APSCON 2014 – Grampians Photography Tour

The Australian Photographic Society’s annual Convention (APSCON) was held in Ballarat this week. For those that read my post from a fortnight ago will know I was invited to be part of this year’s line up of presenters with the presentation The Grampians – A Photographic Wonderland.  No one fell asleep and I was assured it went well.

The guided Photography Tour of The Grampians (with yours truly) the following day was a raging success. All the attendees lucky enough to sign up for the day got to witness the Grampians first hand at its best on a sensational clear spring day. Due to the tight timetable the midday light wasn’t ideal photographically speaking but no one was complaining. The odd passing cloud helped compositions and long lenses were call of the day to capture that neat little landscape nestled within the broader landscape.

Thanks everyone for coming along and be sure to come a visit us again in the beautiful Grampians region. Here were a few shots I managed to sneak in on the day…

APSCON 2014 - Grampians Tour with Marty Schoo

APSCON 2014 – Grampians Tour with Marty Schoo

 

APSCON 2014 - Grampians Tour with Marty Schoo

APSCON 2014 – Grampians Tour with Marty Schoo

 

APSCON 2014 - Grampians Tour with Marty Schoo

APSCON 2014 – Grampians Tour with Marty Schoo

 

APSCON 2014 - Grampians Tour with Marty Schoo

APSCON 2014 – Grampians Tour with Marty Schoo

APSCON 2014 - Grampians Tour with Marty Schoo

APSCON 2014 – Grampians Tour with Marty Schoo

share | comment


Marty Schoo Photography – Welcome!

You’ve found my Personal Photography blog. Its where you’ll find all my photography related News, Views, Reviews and Vistas. In other words you’ll find everything of a general photography nature here that’s happening in my professional life as well as my landscape work that I squeeze in between my client based work.

Because my photography work is of a broad nature my client based Wedding and Commercial photography posts can be found in their own blog categories which you can access via the drop down menu or links on the right. Enjoy!

share | comment


GOLD!!!

Today was APPA day (Australian Professional Photographer Awards). Quite excitingly I somehow managed to score one of the highest scoring prints for the day in the landscape category! The image below scored 95 out of 100 receiving a relatively rare Gold-with-Distinction award. Exciting much? Sure is!

For those interested I shot the image in a single capture early in the year at Hollow Mountain in the Northern Grampians just 5 days before bushfire razed most of the forest in the foreground. The shoot location still remains closed today due to the damage caused. The image was converted from colour to a toned black and white, the aspect ratio was changed to square and contrast was selectively applied to bring some extra punch to the final result.

95 Gold with Distinction at APPA 2014

95 Gold with Distinction at APPA 2014

share | comment


Exciting Times!

In just over a week’s time I’ll be guest speaker at APSCON 2014, which is the Australian Photographic Society’s annual convention, which this year is held in Ballarat, Victoria. The attendees from Australia wide are about to find out how fantastic the Grampians region is to visit and photograph. Bring it on!

The Grampians - A photographic Wonderland - APSCON 2014

The Grampians – A photographic Wonderland – APSCON 2014

 

share | comment


Music Group Shoot

The beauty of being a multi-genre photographer is the unique jobs that pop up out of the woodwork. It’s not my first band gig but this one was a blast! I don’t think a serious word was said amongst the boys during the whole shoot haha. The brief was pretty open with cruisy backstreet locations with natural light. Hope you like the shots as much as the boys did. If so, and you know anyone looking for their own publicity imagery then swing them my way peeps! Anyway keep your ears peeled for very talented Trevor Petrie and the War of Ideas!

Trevor Petrie

Trevor Petrie

Trevor Petrie

Trevor Petrie

Trevor Petrie

Trevor Petrie

Trevor Petrie

Trevor Petrie

Trevor Petrie

Trevor Petrie

share | comment



Top