Our final judge for the Focus Awards 2015 is a photographer who has won awards and is widely published both here and abroad. Dylan Toh has been an active contributor in Focus and he provides thought provoking posts about photography on his blog.
Check out Dylan’s profile below and be prepared to be blown away by his imagery on his website too!
Dylan Toh Everlook Photography
Dylan was born in Penang, Malaysia, and moved to Australia as a young child. He grew up loving the outdoors and being active, a trait evident in his photographic endeavours. Dylan is always up for a physical challenge, and has climbed Munros, waded through icy streams, and hiked to locations inaccessible to all but those on foot in order to capture unique imagery. His wide, sweeping vistas capture the grandeur of the natural landscape and strike in viewers a sense of awe and wonder that such beauty exists in the world.
Dylan’s trademark lighting in his images comes mostly from the hues of dawn. Always up early, he has always said that sunrise is his favourite time of day to take photographs, as the light only gets better as the world slowly awakens.
Based in Adelaide, South Australia and now shooting as a team with his wife Marianne, they venture near and far to witness the best show on earth: light!
They hope to convey a sense of awe and appreciation through their photographs, which are a reflection of how, and what, they see. The ability to do such a thing is wholly individualistic, and they combine the essential reality of a scene – a rock, a river, a mountain – with their own interpretation of it; the colours of the water, the reflection of light in the sky. The processing they do is aimed at reliving that moment in more than just a visual sense and is achieved through considered post processing.
Dylan has exhibited widely, been published many times, and is a multi-award winning photographer who FOCUS are incredibly excited to have join the judging team for the FOCUS Awards 2015.