Yesterday, August 19th, was World Photography Day..... really! The day has it's origins dating back to 1839 when Louis Daguerre announced his Daguerreotype photographic process, otherwise known as the birth of modern photography.

Now 171 years later our world would be a very different place without it and we at photoartgallery.com would not exist! So to celebrate the passing of another year with modern photography in our lives we have choosen a selection of images from the gallery that capture our world through the eyes of a lens!

www.worldphotoday.org

I'm sure a few of you have noticed the activity of late about arranging some member get togethers. Well, we are glad to announce that we have pinned down a date for both our Melbourne and Brisbane members to hold a Photo Walk........ September 4th 2010!

MELBOURNE

Our Melbourne Photo Walk is being arranged by our lovely member jozioau and this is what he has planned for the day..........

"Meet up at 4.30pm at the corner of Alexandra Parade and Anderson Street South Yarra (the north-east corner outside the Botanical Gardens, near the pedestrian Anderson St Bridge). We can then meander along the Yarra banks (whichever side you like) past the great sports stadiums and arenas, and along the shared paths under the budding avenues of trees, through Birrarung Marr gardens alongside the south edge of the CBD, through to the Arts and Southbank precinct, and end up at Federation Square around 6pm as the sun sets and the night lights come up. Once we have an idea of numbers we can book one of the Fed Square bars for a chance to compare notes and revive. Any stalwarts wanting to continue after that could venture out for some night shooting."

TO JOIN IN THE MELBOURNE WALK LET US KNOW HERE!!!!

BRISBANE

Our member Steve has very kindly agreed to arrange a Photo Walk for our Brisbane members........

"For the Brisbane folk, I was thinking also a Saturday afternoon, we could start at the City Botanical Gardens, make our way across the Goodwill Bridge, possibly sunset on the bridge then on to Southbank, swing through the night markets then finish up at Greystone Bar on Little Stanley."

TO JOIN IN THE BRISBANE WALK LET US KNOW HERE!!!!

Sounds like two great days, so if one of these is your nearest capital be sure to get involved and meet some like minded people. Photo Art Gallery is even going to give a prize to the best image from each day, now there's an offer!!

The 2010 Bighton Internation Photography festival is known for attracting the headliners of the industry. However, this year the festival is being curated by Magnum photographer Martin Parr, who, along with internationally acclaimed photographers such as; Robert Mapplethorpe and John Deakin, has decided to take the time to showcase some less 'usual' niche photographers.

One such shortlisted name is Nick Gleis, whose expertise lies in photographing the most exclusive, world class private jets and VIP aircraft.

Gleis who has photographed jets for everybody from Hollywood celebrities to African Head of states and Royalty. Due to the "extremely security-sensitive" nature of the images he is unable to disclose who each aircraft belongs to. However, he felt that the images would be of interest to the festival "because of the unique design of the aircraft".

www.nicksphoto.com 

Do you ever look at someone's situation in life and think, "wow they are so lucky, what a privilged lifestyle thay get to lead!" Well 9 times out of ten, it was drive, ambition and working smart and/or hard that led them to such an enviable position.

Take photographer Richard Green for example. Richard was actually at the cutting edge of computer technology in the early 70's and was a pioneer in the communication between keyboard and  computer screen. Something taken very much for granted in this day and age.

After early retirement from his successful business career in England, Richard decided to take up the challenge of learning to fly a helicopter. Subsequently purchasing his own, and emigrating to Australia where he met his wife Carolyn. For almost 20 years they have made regular helicopter trips together to distant and otherwise inaccessible outback locations - their objective - to find and photographically record some of the continent’s most remote, wild and beautiful environments.

For 15 years his landscape photography was primarily executed with a Linhof 5x4” plate camera. With the advent of modern high resolution digital cameras, Richard now shoots exclusively with full frame 35mm digital Canon EOS 1Ds bodies and Canon L series lenses.

"I take full advantage of the digital technology to create multi stitched wide and extremely detailed panoramas." explaining further. "Most span a visual field of at least 180º, ie. what you would see with the naked eye. The exhibition prints are normally between 2 and 4 metres in length and are intended to give the viewer the sense of actually being there by my side when the photo was taken. My photographic technique is described in our book REMOTE & WILD."

The Helicopter

"The EC135, which we have operated for the last 9 years, is my pride and joy. It was manufactured by Eurocopter Germany, and is a modern twin turbine helicopter with a fenestron tail rotor. Both these features add a significant level of safety when operating in remote and often confined areas.

