Aug 30

Refresh Your Creative Juices — 10 Inspirations to Pull You Out of That Rut

The dreaded rut. That feeling of being exhausted of your precious creative juice. How to break out? For me, a change my scenery -- specifically an amazing location for your photo or video shoot-- has always been the closest thing to a magic bullet that I've ever experienced. Sometimes this means shooting in a different studio, at an abandoned building, a trip to the mountains or, gasp, even that blown-out building on other side of... read more ›
Jul 14

Olympus is Talking Shit About Your Camera Phone

Seems that a new guerrilla campaign by Olympus in Australia is talking shit about the "rubbish" photos from your camera phone. "If you're camera also sends text messages, that will explain why your photos are rubbish." Plaques in select Aussie cities bearing the above slogan have been pasted to the street and other urban environs, with the url GetARealCamera.com linking to Olympus. Personally, the message bugs... read more ›
May 20

Below The Surface: The Underwater Project

The most powerful images in documentary photography projects are rarely the ones on the surface of the issue, they're the ones that go deeper. Australian documentary photographer, Mark Tipple, has taken this concept quite literally in a new series called "The Underwater Project". I've always been intrigued by what happens below the surface, like what's happening where we can't see. Coming from a surfing background I used to wonder what happens when we're duck-diving, like,... read more ›