north east regional extra | 18 - 24 july, 2018
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18 - 24 july 2018
By KYLIE WILSON
FROM learning her skills from her photographer and writer father, Frank Madigan, to capturing landscapes all over the world on film today, Rosemary Oldis feels most at home behind a camera. “He taught me to always have a camera around my neck and to have patience in waiting for the “moment”,” Rosemary said of her father’s tutelage, adding that she also became well versed in the practical skills of photography. “He loved to say that if you were able to use even one image from a whole roll of film you were doing well. “He would also say to me ‘don’t let people see your less than perfect shots, Rosie!’.” Rosemary has fond memories of also being joined by her mother, Dorothy, who was a skilled mimic and could often call birds that they could then photograph in a fleeting moment. A secondary school teacher, Rosemary moved to Tawonga with her family almost three years ago, and has truly taken to the North East and its beauty. Rosemary said she has never been far from a camera since those formative early days, and said that she often loses herself in the moment when taking pictures. “Photography teaches you to live in the moment and to be observant,” she said.
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◆ INTREPID PHOTOGRAPHER: Rosemary Oldis has photographed landscapes all over the world.
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