The helicopter's standard fuel tanks have a capacity of just over 650 litres. In addition, I have designed and fitted a long-range tank capable of holding an additional 300 litres - essential for those places where there is a longer than usual jump between fuel stops.

In its normal configuration the helicopter is designed to be a seven seater - pilot, co-pilot and five passengers. But for our trips the passenger seats are removed to provide room for our equipment. This primarily comprises the long-range tank and a specially designed fridge/freezer, which is run from solar cells when on location. When fully loaded, the helicopter is also stacked to the roof with camera equipment, camping gear, food, drink, tools, spares and emergency equipment.

Both Carol and I have pilot licences to fly the machine."

Book launches

Richard will be presenting an illustrated talk at 3 book launches shortly. These will be at 6.00 – 7.30pm in the following locations:

•29 AprilThe National Library of Australia, Canberra
•5 MayThe Manly Art Gallery, Sydney
•14 MayFramed Gallery, Darwin

Participation is free, but he needs to know you are coming. So if you wish to come please send an email to Richard at photo@richardgreen.net.au

If you are in business and on the internet you will have heard of LinkedIn - the world's most popular professional networking site which boasts over 1 million Australian members.

Well, Photo Art Gallery happens to be 'linked in' with Clifford Rosenberg, managing director of LinkedIn Australia and New Zealand, so when Cliff decided to decorate the Sydney office, he came to Photo Art Gallery for help. Our curatorial team, in consultation with Cliff, selected 3 prints from both the Collector's Gallery and Public Gallery.

Our sales team have been working harder than ever to leverage new and existing relationships with corporate buyers in efforts to stimulate Gallery sales. As buyers are interested in the photographer whose work they are purchasing, members who complete their profiles are given priority over other Gallery members. So get to it and complete your Photo Art Gallery profile (and your LinkedIn profile while you're at it) - this is just the beginning!

by DLPhotography

 by Allan

by Pironik

Well, it's April and ANZAC Day is coming up. I'm sure a lot of you will be paying your respects at a local event, and some of you will be there with camera in hand. Get inspired by these captivating shots from past ANZAC days, and view the list of ANZAC day events to get prepared.

(click image for source)

If you want to check out more ANZAC day photos, have a look at this site: http://www.anzacdayimages.com/

And if you want to photograph a particular event, or browse the events that are happening, click here

Hot on the heels of Apples new Aperture release, Adobe has posted a beta of the new Lightroom.

Some of the new features included for you to play with in the Lightroom 3 beta are:

• Brand new performance architecture, building for the future of growing image libraries
• State-of-the-art noise reduction to help you perfect your high ISO shots
• Watermarking tool that helps you customize and protect your images with ease
• Portable sharable slideshows with audio—designed to give you more flexibility and impact on how you choose to share your images, you can now save and export your slideshows as videos and include audio
• Flexible customizable print package creation so your print package layouts are all your own
• Film grain simulation tool for enhancing your images to look as gritty as you want
• New import handling designed to make importing streamlined and easy
• More flexible online publishing options so you can post your images online to certain online photo sharing sites directly from inside Lightroom 3 beta (may require third-party plug-ins)*

If you are prepared to fool around with pre-release software to get an idea of what the future holds for Lightroom, you can download the application from here...

Lightroom3 Beta Download

Passion. It's a word that gets thrown around in photography circles more often than a bat ball on a European beach in summer. It is however a powerful word and an even more powerful emotion when fully realised.

Photo Art Gallery member VladimirDI is a shining example of photographic purpose and passion to their craft. Vladimir D Ivanovic, lives in Melbourne, and since 1998 owns and operate a business named VIMS Management Services which is a highly unusual combination of Art and Sport Photography, Photoshop Digital Imaging Services and IT & Risk Management consulting.

 He was introduced to photography by his father Dimitrije way back in 1958, and to this moment and forever art and sport photography was and is one of the most important things in his life. Vladimirs' grandsons (Dushan is 11, and Milan is 7) are co-owners of his (not yet a brick and mortar) PhotoArt Gallery VIDIM (which is made up of their names, and in their native Serbian language also means I SEE). Other details about his professional, photography and Photoshop digital imaging background can be found on his sites: www.vims.org and www.photorimas.org , and on his grandsons’ sites: www.vimsmilan.org and www.dushanvims.org .

