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BP Paper Copies Only - Price Increase
written on May 12, 2026, 11:20 am
Even magazine publishers are not immune to increasing costs. I can't point a finger at a war or fuel supplies, it's just that over the past 6 years, our costs have gradually crept up but we haven't...
Into the Wild Group Photography Exhibition
written on May 4, 2026, 9:30 am
Step beyond the familiar and Into the Wild, where a collection of 54 curated works by 30 photographers from Australia and New Zealand explores the surprising, the powerful and the unpredictable....
Eastway & Hewitt - Middlehurst New Zealand - 15 to 21 June 2026
written on April 15, 2026, 9:56 am
Due to recent cancellations we have a couple of spots available for the Middlehurst Art Photography trip with Tony Hewitt & Peter Eastway. Middlehurst is a high end photography retreat and...
The Creatives Studio - Simon Harsent
written on April 13, 2026, 9:58 am
Kayell Australia presents "The Creatives Studio" a planned series of interviews with two amazing internationally renowned photographers, In Sydney we have Simon Harsent. Wednesday, Apr 22,...
Low Clouds Over The Whaling Station
written on April 6, 2026, 6:23 pm
Stromness, South GeorgiaFujifilm GFX100S II, 20-35mm lens, f11 @ 30 seconds, ISO 40 Stromness whaling station is a highlight on the South Georgia circuit. The station was abandoned in the early...
Striated Caracara. No, really!
written on April 6, 2026, 6:21 pm
Striated Caracara, West Point Island, FalklandsFujifilm GFX100S II, 500mm lens, f5.6 @ 1/2000 second, ISO 800 These birds have character! I'm no birder, but I'm told that if Striated Caracara...
Who's Coming?
written on April 6, 2026, 6:19 pm
Leucistic Antarctic fur seal, Stromness, South Georgia.Fujifilm GFX100S II, 500mm lens, f5.6 @ 1/2000 second, ISO 400 On my last voyage to Antarctica, I made a mental note to photograph the seals a...
Steaming Steamer Ducks
written on April 6, 2026, 6:17 pm
Steamer Duck, Carcass Island, FalklandsFujifilm GFX100S II, 500mm lens, f5.6 @ 1/2000 second, ISO 160 Everyone has favourite subjects. I think I have a lot - icebergs, penguins and even Steamer...
Fujifilm House of Photography Pops Up in Melbourne’s Fashion Capital.
written on February 27, 2026, 2:54 pm
Photo by Xiaopin Tang. 📸 WHAT: Fujifilm House of Photography pop up store - Melbourne 📍 WHERE: LG Level, Chadstone Shopping Centre, 1341 Dandenong Road, Chadstone VIC 📅 WHEN: Tuesday 3...
An Evening With Emily Abay (Kayell Sydney)
written on February 20, 2026, 9:02 am
Kayell Australia launches "The Creatives Studio" in 2026, with a series of planned interviews with some of the best in the business.
Emily Abay is an Australian fashion, advertising, and fine art photographer renowned for her emotive visual storytelling and refined use of natural light. Working across editorial, commercial, and personal projects, her imagery is recognised for its intimacy, strength, and cinematic sensibility.
With over two decades of experience, Emily has collaborated with leading international publications and global clients across fashion, beauty, travel, and lifestyle. Her work frequently features high profile talent and has been commissioned worldwide, with projects spanning studio, location, and large scale productions.
At the core of Emily’s work is a deep sensitivity to human connection. Her images often explore themes of femininity and sensuality captured with an instinctive approach that prioritises authenticity over artifice. This perspective has become a defining thread throughout her commercial and personal practice alike.
Emily’s fine art work plays an integral role in her creative output. Through ongoing photographic series, she examines emotional landscapes and lived experience, creating imagery that resonates beyond the frame. Her fine art collections are held in private collections internationally and continue to evolve alongside her commercial career.
In addition to her photographic work, Emily is a committed educator and mentor. She is widely respected for her immersive workshops and international photography retreats, where she supports emerging photographers in developing both technical confidence and creative voice. Her teaching is grounded in generosity, honesty, and practical industry insight.
REGISTER NOW AS SEATS ARE LIMITED
The evening will be hosted by Graham Monro, a Sydney based professional photographer and will take the shape of using iconic images that Emily has created over the years to tell stories that will explain how she has become one of the most sought after fashion photographers in the country.
