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A freelance technology journalist with a passion for the cutting edge, Adam Turner is on an eternal quest to attain oneness with technology. His office is the digital lounge room, which is also becoming the new battle ground for the hearts, minds and wallets of the masses. Reporting from the front line where PC converges with AV, embedded amid the action out in the 'burbs, Adam is driven by the desire to discover the ultimate home entertainment device. He has followed the rise of digital television, high definition and personal video recorders in Australia, along with the cat and mouse game of piracy and digital rights management. Adam began his journalism career with The Age newspaper in Melbourne and worked his way up to deputy editor of the IT section before hanging out his own shingle in 2005. Today as a freelancer journalist, Adam contributes news, features, reviews, blogs and podcasts to various business and consumer technology publications across Australia - all from the comfort of his couch.
With a diverse educational background of biological science, education, information systems and theology, Anthony Caruana drifts between being the "most technically literate end user and least technically focussed IT expert". For Anthony, the technology is all about how we can get the most from it rather than entering into pissing contest about the fastest processor, biggest hard disk or most RAM.
With three young kids, the video and photography bug has bitten hard. Anthony shoots, edits and publishes several videos each year of various school productions as well as the occasional instructional video. Most of this work is done on a couple of Macs running in his office as well as MacBook Pro that is almost always in a bag hanging off Anthony's shoulder.
As well writing for auscam and a number of other publications and newspapers, Anthony works full time as a project manager in the energy industry, studies part time, delivers corporate presentations and is addicted to chocolate. His personal blog, that isn't updated nearly as often as it should be is at www.pocketmojo.net
As a teenager, Barrie Smith started work as a sound effects operator in radio, then ran the TV studio of a major ad agency, shooting 16 mm film and operating the studio video camera (no tape then!).
This was followed by many years as a TV commercial, tele-feature and documentary director in Oz and overseas, working in film and video. He has won numerous awards for his work in this country and the US.
In recent years he has moved onto freelance writing and photography; he was founding editor of two magazines on digital cameras and camcorders. Barrie currently contributes to imaging and technical magazines in Oz, Europe and the US.
Resident in Sydney's Northern Beaches, married to Siew Noi and father to three children, Gavin, Mei-Lim and Bao-Lim.
Dr David Smith is a physiologist-turned-film maker. David was Associate Producer of the IMAX feature Australia Land Beyond Time and was Senior Researcher on the ABC TV series Nature of Australia. He wrote and hosted David Smith's Earthwatch on ABCTV and was 'resident zoologist' on the Don Lane and Bert Newton Shows.
In 1987 David set up his company, imaginACTION pty ltd (www.imaginaction.net.au) and has sinced written, directed and/or filmed numerous documentaries and educational multimedia projects. He has also written six books, including two Penguin eco-thrillers. Over the past five years David has moved towards medical and health-related projects, including trauma surgery, schizophrenia and emergency medicine.
David is a Fellow of the Royal Society for the Arts and a professional member of the AFI and has always been keen to share his knowledge, especially with young budding film makers. David can be contacted at david@imaginaction.net.au.
Denby Smith has had many years' experience in movies, live theatre and event production, including working as an actor, lighting and set designer and VJ. Denby is also a video editor and digital music creator.
Denby is currently filming and editing several short drama films and rock clips, using his Sony A1P to great effect in the HDV format. In 2006 he worked with his father, David, on a documentary filmed in Vietnam. Denby and David have worked together for many years on numerous imaginACTION projects.
A graphic designer and web developer by trade, Drew Terney capitalised on his knowledge of technology in the creative field to launch a freelance journalism career, also specialising in his other passions of movies and book publishing.
As interested in the social impact of technology as he is the circuitry and engineering, Drew's strength is observing and writing from the real-world perspective of everyday technology users and how computing affects the way we work and live.
Dr Frank McLeod is a specialist physician who in his ‘day job' works in the area of Addiction Medicine. Frank reckons he ‘dribbled' into video as a way to get information across to his patients and their families in an accessible way that avoided information overload. From there, the monster just grew. With a long-time interest in things technical and gadgetry of all kinds, he had been writing tech review-type-articles on a casual basis for a medical publication for some time, when an introduction to David Hague led to his continuing this level of activity in the field of video.
Frank says that one of the parts he likes best about his involvement with Australasian Camcorder is the opportunity to play with other people's toys. The downside, he says, is having to give them back at the end of ‘playtime' that precedes publication of the resulting review.
"I suppose I want to present information from the non-professional point of view, which is not difficult, given that I am the only amateur punter in the camp," he says. With a strong commitment to the amateur video club movement, he is the Secretary of his local video club. In part because of this, and with a long time history as an avid DIY-er behind him, Frank has an interest in the do-it-yourself construction of devices for the amateur videographer and strongly wishes to continue this type of contribution as part of his future involvement with auscam
Jenny Garrett has been a passionate video maker and teacher for 15 years, principally as a teacher with ACE (Adult Community Education ) now known as Byron Regional College in Northern NSW.
Professional work done has included travel docos, teaching DVDs with a physiotherapist lecturer, recording, editing and making videos for Southern Cross University and every thing in between including weddings, funerals and family events. Running a one person business where everything from pre to post production has to be done is very satisfying.
