As part of the Claisebrook Cove Twilight Photo Walk, we ran a competition to find two of the best images taken at the event. Presented here are the entries -- with first and second prize winners being announced soon! Stay tuned! [nggallery id=65]...
I love photographing people. I love the challenge of connecting with the person and working with them to produce a fantastic portrait. Sometimes, the "moment it clicks" comes easily, as in this case of this portrait of Bruce and Peter, from the Nyinyikay community in...
It's been a week and a half since I returned from the East Arnhem Land Cultural and Photographic Tour which I ran with travel photographer, Lynn Gail. The tour was Lynn's brainchild as she has visited the region before and saw the potential of running...
I've started a new feature in the "Venture Horizons" monthly newsletter that we send to our customers and friends (you can sign up for the newsletter by filling in the form on the right-hand sidebar). In this feature I provide the back story and thinking...
Not long ago, I wrote an article for people who are looking to buy their first "serious photography" camera, entitled "Thinking of getting a camera?" Since then, I've often been asked by new photographers, "What lens should I get next?" It's a bit of a...
I brought the Sony A6000 compact system camera (CSC) with me on this trip to Italy because I wanted to be able to travel light while exploring and sightseeing. In the past, I have traveled with a Nikon DSLR (first a D700 followed by a...
If you've had a look at the entries for the Urban Twilight Photo Walk Competition, you'll realise that it's pretty hard to pick a winner. After much deliberation, it came down to two very strong entries and, thus, two winners! Paean Ng Ray Ross Both images show a...
The last two tutorials on this blog were aimed at sizing images for print using Adobe Lightroom 5 and Adobe Photoshop CC 2014. Here's a new tutorial devoted to sizing images for screen display using Lightroom 5. Sizing images for various displays is a perennial question...
As part of the Urban Twilight Photo Walk, we ran a competition for best "Life on the Streets" and "Long Exposure" images. Presented here are the entries -- with the winner being announced next week (week of 23 March 2015). Stay tuned for the announcement...
Following hot on the heels of the last tutorial ("How to size digital images for printing using Lightroom 5"), here's one on doing the same thing, but using Adobe Photoshop. Again, this was "inspired" by questions I have received at various camera club competition nights in...