Photography is certainly in the family blood. Well we are honoured to have you as one of our members Vladimir and we congratulate you and your spirit of photography.

Check out his profile>  http://www.photoartgallery.com/artist/VladimirDI

Here is but a sample of Vladimir's imagery.

We have mentioned Matt Hull before. The head photographer over at Myoko Snowsports, this man knows what it takes to get outstanding pictures in tough conditions like fog and snow. He promised to write us something special, full of tips, hints and how he got started. Everything you need to know about shooting in the snow. Matt didn't disappoint, he has written a monster article over on the Tutorials section of Photoartgallery.

"I cant believe I get paid to do this..." Matt says about his job. Currently working with Myoko Snowsports in Japan, Matt gets paid to snowboard around and take photos of other people snowboarding around. A pretty sweet gig by any standards. And Matt tells us the story of how he went from working the dreaded 9 to 5 job to living the dream in the land of the rising sun, sourrounded by falling snow.

Matt has been published in magazines like Transfer Magazine and the sequence below is of a man named Tom Costa, who is travelling around Japan to find the best snow he can ski. His Website Where's Tom is creating a huge following showing Tom's exploits and adventures and Matt has featured there as well.

So take a leap over to the Tutorials section of the site and read the article Matt has written.

We at Photo Art Gallery love it when people get a kick out of the technology photography offers.

Take this guy, for example.

While Friend of PhotoArt Gallery Matt Hull, photography supervisor at Myoko Snowsports, was taking some pictures at the kamakura matsuri festival inside an Igloo using a bit of wireless flashery like the witch Doctor he is. A tourist spotted the flashing light and decided to take a closer look, Matt continued to shoot, with each shot he fired setting off the lone flash in the middle of the room. Every time the flash fired the man would suitably loose his mind at the seemingly magical way it fired all on its own.

Matt thought his reaction was priceless and snapped a picture of the mesmerised individual while he chuckled to himself.

Ahh the Voodoo that is Wireless flash!

Keep an Eye out for Matt as he will be appearing on these pages very soon discussing with members all things snow photography. A man who really knows his stuff about photographing in challenging conditions like the snow fields

With the Test Drive of the New Olympus E-PL1 being launched yesterday in conjunction with Olympus Australia, the entries have piled in!

Lots of great images from people who want to be the first in Australia to get their hands on this great camera!

A few things to remember when you are uploading your images however:

In the description section we need the following information:

• What Camera you captured the image with
  
• What type of photography your are interested in
  
• and WHY you should be considered a test driver for the Olympus PEN E-PL1
  

Without this information your image Will not be eligible

So get that one image you're really proud of and get it into the running!

We are pleased to announce the release of the New Olympus PEN E-PL1 Micro Four Thirds System interchangeable lens digital Camera.

This Camera will be positioned to join its kin, The Olympus PEN E-P1 and E-P2. Both Widely acclaimed cameras that aid even the most inexperienced photographers to take high quality images through its live guide interface.

The Photo Art Gallery is aiding in the Launch of this amazing piece of gear and in an interesting twist, the Australian Public will be among the first to actually trial this camera and give their thoughts on how it performs. More information on this will be revealed shortly here and on the Olympus website so Stay tuned for more news on that front.

      
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Don't miss the opportunity to learn Lightroom from start to finish in this series of two-day “hands on” Australian Lightroom workshops this February. Jerry shares his strategies for making clear choices on how the application can simplify your photography workflow. See why Lightroom puts the focus on the word “speed”. Photographers will spend less time in front of their computers and more time behind their cameras.

Registrations and complete workshop information can be found at

www.jerrycourvoisier.com/workshops/photoshop-lightroom/

2010 Lightroom Workshop Schedule:

Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3.0
Start to Finish Workflow for Photographers w/ Jerry Courvoisier

 February 5th - 6th   (Fri-Sat)   Melbourne, VIC
 February 12th - 13th  (Fri - Sat)  Sydney, NSW
 February 19th - 20th  (Fri - Sat)  Brisbane, NSW 
 February 22nd - 23rd  (Mon-Tues)  Perth WA
 February 26th - 27th  (Fri - Sat)   Adelaide SA

Adobe Photoshop Lightroom
Start to Finish Workflow for the Photographer
with Jerry Courvoisier

"Adobe Photoshop Lightroom is the essential software of choice for digital photographers on both Mac and Windows. This unique hands-on application experience is an intensive two-day workshop focused on Adobe Photoshop Lightroom, in which participants learn to download, organize, manage, develop, and present digital photography using their own laptops. Led by Jerry Courvoisier, a master teacher of digital imaging, this workshop ensures a smooth transition to the digital workflow.

