By © Danielle Lancaster

In this Issue:

l Bluedog Photo News

l Workshops

l Exhibitions

l Checking Out Web Sites

l Photo Tip

l For Sale and Wanted

l Photo Trivia/Dedication:

What's On: Workshops, Retreats and Outings:

For further details refer to Photography Workshops and Retreats
Don't forget to let us know if there is anything specific you would like covered in any workshop or during a retreat. Our workshop calendar will be on the web site and updated regularly as you make your requests and we are now trying to plan all workshops well in advance so you have plenty of time to prepare. Remember once you start with us, our advice does not stop when you leave the workshop you can e-mail us with questions and images for further continued advice.

The Bluedog Team of wonderfully talented professional photographers have a wealth of knowledge to share and have taught various aspects of photography throughout Australia. You may be a good photographer but that does not mean you can teach. We all continue to work as professional photographers and have the confidence and patience to take you on exciting paths with your work.

Registration and receipt of place is essential as numbers are limited. We want the workshops to continue to be very personalised so that you may gain the maximum from the workshops. Remember we do need you to book your place and after you book you receive a registration form. Once we receive this back with payment to secure your position then you are booked. View our terms and conditions.

An outline of each workshop and retreat itinerary is listed on Photography Workshops and Retreats

Photo Tip: It's Not All Serious

Photography should be fun and sometimes we get so caught up in making the composition, exposure and lighting just right there seems no room for any fun.

It's human nature to 'have a laugh' and people will
often do funny things, always when you least expect them to.

Or you can set up your own funny photo - it can be a creative exercise and provide a few good laughs not only looking at it afterwards but doing the photo shoot as well.

As they say a picture can tell a story! Why not give it
a try and send us your best funny image and we'll publish the best one we think in the next newsletter.

Please remember make them less than 1MB and only one image per person!!

Photo by Nick Lancaster ©

For Sale and Wanted:

l Nikon F55 with Nikon 28-80 lens and snoot bag Tamron 80-210 lens (in box) all as new with books. Offers? Contact Harry: lily-whites@hotmail.com

l Photo Buddy: Anyone looking for a buddy to go out and take photos please contact Sue: suebbb@gmail.com

What's On: Exhibitions

l Look Small Think Big: Three artists investigate the microbiological world:, Renata Buziak: nanobiota, Rose Grgelec: micros sublimis, John Vucic-Wolfpup: npk.orchis.
Venue: Gold Coast City Art Gallery, 135 Bundall Road, Surfers Paradise, QLD
Date/s: 26th October 2007 to 2nd December 2007

l Cambridge Road by Pat Brassington and The Way Things Go by Fischli/Weiss.
Venue: Institute of Modern Art 420, Brunswick Street, Fortitude Valley, Brisbane, QLD
Date: 13th October-1st December 2007

l Cage of Ghosts by Jon Rhodes
One of Australia’s leading documentary photographers presents a series of powerful black and white images documenting the surviving physical evidence of Aboriginal occupation of south-east Australia.
Venue: National Library of Australia, Canberra.
Date: till the 25th November 2007

l Power & Beauty
A collection of contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artwork including photography by Ricky Maynard, Ellen Jose and Nici Cumpston
Venue: Heide Museum of Modern Art, Vic
Date: till the 10th March 2008

l Michael Riley :: Sights Unseen
27 July – 19 November 2007 - Museum of Brisbane.
22 February – 27 April 2008 - Art Gallery of NSW.

l Fur: AN IMAGINARY PORTRAIT OF DIANE ARBUS
Arbus was considered one of the most mysterious, enigmatic, and frighteningly bold artists of the 20th century. Most known for her obsession with 'freak' subject-matter, her haunting work emerged from a deeply private place. Arbus' death was as mysteriously tragic as was the aura surrounding some of her most piercing portraits. Diane is played by Nicole Kidman. The film had a limited release in Sydeny and will be available on DVD from 8th May. For more details visit: www.furmovie.com

Checking Out Web Sites:
Want a website that leads to 100's of other photography sites? Then Check out this one: http://www.mgphoto.de/toplist

Photo Trivia: What's In A Name?

MINOLTA: Formed in 1928 under the name of the Japan-Germany Camera Company by Kazuo Tashima, the name was changed to Molta in 1931 from the German title Mechanismus Optik and Linsen von Tashima. The company name was changed in 1962 to Minolta from the full name of Mechanical Instruments and Optical by Tashima.

FUJI: The name of Fuji is simply taken from the name of the highest mountain in Japan, Mount Fuji.

LEICA Ernst Leitz started making lenses for microscopes and telescopes in 1849, and it wasn't until 1911 when Oskar Barnack joined the Leitz firm that it made its first camera. It was going to be called LECA, until someone suggested that LEICA (Leitz Camera) sounded better.

KONICA The firm of Konishiroku Kogaku have been involved in making photographic and lithographic materials for over 200 years. It adopted the name Konica when it started making cameras in the 1940's.

NIKON The original name for Nikon was Nippon Kogaku, meaning "Japanese Optical". The company was formed in 1917 and its name was changed to Nikon in 1946 by taking the "Ni" from Nippon and the "Ko" from Kogaku and adding an "n".

MAMIYA The name was simply taken from the surname of the inventor and designer of the camera, Seiichi Mamiya.

CANON The original name for CANON cameras was "Kwanon", the Buddhist god of mercy. The first Kwanon camera was built in a small Tokyo workshop in 1934. The name was changed to CANON in 1935 to avoid offending religious groups.

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Dedication to the Masters of the Lens

Wolfgang Georg Sievers
(1890-2007)

Sadly this issue we pay tribute to the great Australian photographer Wolfgang Georg Sievers, AO, who passed away on the 7th August 2007.

Sievers was born in Berlin, Germany in 1913 to an art historian father and a Jewish writer and educator mother. In pre-war Europe he studied photography in Berlin and eventually escaping Nazi Germany in 1938 for Melbourne.

He specialised in architectural and industrial photography. His early work was mostly industrial and reflected the strength and drama of man in industry. His later architectural and industrial images are notable for their transformation of the everyday into the graphic, spectacular, crowd-stopping images for which he has become renowned.

He was often thought of as controversial, holding strong beliefs such as intolerance of racism and a concern at the destructive practices of capitalism . Wolfgang was a speaker to stir your imagination and remind image-makers of the vast reservoir of creative and technical expertise that underpins photography as a profession. He will be much missed.

Gears for Mining Industry 1967
Photo by Wolfgang Sievers ©