Photographing Graffiti_Why?

What is the purpose of photographing graffiti? As man-made subject matter it’s more like photographing statues or architecture than the natural landscape. Is the idea to document someone else’s work, whether you consider it to be art or otherwise? If so, fine, make it a sharp accurate rendering.
But if you want to make art from [...]

What Color is Green?

What color is Green? A strange question to be sure, but nevertheless worthy of some explanation. As a way to help describe color we can break it up into the following 3 separate categories:
Hue
A technical term for color, Hue is the actual name of the color. So a red apple has a red hue, while [...]

Detail_Uluru_Central Australia

 
The making of this photo was a surreal experience. I was photographing Uluru (Ayers Rock) in the Uluru / Kata Tjuta National Park in Central Australia. Famous for its ability to change color in response to the changing weather and light conditions, this magnificent sandstone monolith is a wonder to behold and provides a range [...]

Aerial Perspective

 
I made the above image during a wonderful morning helicopter flight that took in many of the most iconic locations along the Great Ocean Road in Victoria, Australia. The image features Johanna Beach, a wild and windswept beach on the south west coast.
A short drive, through rolling green hills, off the Great Ocean Road takes [...]

What’s Different About Travel Photography

 
The view of a famous city, the feeling of exhilaration when beholding one of nature’s icons, the vastness of a desert landscape, the power of the animal world, the excitement of an ultra modern neon lit city, the assault on the senses when visiting a local market, the peace provided by a rainforest and the [...]

Pic of the Week – Dingy, Queenscliff, Victoria, Australia

 
 
This image was made on a bleak, overcast morning in the seaside tourist town of Queenscliff in Victoria, Australia. Ironically I was in the area for a series of photographic workshops run by the Australian Institute of Professional Photography (AIPP). Queenscliff is a lovely town and, wanting to come home with at least one great image, [...]

Monochromatic Color

Individual colors are used to help us navigate our way through life. They provide us with vital information, often through symbol and metaphor. Think of traffic lights: green is for go, yellow for caution and red tells us to stop.
 
Color is also culturally based. Orange is the national color of the Netherlands. In Ireland orange [...]

We Live in a World of Color

Evocative color, the line of the river and the human element helped bring this fleeting moment together in a cohesive manner.

First Shoot with new Canon 5D Mark II camera

Just before Christmas 2008 I acquired the new Canon 5D Mark II camera together with the Canon 24-105mm f 4 L series USM lens. I’d been using the original Canon 5D for the previous 3 years and felt it was time for the upgrade. I believe the new Canon 5D Mark II is a fantastic [...]

Shooting for Color or Other Design Elements

Despite our own, personal preferences what is it that determines whether a particular image is better suited to reproduction as a black and white or color photograph.
A good indication is what attracted you to the subject in the first place? Where you drawn in by the color or by other design elements such as tone, [...]