TITLE: White and Shade

Inspired in my early photography days by world-renowned photographers Joel Tjinjelaar and Julia Anna Gospodarou, I researched and practiced working with long-exposed photography techniques to further my expertise. For approximately four years I focused my creative skills on this unique style and developed my own flair in fine art architecture photography.

This series features beautiful Australian commercial buildings, the majority within the commercial industry. Stripped back from their extravagant hues to emotive black and white tones, they speak louder and more powerfully. In contradiction to the business of the the commercial industry which is constantly vying for our attention, these images portray a simplistic strength and clarity, without the need for glitz and glamour.

AUTHOR: Matthew Tuffield (Australia)

I am a very enthusiastic and arty individual who loves to be involved in anything relating to Photography, Communications and any sort of new media. In 2004 I completed my Bachelor Degree in Multimedia which introduced me to media elements such as video capturing and editing within Adobe Premiere, Sound development in Soundforge and ACID Pro, Photography and graphic editing with Photoshop and Lightroom, and interactive projects using Flash and Director. I then completed my Graduate Certificate in Communications at the start of 2016 which developed my skills further within media publications, company relations and media communications.

I have enjoyed studying the art of photography for the past 13 years and I continue to learn and try my hand at all types of photography work. I am continually learning more about the different styles and concepts of photography, and also about the editing process through Photoshop, Lightroom and similar photographic effects programs such as Topaz Effects.

​Designing graphic art and publications has become a great love of mine in recent years. Again I continue to try and learn the functionalities of new programs such as Adobe Muse (websites) and Adobe Indesign (Media publications) and feel that I can pick these programs up very quickly. Over the years I have self-taught myself to use Photoshop, Lightroom, Muse, InDesign and of course my Cannon camera.

In 2017 I won the Australian Photographer of the Year competition for the Black and White section through the Australian Photography magazine. Since then I have continued my love of photographing architecture and capturing beautiful elements in black and white.