In this final gallery of winners of the 2012 Epson/NZIPP Iris Professional Photography Awards D-Photo brings you the champions in the Wedding Cassic, Wedding Creative, Wedding Album and Student/Assistant categories.

For the rest of our coverage of the 2012 Iris Awards click here.

Wedding Classic category

Christchurch photographer Brian Isbister was the hometown hero this year as he accepted the nod for best wedding photographer in the Classic section during the Iris awards ceremony at Riccarton’s Chateau on the Park. (more…)

If you fancy exhibiting your work in Australia’s largest photography festival you have until the end of the month to get submissions sorted.

The Head On Photo Festival, the second biggest photography festival in the world, is currently seeking submissions from photographers of all levels interested in arranging an exhibition for the Sydney event next year.

Getting your work exhibited at the festival results in considerable exposure with over 600,000 visitors to Head On this year, a number expected to grow for 2013.

The cost of exhibiting is generally the responsibility of the artist and/or venue but this time the organiser is also offering three exhibition grants to partially subsidise printing, mounting, hanging and curating. (more…)

Nikon’s smart-looking new DSLR, the D3200 DX-format camera, slots into place above its entry-level D3100 and below the D5000. Nikon has upped the entry-level game by equipping this camera with qualities sought after in the professional range while making a much lighter, more portable camera than a pro model yet still capable of producing great photographs. It pushes entry-level pixel boundaries with images of 24.2 megapixels and uses the Expeed 3 image-processing engine also found in Nikon’s D4 and D800/D800E.

At 455 grams (body only) the camera is durable and its weight gives it a serious feel without dragging your arms down. It is easy to place in a small bag and the battery slots directly into a wall charger for easy portability. The camera I trialled was a limited edition deep shiny red, but most will be the standard black affair. Its size and layout make the D3200 ergonomically pleasant and nothing seemed out of place, though a dedicated button to adjust ISO would have been nice. The clunky shutter button is a bit disconcerting but the ‘noise reduction’ menu option quietens it to a ‘normal’ click sound. The lens attached ...full story

D-Photo is happy to present further galleries of this year’s Epson/NZIPP Iris Professional Photography Awards, this time including winners of the Portrait Classic, Portrait Creative and Travel categories.

For the rest of our coverage of the 2012 Iris Awards click here.

Portrait Classic category

The esteemed Richard Wood finishes off his trifecta – following Highest Scoring Print – Colour and Illustrative Photographer of the Year awards – by also being named 2012′s top classic portrait photographer. (more…)

Those following the unveilings at this year’s Photokina event in Germany, the largest digital imaging tradeshow of the year, will have caught wind of Olympus’s three gutsy new compacts, now officially revealed for our region.

Two of the new models, the Pen Lite E-PL5 and Pen Mini E-PM2, are updates to the company’s popular Micro Four Thirds line while the other, the Stylus XZ-2, is a high-end fixed-lens compact.

The two new Pen models take a similar form to the slight, stylish interchangeable lens compacts they replace, beefing up specs with hardware taken from the company’s high-end OM-D E-M5.

Both models feature a 16-megapixel LiveMOS sensor, TruPic VI image processor and a capacitive touch screen with “touch shutter” feature. (more…)

Coverage of this year’s Epson/NZIPP Iris Professional Photography Awards continues with D-Photo now bringing you online galleries of the winners in the Illustrative, Landscape and Photojournalism categories – for the rest of our coverage click here.

Illustrative Photographer of the Year 

The second of Richard Wood’s three big wins this year, following his Highest Scoring Print – Colour nod,  the Hawkes Bay photographer also took the top spot in the Illustrative category. (more…)

One of Australia’s most well known professional photographers is heading to New Zealand next month to teach local photographers how to get the most out of a wedding and portrait photography business.

Graham Monro, a Canon EOS Master and Master Photographer with the Australian Institute of Professional Photographers, will visit Christchurch, Wellington and Auckland in November to share his tips for creative business success.

Accompanied by his studio manager, Lauren Bootland, Monro will present two seminars in each city – one a two-hour Platform Seminar covering his career highlights and the other a full-day Masterclass in running a successful wedding and portrait photography business.

The organisers say the Masterclass is essential training for anyone looking for higher profitability in business, happier clients that refer more work as well as wanting more time to spend with your family.

Below is the itinerary for the New Zealand leg of Monro’s teaching tour: (more…)