Raphael Nguyen: Daily Life in Vietnam
Image © Raphal Nguyen 2009- All Rights Reserved I’ve been hankering (yes, that’s right, hankering) to visit Vietnam for a while now. I’ve even made some loose plans and done a bit of research into things to see and shoot. As part of this reseach I recently came across Raphael Nguyen’s series Daily Life in [...]
Mark Gray
I became aware of Mark Gray’s wonderful landscape work a few years ago quite by accident. I spend a fair amount of time online researching locations that I would like to shoot, and this is how I stumbled across Mark’s website. People who know about these things say that the key to landscape photography is [...]
Momentary Awe
Momentary Awe is a travel photography blog with a difference. I have been following this blog by Catalin Marin for sometime and apart from being impressed by Catalin’s work, his blog stands out from the ever growing masses of travel photo blogs because each image posted allows you to hover over and see the “before [...]
LightBox 365: A Year in Photographs
Image copyright Lewis Whyld—PA Photos/Landov. A building in Tottenham, North London is set on fire on August 7, 2011. Lightbox, Time Magazine’s photo department blog, has just published a yearbook which includes a photo for each day of 2011. Looking through the collection I’m reminded how quickly we forget events as we move on with our [...]
Phil Hillyard is the 2011 Press Photographer of the Year
Phil Hillyard of Sydney’s Daily Telegraph has been named the Nikon-Wakely Press Photographer of the Year for 2011 in recognition of his skills in capturing action during some of Australia’s biggest sporting events as well as unexpected moments in daily life. Click HERE to view a short gallery of some of Phil’s wonderful images and also the category [...]
Francisco de Souza
Hailing from Zimbabwe via New Zealand where he gained a Diploma of Photography, Fransisco de Souza has travelled to many developing countries in Africa, the Indian Subcontinant and South East Asia. Fransisco works with non government orginisations and his work reflects his strong human interest and passion for story telling. Fransisco’s images are largely [...]
Spring!
After a long, dark and wet winter here in Melbourne the weather is finally starting to change. Days are getting warmer and flowers are starting to bloom. I could harp on for hours here about new beginnings etc, but suffice it to say that this really is a great time of year for making plans [...]
The Photographer of Seville
I saw this short documentary recently and was touched by the story of Juan, a photographer in Seville, Spain who, at 85 years, is still making pictures of weddings, baptisms and communions. He has been practicing his craft since 1944. Beautifully and simply shot by Sergio Caro and Ernesto Villalba (the images remind me of a [...]
Matt Brandon and the importance of light
Matt Brandon’s blog is well worth a read I came across this blog post recently by Matt Brandon on his Digital Trekker blog. Matt talks about photographers perception, or misperception, of what is “good light” or “bad light” and this post struck home with me because I often speak to other photographers and come across many [...]
Esther Havens
Esther Havens is a humanitarian photographer who works with charity organisations including Invisible Children, Global Hope and charity:water. Her images show an obvious connection and care for those that she photographs, often managing to be both humorous and sad at once. Esther’s images are, to me, what humanitarian photography is all about. They draw you in, [...]
Sony World Photography Awards announced
The 2011 Sony World Photography awards have just been announced and congratulations to all those shortlisted. Alejandro Chaskielberg was named the overall photographer of the year for his study of an islander community living in the Parana River Delta in Argentina. The winner of the travel photography category was Liz Loh-Taylor who’s emotive series of black and [...]
Mitchell Kanashkevich
Mitchell Kanashkevich is a Sydney based travel and documentary photographer who’s primary focus is ancient cultures and the human condition in unique challenging situations (his own words). Put simply, Mitchell’s images are stunning. These are beautifully told stories with a rare empathy for and connection to his subjects. Mitchell has spent a lot of time [...]
Bruce Percy
It’s not often that I come across a landscape photographer that makes me stop everything else and just stare open mouthed, but Bruce Percy did just that when I came across his work for the first time on his website. Bruce is an Edinburgh based photographer focusing mainly on the wild Scottish landscape and creates beautiful [...]
Book Review: Photo Trekking by Nick Onken
Nick Onken is a commercial and travel photographer based in New York. I stumbled across his website and blog some time ago and was taken with his creative style and use of natural light. So when I heard that he had produced a book targeted towards travelling photographers, I thought I’d take a look. At [...]
Travel Photographer of the Year 2010- winners announced
Image (c) Larry Louie Last week the winners of the prestigious Travel Photographer of the Year contest were announced. The overall winner was Larry Louie from Canada, whose haunting black & white portfolio shot in Mali captivated judges. Check out the full list of winners in this year’s winner’s gallery over at the Travel Photographer of the Year [...]