Capture

It was around the age of about five that James Bugg first recalls handling a camera. My sister and I would make terrible quality documentaries about the different plants in our garden,” he says. “My shaky, often easily distracted video footage was ha

Australia seems to have some kind of gift producing brilliant photographers from small communities. From the blue-collar suburbs of Newcastle came the messiah himself, Trent Parke, from the banana capital and [then] sleepy, coastal town of Coffs Harb

Advertising and editorial are two industries that are primary sources of income for countless professional photographers. Both are primary catalysts for culture – how people feel about things, what they want, and what matters. So ageism in these indu

It’s a question that every photographer asks themselves at one stage or another in their career, and, typically, more often at the outset: Should I work for free? Sadly, the situation is such that clients (although are they technically clients?), thi

In his well-known TED talk on education and creativity, Sir Ken Robinson proclaimed that “we don’t grow into creativity, we grow out of it”. Indeed, science reveals that children are highly creative, but often lose this ability over time. Is Robinson

Why would you work for free? It’s very common to be urged to work for free “for the exposure”. There are two parts to this. There’s goodwill – exposure within a business. I have a very long-term client who has asked me twice in a decade to do a major

It’s one thing to know how to work with natural light, but those who have truly mastered the craft are also experts with flash – in studio and location. For this feature, we look at work by leading photographers to gain insights into how they go abou

Australians by Paul Blackmore, The Fox Darkroom & Gallery, Kensington, VIC, until 8 July. This exhibition expands on Blackmore’s acclaimed work, Australians: Responses to the Land, which was published in 1999. It looked at how the tough Australian en