Indholdsfortegnelse for October 2021 i Australian Photography

There are personal projects, and then there’s Peter Adams’ personal project. Started some 38 years ago (that’s two years before I was born), the Blue Mountains photographer has finally, finally, completed what must surely be his magnum opus, A Few of the Legends. Featuring 500+ photos and interviews with photographers who represent the length and breadth of 20th century photography, the project is hugely ambitious and life-changing in a way you just don’t see these days. Just consider how the world of photography has changed in that time, or imagine explaining to a young Peter Adams that he’d be using online crowdfunding to help finance his completed book in the year 2021, and it would be promoted on a thing called a website! The gargantuan logistics of producing a 600-page…

DRONE SELFIE BAGS AGENDO ART PRIZE JESSICA COLDREY, the 2021 Victorian Government John Monash Scholar, has been awarded the non-acquisitive Agendo Art Prize for 2021 for her striking drone selfie ‘Pet Drone #1’. Agendo is a highly regarded national event sponsored by the Crone family, and showcases the finest selection of emerging art by young artists across Australia. Jessica’s eye-catching image was created during her time as the inaugural artist in residence at Yarra Ranges Tech School (YRTS), and marks the first time a photograph has won the Agendo prize in its 14-year history. The self-portrait depicts Jessica dressed in a futuristic silver dress with a sky-hive beehive, absurdly taking a small drone for a stroll on a leash. She says her project “Fused 60’s space-age futurism with modern machines…

UPCOMING COMPETITION THEMES DECEMBER ISSUE SEASONS September 30, 2021 JANUARY ISSUE INSECTS October 31, 2021 FEBRUARY ISSUE BLUE November 30, 2021 MARCH ISSUE EYES December 15, 2021 APRIL ISSUE GREAT OUTDOORS January 31, 2022 YOUR ENTRY 1. Email your entry to yourbestshot@australianphotography.com with the name of the competition theme in the email subject line, for example: Weather, Abstract, Landscape, etc.2. The image file must be the same as your name, for example Jane Smith.jpg. If you enter multiple images, each new image file name should be appended with a unique number, eg Jane Smith2.jpg3. A maximum of three images can be entered per person.4. Images must be in JPEG format.5. Email file size must not exceed 7MB.6. Please include the following information about your entry in the…

Nikon’s Z fc harkens back to classic Nikon film cameras of old while delivering a fully modern user experience. From a design perspective, it’s clearly a home run and especially so if you grew up in an era of film winders and light meters. But at the same time, plenty of cynics out there haven’t been shy to declare it simply a reskinned Nikon Z 50 aimed at a retro-loving audience. What’s the truth? Well, like many things, it’s probably somewhere in the middle. Let’s take a closer look. BODY Let’s get it out of the way – this is a gorgeous camera, and one that even my wife, long fatigued at seeing new cameras show up on our doorstep, immediately declared ‘a lovely piece of gear’. Those beautiful old-school…

Arriving just a year after the release of its predecessor, the Mavic Air 2, the Mavic Air 2S is a welcome, although perhaps unexpected, addition to the Chinese company’s consumer drone line-up. Why unexpected? Well even I must admit that when I first heard DJI were releasing an upgrade to its Air line-up, my initial thought was ‘why?’. It wasn’t that long ago that DJI released the Mavic Air 2, which still stands as probably the best compact mid-tier drone on the market. And, at first glance, the Air 2S appears to be almost identical to its predecessor. The front of the drone has received a subtle redesign to accommodate additional upward-facing sensors, but otherwise, it’s the same compact formula we’ve seen before. But is that the whole story? Well,…

CENTRE STAGE This was taken by Amy Sansom on the mid north coast of NSW, and “is considered a ‘secret spot’ by locals with a reef break that only occurs with a certain wind and swell combination”. The colour in that wave is quite gorgeous, and the light hitting the top breaks it into layers, giving it an even better effect. The white billowing spume is an added bonus. The diagonal of the foreground silhouette is also a nice touch. The lighting is cold and with those dark craggy foreground rocks and bushes gives a slightly ominous feel, but then the eye moves past that on to that wonderfully lit wave. My one thought is that the top third of the water is pretty dead and doesn’t add anything to…

YAN ZHANG Sydney AI professor Yan Zhang is also a landscape photographer with a keen interest in alpine regions. See more of his work on Instagram @yan.zhang.australia. MATT HORSPOOL Matt is an adventure travel photographer and special education teacher based in Sydney. His passion lies in exploring and documenting cultures and landscapes in areas of the world that many do not get to see. See his work at etchdphotography.com. DYLAN FOX Dylan is an award-winning Australian Landscape Photographer based out of Perth. See more of his work at dylanfox.com.au. CHARLI SAVAGE Charli is a conceptual fine art photographer creating the magical and strange worlds from her imagination. See more of her work at strangeworldphotography.com.au.…

Let’s imagine for a second you have a stunning vista in front of you. How do you choose to photograph it? This is a question that has been asked by all photographers in one way or another since the world's first photographs were made in a camera in 1826 by Frenchman Joseph Nicéphore Niépce. Techniques have changed since Niépce’s time, as have equipment and the medium of capture. But one facet that has remained the same is angle of view. What angle of view (lens and focal length) will offer the best perspective of the scene? Or, which angle of view will best express the photographer’s creative vision? I have had many lenses over my 40+ year career and I’ve used them all for landscape photography. I find that the…

