photography Archives - Esther Beaton

Don’t frame too tight

Reading Time: 2 minutesSometimes, when I’ve been judging photo competitons, I’ve had to evaluate an image where the subject in the photo is wedged so tight in the frame that you get an uncomfortable feeling looking at it. When I’ve commented that “there’s no room to breathe” the photographer usually rebuts me by saying “but I’ve been criticised […]

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Bird Images, Cute Animals, Nature and Wildlife, New South Wales, Photography Techniques, Quick Tips, Wildlife Photographybird photography, composition, hollows, Nature photography, old growth trees, photography, tree hollows, wildlife portrait

Apple Needs to Think Like a Photographer

Reading Time: 2 minutesIsn’t the camera in the iPhone the coolest thing? As a professional photographer I love to have a little snappy camera in my bag to grab the occasional fun shot. Or if I’m doing a reconnaissance for a shoot or a workshop I make “photo notes” with my iPhone camera. I simply love the picture-taking

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Photography EquipmentApple, iPhone, photographers, photography

Watch Your Whales – They’re Back!

Reading Time: 2 minutesJune 1st announces the start of the whale watching season. Humpbacks and southern rights can now be sighted off the New South Wales Coast as they head north to breed in warmer waters. I’ve been blown away by this annual event ever since that June in 1988 when I carried out an assignment for Good

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Wildlife Photographyecotourism, photography, spirituality, whale watching, whales, wildlife photography

Trying Out Canon Gear

Reading Time: 5 minutesI’ve used Nikons all my career. That makes this article an impartial evaluation of the dream kit that Canon asked me to trial. It consisted of a Pelican case bursting with about $30,000 worth of pro gear. Let’s start with the EOS 1DS III – what a brilliant camera! It’s a bit of a Clydesdale

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Photography Equipmentdigital camera, digital photography, lenses, photography, photography equipment

Latest Outback Magazine

Reading Time: 2 minutesHave you seen the latest issue of Outback magazine? It’s published by the outfitter RM Williams. They manufacture such high quality supplies and clothing for stockmen that the clothes have now made it into mainstream fashion. The magazine is a lovely evocation of the life of country people in Australia. I guess it’s a bit

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Behind the Scenes, In The Mediabrumbies, horses, nature, Outback magazine, photography, Snowy Mountains, Victoria