Ray Martin has been a journalist for 45 years, mostly in television and radio, starting his career as an ABC cadet. He’s been seriously taking photographs- some would say ‘obsessively’ – almost as long. As well as five Gold Logies for his television work on news shows such as ‘A Current Affair’, and ‘Sixty Minutes’, Martin was awarded an Order of Australia (A.M) in the 2010 Australia Day honours list for his work in journalism and for numerous charities.
Ray Martin has long been a fan of LUMIX cameras and here at Panasonic, and we never get tired of seeing the incredible pictures he produces with our products. Examples of his work using LUMIX can be found in Ray Martin’s World (released last year) and in the upcoming Chasing The Light project with his good friend, Ken Duncan.
We are also lucky enough to be able to share with you some stunning shots taken by Ray over the course of several projects, using our LUMIX FZ200 (a camera he absolutely loves and recommends with great enthusiasm).
“Red stockings in the Tuileries Gardens of Paris.”
“The Champs-Élysées, on a cold December morning, awakes to a golden glow. This camera can handle any light you throw at it. It’s awesome.”
“Dolly’s divas meet ‘n’ greet the Country Music Queen. Dolly had set the camera lights at a blazing maximum, like Times Square. Still the Lumix handled them perfectly.”
“Kimberley Reef with speedboat – like a Brett Whiteley painting.”
“The magpie butterfly at play and at the long end of the lens – again hand held and pretty sharp.”
“Waiting for a beach party and nobody came. Shot from a fast-moving chopper.”
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Captions by Ray Martin
