Fujifilm has announced two X-series lenses, the Fujinon XF 8-16mm f2.8 R LM WR ultra wide-angle zoom and XF 200mm f2 R LM OIS WR telephoto lens, along with a XF1.4x TC F2 WR Teleconverter. While there’s no local release … Continue reading
Photography is an ever-evolving, ever-changing hobby, career and art-form. Over the years the cameras have evolved from primitive wooden boxes powered by chemicals, into technologically-advanced power-packed gizmos that enable pretty much anyone to take a good photograph in pretty much … Continue reading
Photo contest judging processes are often shrouded in mystery. So it’s interesting to read about the meticulous selection criteria that happens behind the scenes at competitions. PhotoShelter founder, Allen Murayabashi, a regular contest jury member, has provided insight into how … Continue reading
Entrepreneurial professional photographers are working on inventive new ways to monetise the industry. Style Pose Click is a new online photography supplier directory, which plans to create a paid, subscription-based marketing network for photo retailers and service providers. ProCounter is … Continue reading
‘Photojournalism has a sexual harassment problem‘. Columbia Journalism Review (CJR), a US magazine for working journalists, is attempting to spearhead a #Metoo campaign within the US photojournalism industry. CJR has published Photojournalism’s moment of reckoning, a 9500-word special report based … Continue reading
The Imaging and Digital Entertainment Association (IDEA), which assumes the position in the Australian photographic industry of the wholesalers’ and manufacturers’ trade association, will not, as previously indicated, be holding any industry events in 2018. Last August PhotoCounter reported that … Continue reading
Head On Photo Festival 2019 is calling for exhibition submissions from photographers and photo artists, curators, gallery managers to be considered for next year’s event in Sydney. The submission deadline is July 29. All work, across the field of stills … Continue reading
The AIPP Epson State Award winners have been revealed, after several months of the event visiting each corner of Australia. In something of a trial of the ‘new regime’, the contest ran smoothly, proving that each AIPP State Council had … Continue reading
Acer is aiming its new ProDesigner BM270, a 4K UHD HDR 27-inch display monitor, at imaging professionals and visual artists. The monitor is Acer’s entrance into the high-end professional image market, with a colour palette up to 1000nits brightness, advanced … Continue reading
The European Union Parliament has shot down proposed copyright reform which may have forced content aggregating platforms, like Google and Facebook, to license material hosted on its servers. After 20 years without major amendments, the EU’s Directive of Copyright in … Continue reading
