Stories

Location:Espinho, Portugal My Favourite Websites:  http://kaskais.fotosblogue.com/ http://www.flodeo.com/kaskais http://www.photoclub.eu/photogallery/showphoto.php?photo=1935&cat=524 http://www.jpgmag.com/people/kaskais http://www.pixalo.com/gallery/showgallery.php/cat/500/ppuser/4575http://www.passionforpixels.com My Gear: Nikon D80 and Nikon 28mm f2.8, Nikon 50mm f1.8, Nikon 18-70mm, Sigma 10-20mmCanon Powershot G9 Inspirations:Metaphysics, astrology, psychology, literature. Cartier-Bresson, Joseph Koudela, Man Ray and others. Aspirations:I am a ‘mad dog’ street photographer. I track down the ‘reality’ with my cameras and I …

Location:Brisbane, Qld. My Favourite Websites: Without a doubt photoreview.com.au. The one I mainly look at is stumbleupon.com. It’s asort of search engine that randomly finds websites according to your particular interests. I’ve found many useful Photoshop tutorials, photo technique websites and photographers. My Gear: Nikon D70 with Tamron 28-300mm f3.5 lens Inspirations: I can remember …

Mark Rogers’ career began with an extended period of itinerant work and travel around Australia and Europe. He picked fruit, took jobs on building sites and in mines and worked on prawnboats and in canefields. Along the way he developed an interest in the dramatic arts in general and acting in particular.

  Location: Dee Why, NSW My Favourite Websites: www.redbubble.com www.potd.com.au www.flickr.com www.deviantart.comwww.johnwitzig.com.au My Gear:Canon 350D and Sony Cyber-shot with a water housing Inspirations:I love water, the beach – anything near or in the ocean. Other photographic artists such as: John Witzig, Tim Donnelly, Shane “Monkeyfoto” Myers, Peter Eastway, and Neil “Moonwalker” Armstrong. Aspirations:I would like …

You can tell Tom Ramsay’s a cowboy at heart as soon as you enter the website promoting his new book, Welcome to Shanedale – The Australia Not Shown on Postcards. Accompanying the sample photographs is Frankie Laine’s rousing rendition of Ghost Riders in the Sky. “An old cowpoke went ridin’ out one dark and windy day…” Yee-haw.

Sometimes things don’t work out quite the way you plan. Originally I’d intended to interview Geoffrey Simpson about his work as a cinematographer, with the idea of exploring the intersection between his craft and the art of photographic composition. Although he is an extremely busy fellow, we managed to conduct the interview. Unfortunately, it turned out to be difficult to organise the high resolution images from his films we’d need for publication in the magazine. Ownership and copyright issues that arise from such a highly collaborative art form, it seems, are extremely complex.

Ross Eason bases his Sunshine Coast commercial photography business on exceeding clients’ expectations, and he has the skill, creative confidence and work ethic to do so. It’s the other factors – the ones beyond his control – which can make the task an unforseen challenge.

Whether he’s photographing a shipwreck at dawn, moss-covered river rocks or a wedding, it’s easy to see that Paul Pichugin puts his heart and soul into his work. He has the technical and aesthetic skills of an accomplished professional, but has also retained the enthusiasm and candour of his years as a keen amateur.

When David Moore died in 2003, he left behind an extraordinary collection of some 200,000 negatives.

When it comes to visual signatures, there are few more distinctive than that of photographic team Montalbetti and Campbell.