Take a peek at what camera gear Canon are taking to the 2016 Olympics

[vc_row type=”in_container” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ width=”1/1″][vc_column_text]With the worlds media heading to Rio for the 2016 Olympics, Canon professional service division (CPS) are ensuring that photographers will have the pick of the best equipment available with over 1500 L-Series lenses and 1000 Pro DSLR bodies on hand.  Whilst some of the athletes … Read more

World Press Photo 2016

[vc_row type=”in_container” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ width=”1/1″][vc_column_text]An Australian has beaten over 5,000 photographers to win one of the world’s most prestigious photography prizes ‘World Press Photo of the Year 2016’. The aim of World Press Photo is to celebrate and promote the work and high standards of visual journalism to a global audience. … Read more

Lost in Music – a photographic history of dance music and club culture

[vc_row type=”in_container” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ width=”1/1″][vc_column_text]Photo Genius founder, tutor and photographer Paul Farris is amongst an assortment of photographers who’s work is featured in a photography exhibition in London that is also set to tour the world and be released as a photo book. Hailed as the most comprehensive collection of … Read more

Take a look at the latest gear from Nikon including D5 D500 and SB-5000 speedlight

[vc_row type=”in_container” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ width=”1/1″][vc_column_text] For those the don’t know, the annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES 2016) is where the biggest technology companies get to showcase their latest products, gadgets and innovations to the press and gadget lovers worldwide. Attended by over 175,00 visitors, the show show first debuted in 1967 … Read more

Best of Photo Genius on Instagram 2015

[vc_row type=”in_container” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ width=”1/1″][vc_column_text]Here’s our favourite Instagram posts of 2015…. We love photography, and any excuse to share images is a good one in our book! So Instagram is undoubtably one of our favourite apps and and a fantastic way to share photos from our travels, courses and experiences. … Read more

Comedy wildlife photography awards 2015

[vc_row type=”in_container” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ width=”1/1″][vc_column_text]Comedy wildlife photography awards 2015 Animals and wildlife must undoubtedly rank as one of the most popular subjects to capture with photographers sometimes waiting hours for that perfect moment, of course not everything goes to plan and occasionally we capture something completely unexpected. The comedy wildlife photography awards takes a … Read more

Photographing Star Wars – The force awakens.

[vc_row type=”in_container” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Photographing the cast of Star Wars for Time magazine The world has gone Star Wars crazy this week with the release of episode VII Star Wars – The force awakens.  We couldn’t let the week go by without sharing something Star Wars and photography related, so … Read more

Brisbane Camera Hire Q&A

[vc_row type=”in_container” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ width=”1/1″][vc_column_text]Brisbane Camera Hire has been looking after the rental needs of professional and amateur photographers alike for over 9 years.  At Photo Genius we regularly pass customers onto them who often enquire about gear when taking part in our photography courses, so when we heard that they … Read more

Have Nikon acquired Samsung camera division?

[vc_row type=”in_container” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ width=”1/1″][vc_column_text]There’s been plenty of rumours recently regarding the future of Samsung’s camera division which have been fuelled by recent announcements that they are pulling out of the UK market and that sales of Samsung cameras have been disappointing. Today the rumour mill has been buzzing and … Read more

Pirelli calendar 2016

[vc_row type=”in_container” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ width=”1/1″][vc_column_text]The Pirelli Calendar started in 1963 and is a trade calendar published in limited amounts and given away to a select number of Pirelli customers and celebrities. Over the years a who’s who of photographers have had the honour of photographing some of the world most famous models at locations around the world including Terence Donovan, Brian Duffy, Herb Ritts, Richard Avedon and Mario Testino. For the 2016 calendar Pirelli enlisted US portrait photographer to the rich and famous, Annie Leibovitz who decided to take the theme and photos in a very different direction.

Unlike previous calendars, Leibovitz decided to feature proffesional women better known for their achievements in business, entertainment and the arts and photograph them in a studio environment. The reaction has been a positive one and Pirelli chairman Marco Tronchetti has commented that the new calendar “reflects contemporary society.”

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