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Category Archives: What’s happening with the FF Team
2012 Canon/AIPP Australian Science, Environment and Nature Photographer of the Year
Last Monday night at the annual Canon/AIPP Australian Professional Photography Awards (APPAs) dinner, Foto Frenzy’s very own Darren Jew was named as the 2012 Canon/AIPP Australian Science, Environment and Nature Photographer of the Year.
This is the fourth time (previously in 2026/09/10) Darren has won the Nik Software sponsored category.
The four images in Darren’s 2012 portfolio were captured during his shoots in the Kingdom of Tonga and off South Australia, and on last December’s Expedition to the Coral Sea. His haunting image of the great white shark was awarded a Silver with Distinction, while his three other entries received Gold Awards. Darren’s images brought strong praise from the Judges and his nature/environment peers.
We at Foto Frenzy are immensely proud of Darren’s achievements and it serves as an incentive for the team to strive to produce better personal images whilst offering quality photographic tuition.
In it’s 36th year, the 2012 APPAs attracted over 3000 entries from all sectors of Australia’s professional photographic community. A gallery of winners from the various categories, covering all aspects of professional photographic endeavour, can be found here. You might also like to read Canon’s Press Release announcing the winners.
Cam’s Easter on the farm
How wonderful it was to get away from it all and spend 4 days on a friends property near Bundarra, NSW over the Easter break. With very little phone reception and no real agenda other than to relax and take some photos just for fun, it was just thing I needed to recharge the batteries. The weather was perfect and I was even gifted a nice and early, foggy morning on Sunday which I took advantage of to get some great Australian country flavoured images.
The other great photo spot I encountered was an authentic old shearing shed on a neighbouring property. Full of charm, cobwebs and the unfortunate stench of countless sheep gone past, it was a perfect way to reinvigorate my love of photography exploration.
This is a selection of the images captured over my Easter break on the farm. The colour images were shot with a Nikon D3 with either a Nikkor 24-70mm f2.8 or a Nikkor 70-200mm f2.8 VR while the black and white images were shot with an Infrared converted Nikon D300 with a Nikkor 17-55mm f2.8.
All the editing was done using Nik Software’s Snapseed for iPad/iPhone and desktop computers. Snapseed is an amazingly powerful piece of editing software and is also very inexpensive. For around $6 for the iPad / iPhone and around $20 for a desktop machine it’s one of the cheapest photo editing programs around. If you haven’t tried it out, make sure you do so soon!
Cam.
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Poole back in the studio
It might have been a while since Ian Poole had regular access to his own studio, but as one of the Foto Frenzy team he now has the beautiful Foto Frenzy HQ Studio at his disposal. (side note: The last period I worked in a studio with Ian was when I was an assistant in his shared studio in the mid-1980’s!)
Ian has started a new project aimed at creating a new body of work that will help to satisfy his need to shoot. Last week he had his first subject in front of the lens – Brisbane family photographer Lynda Coulson.
In this image of Lynda we find quite a confrontational approach– you get the feeling it’s an attempt by Ian to delve deep into the character of his subject.
With a background in working with black and white film emulsions and using the 6x6cm Hasselblad system, here Ian seems to be attempting to replicate a medium format, filmic look and feeling, using his full-frame Nikon D700 and a 60mm Micro Nikkor lens. This is bringing him very close to his subject and requiring an intimate connection between subject and photographer that is not necessarily achieved with a longer lens. The careful use of available light is another sign of a master plying his trade.
We will watch to see more of the Poole Portrait Project in the near future.
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