Here’s an important question. How many of you have quietly stowed your drone in your domestic flight checked-in luggage? If you are thinking of or have done it before – DON’T do it again. You and your fellow passengers and crew’s safety is potentially at risk. NZ’s two major carriers, Air New Zealand and Jetstar, […] Read more >
I ran an article a week or so back on getting into Lomography. I’m going to keep posting on Lomography as it is something I find kinda cool. The first 10 minute clip below offers a very basic level (but necessary) guide on how to get yourself started with the basic concepts of Lomography activity… […] Read more >
I’ve long been a Leibovitz fan. Not just for her celebrity portrait photography but also for the way she used that celebrity photography to form the cult of celebrity upon herself, in much the same manner in which Robert Mapplethorpe did. Interestingly, it has been suggested Mapplethorpe referred to Leibovitz as the most difficult subject […] Read more >
I see Netflix have picked up the streaming rights for the Jake Gyllenhaal / Jamie Lee Curtis produced documentary ‘Hondros’ covering the career of late famed war photographer, Chris Hondros. From my point of view and as a Netflix subscriber this is great move – Netflix’s audience is massive and worldwide and their reach cannot […] Read more >
Sublime! What more needs to be said really. This link takes you witness the best photographs of 2016 as determined by National Geographic magazine, no less. Enjoy! Here is a gallery of National Geographic’s 52 best images of the year—curated from 91 photographers, 107 stories, and 2,290,225 photographs. Source: Best Photographs of 2016 Read more >
After some local photographic inspiration? Why not look at the website of a well-known photographer to fire up your own creative juices. Try setting yourself up a landscape project – even if it’s a simple an exercise as grabbing your iPhone or S8 and setting the camera app to ‘Pano’ – just have a […] Read more >
Getting the absolute ‘lowdown’ on your chosen topic as a documentary photographer is critical. Essentially, you need to be on the inside, or as close as you can be, to the subject-matter you wish to present visually as your project. F-Stoppers provide an outline of just one documentary photography example. The legally enforced and pending […] Read more >
