Australian Photography July 2022

So much of the craft of photography is about getting the thing in the frame that we want to stand out to stand out, to readily catch the viewer's eye. For some photographers this is a subconscious action but for most of us, myself included, it’s quite deliberate. I’ll look through the viewfinder and work out how to compose my image to emphasise my subject best, and this process extends to my editing choices as well. One technique I’ve been trying to place more emphasis on lately is the idea of visual weight, an often overlooked but essential component of good photography. Visual weight is the force that draws a viewer’s attention within a frame, and having even just a basic understanding of it can help you create compositions that are…

MATTY GRAHAM Matty Graham is a photojournalist and former mag editor based in the UK. He specialises in landscape, portraiture and video. See more at MattyGraham.com JEFF FREESTONE Jeff is a landscape and nature photographer based in the Victorian High Country, where he has lived with his family since 2017. He spends his time trying to understand the intricacies, and capture the beauty, of this special part of Australia. See more at freestonephotography.com DOUG GIMESY Doug is a professional conservation and wildlife photojournalist who focuses on Australian issues. His clients include National Geographic, BBC Wildlife, bioGraphic and others. See more at gimesy.com ANTHONY MCKEE A regular contributor to AP for more than a decade, Melbourne’s Anthony McKee was named AIPP documentary photographer of the year in 2014. See more at anthonymckee.com.au…

Ever since I was born, my family and I would pack up our belongings, hitch the caravan, and drive what was then an hour and twenty-minutes from our home in Western Sydney to North Narrabeen on the North Sydney coast. It was there I learned to swim, surf, fish and ride a bike, met my greatest friend, and spent every Christmas. North Narrabeen helped spark my creativity and shape me as a person. When I was 10, my grandfather Ray, whom my family and I adored, passed away suddenly while fishing at the lagoon. In the following years I would climb the side of the headland to look out over the ocean and the North Narrabeen Rockpool, focusing on the smallest details to help reflect and clear my mind. 22 years later,…

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THIS MONTH’S WINNER RIA MURRAY Painting with Light EDITOR’S COMMENT Ria Murray tells us this creative image was made during a light painting camera club outing last year. “The person moving the lights is standing in the middle of the image,” she says. “I love the effect whereby the light trails have made this image into an abstract artwork.” This image is so unlike anything we normally associate with photography, and in fact at first we thought you’d captured underwater krill at night! Instead you have an image that would look great printed up large, and one of the best images we had entered this month – great work. TECHNICAL DETAILS Nikon Z 5, 24-200mm lens @ 49mm, 10s @ f13, ISO 100. Tripod. HIGHLY COMMENDED JASON RANDLES Swing time EDITOR’S COMMENT Jason Randles says the swing is the place where…

YOUR BEST SHOT IS OPEN TO AP SUBSCRIBERS AND APS MEMBERS. TO ENTER AN IMAGE IN THE COMP, CHECK THE COMPETITION THEMES AND INSTRUCTIONS BELOW AND EMAIL YOUR BEST IMAGE TO YOURBESTSHOT@AUSTRALIANPHOTOGRAPHY.COM UPCOMING COMPETITION THEMES SEPTEMBER ISSUE PORTRAIT June 30, 2022 OCTOBER ISSUE LEADING LINES July 31, 2022 NOVEMBER ISSUE TEXTURE August 31, 2022 DECEMBER ISSUE FOG September 30, 2022 JANUARY SPEED October 31, 2022 YOUR ENTRY 1. Email your entry to yourbestshot@australianphotography.com with the name of the competition theme in the email subject line, for example: Weather, Abstract, Landscape, etc.2. The image file must be the same as your name, for example Jane Smith.jpg. If you enter multiple images, each new image file name should be appended with a unique number, eg Jane Smith2.jpg3. A maximum of three images can be entered per person.4. Images must be in JPEG format.5. Email file size must not exceed 7MB.6.…