Photo of the Month May 2021 Phantom of the Opera

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The photograph of the month for May 2021 is my winning image from the Natural World category in the 2021 AIPP Silver Lining Awards. Photographed in Canada in Winter in early 2020, I spent a lot of time experimenting with different shutter speeds to capture blur in the wings, but maintain sharp eyes and focus on the face. The ideal shutter speed ended up being 1/800th of a second at f5.6 in combination with panning with the subject. The key was try and keep focus on the eyes and not on the wings (which are the highest point of contrast). This photograph is pretty much straight out of camera with only a white and black point tweak and a slight white balance adjustment.

AIPP Level Up Post Production Preview

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Early next month the AIPP will be presenting an exciting online training event on Post Production – Level Up! The event will be run between the 7th and 8th of May 2021 on the AIPP TV network. Keynote speakers David and Luke Edmonson, Ben Shirk, Kris Anderson and Peter Eastway.


Everything you need to know to take your post—production skills to the next level! Covering topics including Photoshop, Lightroom, Capture One, Colour Management, Setting up your Wacom, Planning your image and more!

There will also be pro tips from legends like Renee Robyn, Steve Scalone, Colin Smith, Gee Greenslade, Karen Alsop, Robyn Campbell, Ian Van Der Wolde, Joshua Holko, Jannick Clausen and Bruce Moyle!


You do not want to miss this event and the opportunity to take your post production to the next level.
Book Now: https://aipp.com.au/event/aipp-tv-level-up-post-production/

AIPP Level Up Post Production Guest Speaker 2021

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Early next month the AIPP will be presenting an exciting online training event on Post Production – Level Up! The event will be run between the 7th and 8th of May 2021 on the AIPP TV network. Keynote speakers David and Luke Edmonson, Ben Shirk, Kris Anderson and Peter Eastway.


Everything you need to know to take your post—production skills to the next level! Covering topics including Photoshop, Lightroom, Capture One, Colour Management, Setting up your Wacom, Planning your image and more!

There will also be pro tips from legends like Renee Robyn, Steve Scalone, Colin Smith, Gee Greenslade, Karen Alsop, Robyn Campbell, Ian Van Der Wolde, Joshua Holko, Jannick Clausen and Bruce Moyle!


You do not want to miss this event and the opportunity to take your post production to the next level.
Book Now: https://aipp.com.au/event/aipp-tv-level-up-post-production/

Happy World Penguin Day 2021

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Today in most of the world (April 25th) is World Penguin Day. This celebratory day coincides with the annual northern migration of Adelie penguins. This intrinsic migration pattern is conserved across generations. Native to Antarctica are six breeding species, Emperor, King, Chinstrap, Adelie, Gentoo and Macaroni penguins. Most penguins are monogamous and have distinct calls, enabling them to locate their mates in large groups. Penguin species lay up to two eggs per mating season with the Emperor and King penguins laying only one egg. Alarmingly, of the 17 recognized living species, 11 have been listed as Vulnerable or Endangered. The Yellow eyed Penguin pictured below (photographed January of 2020 in the sub-antarctic islands is the worlds most endangered penguin.

AIPP 2021 Silver Lining Awards Winner Natural World Category

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Hot on the heels only two days ago of the very exciting news that I took out the Silver medal for Australia in the 2021 World Photographic Cup in the Nature category, came the news last night that I had subsequently also won first place in the the AIPP 2021 Silver Lining Awards Natural World Category.

The winning photograph I captioned ‘Phantom of the Opera’ was photographed in Canada in Winter of a Snowy Owl in flight low over a snow covered field. Shot with the Canon EOS 1DX MK2 and the Canon EF 400mm f2.8L IS MKIII, this was a photograph I had envisaged in my minds eye and always wanted to capture. It took some experimentation with shutter speed to get just the right amount of wing blur whilst maintaining sharp focus on the eyes. In the end I found a shutter speed of 1/800th of a second optimal at f5.6.