Aug/Sept/Oct 2021

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Editor Marc Gafen marcgafen@yaffa.com.au Contributors Marc Gafen Sophia Hawkes Candide McDonald (and all featured photographers). ADVERTISING National Sales Manager Jodie Reid Ph: (02) 9213 8261 jodiereid@yaffa.com.au Advertising Production John Visk
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Finding Silver Linings
I’m thrilled to be sharing the results of The Mono Award 2021 in this very special edition. The third time it’s been run, the single-image black and white photography competition presents the very best imagery by Australian and New Zealand photograph
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CELEBRATING THE REGION’S FINEST B&W PHOTOGRAPHERS
SUPPORTING SPONSORS The Mono Awards is a celebration of the best black and white photography from Australia and New Zealand, and the largest competition of its type in the region. The single-image B&W competition features three categories: Animals, P
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People
This image has an immediate “wow” factor. The strong pose and central placement of the subject appearing from the surrounding blackness commands your attention. His mysterious hat dip leaves us asking who he is and wondering about his story. Expert u
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Places
This image of a snow-covered tree plantation might be a simple, single capture, but it is an exceptionally interesting capture. Like a beautiful layer cake, every element of this image is visually engaging, from the foreground to the dark central ima
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People – Top 50
Setting your camera in RAW and then in monochrome mode can allow you to ‘see’ in black and white on the back of your camera. You will still have the colour data to work with later if you wish, but you will have the benefit of instantly seeing what is
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Places – Top 40
Without colour to distract us, monochrome photography forces us to focus on the more critical elements of photography, namely our use of narrative and emotion, light and design. Rather than just assuming that we have to stay within the rules of light
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Animals
The dynamic range, from darkest black to brightest whites, is used well here to help us experience the murky depths below – the home of this grinning, primordial crocodile. The bright whites draw our attention to the big crocodile grin and then along
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Animals – Top 40
In a black and white image, there isn’t any colour to create differentiation. Utilising the full range between full white and full black allows a photographer the opportunity to create a visual hierarchy that guides the viewer’s eye around the image.
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For Better or For Worse
Rocco Ancora and Tanya Wilson met as established photographers. Ancora was a highly awarded wedding photographer internationally. Wilson had moved into wedding and portrait photography from photojournalism and added teaching to her career. They met i
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Lessons From The pandemic
Dutch photographer Gabriël Scharis has emerged from a year that tested, and tortured, wedding photographers with a smile on his face despite its rigours. He learned to become very flexible in his business. And that saved his business. It began as soo
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Bulletproof your Business
“Mishaps happen on a daily basis. It’s never about the problem, but how we respond to the problems.” This wisdom comes from Australian photographer and photography coach, Jai Long. “The trick is to make sure you have big and new problems. You don’t w
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Everything Is Black & White
A black and white photograph will strip away an element of life most of us take for granted and engage with all the time, colour. In doing so, our attention will focus on aspects we might easily have missed if colour was present. “Black and white has

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