News Archive

Great photography isn't about technique, it's about seeing, according to multi award-winning landscape and travel photographer Nick Melidonis.

The former geologist has spent many years travelling to many countries - including Iceland and Antarctica - and knows from experience that what makes the difference between a good photographer and a mediocre one is the eye.

"Anyone can learn technique," he said. "What is important is learning how to see. A photographer needs to have something to say. He or she should find one main element in a landscape to share with the viewer."

Mr Melidonis, who is a triple winner of the Australian Institute of Professional Photography's Landscape Photographer of the Year Award, is offering a Successful Landscape Photography course through UWA Extension as part of the City of Perth and UWA Cultural Precinct's Winter Arts season.

The course will cover tips for shooting iconic landscape subjects; seeing and composing the landscape; equipment and field techniques; and finishing of the images.

The course begins on Saturday 20 July, just days after his return from Iceland where he led a photographic tour. From 29 September Mr Melidonis will lead a tour to India and Greece and from 24 November to Cambodia.

For more information contact www.extension.uwa.edu.au/course/CCNPOO7 , telephone 6488 2433 or visit the website: https://nickmelidonis.com/

A whole range of cultural events including exhibitions, concerts, workshops and talks - most of them free - are yours for the taking during the month of July.

Take part in a free Chinese calligraphy workshop, hosted by the Confucius Centre, at the Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery at lunchtime on Friday. It is linked to the ORIENTing exhibition at the Gallery, featuring Ian Fairweather's WA collections and responses to his work by a variety of contemporary artists.

Little Paintings, Big Stories is also at the Gallery.  The exhibition explores the relationships between people, country and stories of Goulburn Island in the Northern Territory. It focuses on the local Maung language and the existing relationship between the Berndt Museum and Lamilami family, and includes bark paintings, photographs and sound recordings.

On Friday night, 12 July, the Gallery will be transformed for the Guild Centenary Gala. A literary dinner with travel writer Stephen Scourfield will feature at the University Club on Wednesday 10 July. And on Friday 19 July, the GRADS' production of Randolph Stow's The Merry-Go-Round In The Sea opens at the Dolphin Theatre for a two-week season.

While the students are on holiday, access to the campus is easy, so encourage your friends and families to make the most of this opportunity. For more information about these and many more events, go to culturalprecinct.uwa.edu.au