In the past few weeks, three of our pho­to­grapher cli­ents have launched some big com­pet­i­tions. So we thought we’d give ‘em a hand and let you all know about them too.

Chris­tian Fletcher has a com­pet­i­tion open to non-professional, enthu­si­ast pho­to­graph­ers. And you have to shoot land­scapes. It’s an unusual com­pet­i­tion, in that only 500 entries are allowed. You can enter as many times as you like, but as soon as the 500 limit has been reached, that is it! For more inform­a­tion hit up his web site here, here for more details, and here for inform­a­tion on one of the awe­some prizes.

Animal art pho­to­graph­ers Zoo Stu­dio have been nom­in­ated for the 4th Annual Paws and Claws Award. To cel­eb­rate, they are run­ning their own com­pet­i­tion. For every per­son who votes for Zoo Stu­dio, given it’s a people’s choice award, an entry goes into their own com­pet­i­tion. And what can you win? A huge Canon EOS 1000D and some private train­ing. Wow!

Finally, Alex Cearns, also an animal pho­to­grapher, is run­ning a com­pet­i­tion on her Face­book page. All you have to do is email in a photo of a pet, taken by you. The prize is really cool too: a metal­lic print of one of Alex’s multi-award-winning pho­to­graphs. For more details, visit her site and have a read.

We love it when we see our cli­ents enga­ging with their audi­ences like this. The only thing we won­der, is whether any of the Star­fish­ies are eli­gible to enter…

When Dave and I were look­ing for a new graphic designer for the Star­fish team, we were look­ing for someone who had real artistic tal­ent. We had quite a few job applic­a­tions to get through, and we were very inter­ested in the addi­tional skills of each applic­ant – how they expressed their cre­ativ­ity out­side of web design.

Levi’s ini­tial applic­a­tion was a little brief, but what caught our atten­tion was his pas­sion for pho­to­graphy. Any­one can snap away with a cam­era or phone, but Levi’s pho­to­graphic eye com­bined with his tech­nical skills make his pho­to­graphs really special.

Check out some of his shots below. You can also view Levi’s Flickr stream for more.

Long time Star­fish cli­ent Jay Heifetz has launched a new web site to high­light a par­tic­u­larly spe­cialty of his: bottle – and par­tic­u­larly wine bottle – photography.

The new site has a sim­ilar lay­out to his exist­ing Heifetz Pho­to­graphy web site, but is branded Bottleshots. It shows off the top qual­ity com­mer­cial wine bottle work that Jay is known for, as well as includ­ing some of his mouth-watering food shots.

Jay uses the Slideshow Pro Dir­ect­ory soft­ware to man­age the web site gal­ler­ies on both sites. Both sites also fea­ture a cli­ent login area, where Jay’s cli­ents can see gal­ler­ies from their shoots.

Bottleshots — pro­fes­sional bottle, glass, and product pack­aging photography

Tony War­rilow has a for­mid­able repu­ta­tion as one of Australia’s top wed­ding pho­to­graph­ers. After more than ten years at Soci­ety Pho­to­graphy in Mos­man, New South Wales, he has made a move to Mar­garet River in West­ern Aus­tralia and launched a new stu­dio, Unity.

Tony’s new site is just a begin­ning – a blog and con­tact details – with gal­ler­ies and more inform­a­tion to come later. The design is clean and min­im­al­ist to allow Tony’s work to shine. We look for­ward to work­ing with him to expand on his site in the future.

Tony War­rilow — Unity

Today we’re pleased to announce the launch of Aus­tralia Stock Pho­tos – one of our most visu­ally strik­ing web sites to date thanks to the amaz­ing pho­to­graphy of Chris­tian Fletcher, one of Australia’s best known land­scape photographers.

The site show­cases high qual­ity licensed stock images hand­picked by Chris­tian, from his own port­fo­lio as well as from selec­ted other pho­to­graph­ers. The site includes a shop­ping cart and secure online order­ing with the eWAY pay­ment gateway.

If you’re look­ing for breath­tak­ing pho­to­graphs show­cas­ing Australia’s nat­ural beauty for a bro­chure, magazine, bill­board or other applic­a­tion, have a look at what Chris­tian has to offer. If you just like look­ing at gor­geous fine art pho­to­graphy, it’s well worth check­ing out too!

Next we’ll be unveil­ing a site for Christian’s fine art prints, so stay tuned.

Chris­tian Fletcher’s Aus­tralia Stock Photos