So, yours truly finally got himself an iPhone, the brand spanking new iPhone 4s which features quite an impressive 8-megapixel camera with a f/2.4 aperture, certainly impressive for what is essentially a mobile phone (OK sure, the iPhone is a lot more than just a phone but you get my drift)…
Continue reading...31. October 2011
If you like making great natural light portraits Steve McCurry is clearly one of the great masters to study. He is a master at capturing the unguarded moment and showing us the soul of his subjects…
Continue reading...14. September 2011
Calling on all Shutterbugs! I have some exciting news to share with you today. Over the past many months a creative film crew headed by Kate McIntyre and Dave Collins have been planning and filming a new comedy web TV series about photography…
Continue reading...31. December 2010
G’day everyone and Happy New Year! I hope you had a good Christmas and that Santa was good to you. Hopefully Santa put one of two photographic gifts under the tree for you this year? Speaking of photographic gifts, I’ve been busy with a new project which I’ve been working on in what little spare time I have in between juggling work, photography, blogging and family…
Continue reading...31. October 2010
One of the most important marketing tools for photographers today is a well-designed photography portfolio website (see also Two Basic Steps to Promote Yourself as a Photographer). You can be taking the most amazing pictures with the world’s best camera, but if no one knows about you and your images (your brand), then all the time you have invested into photography is without much purpose…
Continue reading...28. October 2010
The Craft & Vision team has released yet another beautifully designed eBook today. Close To Home (Finding Great Photographs in Your Own Backyard) is the latest in the Craft & Vision eBook line-up. This inspiring ebook by Stuart Sipahigil is about the challenges of finding the extraordinary in what we’ve come to see as mundane…
Continue reading...5. October 2010
Mon Dieu! Usually I enjoy every day, I think we should, but really I wouldn’t have minded doing a time-warp that had skipped the last 5-6 weeks altogether. I didn’t manage to write a single entry for the blog, let alone make any new photographs. After going through a period of extreme stress in August my immune system decided to let its guard down…
Continue reading...4. August 2010
“There are 1440 minutes in a day. In these minutes photographers capture a moment. These moments make up a day which lasts forever.” This was the introduction to a recent exhibition held at the State Library of New South Wales where I have also had the pleasure to give a presentation of some of my own photography…
Continue reading...3. August 2010
In March 2010, as part of the Mardi Gras festival in Sydney, Australia, more than 5000 people stripped down for the official shot by the American photographer Spencer Tunick. Tunick said the aim was to create a human base for the Sydney Opera House, but an article in the Sydney Morning Herald today discusses whether Tunick was successful or not…
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1. November 2011
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