This week, I thought I'd just look back at some images from a few years that I took on this third day of July.
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I was told by my then chief Examiner photographer Eddie Kerfoot, that you have to make each photo tell its own story and make it eye grabbing. This was so the reader got a quick understanding of the story or to make them pick up the paper off the news stand.
The following images are ones I have taken on this day since 2011.
One of the harder animals to photograph, has to be canaries. Small and energetic and hard to get to stand still for a photo. So with the use of a 10ml wide angle lens, and from a low view, showing the award winning bird up close and those humans looking into the cage.
We get to see many things, I was lucky enough when maintenance was started on the pipe organ at Launceston's Albert Hall. The view of the unique organ is usually from the stage, with the keyboards and pipes. But behind is a whole new world of pipes, and wooden structure. There isn't much room within the workings, so again a 10ml wide angle and look for a corner that shows enough and the man doing the work.
I had to use natural light, as a flash or even multiple flash units wouldn't be enough to light the room. The speed was set at 1/60th aperture F3.2 and ISO at 2000.
Sammy, was one of the best dogs I've had to photograph. I wanted to make this a little different and get his owner to hold the book so Sammy could be looking at it. Moving him close and making the two be the same height took a time, but getting him to concentrate on the book was easier. The hint here is dog snacks in the hand.
Below are just a few other of my favourite shots from July 3 over the years.
- Senior photographer Paul Scambler