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 >

A mash up of the pro-photographer’s ‘ultimate must-have’ medium format DSLR camera, the Hasselblad H6D, nowadays capable of both huge still image and cinema quality 4K video imagery, and a heavy lift UAV results in one hell of a toy. This is the kind of gear you purchase only if you have the work for […] Read more >

DJI, the world’s leading make of unmanned aerial vehicles, purchased elite camera maker, Hasselblad of Sweden, not so long ago – and the first power combo offering they’ve come out with is unbelievably stunning. Imagine yourself about to fly the bulky H6D 100MP still / video camera and lens strapped to bottom the massive six […] Read more >

The fascinating story of an animal that took it’s own ‘selfie’ after coming across a photographer’s camera has finally played out its course after a lengthy legal battle. In a nutshell, the act of self-portraiture by a monkey unleashed the most ridiculous controversy of political correctness gone wrong mixed up with a swathe of social […] Read more >

Some Aussies are among the most uniquely skilled of photographers. One of my log time favourites, Peter Lik, has proved himself extremely successful at not only taking great panoramic landscape photographs but also maintaining brilliant marketing skills in promotion and with how he sells his work. Another Aussie landscape photographer who has been around on […] Read more >

Now we all know some people just do promotion well! What a neat way to deliver images files to a client right (click the link to see one example… ). I appreciate there are flash-card promotional gimmicks available everywhere on the internet these days but have you ever really done anything about it yourself? Have […] 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 >

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 >