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From behind a rare Vincentia Banksia plant, of which only six are known to exist in the wild, a threatened Carnaby’s Cockatoo peers towards its mates. Up above, Regent Honeyeaters and Gouldian Finches flitter while a Forest Red Tail Black Cockatoo eyes the viewer intently. Think you’re in paradise? Welcome to the ethereal, imaginary work of Sydney photographer and artist Pamela Pauline. Today, it’s her highly composited work in two series, On the Brink, and Fragile Beauty, Rich and Rare, that are receiving plaudits around the world. In total, these two series of just 16 photographic artworks have taken nearly two years of full-time work involving research, travel, more than 25,000 photographs, and innumerable hours behind a computer to finally complete. THE PHONE CALL A professional photographer since a career…

As a member of the APS since 1980, I have spent more than 20 years working with slides and monochrome prints, taking up digital photography in 2003. I’ve always enjoyed photographing a diverse array of subjects, including landscapes, portraits, architecture, wildlife ands still life. Since 2007 my primary photographic interest has been making Audio Visuals, although I still compete with still images in the Adelaide and Eastern Suburbs camera clubs. Since I retired in 2012, the principal driver of my photography has been travel, both in Australia and overseas, and a number of my audiovisuals have been based on images taken in Europe, Africa, North America, China, Japan, New Zealand and outback Australia. The onset of Covid in early 2020 put paid to most of my travel plans, but an…

WIN! Thanks to our great sponsors ASUS, Amy Sansom has won an ASUS ProArt Display PA148CTV monitor valued at $599. The ASUS ProArt PA148CTV is a 14-inch FHD 10-point touch portable monitor designed for creators. It delivers exceptional colour thanks to 100% sRGB and 100% Rec. 709 colour spaces, and it is world’s 1st portable monitor that reach Calman Verified certification and factory pre-calibrated to provide a Delta E < 2 color difference. The anti-glare IPS panel features wide viewing angles with minimal color shift, even when viewed from off-center positions. Find out more at asus.com. HOW TO SUBMIT AN IMAGE • Email entries to: imagedoctor@ australianphotography.com with “Image Doctor” in the subject line.• Include your name, image title and up to 150 words about how you created it.• Only…

In early February, my wife and I were visiting Lithgow in the Blue Mountains, NSW when we mistakenly drove down a dirt road. Before we realised it, we were lost, but were soon distracted by a group of people standing on a nearby hill who all seemed to be observing something at their feet. Curiously, we stopped our car and joined the crowd. One of them noticed our puzzlement, pointed to the ground and explained that the crowd was admiring clumps of striking pink flannel flowers, something very rare, and something seen only once in a lifetime. The group were botanists who had travelled a long way to specifically study these flowers. In a way, we were lucky to meet them as in doing so we became one of the…

THIS MONTH’S WINNER BROOKE HOWELLS Grain Stalk EDITOR’S COMMENT Brooke Howells says that working on her family farm provides ample opportunities for photographic creativity, especially at harvest time. “The simple grain stalk by itself seems insignificant, but as a whole crop it is both powerful and a livelihood for many farmers,” she explains. “I was out working at harvest and wanted to create an image of simplicity, but also power in its simplest form.” This image works so well thanks to some beautiful subtle light that emphasises the fine detail and snake-like winding shape of the stalk as it climbs through the frame. We especially love how you’ve captured all the fine details of the stalk and the all the individual pods which hold the grain as well. TECHNICAL DETAILS…

Windows-based laptops have come a long way and MacBook Pros are no longer the default for photographers and creatives alike. MSI’s latest offering, the Creator Z16, sets to challenge the status quo with specs and hardware designed to satisfy even the most power-hungry creative professional. As a travel and landscape photographer, being able to work remotely whilst on the road is essential. Traditionally I use a 13-inch laptop and whilst it gets the job done, the small screen has always been a bugbear, particularly when editing detail-rich, high megapixel images. THE GOLDEN RATIO Enter the Creator Z16, which aims to address this issue by including a QHD+ 16” Touch Screen panel with a 16:10 aspect ratio display. Taking upon the principle of the Golden Ratio, the 16:10 aspect ratio enables…

Ian’s work was selected as the winning entry by this year’s judging panel of photographic artists, including Jacqui Dean, Judith Nangala Crispin and Julie Williams. As winner, Skinner takes home a $10,000 cash prize and his work will become part of the Muswellbrook Regional Art Centre’s permanent collection of post-war contemporary paintings, ceramics and photography. Skinner is a member of the APS and its Contemporary Group and was also a finalist in the 2020 edition of the annual competition. His concept statement for Ashscapes reads: “The catastrophic fires in Southeastern Australia in 2019-2020 were shortly followed by torrential rain. The rivers and creeks disgorged vast quantities of debris from the conflagration into the ocean so that the waves turned grey with ash, and convulsed with charred remnants.” “Where the gentler…