If you’re heading Sydney’s way, make sure you check out the Biennale held in various venues in the City. The round of events and exhibitions is Sydney’s tribute to Art in various forms and you can get some serious inspiration from the participating artists and their works. And of course, you’re going to catch some real fine photography.

Running from 18 June to 7 September, I highly recommend the 2008 Artwalk from the Rocks to the Domain Park. Find the map of the walk on the website www.bos.2008. Catch you there!

(Fernando @ Picasa)

If you were whetting yourself from all the excitement at the PMA Expo 2008, you’d be forgiven. Held from 29 May to 1 June 2008 at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, the expo showcases the best and latest in digital photography, electronics and accessories.

I was particularly impressed with the picturesque stages Sony, Samsung, and Nikon created for people to test their cameras (we had belly dancing, models, beach babes and more!). There was a surprising number of SLRs fighting for market share, and really says something about people who are not afraid to be good at taking photos anymore. I’ve always been a Nikon fam myself, eversince I had a D40 35mm (yes I did it the hard way too). And I still like the D40 for its small size and relatively great features.

Nikon D40: looks and feels like the good old days

If you’re going to be taking digital, make it worthwhile. I strongly suggest you trade up and get an SLR for 3 good simple reasons: ONE image capture is instant, so no more annoying lag; TWO you have much more control over the composition with aperture, shutter and exposure control; THREE you can add flash modules and other fabulous accessories to your camera so you can take even better photos! Oh just for a bonus, it looks and feels like the old D40 but that’s just for my own nostalgic pleasure.

And back to the Expo, next door, they held the launch to the Weekend Australian Arts Fair, which was fabulous too although much more prim and proper. All in all, a fantastic weekend in Brisbane.