Commercial documentary photography - controlling the uncontrollable by Nick Rains. Nick Rains is the Principal Instructor for Leica Akademie Australia. He brings thirty five years of broad experience as a professional photographer to his role, and he remains a working photographer, shooting assignments around Australia and the rest of the world. Nick is a Master of Photography with the Australian Institute of Professional Photography (AIPP) and in 2002 Nick was awarded Australian Geographic magazine’s Photographer of the Year and continues to shoot assignments for the magazine all around Australia. Nick is also a Leica Ambassador for the SL System, as well as the new CL System which works well when he wants to travel light, such as during a recents trip to Africa, Cuba and Myanmar. Post-production is another of Nick’s strengths, he is an acknowledged Photoshop and Lightroom expert and has been involved in teaching advanced courses in these two industry leading applications for the past ten years. Nick is also an ILFORD Master Printer, making fine prints for exhibitions and often takes on consulting roles with inkjet manufacturers.
Jesse Marlow is a Melbourne based photographer. His works are held in public and private collections across Australia, including the National Gallery of Victoria, Australian Parliament House Canberra, Monash Gallery of Art, City of Melbourne and State Library of Victoria.
In 2003, he published his first book of photographs, Centre Bounce: Football from Australia’s Heart, (Hardie Grant Books). Images from Centre Bounce have been exhibited and published extensively, both in Australia and internationally. In 2005, he published a book of street photographs, Wounded, (Sling Shot Press). In 2006, he was selected to participate in the World Press Photo Joop Swart Masterclass in Amsterdam. While in 2010, Marlow was one of 45 street photographers from around the world profiled in the book, Street Photography Now (Thames & Hudson). He was awarded the International Street Photographer of the Year Award in 2011, and in 2012 won the Monash Gallery of Art’s Bowness Prize. Marlow released his third monograph, Don’t Just Tell Them, Show Them in 2014. In the same year, he was profiled in the Thames & Hudson book, The World Atlas of Street Photography.
Marlow is a member of both the international street photographers’ collective, UP Photographers and Institute Artists.
This will be a Zoom presentation at the club as Jesse is based in Melbourne.
Jure Kravanja was born in Celje, Slovenia, in 1960. He graduated in Sociology and Pedagogics in 1984. It was only later, in his forties, that he became interested in photography. The hobby quickly progressed into a passion, a way of life.
His work, concentrated mainly on abstract, architectural, and landscape photography, has been seen in publications such as Black & White Magazine, B Beyond and Foto Video; he has also taken part in several Slovenian publications on various subjects.
An established member of Onexposure and other leading online galleries, Kravanja has also exhibited at the New York Photo Festival, and garnered several international FIAP awards. Performing research at the Clinical Psychiatric Center Ljubljana Slovenia, his chief interest now lies in photography as a means of diagnostic and therapeutic treatment.
Nick is chief photographer at The Sydney Morning Herald, has specialised in environmental and
meteorological events such as storms and bushfires for 20 years, covering major events such as the 2001
Black Christmas, the 2003 Canberra fires, the 2004 Asian Tsunami and the 2009 Black Saturday, as well as
each storm season and several USA tornado seasons. Day to day he covers news in Sydney for the SMH,
where he has worked for 30+ years.
JP Stones is a narrative photographer currently based in Mexico. He believes that photography is a
fascinating narrative medium because it lacks a key ingredient that feels essential to storytelling: time. It is
his belief that improving as a Narrative Photographer is often about learning to bring the illusion of time
into images. He describes how storytelling is powerful, but also confusing. How can one photo tell a whole
story?
In his presentation to the club, JP will help us understand how he adapts a story for photography, sharing
his most recent and amazing photos of one of the icons of Mexican history: the Charro – the original
cowboy.
Bill Ward is a multi award winning British actor and photographer, born and raised in Newcastle-upon-
Tyne, in the UK.. As an actor, Bill has appeared in over 30 TV Shows and Films, and over 50 Plays since
turning professional in 2000. As a photographer, Bill is self taught, and has been taking photographs
since he was 6. Bill has won many awards and commendations, both nationally and internationally,
including the Adobe Prize at UK Landscape Photographer of the Year, and Best Seascape at Scottish
Landscape Photographer of the Year.
Constantly in search of peace and quiet, his photography is a response, and in many ways an antidote, to
the time he spends as an actor working in the public eye. His primary photographic interest is
landscapes, whether natural, urban or industrial. He is specifically drawn to water – and will
be presenting to the club about his experiences shooting water. If this presentation is as good as the one
he delivered in 2023 on Intentional Camera Movement, and Multiple Exposures – this will be one not to be
missed.
Russell is a Photographer working in digital and analogue, based on the Gold Coast – and has photographed
well-known Australians from a wide range of fields, including writers (Tim Winton), sportsmen (Steve
Waugh); politicians (Gough Whitlam). His work has been published in many national magazines and
newspapers, Awards include The Moran Contemporary Photographic prize, Black and White Photographer
of the Year, National Photographic portrait prize, Olive Cotton Exhibition and Walkley Award for Journalism
(best news photograph).
Russell’s works are in collections at The Queensland Art Gallery, Tweed River Art Gallery, Redcliffe Art
Gallery, and The National Portrait Gallery. Russell is an Ambassador for Leica Camera Australia. Russell
will be taking members on a journey telling the story of his Documentary portraiture work.
Due to a communication fail during the handover, the presenter, Graeme Gordon booked a holiday.
Michelle Kennedy will explain the new Interclub category definitions. For those who have looked at the wording of the definitions, you will be surprised to learn that the interpretation of those new categories is much broader than the words suggest. Many of our images would fall into one or even more of the categories. The interpretation is much more liberal than you may think.
As members are needed to submit images to the Competition Committee, this presentation is very timely and helpful. So, please attend.
The definitions can be found here
If time permits, then Michelle can talk about other of her presentations from the bag of excellent talks that she gives.
A night not to be missed!!!
Graham Cam, the original presenter, is running the Birdlife Australia Photography Competition and is also preparing for an exhibition, and so he felt that he would not be at his best for the presentation.
As Fina Art Printing is a new category in the FCC Interclub, it is fortunate that Neville Thorogood is able to give a presentation on fine art.
Neville will cover his journey in photography and why he moved towards fine art and fine art printing.
Neville is a former member of CHRSLPC and is currently a member of the Wangi Workers Camera Club and also The Entrance CC. It is in these clubs that Neville has been ‘pushing the envelope’ with his remarkable images.
This is a timely presentation given the new FCC Interclub categories.
Tuesday 5 November – Pete Farrington – Aviation (Zoom – from the UK) – fee to confirm (May be a donation
to charity)
Peter is an author and photographer specialising in military aviation photography. Within recent months, Peter has retired from the RAF and pursues his passion in photography. Over the years of being a member of the Royal Air Force, Peter was lucky to be in the position to capture many fantastic aircraft up close and personal – from the ground, and from the air.
Peter uses photography to keep the stories of those who serviced and flew aircraft, alive. He is a fantastic story teller, and will use his great images, to take members on a journey into the skies, and the past.
