Location: Port Macquarie, Australia
Tel: +61 2 6582 6158
Post: PO Box 5580, Port Macquarie, NSW 2444 Australia

Wowfactorpix is the freelance photography business of Rob Smith AAPS (Associate Australian Photographic Society). The goal is pictures with wow factor and Wowfactorpix are hanging in homes and businesses in Port Macquarie and elsewhere in Australia and overseas.

The Wowfactorpix weekly Picture Postcard

Each week, usually on a Thursday, friends and supporters of Wowfactorpix receive a Picture Postcard by email. There's no such thing as a free lunch but the Picture Postcard really is free! You can find out more about it by clicking here.

Essay: Sign of the times

A commentary on an unsettling incident that goes to the heart of personal freedom for legitimate photographers. Click here.

 

<click> interview in Mid North Coast Focus magazine

Sample image galleries

View some sample portfolios of Wowfactorpix images by clicking the numbered links below. The images are displayed at low resolution to protect copyright and minimise the risk of unauthorised use.

1. Some Port Macquarie scenes
2. Seascapes
3. Landscapes
4. Abstracts
5. Composites (montages)
6. Environmental portraits
7. Trees
8. Wildlife
9. Miscellaneous
10. Monochrome Lighthouse Beach & Tacking Point
11. Colour Lighthouse Beach & Tacking Point

Some Wowfactorpix achievements:

• 2006 Port Macquarie News calendar - 9 images, including the cover 'Dawn visitors' and overall winner of the competition 'Golden boat'
• 2006 Waterwise calendar - 2 images, including overall winner of the competition, 'Under the bridge'
• 2006 MyFourthirds.com (International) calendar where the picture 'Loners' was the
  highest rated image selected for inclusion
• 2007 Three images selected for inclusion in the (International) MyFourthirds Book of Images, a showcase of the best work in the MFT photographic community: 'Spume' (below); 'Loners' (above); and 'Vanguard' depicting Port Macquarie's 60,000 strong fruit bat colony.
• 2007 'Spume' was one of 20 images selected internationally to feature in the Mystical Planet exhibition - sponsored by Olympus Camera Corporation - in Toronto, Canada, June 2006
• 2007 Port Macquarie News calendar - 21 images, including the cover 'Afternoon activities'
• 2007 MyFourthirds.com (International) calendar with 'Dunewalker'
• A 1.5m wide canvas panorama called 'Where Oxley passed' was purchased by Country Energy for the reception of its new office in Hindman Street, Port Macquarie, as well as thirteen 20x30" rainforest and seascape images, including 'Potoroo Falls'
• January 2007 - Five photographs hung in the Port Macquarie Themed Exhibition at Everglades Gallery
• August 2007 - Winner of B&W section of Port Macquarie Osmosis photography competition with 'Life beside the torrent'
• September 2007 - Launch of the 2008 Wowfactor! Port Macquarie Regional Calendar with the 2008 edition.
• April 2008 - Invited by Olympus Australia to join the E-Pro professional photographer's support program and also to include a small portfolio of images on the Olympus Australia website.
• April 2009 - Top 50 Finalist, 21st Heritage Acquisitive Photographic Awards. Image "After Heysen" sold at exhibition.
• May 2009 - "Most successful exhibitor 2009" - Federation of Camera Clubs, Northern N.S.W. Zone Photographic Convention.
• May 2009 - Winner of VAPS gold medallion for "Most successful exhibitor - prints" at the 37th Warragul National Photographic Exhibition.
• August 2009 - Qualified as accredited judge for NSW Federation of Camera Clubs.
• October 2009 - Awarded AAPS skill honours by Australian Photographic Society.