Highline

A new rule this year for entering the Australian Professional Photography Awards meant that I must first enter the NSW State round in order to qualify for the national round.

I previously did not have much knowledge of printing which let me down somewhat in the last national round. Despite it being an important part of photography I never had much of a reason to print before. I would send my photos off to clients and such and see them when they came out printed in magazines or ads and the like. That for me was the printing process. Although my prints did ok last year they fell just short of scoring a silver that i would need to qualify for this year

In order to try and improve my scores I met with some industry bigwigs and had them review my print entries from last year. All pointed to certain points in my printing that I needed to keep an eye out for and improve such as black point and paper choice.

I spent a more time choosing pictures and preparing prints this time around. My printing process and knowledge was aided greatly by the wisdom of Angus Benham of Gusha pro in Brookvale. Angus’s help was invaluable in pointing me in the right direction and helping me with everything from choosing the best paper, running numerous test prints on different types of paper and overseeing the final production of the prints themselves.

I needed at least two 80s to qualify for the national round. I’m happy to announce that out of my 4 images I selected to enter I received an 82, 81, 80 and a 76.

Bring on the Nationals!!!

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