Personal Projects - Glenn Campbell…

Glenn Campbell: 18 August, 2010

Many photographers have personal projects where they explore ideas and different ways of expressing them. In the first of a regular Series, Darwin based Glenn Campbell talks about his project. My latest exhibition " Shrine" is up on line and in the Supreme Court of the NT as part of the Darwin Festival.........

Contra Band…

Michael Roach - iRelease: 06 August, 2010

If you have been following the news over the last couple of days - chances are you would have read about the unfortunate situation that American indie band Vampire Weekend have found themselves in.

Now faced with legal action and the possibility of paying millions in damages due to intellectual property infringements, this is another great reminder for all professional photographers the importance of model release forms. Additionally, it provides an interesting example of how digital media and the internet is making it more important to obtain release forms to protect your work.

"On Assignment" shooting in the rain with Rhiannon Slatter…

Rhiannon Slatter: 06 August, 2010

Shooting in the rain.........

I was recently approached by Andrew Hoyne (Hoyne Design) to take a series of 3 images for use in the rebranding they were undertaking for the company Sydney Property Finders.

The job involved shooting three locations, building types which represented different parts of Sydney Property Finders' business - Residential, Commercial 

Social Media for Photographers, One Photographer's Approach…

Gemma Carr: 29 July, 2010

*How critical is social media/marketing to your photography business*? Photographers are busy people. So too are our clients. More so than ever before we have an abundance of information available to us at the click of a mouse. It's always evolving; full of opportunity and at times, a little overwhelming. As you can see, the modern day photographer is a busy one indeed. Running a successful ph

"On Assignment" shooting a personal project with Vincent Long…

Vincent Long: 13 July, 2010

My "Red Balloon Project", a collection of portraits of Australian fiction authors has been three years in the making and will culminate in an exhibition at the Byron Bay writers Festival on August 6. This is a "love job" that is only possible when time and "spare cash" permit. and as neither of these are ever in ready supply it has meant .. As the deadline looms I am in a minor panic to about my

Landscape Photographers, including you, are losing rights…

Ross Barnett: 26 June, 2010

With the upcoming Arts Freedom Photographers' Rally at Sydney's Opera House on August 29, we thought it was timely to reproduce Ross Barnett's article from Online Opinion website:

Landscape photography in Australia has had a long and proud history of supporting the conservation and preservation of our natural environment.

In 1859 some of the very earliest Australian photographs were taken in the Grose Valley of central New South Wales. That area is now preserved as part of the World Heritage-listed Blue Mountains..........

The good, the bad and the ugly of Photography Competitions…

William Long: 16 June, 2010

William Long, the photography industry's competition watchdog illustrates a good, and then a bad and ugly example of two current Photography competitions.

The Good The Inaugural NSW Parliamentary Plein Air Photographic Prize is an Acquisitive Prize for the Best Landscape Photograph taken in NSW.......

On Assignment - A Church Is A Church Is A....…

Vincent Long: 11 June, 2010

The next in our ACMP series "On Assignment" Vincent Long writes from Mexico.

A church is a church is a church....
As mentioned in my previous blog, I have been shooting an ongoing assignment
documenting world heritage sites in Mexico. The process is fairly intense and
quite comprehensive and requires me to shoot pretty much all the major heritage
monuments in each city including museums, historic houses, heritage streets and of
course churches.

Tools of the Trade - This one works miracles…

Diederik Van Heyingen: 02 June, 2010

The next edition of the ACMP's Tools of the Trade blog series explores how not all tools need batteries. Diederik Van Heyingen explains..... My favourite 'tool' of the trade is my Retoucher Alex. What can I say....Alex takes my cards or my capture folder and works small miracles on a daily basis. I don't know where to begin with telling you what an amazing piece of equipment a full time in

Tools of the Trade - Zen meets folio…

Gavin Blue, ACMP President: 22 May, 2010

The next edition of the ACMP's Tools of the Trade blog series explores another way of file delivery. Gavin Blue explains.....

The methods of delivering files to clients has changed alot over the years.

Like most photographers, my shoots usually involve Shooting, editing, basic processing, uploading a web gallery to allow client to make selections, creating masterfiles of selections and then delivery by FTP and/or DVD.