DATE: Wednesday the 4th March 2026
TIME: 6.30pm start
LOCATION: Kayell NSW Showroom: 30 Whiting Street Artarmon NSW 2064
COST: $25.00 which will be offered back in the form of a shop credit after the event
FOOD & BEVERAGES: Food and Beverages will be provided during a break
REGISTRATION LINK: https://www.eventzilla.net/e/the-creatives-studio-presents-an-evening-with-emily-abay-2138674145
Using Colour Contrast for Impact
written on February 11, 2026, 6:16 pm
Uummannaq, GreenlandFujifilm GFX100S II, Fujifilm Fujinon GF80mm F1.7 R WR, f4.5 @ 1/500 second, ISO 160. What's the first thing you notice about this photograph? My guess is your eye was drawn...
Not Another Bloody Hut!
written on February 11, 2026, 5:58 pm
Port Leopold, North West PassageFujifilm GFX100S II, GF20-35mmF4 R WR, f11 @ 1/60 second, ISO 80 I may have written this before, but I think what I like most in photography is to find a sign of man...
Pick The Right Iceberg
written on February 10, 2026, 11:20 pm
Grounded Iceberg, Beechey Island, North West PassageFujifilm GFX100S II, GF20-35mmF4 R WR, f11 @ 20 seconds, ISO 40, ND Filter Another, hopefully enjoyable iceberg. No matter how often I visit the...
Another View of the Same Location
written on February 10, 2026, 10:49 pm
Pienza, TuscanyFujifilm GFX100S II, GF20-35mmF4 R WR, f4 @ 1/60 second, ISO 6400 It's interesting which photos you gravitate to. After my trips to Europe last year, I produced a portfolio I have...
Santa Teresa for a Gelato!
written on February 10, 2026, 10:07 pm
The main piazza, Santa Teresa, SicilyFujifilm GFX100S II, Fujinon 55mm f1.7, f4 @ 1/60 second, ISO 40 We all take photographs for different reasons. And at different times or places, our reasons can...
Enjoying Personal Favourites
written on February 10, 2026, 5:19 pm
Light and Shade, Cinque TerreFujifilm GFX100S, GF500mm F5.6 R LM OIS, f8 @ 1/500 second, ISO 500 Looking around as the sun set at Manarola, the famous seaside town clinging to the cliff was directly...
Making Plans and Keeping Notes
written on February 10, 2026, 5:02 pm
Mont-Saint-Michele, FranceFujifilm GFX100S, Fujinon GF100-200mm, f16 @ 30 seconds, ISO 40 I'm reasonably organised, but not that organised. I guess we all see ourselves this way - we probably could...
The Most Famous Chapel In Italy?
written on February 9, 2026, 5:54 pm
Cappella Madonna di Vitaleta, San Quirico d'Orcia, ItaliaFujifilm GFX100S, GF20-35mmF4 R WR, f4 @ 1/25 second, ISO 200 Last week, I wrote about photographing the gondolas of Venice and how it is...
Trade Secrets With Polar Bears
written on February 8, 2026, 10:45 pm
Polar bear hiding at Kraemerpynten, SvalbardFujifilm X-T4, Fujinon XF200mmF2 R LM OIS WR, f2.2 @ 1/1900, ISO 160. Last night, I attended the Sydney premiere of Abraham Joffe's film Trade Secret...
Is This Venice's Opera House?
written on February 4, 2026, 8:30 am
Gondolas at San Marco, VeniceFujifilm GFX100S, GF20-35mm, f8 @ 2 seconds, ISO 80. The headline for this newsletter is a little biased towards Australians. For more worldly readers, obviously this is...
Why I Love The Arctic!
written on January 26, 2026, 9:46 pm
Decaying Glacier, Hamilton Bukta, SvalbardPhase One IQ4, Schneider Kreuznach LS 240mm, f4.5 @ 1/1250 second, ISO 100. A Greenland local interviewed on the news recently suggested that the icebergs...
What I Love About Middlehurst
written on January 18, 2026, 4:50 pm
The Tones River, Middlehurst Station, New ZealandFujifilm GFX100S, 20-35mm, f11 @ 30 seconds, ISO 125 As I write this on a very wet Sunday afternoon in Sydney, I am not at all unhappy. Inclement...
