Stanley & Kaisa Breeden—the new nature photography

Prints for sale

SiteOwner — Tue, 15 May 2012 06:41:03 +0000

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

SiteOwner — Thu, 03 May 2012 21:36:41 +0000

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 there now.

Rainforest Country preview

SiteOwner — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 21:41:21 +0000

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 from Rainforest Country at our new Zazzle store:

make custom gifts at Zazzle

Rainforest Country news and reviews

SiteOwner — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 23:44:30 +0000

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 Country

Listen to interview about Rainforest Country on ABC Radio Brisbane, 20th March

We had a great interview with the fabulous and formidable Dita Jevons of Radio Fremantle, Thursday March 22nd.

Live interview with Caitlyn of RTR FM, Thursday March 22nd

Live interview with Clair Levander 4BC, Sunday 25th March

No Comfort Farm

SiteOwner — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 22:14:19 +0000

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 the same name by Oxford Bookworms.

Oxford Bookworms are supposed to be books for young readers, “Read your way to better English” they say. I took one look at the text and realised that this couldn’t possibly be the book people love so much. The writing was terrible. So I ordered the Penguin version. What a revelation that was!

I went back to the butchered Bookworm version. This was when I got mad. I can’t believe they serve up drivelly tripe like this to kids and pretend they’re reading classics. Compare:

The education bestowed on Flora Poste by her parents had been expensive, athletic and prolonged: and when they died within a few weeks ... Read More »

New book Rainforest Country out now

SiteOwner — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 03:48:39 +0000

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 cheeky bauble eyes, whiskers whiskering and pushy as a bulldozer. Someone to be reckoned with.

Rainforest Country is a companion to Wildflower Country, and includes photographs of wild fruits and plants as well as animals. Again, we’ve taken our techniques using focus stacking and macro photography and put them to good use in a book exploring a close up and detailed view of a dazzling part of the world. You can buy it on Fremantle Press‘ website, including a preview chapter.

Wholesale orders: Rainforest Country can be ordered from our publisher here.

You can order prints from Rainforest Country at our new Zazzle store:

make custom gifts at Zazzle

Book Preview—Wildflower Country

SiteOwner — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 01:38:24 +0000

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.

Macro Focus Stack of Black Bean flowers

SiteOwner — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 14:40:24 +0000

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 glorying. You just need to stop and look. These arabesques and bubblings make me think of textile design, and what Florence Broadhurst would have made of it. Or what I may well make of it.

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

SiteOwner — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 05:07:44 +0000

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 on focus stacking, HDR photography and decisions made along the way. For example, the making of a particular focus stacked picture of ours, and how it turned out looking like it did. Like looking over my shoulder as I make an image. We’d price them somewhere in the range of a photography magazine, and it would be a lot more instructive.

It’s certainly something I always wished to see from photographers I admire. If you think this is a good idea, or if there’s anything you’d particularly like to see, let us know in the comments.

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Death to Film Mentality in Digital Photography

SiteOwner — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 02:43:26 +0000

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 output. Some say it results in a more “real” photograph, usually accompanied by some bluster implying that any more work than that is introducing artificiality.

This is old film thinking. Digital is a different animal altogether, and it can record detail that a film camera can’t even hope to poke a stick at. So why in God’s name would you ask such a wonderful thing to behave like an old film camera? Unless you’re not interested in exploring new territory… the photographic revolution of digital…

IF you want to make the most of what quality your digital camera can capture, you need to understand how digital sensors behave in recording different tonal ranges, ... Read More »