Australian documentary and fine art photographer
Nick Bedford is a fine art and documentary photographer based in Brisbane, Australia.
The 35mm focal length has been a staple of my photography for some years now. I consider it the perfect focal length for general purpose photography, so when Voigtländer announced the new compact 35mm F2 Ultron lens, I was intrigued.
Read MoreIt's unsurprising to me that the digital camera's days were numbered as I look to sell it. Apart from a rainforest hike and a walk through the city streets, I haven't used the Sony A7R-iii. I guess that's not the point.
Read MoreIt’s been an interesting few months in photography land. I just purchased a Sony A7R-iii to use with my Leica mount lenses (see the end of this post). I’m interested in creating new colour work, from landscape to travel and possibly some new colour street photography.
Read MoreThree rolls of my beloved Kodak TRI-X film across the streets of two cities.
Read MoreFrom late May into early June this year, my brother and I in his Patrol and his mate Micky, Jimmy and Micky’s father in a Hilux embarked on a 4WD wild camping journey into the outback through Queensland, South Australia and the Northern Territory.
Read MoreUntil recently, I never understood the true impact that the traumas throughout my formative years could have had on the confident life I lead in the present. Here is a poem I wrote about a troubled but spurring moment.
Read MoreThere’s a lot to talk about but I’d rather just let these photographs be. I just returned from a two week outback Australia camping road trip and have ten rolls of colour film still in the fridge waiting to be developed.
Read MoreThis is the best simulation of Kodak TRI-X 400 black and white film I've made so far. You can try it as well. You'll need Photoshop and DxO Silver Efex Pro from the Nik Collection, but it works best with Lightroom and VSCO Film 01's Tri-X 400 preset.
Read MoreI’ve been working over the last month and a half improving the Android version of Frameable and building a new version for iOS via the App Store.
You can now download the app for both Android and iOS. Tag your posts with the hash tag #frameableapp!
Read MoreWe photographers often fall into the trap of assigning ourselves the task of having to capture every trip in all its glory and not just experiencing it as simple human being first. That’s ultimately what the last year has been about for me. I love how 35mm Portra 160 looks anyway so I don’t think it’ll be much of a loss.
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