In America, a new product has just passed rigorous testing which now allows you to fly your DJI drone over crowds, as long as it has a parachute attached. The Nexus system, by Indemnis, provides reliable parachute technology for small drones.

Robin Yong’s entry in Australasia’s Top Emerging Photographers 2019, "Little friends from the rainforest", is a featured portfolio, and appears in the Travel category.

Call for entries for the 37th Nikon Photo Contest are now open across three categories – Open, Next Generation, and Video – with a submission deadline of 31 January 2019.

Kristyn Taylor’s entry in Australasia’s Top Emerging Photographers 2019, "Winter migration with the Kazakh nomads", is a featured portfolio, and appears in the Travel category.

Tim Wrate’s entry in Australasia’s Top Emerging Photographers 2019, Above, is a featured portfolio, and appears in the Landscape category.

Alan Coligado’s entry in Australasia’s Top Emerging Photographers 2019, "Contemplation", is a featured portfolio, and appears in the Portrait category.

Emma Fleetwood’s entry in Australasia’s Top Emerging Photographers 2019, "Adelaide architecture", is a featured portfolio, and appears in the Architecture category.

Yan Kurniawan’s entry in Australasia’s Top Emerging Photographers 2019, “Chasing Storms”, is a featured portfolio, and appears in the Landscape category.

Mark Forbes’ entry in Australasia’s Top Emerging Photographers 2019, “The Italian Job (1)”, is a featured portfolio, and appears in the Travel category.

Ronnie Tres Reyes’ entry in Australasia’s Top Emerging Photographers 2019, Mount Rigi, Queen of the Mountains, is a featured portfolio, and appears in the Travel category.

RMIT BA Photography student Abigail Assender has been selected to be part of the 2019 Eyes on Main Street Festival in North Carolina.

Of all the ways to ruin your photography career, the exploits of 26-year-old Katherine Leigh Mehta come pretty close to taking the cake. She was arrested at a wedding, allegedly having had sex with one of the guests and urinating on a tree.

Jane Cowan’s entry in Australasia’s Top Emerging Photographers 2019, "Propagating a dream", is a featured portfolio, and appears in the Doco/Photojournalism category.

The 2018 Head On Photo Awards are now open for entries with more than $60,000 in cash and prizes up for grabs.

At the recent 63rd Walkley Awards for Excellence in Journalism, Australian Associated Press (AAP) photographer, Dean Lewins was named the Nikon-Walkley Press Photographer of the Year.