Fremantle Portrait Prize

Fremantle Portrait Prize is Australia's newest photographic award. First prize is $5000 cash and is open to photographers of all ages from around the world. Entries are $15 each and all profits go to the Arthritis and Osteoporosis Foundation of Western Australia.

For details and entry forms please visit:

www.fremantleportraitprize.org.au

Studio Noah drops by

It was one of those days when things started to go wrong. Kerry, a student all the way from PNG, who was having a second session with me after a few unavoidable delays. Then our 'model' for the portrait shoot was delayed in a jam (not sure if traffic or strawberry).

But a ring on our doorbell and there stood beautiful Brenda fresh from the physio. Now Brenda and I go back a little ways - she travelled with me to Greece a decade ago and posed for me at the Acropolis. A year later I asked Brenda to photograph me for my www.fotograf.com.au  website. I chose Brenda because I felt more comfortable with her than any other photographer.

These days Brenda owns and runs Studio Noah - where Brenda photographs animals - everything from Elephants to Aardvarks, budgerigars to buffaloes and doggies to dragons. If you want the favourite pet in your life photographed by the very best pet photographer this side of the rabbit-proof fence visit Brenda at http://studionoah.com.au/ - tell her Dale sent you!

170 years before Photoshop was invented photographers were thinking on how to do interesting stuff inside their own brains and inside their cameras.

For those not completely addicted tp Photoshop you can still do this.

All I did here was use a slow shutter speed and ask one person to stand still. Photoshop time: 0.000 seconds!

Mind you, keep playing with Photoshop and you can sell your DSLR in 5 years with brand, spanking new one second shutter speed in your camera.

My talent: Stringed quartet 'Mill Pond' - watch out for them!