Innholdsfortegnelse for March - May 2022 i Photo Review

Like many middle class families in 1950s California, when summer holidays came around we’d pile into the car and make the long drive to the desert, the mountains or the far north coast of the state where the forests came down to the sea. As an adult I came to admire the saintly patience this required of my mother and father as I think of all those times when, at about hour two or three on these trips, one of us kids would initiate the ‘are we there yet?’ refrain for the first time. Along with the usual proforma response to that hoary old complaint, our parents would distract us with games of eye-spy and stories about places we were passing on our way. As we repeated trips over the…

Why visit? Visitors flock to the coastal areas south of Sydney for a wide variety of reasons: the beaches are among the best in the world for swimming, surfing and fishing and they’re close to interesting and varied native forests. The area is also rich in Aboriginal cultural heritage and a haven for native animals and birds. The Murramarang National Park is a designated area that extends from just west of Bawley Point to the northern headland of Batemans Bay and inland as far as the edge of the Princes Highway. It takes in Termeil Lake and Beach, Snapper Point and Pretty Beach at its northern end and Pebbly Beach, Depot Beach and Durras Lake in the middle, with Honeysuckle Beach and North Head Beach Rock Pool in the south.…

Sooner or later every photographer captures an image that is not only a great photograph in its own right, but that also somehow points mysteriously into the future. These are the pictures that whisper in the photographer’s ear, “There is more here than just this. You’ve found a path, now keep exploring…” In Luke Shadbolt’s story, the harbinger arrived at a pivotal moment on a Brazilian beach. A few years earlier Luke had taken on a job as art director for an independent bodyboarding magazine. It was a dream job for a young surfer from North Avoca with a freshly minted degree in graphic design. Ace surf photographer Phil Gallagher was the magazine’s editor and Luke, who’d just bought his first DSLR, was keen to learn from the master. In…

Printing your own images is very rewarding, which is why most serious photographers buy a photo-capable inkjet printer as the heart of their digital darkroom. It’s only when they start making prints that the first issues arise and, since inkjet photo paper is often expensive, the costs mount up. This can be very discouraging. In this article we’ll outline some simple ways to prevent paper wastage, starting with loading media in your printer (which is where many problems occur). We’ll also provide some tips to help you make your prints as close as possible to the images on your computer screen. 1. Paper loading Not all inkjet printers are the same – even if they come from the same manufacturer. It’s important to understand the different feed paths your printer…

As any parent knows, babies can very quickly go from perfectly gorgeous to a disaster zone, and Melbourne’s Bec Gordon is one of the photographers celebrating the process in style. The concept is simple enough. You have a spotlessly clean, pristinely dressed baby whose first birthday is about to be celebrated; you have your camera at the ready; and you sit the baby next to a soft, creamy cake. It’s called cake smash photography. No-one knows when the first professional baby/family photographer offered it as an option, but it seems to have been somewhere in the United States 15-20 years ago, just in time for the social media boom which enabled its viral rise to popularity. Conjecture has it that the cake smash was inspired by La Mordida, a Mexican…

All round the world nations have been locked down due to the COVID-19 pandemic and many photographers have been struggling with the confinements imposed by multiple lockdowns. But the end is in sight; the world is opening up with high levels of vaccination keeping the virus largely at bay. Our get-away trips range from excursions as short as a few days to full overseas adventures. The thing about ‘Big Trips’ is they’re not spontaneous get-aways; they have to be planned. This is where rational analysis comes into play. Not only should you plan where to go; you must also plan what to take on your trip. Planning your equipment The first – and most important – rule is don’t purchase new equipment just before you’re about to leave. While it’s…

Crabbing Lessons from Nanny By Melissa Crisa 2nd winner Image Review 13 Nikon D750; Sigma 35mm lens This image is a documentation of our first family holiday in 2020 since my mother was diagnosed with breast cancer. The pink shirt she is wearing is a strong and powerful coincidence - it reflects the pink ribbon. After her mastectomy, and when she felt strong enough, we took a short trip to the Yorke Peninsula. This image shows her teaching my husband and my young son how to go crabbing, something that she did a lot as a young girl. Don’s response This is such a simple and beautiful image. The story behind it gives us a deeper and richer understanding of how the three subjects came to be there, but even…