Clique runs photography challenges and competitions to inspire our members to shoot more and experiment with different photography styles. Browse through some of our previous monthly Challenge finalists or read about the stories behind the winning images.
“I just started taking documenting family life around that time and it went from there. Photography became this bottomless pit, I couldn’t get enough of it.”
Willmann, now 38, has been named Clique Photographer of the Year 2016 for the impressive images he submitted throughout 2016 as part of Clique’s monthly Challenges. His Clique portfolio showcased a broad and accomplished range of styles and subjects, from landscape, to environmental portraiture and human observation.
“I didn’t want to distract them by using a flash so I worked with the natural light. I preferred that soft, warm light, with dark shadows, to show the mood, the emotion.”
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“I’ve played around with long exposures and light painting for a while and I’d been talking to Omer about getting some dance photography of him, and then when this month’s challenge came up as a performance theme, I thought it was the perfect time.”
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“I go down to Bronte Beach most mornings before the sun rises, I’m down there as often as I can. I always take some sort of camera with me. I’m looking through the lens the whole time. Sometimes I have to remind myself to stop!”
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“I had to think outside the box about what building would represent the architecture out here,” Willmann said. “This photo is really about the spirit of the building. It’s been a central meeting place for generations of people, to get together and have a laugh. It’s a safe place to unwind and get away from the daily grind.”
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“It was torrential rain, flood water everywhere and debris all over the roads. Access to the tunnel was next to impossible, but I was interested to see if I could get a new perspective on it,”
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“They were playing out a ritual that’s been played out forever; it’s like a ballroom of romance, where you have boys on one side and the girls on the other,”
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“Accessing places that are rare for others to see, capturing an angle that’s new – that to me is exhilarating,”
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“I wanted to represent him as a person rather than as a chef. I chose this approach to show the many personalities of this guy. He is so complex, in the best way. I also wanted to show the trauma of being a chef, because it is traumatic!”
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“It had been a really long point,” James said, “and I captured this photo of Nadal just as he lost it. I knew it was a raw moment as soon as I got the frame.”
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“I was hypnotised by the warm, golden glow,” Armstrong said. “I saw a woman using the railing to stretch. It was still raining lightly. I set my 24mm-70mm zoom on its widest setting and walked up as close as I could. I only managed to take a couple of shots before she walked away.”
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