Ten photographers. Six models. Five shoots. That's LightPlay! And what an awesome event it was! We all had an absolute ball at LightPlay on Sunday May 1. The premise of this workshop was a simple one: let's get funky and creative with light! Without light, there is...
We've just wrapped up our last Maximising your DSLR workshop for our summer photography programme and I thought I'd share some of the key points raised in this workshop. Maximising your DSLR is a one-day photography course aimed at photographers new to shooting with a digital...
A show of hands - how many of you have been asked by friends and family to photograph their wedding because (a) you have a "good camera" and (b) you take great photos? Another show of hands - how many of you have said "Yes" to...
Never has the old adage "less is more" been more true than in the art of nude figure photography. When photographing the nude, it is sometimes better to suggest nudity than to show nudity: what is implied often makes more of an impact than what...
This is why physique models, like Brad here, belong in front of the camera, and why photographers (such as yours truly) should really know better and stay BEHIND the camera! :-) (Thanks to Pearl, Brad's girlfriend, for taking this image during Brad's physique shoot for...
Perth has been absolutely baking under a heatwave - we've had days on end where nighttime temps have not dropped below 20C, and daytime temps...
Want to photograph models? Perth hobbyist photographers now have a fantastic opportunity to work with a number of models and stylists at on-location photoshoots, thanks to a team of creative models and stylists. The brain child of Perth model Sarah-Jane Mercier, the Perth Monthly Group Photo...
'forme' is a project about the human body that I'm hoping to publish later this year or early 2012. I'm going to be photographing bodies - all kinds of bodies, taut, thin, round, square, strong, frail, fruity, vanilla, smooth, textured, plain, inked...
At some point in our collective photographic careers, we'll need to deal with the flash. There's no avoiding it. As much as you want to claim to be a "natural light photographer" you know that there will come a time when you'll need to wrap...
I'm back from awesome Albany covering the fifth and final Navy Series surf rowing competition at Muttonbird Beach. I'd joined a band of merry boaties from Secret Harbour on this trek to WA's deep, deep south, all the way to the magnificent surroundings of Muttonbird,...