Event photography sits at the crossroads of observation, choreography and split-second decision-making. From the first quiet moments before a ceremony to the…
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Capturing Events: From Wedding Aisle to Corporate Gala
Behind the Print: Crafting a Limited Edition Fine Art Piece
Every photograph begins as a fleeting thought, a shadow caught in the corner of the eye, or a meticulously planned composition held in the mind for months…
The Hidden Language of Colour in Commercial Photography
Colour is the silent narrator of every commercial photograph. Before a viewer reads a logo, examines a product, or recognises a face, the hues on screen or in…
Why I Prefer Manual Focus for Portraiture
Portraiture is often described as a search for expression, but the photograph begins earlier, in the quiet decisions made before the shutter is released. Focus…
Medium Format Film Cameras: A Practical Beginner’s Guide
Medium format film cameras use film larger than the 35mm format familiar to many photographers. The larger frame records more visual information, produces…
Keeping Analog Craft Alive in a Digital Photography Era
The dominance of digital sensors has reshaped how pictures are made, shared, and sold. In bustling studios from Sydney to Perth, photographers fire off…
The quiet power of negative space in photographic composition
In the hours before sunrise along the cliffs of Bondi, the Pacific spreads as a pale wash beneath the walking track. A photographer with a medium-format camera…
Scouting and Preparing a Location for a Fashion Shoot
A fashion photograph is shaped as much by where it is made as by what stands in front of the camera. The walls, the light, the texture of a floor, the way a…
Chasing the Decisive Beat: Jazz and the Photographic Eye
Walking into a low-lit basement venue in Melbourne's CBD, where a quartet is laying down a loose blues, the parallels to a photographer working through a…
An Interview with a Photographer About Artistic Influences
Rafal Michalak’s photographs occupy a space between observation and invention. His portraits can feel direct and quietly psychological, while his conceptual…
Selected Series
A cross-section of commissioned and personal projects spanning fine art, commercial, and conceptual work.
The Wall
2015Winner of the 1st prize & Golden Glass Award at the 11th Photographic Open Championship Olsztyn, and 1st place with the Special Prize of FORMAT magazine at the 3rd Biennial of Art in Piotrków Trybunalski.
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An Engagement Ring
2011A narrative series set in Wrocław in August 2011. Awarded 2nd prize & Silver Glass at the 10th Photographic Open Championship Olsztyn in 2014.
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Heat Wave
2014A documentary series recording spontaneous events across August and September 2014, capturing the raw energy of a city under the grip of summer.
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