Photo of the Month, reviews of Photographic equipment that I've purchased, Photo/Imaging exhibitions and Expos, websites which teach photographic techniques etc
Yearly World Press Photo Exhibition - State Library of NSW
If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Read my most popular articles or learn more about Neerav Bhatt. Want more frequent updates follow me on Twitter. Thanks for visiting!I urge Sydneysiders to view the world’s best photojournalism from last year at the free State Library of NSW exhibition “World […]
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Cute Baby Green Frog Sitting on Finger - Free Desktop Wallpaper
Download a free desktop wallpaper photo of a cute baby green frog sitting on the finger of Guest Photographer Cameron J Galipo.
I was looking at the best of 2007 photo submissions from a group of Australian photographers when I saw this photo from Cameron and it completely blew me away with its mixture of monochrome […]
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Face to Face: Our Endangered Primate Cousins
credit: tashiya
Writing about the plight of our primate cousins the orangutans, gorillas and chimps has been on my todo list for a while so when I heard that the Australian Museum was featuring the “Face to Face” exhibition created by the Natural History Museum, London I immediately made time in my schedule to see […]
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Big Storm Hits Sydney: Photo Fallen Tree Blocking Street
This example shows why bloggers with camera phones are better placed to report on local news stories than “old media” like the print media, radio and TV.
It also shows that it’s useful to have a tradesman who owns a large petrol chainsaw living on your street and that unexpected events show which neighbours […]
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Australian Museum: Wildlife Photographer of the Year (Review)
I’ve just returned from the excellent Wildlife Photographer of the Year photography exhibition displayed every summer at the Australian Museum.
In 2003 I lived for a year in the UK and saw that years Wildlife Photographer exhibition at London’s Natural History Museum.
That was the year I first became really interested in photography, particularly of […]
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Full Lunar Eclipse on 28th August 2007 - Free Desktop Wallpaper
Download a free 1024×768 resolution desktop wallpaper photo of the Full lunar eclipse on 28th August 2007 as viewed from south-western Sydney, Australia
Download Instructions
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When the full size photo is displayed from the Picasa web album - click on Download Photo in the right-hand side menu and Save
Full Lunar Eclipse on 28th […]
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Photos from Outback South Australia, The Red Centre and Tropical Top End
During my Backpacking Road Trip from Adelaide to Darwin I took approximately 5.5 Gigabytes of JPG photos and Quicktime videos with my Panasonic FZ30 camera.
Of these almost 2000 photos I will select around 10% of the best photos for the dual purpose of showing where I passed through and the best technical and scenic shots […]
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World Press Photo 2007 Exhibition (Review)
This evening I went to see the World Press Photo 2007 Exhibition at the State Library of NSW which featured award-winning photographs from the 50th annual World Press Photo contest.
This year 4460 professional photographers from 124 countries entered 78 083 images in this prestigious competition for press photography. Prizes were awarded in 10 theme categories […]
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Preparing Digital Photos for Printing
Being a newcomer to digital photography I found the following tips quite useful when preparing my digital photo files for printing:
When you’re looking for somewhere to print your digital photos remember to ask if they use a Fuji Frontier machine and print on Fuji Crystal Archive paper […]
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Discount Subscription to Australian Photography Magazine
Australian Photography magazine is Australia’s establishment photographic magazine covering both traditional and digital photography. Its readers are true enthusiasts - passionate photographers who are increasingly skilled, advanced amateurs or semi-professionals.
The full colour and high quality of the magazine’s reproduction ensure each page has a high impact amongst its readership. After 50 years in the […]
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Understanding Polarizing Filters: Reduce Glare, Improve Colors
I often use a polarising filter on my digital camera because I know that the without it the bright glary sunlight here in Australia can ruin a lot of my photos and the deep blue sky and water won’t be accurately depicted.
Unfortunately camera filters like the polarising […]
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Photo Imaging World 2006 Review
The aim of the annual Photo Imaging World exhibition is to bring together “major photo and digital companies from Australia and overseas showcasing today’s cutting-edge developments and trends in imaging technology, software and output printing systems”
I recently attended Photo Imaging World 2006 held at the Darling Harbour Exhibition Centre in Sydney, and this review is […]
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The Case For and Against UV filters
My recent question to the PhotoTakers forum …
Generally I always take shots like this
CAMERA -> POLARISING FILTER -> SKYLIGHT FILTER
From what I understand every extra bit of glass (filter) added in front of a lens takes away some light so should I remove the polarising filter for dusk/ nightshots ?
Resulted in some conjecture, but the […]
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