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Prints for sale

We are trialling a new venue for selling our prints, and for a limited time we have a small selection available here.

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Win a signed fine art print from Rainforest Country

Our publisher, Fremantle Press, are running a competition to win a signed, sublime fine art print from Rainforest Country valued at $260. For a limited time, so get over... Read More »


Rainforest Country preview

Herewith a small slideshow of just some of the photographs you’ll find in our new book, Rainforest Country:

You can buy Rainforest Country from Fremantle Press here.

You can order prints... Read More »


Rainforest Country news and reviews

Rainforest Country was reviewed in The Cairns Post Saturday 24 March 2012, with a gallery of photographs, too.

news.com.au: Stanley and Kaisa Breeden capture rainforest magic in macro in Rainforest... Read More »


No Comfort Farm

Smoke is coming out of my ears.

A short while ago, I determined to finally read the classic Cold Comfort Farm, by Stella Gibbons. I mistakenly ordered a version of... Read More »


New book Rainforest Country out now

Wildflower Country has a friend!

Pygmy Possum on the cover of our new book, Rainforest Country. Don’t tell me that’s not the cutest. A mouse-sized trembling under a leaf, bright... Read More »


Book Preview—Wildflower Country

We have just posted a lively preview of our book, filled with focus stacking photography, HDRI and macro panoramas: Wildflower Country. Get thee hence and have a gander.

 

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Macro Focus Stack of Black Bean flowers

We have sent off the makings of our next book, Rainforest Country, but photography continues unabated. Beautiful things are all around and we cannot stop ourselves. Black Beans are... Read More »


Photography e-Books: Focus Stacking, HDRI, Macro Panoramas

Want to know how we do it?

I think e-Books featuring the making of an image “from go to woah” would be valuable to a lot of people, with notes... Read More »


Death to Film Mentality in Digital Photography

Expose To The Right (ETR) and More

Some digital photographers pride themselves on “getting it right in-camera”: taking a photo that needs little development before printing or some other... Read More »


Eric Rolls Prize for Nature Writing

Very exciting news—we have jointly won the inagural Eric Rolls Prize for Nature Writing!

A quote from the Watermark Literary Society:  In announcing the winner of the inaugural  Eric Rolls... Read More »


Kings Park Wildflower Country Photography Exhibition

A large format outdoor exhibition of pictures from Wildflower Country is on in September at the Wildflower Festival in King’s... Read More »


Wildflower Country Windows

The beautiful Boffins Bookshop in Perth  created some wonderful window displays celebrating the launch of Wildflower Country!

We ran a competition whereby people purchasing Wildflower Country could enter in the... Read More »


Kaisa’s Focus Stack Workflow, 2009

This is actually a reply to a friend that asked about how we achieve the clarity in our photographs and our basic workflow. I thought it would be useful... Read More »


Wildflower Country—Discovering Biodiversity in Australia’s Southwest

Our up-and-coming book entitled Wildflower Country—Discovering Biodiversity in Australia’s Southwest is well underway! All of the 166 pictures have been processed and are looking truly wonderful.

Wildflower Country is really... Read More »


Photoshop CS4 Focus Stacking continued

PS CS4 and PhotoAcute blends compared again

Well, I’ve tried it again. I like that Photoshop doesn’t skew your stacks, but it does have problems with the masking. See the... Read More »


We’ve hit the road!

We’re off north of Perth! Wildflowers are starting to appear. The further north we go, the more there is. Looks like we’ll be catching the wave of flowering at... Read More »


First Impressions — Focus Stacking in Adobe Photoshop CS4

I have used PhotoAcute Studio for jobs involving focus stacking, or extended DOF (depth of field). It did a better job for me than other programs out there, even... Read More »


Far Away

Yes, we are far away. Further away than we initially thought we would be. We’d planned to blog as we go, yet most places we find ourselves in have... Read More »


All I want for Christmas is a Red 617

Oh, what we could do with this! There have been rumblings on The Luminous Landscape and elsewhere about digital cameras and video morphing into a new generation of high-end... Read More »


2008 Awards

ANZANG Nature and Landscape Photographer of the Year Award

It’s not really latest news, but we were very proud to again be winners in ANZANG Nature’s photographic competition. In 2008... Read More »


Our International Biodiversity Hotspots project

Preparing to hit the road

Plans are now in place for our big adventure to Western Australia to begin our Biodiversity project—photographing for a new series of fine art prints... Read More »






From Kaisa & Stan

Latest missives about photography, nature, and the devastatingly miserable (or utterly inspiring and wondrous) state of both

Prints for sale

We are trialling a new venue for selling our prints, and for a limited time we have a small selection available here.

Win a signed fine art print from Rainforest Country

Our publisher, Fremantle Press, are running a competition to win a signed, sublime fine art print from Rainforest Country valued at $260. For a...

Rainforest Country preview

Herewith a small slideshow of just some of the photographs you’ll find in our new book, Rainforest Country:

You can buy Rainforest Country from Fremantle...