December 2020 - February 2021

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Inspiring photography, practical tips and useful information for photographers at all levels

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Finding Focus
In 2020 getting exercise has been more important than ever for maintaining good mental health. Between the fires, COVID-19 and an exceptionally turbulent year in world politics, paddling out for a wave or jumping on the push bike, have become essenti
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Re-imaginings
‘I became a chronically truant juvenile delinquent at a very early age,’ says Greg Semu. Fortunately, an understanding art teacher noticed how excited this sometime-student became when he was given a camera. ‘They gave us black and white film and tau
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Friends In High Places
I first came across your photography when your shot of a black cockatoo with a gumnut in its claw was shared on Facebook. I found it especially beautiful and compelling. Thank you. That’s why I love taking shots of birds. Mainly because their person
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EVF Damage
Pointing your camera directly at the sun can burn out pixels in its sensor, inflicting permanent damage. If you’re using a mirrorless camera, the screen in the EVF will also be damaged, again because pixels are destroyed. Damage to the EVF screen wo
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Eyre Peninsula
South Australia’s Eyre Peninsula has plenty to attract photographers and videographers. It’s a great place for landscape photography and a birder’s delight. With unspoiled beaches, National parks and protected areas, the region also contains some fas
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Motorsport To Matrimony
Manuel Goria arrived in Australia in 2004 with a degree in Veterinary Medicine and a long standing love of fast cars and photography. Following his passion for motor sport, he began taking pictures at local car races and within a couple of years his
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Identifying Pixel Errors
Screens are essential components in digital cameras. The technology has been in use since the earliest days of digital photography, although these days the organic light-emitting diode (OLED) screen has largely replaced the liquid crystal display (LC
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What Is The Orton Effect?
The Orton Effect was created in the 1980s by Canadian landscape photographer, Michael Orton (www. michaelortonphotography.com/ortoneffect), who would sandwich two or more simultaneously-recorded transparencies of the same scene together in a kind of
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Net Effect
www.bit.ly/pr86ne1 Google Photos has created an app they call PhotoScan which is intended to give you a quick and easy way to capture pictures of photographic prints using only your Android or iOS smartphone. Essentially you take a full frame pictur
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Free Software
A web search will reveal plenty of applications for ‘fixing’ dead, stuck and hot pixels. We’ve listed a couple of the more credible free applications below. PixelHealer (www.aurelitec.com/ pixelhealer ) is a user-friendly, general-purpose application
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Image Review
Sony RX10; 24-200mm Carl Zeiss lens; ISO 200; f/7.1; 1/100s @ 44.52mm Taken while on a European river cruise during Autumn. The light and colours were amazing. You could not but help clicking the shutter button numerous times. To me this photo has a
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Focusing And Exposure In Low Light Levels
When you’re shooting in low light levels, you will often find the exposure process is not intuitive. Autofocusing can also be difficult and sometimes the lens fails to lock onto the subject and you end up with a blurred image – unless you have taken
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Get To Know The Orton Effect
Our eyes have always been drawn towards things that look different. We find them intriguing and want to investigate. This is probably why we’re attracted by effects filters in our smartphones and cameras – as well as popular image editing application

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