Karen Brook’s photography showcases the Australian outback in shades of red, blue, green and all the local colour of its pubs, festivals and locals.

Brook is most notably the official photographer for the Birdsville Races and with the next event pending in September this year, her photos might just be the drawcard to get you driving the 2000km (or more depending where you live) to the outback town for a horse race in the desert.

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The bright green and gold of the Socceroos fans automatically draw you into the exhilaration felt by the crowd after the Socceroos vs The All Whites World Cup match on May 24th, 2010. The final score was met with excitement after the first quarter team was booed off the field. Brett Holland scored the final buzzer-beating goal making the final score 2-1.

2010 FIFA Australia v New Zealand World Cup Pre-Tournament Match – Images by Shawn Smith

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The team at Blue Dog sure know how to capture the essence of the Australian outback with their images of sand dunes, gibbers, rivers, floodplains, spinifex, beef cattle, channel country and inland wetlands.

Nick and Danielle Lancaster are the working directors of the Blue Dog operation and run tours to some of their favourite spots in Queensland.

One of their most celebrated works is the 84 page “Out Around the Bulloo” photographic book featuring images from a corner of outback Queensland – the Bulloo Shire. The celebrated book captures the geographic character of the area plus some of the human and animal inhabitants too.

Queensland newspaper Summer Festival of Photography competition.

The newspaper began the festival at the beginning of summer (November 2009) with a series of contestable categories such as “Summer Holidays”, “Water“. The final category is “Your Choice” and closes on February 1.

For some categories the paper received more than 1200 entries and the quality of many shots has made it difficult for judges to choose a winner and limit the award honours. Top entrants have their image mounted in a frame while the best 50 entries from each category go into the Hall of Fame and the winner receives a Summer Festival of Photography certificate.

All the images are meant to celebrate Queensland and the state’s amateur photographers have revealed much of Queensland’s wild, crawling, beautiful and watery sides.

Winner of the Creature…

Founded in 1853, the Royal Photographic Society has a distinguished history promoting the art and science of photography. It traces its origins to an initiative to form a photographic society in London in anticipation of an exhibit in the gallery of the Society of Arts. The Royal Photographic Society has since grown in size and in importance. It is now a global organization on a mission to advance the cause of photography. It has a Royal Charter that was granted in July 2004.

Membership in the Royal Photographic Society is open to everyone all over the world. Its current members range from seasoned professionals to students. The three levels of membership depending on knowledge and abilities are Licentiateship, Associateship and Fellowship. Through an online community and regional and special Interest group events, members are able to share their skills with each other.

In Australia, the Royal Photographic Society has an active Victorian Chapter in Melbourne that meets monthly. The two special interest groups of the Victorian Chapter are the Photographic History Group and the Digital Working Group that similarly hold regular…

Experience Section. These include hot air ballooning, romantic getaway packages, sailing charters and motorbike rentals.

The previous winner from the competition was Birrurung Marr of Melbourne.

So yes, I’ve been caught. Looking at the new Canon 5D MarkII. I was walking around the city with a old friend of mine on Monday at lunchtime who runs a magazine here in Australia called Bluff magazine. He was wanting some advise on some new camera gear and I was more than happy to assist, given that I now had an opportunity to look through some of the larger retailers in the CBD. These certainly can’t compare to anything in the US or Asia. And they certainly aren’t a B&H!

So anyway, we walked around the major stores and we ended up looking more closely to the Canon range of Digital SLRs – not much bias from me … (cough cough). This is what I feel more comfortable in chatting about. And I do know whats on offer more so than any other range.

Let me fast forward a little to me. I was showing my friend…