Aussie Photographer Dominates Awards

Australian wedding and portrait photographer Jerry Ghionis was recently honoured at the 2009 Societies Convention Awards in London, picking up no less than eight awards, including the Photographer of the Year Title.

According the British Journal of Photography, Ghionis managed to dominate a field of 23, 000 images over 33 categories, taking out the fashion and photojournalism categories.

The photographer picked up over $17,000 worth of photographic equipment, including a sparkling new Nikon D3s.

The Melbourne-based photographer began shooting professionally in 1994 at the age of 20, Ghoinis has regularly been listed among the top ten wedding photographers in the world.

‘The trophies I have won are just glass but if they show I have been in some way helpful to other photographers through my images and my workshops then that is praise indeed,’ the photographer told the BJP.

Image by Jerry Ghionis

Nikons in Space

What’s the camera of choice for the sophisticated space traveller? The Nikon D3s, of course. NASA has placed an order for eleven D3S digital SLR cameras and seven AF-S NIKKOR 14-24mm f/2.8G ED to photograph the final frontier aboard the International Space Station.

NASA hit on the D3S, a full-frame camera with s new CMOS sensor (36.0 × 23.9 mm) developed by Nikon has ridiculously high ISO sensitivity, up to a massive ISO 102400 (which apparently looks pretty good, too).

Apparently no special modifications had to be made to the cameras, so existing D3s users can feel pretty confident their kit is future-proof.