#aps focus

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Diversifying Our Imagery

Every few months I write a piece for publication on the APS Focus page of Australian Photography magazine. My latest piece Review and Learn has been published in the current (October-November 2025) issue. Here it is (below a scan of the published piece): Why do we take, capture or create the images we do? For some, it is because they love nature and so they photograph it. Some are captivated by…

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A World of APS Content

Every few months I write a piece for publication on the APS Focus page of Australian Photography magazine. My latest piece (which I titled APS Online) has been published in the current (June-July 2024) issue with the title A World of APS Content. Here it is (below a scan of the published piece). As published The Australian Photographic Society currently publishes five online magazines, all of…

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Meeting Up

Every few months I write a column for the Australian Photographic Society’s APS Focus page in Australian Photography magazine, intended to encourage people to explore what the Society is all about and has to offer and, then to join. The following article has just been published in the biggest annual issue, known as the Photographer of the Year 2023 issue, of the magazine. As published Since…

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Is printing photos still relevant in 2023?

This article was first published on the APS Focus pages (for which I write a few times each year) in the August-September 2023 issue of Australian Photography magazine. As published I recently enjoyed a great presentation to my local photography club. The speaker, professional photographer Ben Kopilow, mentioned the commonly heard “it’s not a photo until it’s printed”. He said that, whilst he…

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