About
Bret Salinger
I hold a Bachelor of Arts and Grad. Dip. Professional Writing through Deakin University, Victoria. I am presently undertaking a Master of Contemporary Arts (Visual Arts) course in photography at the University of Tasmania.
I started photography at a young age when I was given a Kodak Instamatic 133-X camera using Kodak 126 film with a four bulb disposable flash unit. I have that camera to this day, although it has been a while since the camera saw any service. After this, I then moved on to Minolta and Rolleiflex SLR film cameras.
Previously, I co-owned and operated a retail firm in Melbourne selling optical and photographic equipment including Nikon, Minox and Leica cameras among other products, and in 2001 I was selected to attend the prestigious photography school, the Leica Academy in Wetzler, Germany. At present I shoot with Nikon photographic equipment, but the Leica bug never goes away.
In 2004 I moved to Tasmania to join The Examiner Newspaper as a journalist/sub-editor. From 2004 until late 2007 I was involved in writing and taking photographs for the feature properties in that publication’s weekly Property Guide/Domain and its Travelways magazine as well as planning, writing, sub-editing and photography for general features. During this period I started working as a freelance photographer/journalist on a part-time basis for a number of clients and publications.
In 2008 I worked as The Examiner's Design & Production Services manager, before leaving at the end of that year to provide my photography and communications services on a full-time basis, launching my business Bret Salinger Photography + Communications.
In mid 2009 I commenced a Master of Contemporary Arts (Visual Arts) course at the University of Tasmania. The People, Place, Space areaof the website details my work on this, my Masters project.
Rose Chisholm
Photography has been a passion of mine since my first day of Year 11 at Newstead College. I believed I didn’t have a creative bone in my body, until Mr Scott Cunningham, photographer and teacher, pushed me to find it.
Since then, I have started a business degree, travelled overseas and spent two years working in advertising at the Examiner Newspaper. I am content to say that I now get to spend my days doing what I love most, capturing photos.
I may not get to do it all that often, but travelling to beautiful places and capturing their splendor on camera is something that I love to do. I’m also starting to get into people/portrait shots, and this is something I’m hoping to learn more about from Bret.
Professional memberships
Associate Member of the Launceston Tamar Valley Tourism Association
Bret is an Emerging Photographer Member of the Australian Institute of Professional Photography |
