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photo: Leah Wheatley This is photographing the William Ricketts Sanctuary Let’s dive into photographing the William Ricketts Sanctuary, shall we? William Ricketts Sanctuary reopened on Monday 3 August, after a storm shut it down back in 2021 and a long, careful clean up brought it back. A few…
There’s a good chance you have asked yourself this before: should I photograph in black-and-white? It sounds like a question about taste. It is not. Try this on one of your favourite photographs. Maybe a portrait, or a street scene, whatever is sitting in the camera and convert…
How to Turn Your Photos Into a Story, Not Just a Camera Roll Ten years ago, I flew to London with my family. I took with us my favourite film camera, the Bronica SQ-B, and my ol’ workhorse, a Nikon D4S. They’re big cameras, and thus a kit…
How do I take more interesting photos? It’s the question that shows up at 11pm after scrolling through someone else’s feed, wondering why your shots don’t feel the same. The trouble with that is: everyone else’s photos always look better than our own. Anyway, your life is probably…
Explore photography with David Lupton. ———— In July 2023, David experienced a major turning point that profoundly changed the trajectory of his life and work. From that deeply personal and vulnerable space, an exhibition “Beyond All Things” emerged. Seven of the black and white works in this show…
@ GorakPhoto What are the rules of photography, actually? Rule of thirds. Golden hour. Catch light in the eyes. Somewhere along the way, most of us learned there was a ‘correct’ way to take a photo, and an incorrect one. Maybe it’s arrogance. Maybe it’s just blind stupidity.…
How do I tell if I loaded film in my camera? Digital cameras never make you wonder. A little screen tells you everything, all the time. Film cameras tell you nothing. No screen, no beep, no gentle warning. Just a small mechanical silence that you’re meant to trust…
Watch the video https://youtu.be/pG2ALMN_ImM Wondering where’s the best photo walk in the Dandenong Ranges? There’s a place in the Dandenong Ranges that doesn’t show up on any map. Locals barely talk about it. Nobody knows who built it. And every winter, right around the solstice, it goes quiet,…
But, is that the most important part of photography? There is a particular kind of confidence that comes from knowing, before the shutter even fires, exactly where an image is going. The photographer sees the print on the wall, the client’s nod, the gallery label, the entire downstream…