We begin with an introductory overview called “Wrap Your Head Around Lightroom,” which covers database components, catalog files, previews files, the metadata structure, and the steps for setting up application preferences specific to your personal workflow requirements. Topics include digital camera setup, choosing appropriate file formats for image capture, efficiently downloading images from camera or hard drive, sorting, rating, editing, global tone and color correction, critical local corrections, input and output sharpening, presenting slideshows, and printing photographic images using Lightroom from start to finish."

Jerry emphasizes using Lightroom to its fullest potential by generating timesaving keywords and metadata searches, presets, and templates. Once images are processed, participants learn how to produce slideshows and web sites within Lightroom. We also study slide presentations and look at ways to integrate Photoshop or Elements for further image processing if desired.

Jerry shares his recommendations and strategies for making clear decisions based on how Lightroom benefits each participant’s personal approach and workflow needs. Under Jerry’s expert guidance, participants come to see why Lightroom puts deliberate focus on the word “speed,” for this program allows photographers to spend less time in front of their computers and more time behind their cameras.

The Lightroom tutorial exercises provided on the workshop DVD supply a broad assortment of images to work on, so you can continue to revisit the DVD when you finish the workshop. Jerry’s book Lessons in DSLR Workflow with Lightroom and Photoshop is a brilliant companion to this workshop.

“Jerry Courvoisier is, plain and simple, one of the best teachers of digital workflow and image management working today. He demystifies the digital world for both the beginner and the advanced user. --Joe McNally, photographer and author of The Moment It Clicks

Who Should Attend
This workshop is for photographers just entering the digital camera realm as well as those who already have one foot in the digital door. If your skills are more advanced, please contact Jerry to determine whether this workshop is appropriate for you.

Skill Level
Computer literacy is essential. No first-time computer users please!

Equipment Requirement
Each participant is required to bring a digital camera, camera manual, a card reader , and a laptop computer, PC or Mac, with DVD drive and a minimum of 1 GB of RAM (2 GB preferred). The laptop must have the current version of Adobe Photoshop Lightroom software installed and at least 10 GB of available hard drive space.

Paul Nicklen describes his most amazing experience as a National Geographic photographer - coming face-to-face with one of Antarctica's most vicious predators.  

Where were you this last new years eve? Did you have a tripod and camera in hand? These guys certainly did! Enjoy.

One of the earliest places in the world to celebrate the start of the year 2010 was Sydney in Australia. Around 1.5 million people crowded into the harbour to watch.

Around 120,000 people crowded into Moscows' Red Square in Russia.

In Berlin in Germany around a million people were expected near the famous Brandenburg Gate to celebrate the new year.

In Paris officials decided against a fireworks display. Instead they produced an amazing light show using lasers for around 70,000 people.

In London people were treated a seven-and-a-half minute fireworks display, centred on the London Eye on the South Bank of the River Thames.

One of the biggest parties was in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, where around two million people crowded onto beaches to watch the display.

In New York, America people partied in Times Square, where very high levels of security were in place to keep them safe.

Las Vegas was another popular place for Americans to mark the beginning of 2010.

Hello all!

Remember Trent? (photo gallery member, TMphoto) He won our essence of Australia comp and has since gone on to do some great things!

This Friday the 18th Trent will have his first ever solo show at Concrete Gallery in Mona Vale. It kicks off at 6pm and wraps up around 9pm.

Like all art shows, if your life is too "busy" it's always a good excuse to have some beers, wines, relax and kick-off Christmas and check out something a little different!All the pieces will be up for sale and all of them are one-off works.

If you can't make it on the Friday, he also is part of a group show on Thursday 17th at The Palmer Projects Gallery in Darlinghurst. For some this may be a more accessible option! Lifelounge and Boag's are supporting the group of 6 emerging photographers in this show, with the project eventually producing a special edition book/magazine.

It should be a pretty interesting show, given the diverse range of subjects and styles on show.

For more details check out these details below!

See you all at the shows!

xKat

It’s an interesting question, one that photographers debate about constantly, especially between those who are, and those who aren’t. The general view of photographers is that Paparazzi photography is below a photographer’s credibility and those who do it are after a quick buck and couldn’t care less about the nature of photography itself. This maybe true but is there merit to what they do?

