http://www.thepunch.com.au/author-bios/michael-bowers/ Mike Bowers is a photographer, broadcaster and author. He started his professional career in the darkrooms of the Australian War Memorial in Canberra printing glass plate negatives from the First World War. These early experiences left a deep impression and he continues to maintain a keen interest in Australia’s military history, most recently covering the 90th Anniversary of Armistice Day in France.  He has covered conflicts in Cambodia, Kosovo, Bougainville, Fiji, Papua New Guinea, The Middle East and Aceh. Mike spent 14 years working for both News Limited and Fairfax in the Federal Parliamentary Press Gallery covering six federal election campaigns. In 2002 he moved to Sydney as Pictorial Editor of The Sydney Morning Herald. He left The Herald in December 2008. Mike has co-Authored two books, Gallipoli Untold Stories and The Big Picture and last year authored A Century of Pictures. Mike has hosted Talking Pictures on ABC TV’s Insiders since 2002. He lives in Sydney with his partner Paula and their two children. en Copyright 2012 The Punch penberthyd@newsltd.com.au penberthyd@newsltd.com.au Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:49 +0000 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:49 +0000 Politics, opinion, world news, sports news, latest news, views, Barack Obama, Kevin Rudd, Julia Gillard, Nathan Rees, Malcolm Turnbull, Peter Garrett, Barnaby Joyce, Australian, federal politics, opinion polls, election, The Punch, thepunch, punch ExpressionEngine 1.6.7 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 15 http://www.thepunch.com.au/images/punch-logo-rss.png http://www.thepunch.com.au/ 144 70 Politics, political opinion, world news, sports news and the latest news and views updated live, daily on The Punch - Australia's best conversation. Search The Punch keywords http://www.thepunch.com.au/search/ http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/getting-the-light-right-with-space-photography/ Photography in space had a slow start. The first American to orbit the earth was John Glenn, the addition of a 35mm camera to his equipment on board Friendship 7 in February 1962 was according to NASA’s official history website “an afterthought” “An Ansco Autoset 35mm Minolta was bought at a drugstore and hastily modified so the astronaut could use it more easily in a pressure suit.” The website goes on to tell us. Little it seems was expected of these early attempts at photographs in space. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Michael Bowers) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/getting-the-light-right-with-space-photography/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/getting-the-light-right-with-space-photography/#item703 Wed, 22 Jul 2009 19:45:52 +0000 Michael Bowers | Author bios | The Punch http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/stop-the-presses-the-photograph-is-real/ Are we becoming so jaded by Photographic forgeries that we now question every image? “Amazing picture is the real deal-no porkies”  this was the headline on the page 5 picture story in last Tuesday’s Sydney Daily Telegraph. The news content in this story about a giant feral pig shot some years back in Western Australia was that it was indeed a genuine picture and not forged. It had been written off as an internet hoax and even the WA ‘s own Department of Environment and Conservation had dismissed it as a forgery. How have we reached this point where it is now news when a picture is in fact genuine and does it matter? feedback@thepunch.com.au (Michael Bowers) Article, Behind the picture http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/stop-the-presses-the-photograph-is-real/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/stop-the-presses-the-photograph-is-real/#item282 Tue, 09 Jun 2009 19:40:07 +0000 Michael Bowers | Author bios | The Punch