Well what to say about the amazing Claustral Canyon…first up a word of warning. For anyone that might be inspired to venture to Claustral Canyon please note doing so is extremely dangerous and has resulted in death for a number of people. It should only be undertaken by those who are fit and experienced in…
DetailsSo the individual results are in and as it is with almost every competition there has been a degree of contention regarding the results. This has been further exacerbated for the Loupe Awards by the introduction of a more open judging process. This year each entrant has been provided with scores from each judge rather…
DetailsThursday (29th November 2012) evening I had the pleasure of hosting an online Google+ Hangout with some of Australia’s leading landscape photographers: Kah Kit Yoong, Jérôme Berbigier, Ricardo Da Cunha & Everlook Photography. This involved us talking shop for almost 2 hours and broadcasting it live on YouTube. We covered some great capture tips, taked…
DetailsGood questions Lee. Well my opinion has changed considerably as I learn my craft and try to perfect the art of image making. Yes as a photographer we make images. First we pre-visualise an image, then capture the scene using our camera, and finally we process the resulting image to some degree. This can either happen…
DetailsI’ve only spent one evening in my entire life at a camera club meeting. I never found the desire or need to be part of one. The closest I have got to this sort of community has been with the Focus Flickr group. They are a great bunch of guys, and with almost 500 members…
DetailsFor photographers who want help and guidance over a longer period of time I now offer a mentoring program. This is perfect for those starting out, have had training but feel they are not progressing or even for those who just want to keep pushing themselves to learn new things. Purchase 6 or 12 mentoring…
DetailsThis shot came to me the other day for some reason and Sunday was the day to shoot it. What you are looking at is a transition from day to night. The right hand side of the image was photographed at sunset which casts a beautiful warming light, the left light by the almost full…
DetailsYes I use photoshop, most photographers do these days. Is it cheating, no….if you would like to hear my justification here it is: Do you use photoshop? How much Photoshop do I use? Well I’ll let you decide, here’s a video starting from the output of my RAW file, gradually adding each layer to the…
DetailsStraight from France is this years Kolor Panobook 2012. I’m delighted to have two of my panoramic images included in this years edition after submitting my images to their annual competition. I use Kolor’s excellent software to stitch my panoramic photos together. It offers many powerful tools for stitching panoramic images and I wouldn’t hesitate…
DetailsThe best camera is the one that’s with you, unfortunately the camera in question is generally my iPhone. That’s the thing with fancy camera’s (my 5DmkII), they are big, heavy and not so discrete. Especially when you want to shoot time lapse in a revolving restaraunt whilst out with the mother in law. So the…
DetailsBeing a new member to the AIPP I was extremely excited to attend this years AIPP ‘The Event’ in Hunter Valley, Australia. As an added bonus Robert Gatto the MD of Kayell invited me to a private dinner at the amazing Tempus Two Winery. I was sat at the big boys table with Peter Eastway…
DetailsI have the pleasure of gracing the cover of next months Australian Photography + Digital magazine don’t you know. Well one of my photos is, to have a photo of me might not ‘shift’ magazines so well. The photo is of the amazing Walls of China, Mungo National Park a location I will never forget…
DetailsOverlooking the expanse of Alpine National Park, the iconic Craig’s Hut is surrounded by the beauty of Mount Stirling in Victoria’s High Country. Craig’s Hut was originally built for the Australian film “The Man from Snowy River“. The original hut was burnt down in bush fires (2006) but has recently been rebuilt allowing for the…
DetailsOften when the weather is at its worst we get moments of brilliance and this evening at North Narrabeen was no exception. Looking East the horizon was filled with grey looming clouds, the rain was on its way. I love that about Australia, the rain doesn’t sneak up on you like it might do in…
DetailsI had the pleasure of photographing The Edit girls recently up at Middle Head, Sydney. These talented girls have an amazing fashion blog and were in need of some professional head and group shots for an industry awards nomination. After giving up on my remote triggers I hooked up a sync cable and shot…
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