Australian Photography

Welcome to the final issue of Australian Photography for 2024, and as is tradition, my attempt to capture some of the highs and lows of the year in one swift hit. So, where do I start? Well, close to home, it’s hard to look past the closure of Moment

This image by Ron Lovatt showcases his incredible talent as a macro photographer, but that was only part of his story. Ron’s photographic journey spanned many genres, though he was primarily focused on nature. An award-winning photographer, his smili

LEICA has announced a variant of its popular full frame compact Q3 camera, the Q3 43. There’s very little to separate the two cameras, with the new Q3 43 gaining a 43mm F2 lens as opposed to the Summilux 28mm f/1.7 ASPH. lens of its sibling. Like tha

Few things allow a photographer to capture the full range of human emotions and efforts quite like sports photography. It’s deceptively simple in a way – you just need to capture people competing in sport. But like anything, the best shots are those

Captured by Canadian photographer Shane Gross, his image was taken beneath a floating canopy of lily pads in Cedar Lake, Canada, as a swarm of western toad tadpoles glided gracefully through the water. “To me, the most fun that I can have, the thing

AUSTRALIAN PHOTOGRAPHY: HOW DID YOU GET STARTED IN PHOTOGRAPHY? Réhahn: I was first inspired by a colleague when I was working in printing back in France. I’ve always had a thing for real cameras over smartphones—I guess you could call it part of my

A while ago I dropped in on my old camera club to catch up with a few old friends. I had joined the club in 1984 soon after buying my first Nikon and I was an active member up until leaving town in the late 80s to study photography and eventually bec

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LEGO’s very cool Creator 3in1 retro camera kit is a fun gift for that photographer in your life. It features a moving lens, buttons on the top to take a photo, an opening back to place a brick-built piece of film inside, and a multi-coloured textile

When Nikon released their first Z-series cameras, along with three Z-mount lenses back in 2018, people complained; the 24-megapixel Z6 and the 45-megapixel Z7 had just one memory card slot, and the autofocus on both cameras was good, but not brillian

Long before most of us even had digital cameras, let alone any of those new-fangled computerised editing programs such as Adobe Photoshop, Nik Multimedia Inc. had set to work on creating what would eventually evolve into the Nik Collection of filters

Chinese lens manufacturer Thypoch’s latest offering is the Eureka 50mm f/2 collapsible lens. It’s clearly inspired by vintage lenses like Leica’s collapsible Summicron from the 1950s. The standout feature of course is that collapsible barrel, which a

I have had cameras of one sort or another since I was a child, and Shetland ponies have been a part of my life since birth. So getting to combine two of my loves on a regular basis is a privilege. I am secretary of my local photography club (Whittles

The Australian Photographic Society has conducted what is now known as the Mullins Conceptual Photography Prize (MCPP) annually for six years. Exhibits are finalist works selected by independent adjudicators and are accompanied by artist statements e

“Taken on the west coast of Tasmania in very bright and windy conditions. I had to use my body to shield the camera from the wind in the hope of preventing camera-shake from the wind. Exposure bracketing was utilised to address the significant dynami