Swan Bay & Point Lonsdale (again)
Been on a bit of a landscape binge lately. Like many photographers landscapes (or seascapes as is the case here) were one of the first subjects I ever photographed and are still one of the things I love photographing the most. It’s a kind of therapy. The nature of landscape photography forces you to slow [...]
Among Hong Kong’s markets
Click the image above to view gallery For a modern, fast moving metropolos with an abundance of shopping malls and supermarkets, the people of Hong Kong still shop predominantly at its many street markets. Throughout the city, narrow streets are lined with stalls where you can purchase anything and everything from cheap clothing, to pets to [...]
Singapore Stopover
I’ve managed to pass through Singapore on quite a few occasions without ever actually leaving the airport, but on a recent trip to Hong Kong (more about that soon) I had an overnight layover so decided to try to make the most of a short time in the city to explore a little. Arriving late at [...]
Overnight in Casablanca
A while ago I mentioned starting an ongoing series about the stories behind some my own images that I have liked in the past, and I’ve just never continued on with it. So now is as good a time to make up for that as any. This image of Hassan II Mosque in Casablanca, Morocco is [...]
Big Sky, Open Spaces
These images were taken in two separate locations, both times completely unplanned on my way to photograph another location. Each time I was drawn to the big sky and kind of desolate land and had to stop and shoot a few frames. Each time the images I made turned out much stronger than the ones I eventually made when I got [...]
Chasing Koalas
I love koalas. Actually I love most animals, but I have a soft spot for these little guys. I have long been on a search for a great image of a koala, and so far have some ok ones, but am still searching for the one. You’d think living in Australia in an area not [...]
Photographing Flowers
I’ve always believed that it is important to go out and shoot something other than what your usual subjects in to keep your photographic skills sharp. Flowers haven’t always been one of the most interesting subjects for me. Don’t get me wrong, I can appreciate the beauty of a flower in bloom, but for some [...]
The Otways
I love the Otways region of Victoria, and try to get down there as often as possible. The Great Ocean Road is known worldwide as one of Australia’s greatest tourist attractions with it’s rugged coastline dotted with shipwrecks. But if you take the time to turn off the road and travel past the open gumtree [...]
The Bells, the Bells!
Federation Bells is an instillation in Birrarung Marr in Melbourne that is made up of 39 upturned bells. It was designed and built in 2001 by Anton Hasell and Neil McLachlan as part of the centenary celebrations for Australia’s Federation and unlike many questionable pieces of “modern art” this one actually has a use, given that the [...]
Phillip Island
Went for a short trip to Phillip Island recently with great plans to shoot some coastal scenes in beautiful light. The coastal scenes were there, not so much the beautiful light. The weather stayed gray and wet for most of the time, except for a few short breaks, and not the cool, stormy, dramatic kind [...]
Portfolio Update
And about time too! This is one of those things that I’ve been meaning to get around to for a while now, and with all my recent preaching about springtime and new beginnings etc, I needed to take my own advice and get on with updating my portfolio. So I’ve moved some things around, taken [...]
The view from Williamstown
Williamstown is a historic part of Melbourne with a strong maritime and transportation history, being situated where the Yarra River meets Port Phillip Bay. Once it was Victoria’s major cargo port with ships unloading their cargo to be transferred to trains and transported all over Australia. Today Williamstown is one of Melbourne’s more affluent suburbs and gears [...]
Melbourne from above
This image was taken from the Skydeck at the Eureka Tower in Melbourne, and looks out over the Federation Square and the Melbourne CBD. This is one of the newer tourist attractions in Melbourne and definitely one of the most popular. So much so, it is difficult to find a spot near the glass to [...]
Contrast
Been thinking a lot about contrast lately as I shuffle through the post processing of another few hundred images, and I’ve been drawn in particular to the contrast within an image and how if effects the image. There are two types of contrast within an image- visual contrast and conceptual contrast. High tonal contrast in [...]
Melbourne’s laneways
Pedestrians and street art, Hosier Lane Melbourne has become synonymous with it’s laneways, arcades and side streets, often covered with street art and many bustling with the activity of cafes and shoppers. There is a lot of history here too. Hosier Lane, which was named after it’s part in the clothing manufacturing industry, is now possibly [...]
A Sense of Place
Often it is the less obvious images that recreate the feeling of a destination the best. One of the biggest challenges for me personally when visiting a location is to convey how the place feels and smells, not only how it looks. It’s a difficult thing to do with a 2 dimensional image and its [...]
Self Assignment: The Old Garage
I grew up in a small town about 100km from Melbourne called Portarlington. It has a population of around 3,000 and is the kind of sleepy little seaside town that everyone remembers spending their childhood holidays at. There have been many occasions where I’ve been asked where I’m from and when I’ve given the [...]