As someone who is self taught she has benefited from membership of The Gold Coast Video Camera Club, and by being a teacher has learned to make extensive clear notes and have fun doing what she loves.
Her other passions include her human family, two dogs, travel, reading, bush walking and the beach in all its forms.
Joan Rennie is an amateur video enthusiast and guest writer for AusCam Online. She can be more widely read at http://joanren.blogspot.com
Formerly a banker come accountant, John Westwood, in his early twenties, made his first documentaries and sold them to the ABC. After twenty years in the finance industry and a long involvement in amateur film and video clubs John turned professional and created Redgum Television Productions in 1984. Since then he has made over 3000 documentaries with more than 200 broadcast in seven different countries.
Although camera work is a key starting point for most videographers John has a bent for scriptwriting and editing and has won international acclaim in North America, the UK and a number of Asian countries. More commonly known as Redgum, John still has a strong involvement in the amateur club scene and can be found between documentary shoots trolling the local video clubs sharing experiences with budding filmmakers or relating that experience through the pages of the auscam magazine.
Currently, John is working on a commission to produce five one hour documentaries for an international agency. This type of work will keep him busy for two or three years and add another element to his industry based training regime for budding documentary makers. John can be contacted through www.redgumtv.com.au
Juanita Grayson has been acting from the age seven and while she is working towards her Academy Awards she can be found on set of movies, television shows, documentaries and commercials. No stranger to theatre, she enjoys the thrill of a live audience but is secure with the proximity of screen. Having been bitten by the film bug in her teens, she includes mountain tops, pool bottoms and beaches as her favourite location shoots.
Often sporting a rather feisty attitude, Juanita comes with a passion for travel, food (both cooking and eating), glass painting, a good argument and cycling on flat ground. She completed her first crossword about two years ago and has a rather large pool of useless, miscellaneous facts. Taking up Squash on a challenge, she is yet to win a game but surprisingly adept at returning tricky shots. Juanita has an obsession for hammocks and is the creator of what may be the worlds first Cherry Daiquiri.
For more information on Juanita, please visit www.at2.com.au/Juanita.Grayson
Mike's knowledge and experience covers a breadth of forms and roles; camera, sound and direction through all areas of editing and post-production. Over 15 years his work has taken in film, video, motion graphics, 3D and animation, broadcast, live-events and online media along with photography, radio and music. He has written widely on screen industry trends and processes, penning more than two hundred essays, articles and reviews along with three books for students of screen media.
In more recent years Mike's interests have turned to research and teaching in areas of media studies, computer gaming, screen culture and the development of new creative software tools. He was for five years digital studio manager at the Powerhouse Museum and involved in developing major exhibitions on media technology and popular culture.
Similarly he has an ongoing engagement in the creation of dynamic online education resources related to creative media including Wireless to Web - winner of the 2005 ATOM award for best education website; Soundbyte.org - which won the 2003 national Eureka Science Prize for Outstanding Communications Technology; and a NSW State Premier's Award for online production in 2004. In 2007 Mike was presented with the Professional Teachers Council of NSW Outstanding Service Award.
Currently Mike is Lecturer in Screen Studies at the Australian Film TV and Radio School (AFTRS). He holds undergraduate and Masters degrees in cretaive arts and new media and is busy completing a PhD in cinema studies. His website can be perused at www.mikejones.net.au and his blog at www.digitalbasin.net
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I started in TV as a videotape operator for Channel Nine in 1980 and went to News editing in 1984, becoming Senior News editor for Nine Adelaide.
In 1988 moved to production editing (doing everything from sport to station promotions and programs) and then in 1989 moved to London to work for Sky News UK. This was just starting up and I helped set up the news editing operation.
The highlight of this year was covering the fall of the Berlin wall (where I location produced and edited continuously for five straight days and nights - grabbing sleep here and there). The best bit was interviewing people crossing the wall for the first time in years.
I returned to Adelaide in 1990 and freelance vision switched and also did graphics for news and production. Left again in 1991 to backpack the planet for 12 months with my partner Rochelle.
Back in 1992 and returned to production editing and graphic design for Channel Nine. I worked on all the Adelaide Formula One races (1985-1995) bar 2 (while away) doing foreign broadcast editing - packages for overseas networks in their languages.
Began Directing news in 1997 and started my own production business doing weddings and corporate work. This was followed quickly by producing science films for Flinders University and the setting up of our web business selling science related videos, CDroms, and now DVDs.
Started writing for Australian Video Camera in 2003 then Auscam when it started. Produced and shot news features for the Ten network and worked freelance on the Athen's Olympics in 2004 for Seven.
Left Channel Nine to join Channel Seven in 2005. Involved in the setup and operation of Seven's new news operation and regularly direct the six o'clock news. Directed and produced Seven's Anzac day telecasts for 2005/6 and independently produced the 13 part series "Fishing and Boating" for Channel Seven.
Produced and shot a documentary on drug abuse with an Indigenous Elders group as well as a two part docco with the RAAF. Current project include a docco on Alzheimers and another on the lives of siblings of disabled people.
I have three gorgeous small children and am a part time stay at home Dad...
...It's a busy life!!
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