Detail and Movement

Mariners Falls is a lovely and easily accessible waterfall a short drive out of Apollo Bay, a major town along the Great Ocean Road. Photographers can usually move quite close to the cascade and, thereby, use tight framing to concentrate the viewer’s attention on the water itself and the ferns, rock and fallen tree that [...]

Light on Water

Following on from yesterday’s post here’s another image from the Murray River at Mildura where I’II be working as stills photographer on the Australian motion picture film Summer Coda during November and December 2007.
This particular image explores the notion of Day as Night where the image is exposed and/or processed in such a way to [...]

Golden Reflections on Water_Mildura

The city of Mildura is an oasis in the semi-arid Sunraysia region on the Victorian side of the border with NSW. A major producer of citrus fruits, grapes and wine Mildura has become a burgeoning tourist market providing the visitor with lots of photographic opportunities.
I will be spending quite a bit of time in Mildura [...]

Water Lily_Kakadu

 
Kakadu National Park is one of Australia’s most important and spectacular national parks. Providing the visitor with a great introduction to many of the regions key elements: landscape, wildlife and weather. While interaction with indigenous people is usually limited, dialogue with local tour operators, guides and national park officers provide the visitor with fascinating insights [...]

Black Boys_Millers Landing_Wilsons Promontory

Wilsons Promontory is one of my favorite locations for landscape photography. Situated on the southernmost tip of the Australian mainland the boundaries of the prom enclose a very special place: a haven for wildlife, remote wilderness and a national park with sensational walks and sublime natural beauty.
The above image, a close up of a Black [...]

Rock Detail_Moonlight Head_Great Ocean Road

I made the above image at Moonlight Head on Victoria’s Great Ocean Road. The use of a panoramic camera, such as the Hasselblad X-PAN II camera, is usually isolated to more distant landscapes. But by moving in closer the panoramic format allows the photographer to monumentalize a specific detail within the larger landscape.
I love the [...]

Water and Rock_Chewton

Here’s another image from last weekend’s workshop in and around Chewton in Central Victoria. This is a very straightforward image that depicts water running, along a diagonal course, over a rock face. It’s a detail from a much larger landscape.
When setting up and composing this image I was intuitively drawn in close to the subject [...]

Grasses_Lake Chewton_Central Victoria

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Wattle and Wall

Native to Australia the 600 odd variations of the Australian Wattle bring warmth and color to the landscape during late winter and spring. Their beautiful, bright yellow blossoms set the country alight, particularly when set against a clear blue sky.
The above image was made just outside the town of Maldon, Central Victoria, Australia. The wattle [...]

Color Infrared_Flowers

Here’s one for the old timers. I produced this image after a conversation with Michelle and Ellen, two participants in a course I’m teaching. We’d been looking at a variety of photographer’s websites and were impressed by one site, in particular, where the images displayed somewhat of a bleached faded color, reminiscent of how prints [...]