Hey guys,

Sorry my post is late this month – I’ve been photographing my way around Greece and Turkey for the last couple of weeks! I’ve pasted some of my photos below… in case you weren’t already jealous enough! These were all taken on the EOS 5D Mark II which I absolutely loved shooting with. Its incredibly high ISO capabilities proved invaluable as you can see by my shot of the Sunken Palace in Istanbul (the first image below). The depth of colour also continued to blow me away every time – check out the image of the sunset to see what I’m talking about!

Anyway, enough about me. A couple of updates for you all:

As you may have seen, the EOS Photo5 competition has again been a huge hit with registrations for the EOS Photo5 box filling in just five days! Luckily Canon has introduced the open brief this year which means there is no limit on entry numbers – you can still register for this so make sure you do if you haven’t already.  Uploading for the competition began last week – there are already such great images being uploaded and the standard is high! Can’t wait to see more.

Also, the 2009 Canon AIPP APPA travelling exhibition kicks of today in Melbourne. It runs until October 24 at the Atrium, Federation Square, Cnr Swanston and Flinders Streets. I’d definitely recommend that you head there to see the amazing winning images. If you’re not in Melbourne, check out the travelling exhibition schedule on the AIPP website to see when it will be in a city near you.

Another cool thing we wanted to let you know about (especially for those photojournalists out there) is that the Griffith University, Queensland College of Art has just launched the Centre for Documentary Practice (CDP). It’s an extension of the Australian PhotoJournalist publication.

The CDP will publish the best of photojournalism on its website, provide an online community for photojournalists, offer relevant resources for the community and host regular online events to provoke discussion and debate about issues pertinent to photojournalism and documentary practice. Very cool!

Check out their website for details about the world’s first online journalism and documentary conference taking place on October 15.

During this conference details of the CDP Emerging Photographer Award will be announced and you’ll have the chance to win a EOS 5D Mark II premium kit and a speedlight donated by Canon Australia. 

And now that September is over, we’re busy gearing up for what looks to be a big October with the much anticipated EOS 7D DSLR arriving in Australian stores.  It’s also the month that Canon officially celebrates its 50 years of SLR. Bring it on!