Hi I’m Jack:

A Scientist & Street Photographer.

For my work in Science I was named the Australian University Teacher of the Year:

Press Coverage:

The Australian Courier Mail Campus Morning Mail

Street Photography is how I document life…

… and making videos is my Bokeh Therapy:

Watch on YouTube

I write about the best cameras and lenses for beginners, and how creativity leads to well-being in my weekly blog and newsletter:

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I Obsessed Over The Best Travel Lens Combos?

Before leaving for Japan tomorrow, I went through 5000 photos? My 8 favorite frames from my last trip home to Taiwan were taken on 4 different lens combos. A series of primes, two at a time lets me cover both spaces and faces. Can the pair of primes that worked best for me, work for you?

Nikon ZR: The Full Frame GR?

For the past month I’ve been trying to make the ZR my GR. 28 and 40mil lenses like the GRIII, IIIX, plus a promist filter like the HDF - I even went to a GR gallery to check. Despite its overspec’ed internals, the ZR - like the GR - forces you to keep it simple, it even has “snap focus” - sort of?

Photography Downgrades I Don’t Regret.

Why have all my favorite photos this year come from downgrades? Not just vintage lenses, (there are two I like most), but deliberate downgrades to make photography more fun? I have made 4 unexpected upgrades that each cost less than 50 bucks, but for me this year? The downgrade has been enough.