LightVision

With spring at the doorstep, most Aussies already have a weather eye on the beach. Sheridan Nilsson comes to the party with new collections of life defined by surf and sand. Tony Yeates gives us a curtain raiser to the Summer Olympic Games and more of Richard Woldendorp’s dazzling aerials of the Australian landscape are published in his new book, a copy of which can be yours if you win our whacky Wild about Wildlight testimonial competition:

Stronger, faster, higher and China—an Olympic story

Wildlight Photographer, Tony Yeates, keeps on moving on with his latest commission by VISA (Singapore) for their Visa Moving Images competition. Tony is one of five photographers in the Asia Pacific region to produce a series of images representing themes around the Beijing Olympic Games. The themes were stronger, faster, higher & China. The images were used as examples of subject matter to inspire the amateur photographers entering the competition Visa Moving Images. The commission also involved judging the final work from the entrants.

Aerial abstracts prize can well be yours

Last month we told you about Wildlight photographer Richard Woldendorp’s great new book of aerial images called Abstract Earth. Make a signed copy yours by entering our Wild about Wildlight attestation competition. Write a humorous testimonial of 50 words or less about Wildlight Photo Agency and the Australian way of life. The lucky winner will receive Richard’s book that retails for $50. Here are the submission guidelines: 1. you must be registered on the Wildlight website 2. stay cool with your language to make it fit for publication! Aussie slang is tops! 3. maximum two bravo testimonials per entrant with submission deadline of midnight 15 August 2008. The winner will be announced in our next LightVision during the first week of September and published simultaneously on our home page. Email your sidesplitting testimonials to wild@wildlight.net with your contact details.

Beach as life

Sheridan Nilsson conclusively proves that beach is life with her amazing new collections of all-Australian summer images just added to her portfolio at Wildlight. Coming out of winter, the reviving experience of seeing these pictures of invigorating surf and warm sands, almost leaves you with a residue of sea spray on your skin or sand between your toes! Click here to get a head start on the approaching season that transforms Australia.

Picture us there….

Wildlight will be an exhibitor at the Picturehouse Australia exhibition in Sydney, this year on Wednesday, 17 September. Come see us at b2 photographic studio. Unit B2, 46 - 62 Maddox Street, Alexandria, NSW

Picture buyers can register now for a free admission ticket here.

Picturehouse events offer a unique opportunity to discover new sources of imagery, meet the people you only contact by phone and email, and network with peers in the industry — all in one location, all in one day! Hope to see you there. We’ll try and sneak Ernst in!

Friday is Mufti Day at Wildlight. If this is dressing down imagine when Andrew and Jean-Marc dress-up! Thanks to Martin Wiseman, VFX Producer from Rising Sun Pictures for the great pictures.

It’s always nice to send a package overseas when you can use a stamp with a Wildlight image. This beautiful scenic of Rottnest Island is by Wildlight Photographer, David Bettini. David is a ’sandgroper’ based in Perth, who hails from a vast sheep station in the Gascoyne region of WA. Check out David’s website to buy prints and purchase his latest book on the Pilbara.

On my roadtrip from Melbourne to Sydney I was astounded at the number of fast food billboards that lined the Hume highway like a picket fence. The imagery was constant and concentrated, the powerful, subconscious psychology behind the simple messages - so clever. Those bright, inviting and ‘friendly’ pieces of communication were like sirens leading unwitting travellers to a fatty, plastic future. Well they’re no friends of mine, nor my kids!

I could picture other parents driving towards the ‘plastic factories’, stomachs rumbling, kids squirming, screaming, Aunty Marjorie knitting furiously -no wonder they get sucked in, beckoned by the juicy billboard imagery, it’s only 12 minutes away, those carbs, the processed patties… so instant, so satisfying, so now