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...
Those of you who have been following me on Facebook and Twitter will be familiar with this. Over the last three weeks, I've been working with Propel Youth Arts on a photographic project for Refugee Week 2012. Refugee Week aims to inform Australia about refugees...
We're back from a wild and wooly weekend of landscape photography with 17 workshop participants in the South West of Western Australia. Though best known in touring circles as a region of vineyards, wineries and great surfing beaches, the South West also boasts some of the...
With a studio based in Fremantle, it's hard to miss the excitement being generated by the Fremantle Portrait Prize! If you're into portrait photography big time, then you need to give the Fremantle Portrait Prize some serious thought. The Fremantle Portrait Prize promotes excellence in the...
Do you have old digital cameras (point and shoots, DSLRs etc) that are sitting at home gathering dust? If so, please consider donating them to a worthwhile community project! We are looking for donations of old digital compact cameras (point and shoot) or old DSLRs that...