I've been meaning to photograph the start of the Rottnest Channel Swim for some time - but the 5.30am start on a Saturday morning has often proven a little prohibitive, especially after a late Friday night. A few year ago, I turned up in the wee...
It was a perfect morning by all accounts -- blue skies with wisps of clouds, hardly a breeze and the Indian ocean as flat and calm as a Buddhist monk's thoughts; but this was no serene start to the day for the band of boaties...
The Australand Coogee Jetty to Jetty Swim is back for 2010 - on Sunday 7th March - and I'll be there to cover it for organisers Cockburn Masters Swimming Club. This ocean swim, held on the 1st Sunday in March following the Labour Day long weekend,...
As an alternative to workshops, I started offering individual photography tuition in late 2009 -- more so for people who wanted to purchase a one-on-one workshop as a gift for a family member, partner or friend. While, cost-wise, the one-on-one photo tutorials are more expensive...
My first love in photography has always been reportage and documentary. Having the opportunity to shoot for the Australian Surf Rowers League (ASRL) as the official photographer of their Western Australian events, takes me back to the purity of the medium and its ability to tell...
As a photographer, one sometimes gets caught up in the need to earn some dollars, gain some exposure and exhibit one's art; so much so that it's often easy to forget that, sometimes, shooting for others can be a whole lot more rewarding than shooting...
Portrait photography can be a challenge. It's not just about pointing the camera at your subjects, asking them to smile and firing the shutter. The best portraits are about the subjects: allowing the people being photographed to look their best and their most natural, without the...
Thanks to Ben of Team Digital, a set of new Flash Light Shapers will premiere at the Light Magic workshop in mid-October. Perhaps a little explanation is in order to those of you scratching your heads (I may be getting ahead of the story in my...
You couldn't have asked for better weather on Sunday for the "Effective Outdoor Portraiture" workshop, part of my Workshops in a SNAP! Spring Programme of photography workshops. Clear blue skies and glorious sunlight brought the crowds into Fremantle, but we managed to head to the West...
Greg Perry presented "Wedding Photography Essentials" as part of the Spring Workshops Programme on Sunday. That man is amazing! I've never known a workshop presenter who is so generous with his material, time and advise. Of course, he's presenting as part of my Workshops in a...