Most people, when asked about Paparazzo’s, see that money hungry person with a camera relentlessly pursuing and harassing celebs for that shot, going to any extent to get it, regardless how much danger is puts themselves or others in. However paps are also those guys who stand at red carpet capturing the stars as they pose more then happy to have their photographs taken and published in the same magazines that the trashy ones that they tried to avoid having taken appeared just the week before.  This kind of attitude that Paparazzi are fine when it works for me but is an invasion of privacy when it works against me, is what causes a lot of these photographers to claim this smacks of double standards, and they probably have a point.

Just in the last few days, Queen Elizabeth II has warned British tabloids not to run any unauthorised Paparazzi photos of the royal family. Click here for more details. In other words the same photographers that are free to run the photos of Prince William giving a speech at a charity ball, or Prince Charles attending one of his many charity organisations, cannot publish the shot of Harry wearing a swastika at a fancy dress party. Many would argue that this isn’t fair, and that anything or anyone in the public view is fair game, others would ask for boundaries and restraint. But then whose version of said “boundaries” do we adhere to? My idea of what is acceptable will be very different to the view of my grandparents, or even my parents for that matter. Who is to say what is off limits?

A photographer has mounted an interesting exhibition documenting the scandal full life of sought after celebrity Gigi Gastow. The exhibition contains covers of magazines from the sixties when she was at the height of her fame, it includes her various album covers and EP’s and clippings from tabloid magazines from that turbulent period where she had a passionate affair with famed and seemly happily married actor Giorgio. The exhibition documents and existence that was rife with scandal and mixed with success and tragedy, the only thing is, Gigi doesn’t exist. The whole collection is a fabrication, quite deliberately by photographer Josh Gosfield, shot with his Nikon D300, using Photoshop he created these very authentic looking damaged archived photographs, each suiting their time period exactly. Josh Gosfields exhibition “Gigi Gastow: Black flower” can be seen here.

This raises questions and causes us to reflect on everything we think we know about people simply because we read about it in the media.

No Paparazzi may not be the most popular photographers in the world, but they are performing a service for which people are looking for, I see more tabloid magazines being sold then any thing else. So love them or hate them, the will not be going away anytime soon.

Glen.

Good Morning fellow photogs!

What an awesome way to begin summer (a fan of rain and cold :P ) and what an anticipated year for Australian actors, artists and fans all around the country, brilliant opportunity for photographers to head down and take photos of our Australian stars (mind you, cameras were EVERYWHERE!) 

The yearly award ceremony was held on the 26th of November at the Acer Arena! I didnt have tickets to the show but I decided it'd be awsome to head down to check out the red carpet, who wouldnt! Anyway, I trekked it to the Olympic Park, took me 3 trains to get there but i managed to take a wicked nap on the train, waking up right before my stop!

So i woke up, made sure my bag still had everything in it and jumped off the platform along with a massive crowd of other lovely looking ladies and gents. Suits, ties, gowns, heels... majority of the crowd waitied anxiously at the baracades for the nominees and celebrities to walk down the red carpet. You had your little ones screaming for Jessica Mauboy and Ricki-Lee and cant forget the crazy Short Stack Fans who held out their pads of paper waiting for their sweethearts to walk down and pose for them on their camera :)

Okay enough talk from me, check out a few snaps from the red carpet ;)

Hope you enjoyed! If anyone at the ARIAs, leave us a link to your photos or let us know what you thought of it!

Have an awsome week!

Roxy :)

Today at Photoartgallery.com we are loving this photographer!

If you do not know who Andrew Zuckerman, then you must be living under a rock!!

Perhaps one of the most influentual photographers of the moment.

Having published 3 books - "Creature" a portrait series of animals, was released worldwide in November 2007 to critical acclaim. "Wisdom" a book, film and travelling exhibition released in October 2008. Andrew travelled the world to shoot and interview influentual characters, from Judi Dench to Nelson Mandela.

The latest book however, my absolute favourite, "Bird" which was released in October this year (2009), where he documented and photographed the rarest bird to the most common.

Definitely a book (and website!) that will captivate any photographer or visual guru!!

Swoooonn!!! I Just love his work - he is definitley an inspiration to my own work at the moment.

Okay, that's it from me for now - I have talked everyones head off about this guy!! haha I'm off to see what other A.Z masterpieces I can find!!

Oh and checking out the ph.orum for any new groups to join!!

xxKat