Arts
Doing their own thing! Couple’s secrets to smart snapping

ROBUST husband-wife discussions on photography techniques have produced contrasting prints put on display by Heidi and Greg Wane.
The couple’s Wedderburn Coach House Gallery exhibition opened last week, the first official event of this year’s Loddon Valley Arts Traill.
Greg, a former newspaper photographer and compositor in the Wimmera, is the traditionalist of the partnership.
His styles and techniques using a camera contrast with wife Heidi who says she is a recent convert to the hobby of photography, peripheral vision and the lens of a smart phone her gateway to snapping shots. ”I’m fairly new to this ... I don’t follow the rules and I look for completely different subjects,” she said at the exhibition opening.
Greg and Heidi said their selected photographs came from a collection captured on cameras over five years. 
“Because we take lots of photos, you have to look hard and pick the ones for an exhibition,” said Greg.
This weekend’s arts trail will also feature an exhibition at Inglewood’s Old Goods Shed - Faces of News - a selection of award-winning and other photographs from the pages of the Loddon Herald and other photos by editor Chris Earl.

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