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HOW TO Pick Your Best Images
opportunities. Your phone is another top tool for showing
images. I have ‘hero’ images on my phone and I can easily show
anyone who’s interested in a cross-section of my work.
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Set a ‘hero’ folder
For me, a ‘hero’ folder is very important. At all times
I have my ‘hero’ images with me as processed RAW files. I have
the same folder on my laptop in the field and on my desktop in
the office. Many times each year, when I’m on tour and writing
articles for AP I can go straight to my ‘hero’ folder and access
images to suit a given theme.
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The next step
If you’ve followed this advice on organising your
files, you should now have your best images separated into a
hero folder. Now it’s time to share your images with the world.
Here’s a couple of ideas for you. Contact a magazine (you can
get the editor of this mag at editor@australianphotography.
com) or your local newspaper with a story submission. Enter a
portfolio competition like AP’s 2015 Photographer of the Year
(www.australianphotography.com). Or, if that all sounds too
hard, try putting together your own photo book? I love the fact
that anyone, of any experience level, can so easily share their
work in print. ❂
ABOVE
A special moment as
new-born pup bonds with mum
on the Galapagos Islands in- Canon EOS 5D, 100-
400mm lens @ 150mm, 1/350s
@ f/5.6, ISO 200, hand held.
Vibrance, contrast, shadows,
sharpened. Adjusted in Adobe
Lightroom 5.
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Sapphire hunters working
hard in Madagascar. For me,
black and white offered far
more drama to this image.
Canon 5D, 24-105mm lens @
24mm, 1/1500s @ f/8, ISO 200,
hand held. B&W conversion,
contrast, blacks, sharpened.
Adjusted in Adobe Lightroom 5.