasingly gone missing in our world in that time.
February 23, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Took the Helios 44M out for a ‘spin’ this afternoon to shoot some shots for a #photography article I will publish on Substack tomorrow.
Substack at open.substack.com/pub/rowse
Substack at open.substack.com/pub/rowse
February 20, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Took the Helios 44M out for a ‘spin’ this afternoon to shoot some shots for a #photography article I will publish on Substack tomorrow.
Substack at open.substack.com/pub/rowse
Substack at open.substack.com/pub/rowse
A couple of days ago, I tracked down a Takumar lens I'd been wanting to try out for a while that was up for sale on Facebook marketplace.
I mentioned to the seller that I was collecting Takumars, and he brought along a second lens - the A Super Multi Coated 50mm f4 macro.
I mentioned to the seller that I was collecting Takumars, and he brought along a second lens - the A Super Multi Coated 50mm f4 macro.
February 18, 2025 at 5:13 AM
A couple of days ago, I tracked down a Takumar lens I'd been wanting to try out for a while that was up for sale on Facebook marketplace.
I mentioned to the seller that I was collecting Takumars, and he brought along a second lens - the A Super Multi Coated 50mm f4 macro.
I mentioned to the seller that I was collecting Takumars, and he brought along a second lens - the A Super Multi Coated 50mm f4 macro.