I’m very happy to report that this weekend one of my prints received a Gold Award at this year’s Australian Professional Photography Awards! Two others received Silver Awards. The awarded images: The Gold winner is an image of a jellyfish we encountered on the Russian Far East photography workshop expedition …
When photographers set the time in their cameras there’s a step they often miss. This topic keeps coming up again and again when helping folks on workshops, so I figured it would be worth spelling it out here. Before you update the camera’s time, take a photo of an accurate and precise …
What is a nemesis bird? For birders it can be defined as “a bird that has eluded a birder despite many attempts to see it”. The precise definitions people use vary, but the gist is the same. For a bird photographer, I would define it as “a bird that you …
I’ve already written about possible altitude health issues on my Snow Leopards photography expedition, but it’s not just me I have to worry about. Computers can also get altitude sickness! The thinner air means that heatsinks aren’t quite as effective, so care needs to be taken to not overheat the machine. …
Here in Australia we don’t really do altitude. The highest mountain on the continent is only just over 2200m above sea level. But when travelling overseas we can reach some significantly higher altitudes (not even counting airplane travel). At high altitudes the air is thinner, making it harder to breathe, and “altitude …
On the weekend of November 5th/6th this year I’m conducting a nature photography + Lightroom weekend workshop in Brisbane, again in partnership with my friend Michael Snedic. We will start out covering photography techniques and practice in a workshop at Australia Zoo, and then we spend all of the Sunday …
The Australian Antarctic Division has announced this week that they’re going to close the research base on Macquarie Island by March 2017. The ANTARE base there has been operated continuously by Australia since 1948, but that era is now closing. So this means that this summer is your last chance to …
