Why bigger isn't always better
Big glass for the biggest budgets. Canon's EF 1200mm f/5.6L USM lens on display at a Canon event. Photograph by Joe Armao.
View ArticleTim Clayton wins World Press Photo award
SMH sports photographer Tim Clayton adds another World Press Photo feather to his cap with an award announced in Europe overnight. The Herald's Tim Clayton and an image from his World Press Photo award...
View ArticleThey've had their say, now what's yours?
World Press Photo judges including jury chair Gary Knight, centre, and the Herald's Craig Golding to his right. 5,019 photographers submitted 80,536 pictures to the World Press Photo contest for 2007....
View ArticleMultimedia - Kosovo declares independence
Almost a decade on from the end of its war with Serbia, and having spent the entire period since then under United Nations administration, Kosovo today declared itself independent and became Europe's...
View ArticleBehind the velvet rope at London Fashion Week
London Fashion Week is the second stop on a month-long, biannual tour by fashion industry heavyweights that also takes in New York, Milan and Paris. Multimedia (click to play): Model polaroids...
View ArticleAwards - Winners & finalists
Four Herald staff have been awarded second place in the multimedia news story category at the Pictures of the Year international Awards for a multimedia package they created last year for a story on...
View ArticleInterview: Lisa Wiltse's "Little Voice"
Here's the first of a series of photographer interviews we've got coming up. In this one Lisa Wiltse talks about her Walkley Award winning work from Bangladesh. Interview: Lisa's Wiltse "Little Voice"...
View ArticleTutorial: why shoot raw?
Almost every digital camera these days has the ability to shoot in raw mode. If you've ever wondered what that means, well you're not alone. Lots of professional photographers still under-appreciate...
View ArticleHow's this for file-size?
The 50 mega-pixel Hasselblad H3DII50. Availabe from October and priced to match the average annual income.
View ArticleGet off The Technology Merry-Go-Round
Photo by Tamara Voninski I just read that the new iPhone has about half the battery life of the old one. "How is this advancement?", I wondered. And more to the point how amazing are the marketing...
View ArticleRead the fine print
A disturbing trend has been developing for the past five years or so, and I'm not talking about the ability of complete morons to become famous and wealthy. I'm talking about the increasing use of...
View ArticleThe Dark Art of Filing
For newspaper photographers, the single greatest advantage of dumping film has been faster and easier delivery of pictures. Before that, a photographer on an away-job might turn his hotel en-suite...
View ArticleFor some sections of photography poverty has always been in vogue
Vogue India ran a fashion layout in its latest edition that its editor said aimed to illustrate the power of fashion. It sought to do that by dressing up toothless, barefoot rural Indians with $10,000...
View ArticleCanon EOS 5D Mark II is officially on the way
Many readers will be keen to know that the very popular high-end pro-sumer EOS 5D has finally been updated. In November the 21MP, HD video capable Mark II will be on the shelves and this is what it...
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