Photo Review

When a 10-15km diameter asteroid ploughed into what is now called the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico, the resulting impact left a 180km wide impact crater – and an unmistakable message in the geological record. Marine sediments and terrestrial rocks fou

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The coastal drive that follows the Great Southern Ocean brings roaring seas which can be seen crashing into the many coves, headlands and endless stretches of beach. Huge piles of driftwood get pummelled into the shoreline, becoming lodged in the ric

Sony took the lead in the 'full-frame' mirrorless camera market by five years, and is currently selling its third-generation cameras supported by a suite of 24 Sony-branded lenses and a similar number from third-party manufacturers. An established cu

For a number of years specialist websites have been promoting a technique that involves adjusting the exposure to place the histogram peak as far as possible to the right of the graph without clipping highlights. Theoretically, this ETTR strategy sho

As image sensors gain higher resolution and more cameras become capable of shooting 4K video, photographers are being challenged with accelerating developments in the memory card market. Memory cards come in a variety of shapes and sizes with differe

It’s an old story. Man goes on overseas trip, buys a camera in duty free to document his travels and, having never taken a picture in his life, he reads the manual on the plane. It was 1985. A young Nick Ghionis just getting acquainted with his new O

Card speed ratings are a source of on-going confusion because there's no universally-agreed standard for measuring and quantifying data transfer speeds. Some manufacturers rate their cards in megabytes/second (MB/s), while others divide their cards i

Opening your lens up to its maximum aperture forces you to be very precise with the zone of optimal focus. Cinematographers and macro shooters like our winner Susan Shanta know all about how to use the relationship between the out-of-focus and in-foc

‘In Australia, our public square’s the beach. That’s where people go,’ says photographer Paul Blackmore about the setting for Heat, his photographic exploration of beach culture impacted by a relentless succession of fierce summers. ‘When I started t

Leica R9; 80mm f/1.4 Summilux-R Leica lens; Agfa Ultra Professional High Colour Saturation Film I took this shot south of Mildura Victoria by hanging over the side of the basket of a Hot Air Balloon not long after sunrise, which was quite exhilaratin