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LEARN FROM THE WORLD'S BEST WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHER TIPS TO AVOID BURNOUT AND BOOST CREATIVITY GETTING STARTED WITH FILM PHOTOGRAPHY HOW TO DEVELOP YOUR POST-PROCESSING STYLE ISSUE 88
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16 Profile | Marsel van Oosten 28 Focus | Megan Bowers-Vette 38 Folio | Rachael Smith 48 Assignment | Guy Needham
58 Avoid burnout | Emma Hughes
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66 Film photography | Si Moore 72 Editing style | Thomas Busby
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12 Gallery | Your shots 88 Education | Workshop guide 94 Obituary | Peter Peryer 98 News | New Zealand Institute of Professional Photography (NZIPP) 100 News | Photographic Society of New Zealand (PSNZ) 102 Calendar | Upcoming events
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PROFILE | MARSEL VAN OOSTEN
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W I LD AT H E ART Recently named the world’s champion wildlife photographer for 2018, Dutch photographer Marsel van Oosten talks quitting his day job, pursuing passion, and chasing dreams right to podium position
WO RD S | AD RIAN H AT W E L L
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FOLIO | RACHAEL SMITH
TH E I D I OSY N C R ATI C E Y E Photographer Rachael Smith brings together a collection of images from her globetrotting to demonstrate how a fresh perspective can stoke the magic in everyday life
WO RD S | AD RIAN HAT W E L L
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VENETIAN TWIST, SONY A7R II, 16MM, 1/320S, F/8, ISO 400
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ASSIGNMENT | GUY NEEDHAM
FI R S T PEO PLES The latest leg of his journey to document the world’s vanishing cultures brings photographer Guy Needham to Africa, in search of a people whose way of life reaches back to the Stone Age
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HOW TO | AVOID BURNOUT
BU RN OUT AN D C RE ATIVIT Y Burnout is one of the biggest pitfalls of a creative life, and photographer Emma Hughes has been looking into ways to battle this treacherous condition while keeping passion for the art form alive
Do anything in life consistently enough and you run the risk of burnout. It can affect any part of your life, but, because of the passion and commitment photography tends to evoke, it is an area in which many are particularly susceptible to burnout. Projects have been abandoned, hobbies ditched, and careers ended — all at the hands of burnout. What exactly is ‘burnout’, how can we identify it, and what can we do to avoid it? Emma Hughes is a photographer based on Auckland’s Waiheke Island. She has been working in the industry for more than 25 years. In that time, she has built a successful portrait and wedding business, fought her own battle with burnout, and now produces fine-art photography, among other artistic practices. As someone who has come face to face with the scourge of burnout and lived to tell the tale, she is keen to help others in their own struggles with it.
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WHAT IS BURNOUT? The term ‘burnout’ can get thrown around quite casually; to someone who has never experienced it personally, it might just sound like someone describing being frustrated in their work or bored by their craft. In reality, burnout is a very real manifestation of physical, mental, and emotional exhaustion. Overachievers and perfectionists are strong candidates for burnout, especially those unable to separate work life and home life. Photographers with these attributes may start to feel overwhelmed, emotionally drained, and not up to the tasks constantly being asked of them. These issues might sound like common garden stress — burnout and stress share a complicated interrelationship — but Emma cautions against getting the two confused. While stress can often have a positive effect, if managed properly — say, compelling you to meet a work challenge or attempt a creative
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