Keeping The End Point In Mind
written on January 12, 2026, 9:51 am
Behind Pienza, Tuscany Last year as we drove around the Tuscan countryside in the late afternoon, we asked our driver to turn off onto a narrow dirt road. There are many roads criss-crossing the...
Websites Back In Action!
written on January 12, 2026, 9:28 am
Just a short note to apologise if you have tried to access our websites over the past fortnight. Our problems are now fixed and it's business as usual! What happened? The three Better Photography...
Website Down and Happy New Year!
written on December 30, 2025, 4:47 pm
Happy New Year! SORRY! If there are no photos with this email, it's because our website is down and the webmaster has locked up everything - read on! The reason for this email is to let you know...
Do I Need A Second Camera For Travel?
written on December 21, 2025, 5:52 pm
Chateau Lavoute Polignac, Lavoûte-sur-LoireFujifilm GFX100S II, Fujinon GF100-200mm F5.6 R LM OIS WR, f11 @ 1/60, ISO 200 There’s a short answer to this question: yes. However, there are other...
Should Travel Photographs Be True?
written on December 21, 2025, 5:50 pm
Madonna Under Shark Bay (Composite)Fujifilm GFX100S II, Fujinon GF55mm F1.7 R WR, f1.7 @ 1/100 second, ISO 400 How many times have you looked at a travel photo (maybe in a brochure or on a website)...
WA Life Photo Awards – Entries now open!
written on December 19, 2025, 9:23 am
Head On has just launched the WA Life Photo Awards, celebrating powerful images that capture life in Western Australia. Photos must be taken in Western Australia. All styles and eras welcome –...
How Many Travel Photos Can You Share?
written on December 14, 2025, 6:38 pm
Fall colours in the Dolomites, ItalyFujifilm GFX100S II, Fujinon GF100-200mm F5.6 R LM OIS WR, f11 @ 1/50 second, ISO 200 If you’re like me, you travel somewhere and come home with literally...
How Did This Happen?
written on December 10, 2025, 8:41 am
Government outpost (abandoned), Dundas Harbour, Nunavit, CanadaFujifilm GFX100S II, GF20-35mmF4 R WR, f7.1 @ 1/200 second, ISO 125 What makes a photograph interesting? Technique, light,...
There's Something About Mountain Light
written on December 2, 2025, 10:47 pm
Hells Gate, MiddlehurstFujifilm GFX100S II, Fujinon GF100-200mm F5.6 R LM OIS WR, f8 @ 1/13 second, ISO 40 I'm on a roll! Another photograph taken in the mountains! My Australian heritage is shining...
The 12th International Landscape Photographer of the Year 2025
written on December 2, 2025, 5:27 pm
Winners Announced! Sydney, Australia – Tuesday 2nd December, 2025 Professional and amateur photographers worldwide were invited to enter the 12th International Landscape Photographer of the Year...
Why I Have To Return To Ladakh
written on November 24, 2025, 10:56 pm
Some small mountains outside Leh, LadakhPhase One IQ4 150MP, 180mm Rodenstock, f11 @ 1/250 second, ISO 50 It's not often David Oliver gets one up on me. Okay, so David would disagree - he is always...
Fujifilm's Creator Summit On In 2026!
written on November 19, 2025, 9:23 am
● ? WHAT: The Creator Summit: Powered by Fujifilm ● ? WHERE: The Timber Yard, Port Melbourne ● ? WHEN: Saturday, 9 May 2026 from 10am - 6pm ● ?️ TICKETS: First release...
Gold Coast Photographer Ted Grambeau Wins One of the World’s Most Coveted Photography Prizes
written on November 17, 2025, 4:39 pm
Gold Coast-based photographer Ted Grambeau has been awarded one of the world’s most prestigious honours in contemporary photography, taking out the Black and White division of the Hamdan...
Should AI Pay For Your Photos?
written on November 17, 2025, 12:08 pm
There's a lot of stuff going on in the background about copyright and the way AI is using our photographs to generate new content. Whether you're professional or not, you may have a view on this....
