Featured Members

We would like to introduce you to some of our members, those who have been the Featured Photographer of the month. This feature is designed to show the varying photographic types and styles from various locations around the world, of our members.

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Photographer:	Steve Nicholls
Image Title:	Australian River

Narrative	Water and more so rivers of any kind are a rarity here around Adelaide. Our city is one of the driest in Australia and I image my desire to photograph water is based on the sheer lack of it. I like contrasts within an image but not always tonal. The differences can be textures or shapes as long as they serve a purpose in the dynamic of the image. I started using BTZS with the ExpoDev software on a Palm about 3 years ago and PMK about 2 years ago and both are excellent tools for creativity. 99% of my metering is incident but BTZS does allow Spot metering just as easily. On my second visit to the US in 2006 I met Jim Galli and purchased 2 brass lenses and yes it is true they bred like rabbits. Shooting with 5x4 a shutter is not as important as I once thought, in fact most of my lenses lack shutters but most exposures are well over 1 second so there is little need for one. I'm not certain what the attraction of the older lenses is except that they have, and to a certain degree impart their character into an image With the Hasselblad my favourite lens has always been the 50mm Distagon but with 5x4 I find I am nearly always reaching for a longer focal length above normal. I have a 90mm for the 5x4 but don't seem to reach for it very often, it just feels too wide. My photographic philosophy is very simple -- God has given us a truly amazing creation and I will continue to attempt to capture the power of that in even the simplest of locations.

While this collection will only show a selected image of their work, as noted British photographer David Ward writes "A photographer's style only becomes apparent when we study a body of their work; multiple images give us a sense of a coherent vision", you are invited to explore their work in our member's Image Gallery.