You can only judge image quality if the screen you’re viewing is properly calibrated with a hardware device. Calibration combines a hardware puck with software that flashes known colour values to create a colour profile of your screen. Datacolor and Pantone are the best known brands. With prices starting under $100 it’s a no-brainer for … Read more
Photography is all about telling a story through an image. It’s an incredibly subjective medium, weighted by its history, the viewers past experience, and the context of where the image is seen. Being fluent in the language of photography requires a visual literacy and having the ability to translate that in a practical way. Even … Read more
Some of my most memorable photography experiences happened by accident. It’s all too easy to stay on the same road as everyone else. Guide books by their very nature suggest which route to take and sights to see. That’s why we buy them, but things don’t always go to plan. While heading to Vietnam in … Read more
Alan Davies, The State Library of New South Wales Photography Curator, retires today. He is a living encyclopaedia with an uncanny ability to recall, name and place images from memory. Alan is also one the most approachable people who was ready share and assist in researching images despite having a busy schedule. His contribution in … Read more
Today the Fairfax Media newspaper group decided they no longer need photographers and will instead use Getty. Fairfax photographers and journalists walked out today protesting about the decision. Fairfax cite unnamed examples of overseas papers making similar business decisions. Newspaper photographers and journalists are society’s moral conscience and government watchdog. While social media and crowdsourcing may … Read more
The Australian Photographic Digital Imaging Guidelines (APDIG) will celebrate its 10th anniversary this year. Independently published by a group of like-minded Australian professional photographers seeking a common standard APDIG was a world first for such guidelines. Initially under the umbrella of the Society of Australian Commercial & Media Photographers APDIG broadened to include the Australian … Read more
To celebrate the Sydney Opera House 40th anniversary you can purchase one of the 1,056,006 tiles at http://ownourhouse.com.au and see the view in a 360° panorama from your tile. Commissioned by CyArk in a joint project with the Sydney Opera House we photographed the main sail from 28 locations. Using the same technology as Google Street View several … Read more
A follow up radio interview from last weeks episode where I was invited by David Peach to discuss photography and digital asset management along with fellow photographer Eden Connell. Below is the recording from the second episode. Episode Two [44:28]: This week we discuss specific programs including Phase One Media Pro, Adobe Lightroom and Extensis … Read more
A few weeks ago I was invited by David Peach onto a local radio show to discuss photography and digital asset management along with fellow professional photographer Eden Connell. We discussed many topics including DAM best practise and protecting photographers rights. Here’s a recording from the show. Episode One [51:04]: A basic overview of Digital … Read more
“I need a high res file” High and low resolution are terms oft used to describe what you need from an image. But what does does “high res” actually mean, and how is it measured? Resolution is best specified in pixel dimensions. An example of a high resolution file would be 3200 x 5000 pixels … Read more