Let Yourself Be Free
written on November 16, 2025, 5:59 pm
Shoal Pattern, Shark Bay, Western AustraliaFujifilm GFX100S II, Fujifilm Fujinon GF100-200mm F5.6 R LM OIS WR, f5.6 @ 1/2000 second, ISO 125 I remember a Mad comic book from years ago. A young...
Revisiting The Hills of Tuscany
written on November 9, 2025, 7:07 pm
Below Pienza, TuscanyFujifim GFX100S II, 700mm lens, f11 @ 1/15 second, ISO 80 Instagram followers may have seen this photo before. And newsletter readers may see it again as I feel it is still a...
How Far Do You Take An Edit?
written on November 2, 2025, 8:50 pm
Pienza is in the heart of Tuscany. The Gladiator Walk is just below the hill town. The famous Cappella di Vitaleta is ten minutes away by car. But unless you stopped and walked around, you’d miss the...
Head On Awards 2025
written on October 29, 2025, 4:53 pm
Truth, power and play Head On Photo Festival 2025 brings the world to Sydney 7–30 November Bondi Beach | Bondi Pavilion | Paddington Reservoir Gardens Head On Photo Festival, Australia’s leading...
Epson Announces Winners of 2025 International Pano Awards
written on October 29, 2025, 4:38 pm
The winners of the 2025 and now 16th Epson International Pano awards have been announced and amongst an abundance of ultra-wide panoramas, the overall winner of the 2025 Open Photographer of the Year...
Horizons of the Unknown
written on October 13, 2025, 9:34 am
09 – 22 OCT, 2025 Ali Nasseri | Amin Palangi | Bahram Mirmiran | Clair Reynolds | George Fetting | Kay Hathway | Saeed Sourati | Sevak Babakhani | Shirley Steel | Sina Arbabzadeh...
Burgos, Sardinia With The Locals
written on September 1, 2025, 5:47 am
The castle town of Burgos, SardiniaFujifilm GFX100S II, 55mm lens, f11 @ 1/250 second, ISO 160.Work in progress - colours are in experimental phase! I’ve been travelling through Sicily and Sardinia...
Why Yet Another Photo of San Giovanni?
written on August 11, 2025, 6:09 am
San Giovanni, Ranui, Val di Funes, Dolomites, ItalyFujifilm GFX100S II, 55mm, f5.6 @ 120 seconds, ISO 40, ND filter, tripod This is far from an original subject. It’s not even an original angle,...
Travel Favourites - Making The Most Of The Dunes
written on August 3, 2025, 9:36 pm
Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes, Death ValleyPhase One A-Series IQ3 100MP, 23mm Rodenstock, f11 @ 1/30 second, ISO 50 How many times can we photograph the sand dunes in Death Valley? Or the sand dunes...
Travel Favourites - Dancing With The Stars
written on August 3, 2025, 9:35 pm
Young Batwa Dancer, UgandaFujifilm X-H2, XF56mmF1.2 R WR, f1.6 @ 1/600 second, ISO 125 Think of Africa and invariably we think of lions and elephants. However, just as remarkable for me are the...
Travel Favourites - Four Missing Trees
written on August 3, 2025, 9:30 pm
Four Missing Trees, Mullers Station, New ZealandPhase One IQ180, f11 @ 1/125 second, ISO 35 I first photographed this location perhaps 10 years ago, maybe a little longer. It was an early trip to...
Travel Favourites - Moroccan Housing Estate
written on August 3, 2025, 9:25 pm
On the road to Ben Haddou, MoroccoFujifilm X-H2, 10-24mm f/4, f11 @ 1/300 second, ISO 125 There’s a long tradition of banal landscapes which, for me at least, starts with the Dusseldorf School of...
Travel Favourites - The Pool Near Home
written on August 2, 2025, 10:34 pm
Mona Vale Ocean Pool, NSWCambo Actus DB-2, Phase One IQ4 150MP, 240mm f9 Fujinon A, f5.6 @ 60 seconds, ISO 50 I’ve photographed Mona Vale ocean pool many times – from the beach, from the rocks, from...
Travel Favourites - Summer Storm
written on August 2, 2025, 10:31 pm
Zenith Beach DangerPhase One XF, IQ180, 23mm Rodenstock, f8 @ 36 seconds, ISO 35 I can’t remember exactly what the sign said. Falling rocks, most likely. However, that was the last thing on my mind...
