53 South West snappers went for a photo walk one day in Bunbury, organised by Bunbury photographers Christian Byrt and Graeme Marsh, and we received 22 entries for the Bunbury Photo Walk competition. The images ranged from streetscapes to urban abstracts to portraits -- there...
We're really chuffed to be able to support the first Bunbury Photo Walk of 2013 with a competition! The winner will win a voucher to attend either the "Getting Started in DSLR Photography" workshop on Saturday February 16 OR the "Natural Light, Natural Portraiture" workshop on...
At a recent Flash Photography Fasttrack workshop, a participating photographer noted that when he dialed the flash exposure compensation (FEC) on his flash down to a negative value, the range shown on the distance scale on his flash increased. At this point, if you're scratching your...
I'll be honest with you. After handling the Nikon D600 for a few days (test shooting for this review), I was mightily inclined to purchase one myself. I kind of fell in love with the camera. Truly, madly, deeply. So, if you want to know whether...
I've been a bit tardy with blogging this but, as they say, better late than never. If you're a WA photographer who has been online over the past 12 months, you wouldn't have missed all the news about the Fremantle Portrait Prize - Freo's very own...
The Cinque Terre ("Five Lands") is a 'must see' for every traveler to Italy. Five beautiful villages perched on the rocky coast of the Italian north west, connected to each other by the Sentiero Azzura, a meandering trail that takes walkers through hillside vineyards, olive...
Dads have had to put up with unimaginative Father's Day presents for years. To help turn the tide of pedestrian socks, jocks and power tools, we launched our Father's Day Competition couple of weeks ago. Entitled "Make Dads Glad", we asked you to send in...
Have a look at the photos below. They're both taken at the same time and location - however, they both present the scene very differently. The first is your typical location snap - taken hand held at a fairly fast shutter speed because there's plenty of...
One of the things I've often found cumbersome about traditional large reflectors is that you have to often use both your hands to handle and control the reflector, whether you're using it to reflect light or as a scrim (for those reflectors with a diffusion...
Announcing the winners of our Top Travel Shot Contest, which we ran on our Venture Photography Facebook page over the last two weeks. Entries ranged from photographs taken in regions near and far, from the tropics to the temperate rainforests of Tassie. Landscapes were popular, but...