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 [...]

Re-Visiting the Familiar

 
I was born in 1962 in Hamilton a provincial town in Western Victoria, 285km west of Melbourne the state capital, where I currently reside. I remember as a child the population, marked on signs at several main entry points to the town, was 10,200. Back then that seemed like a whole lot of people.
As a [...]

Buddha Statue_Bagan_Myanmar

Myanmar (Burma) was a revelation for me. I loved it and can’t wait until I can re-visit this spectacular country.
I discovered the above scene while wandering around the ancient capital of Bagan. The strong side light emphasized the shape, texture and tonality of the Buddha statue and the brick platform on which it is situated. [...]

Roadside Retreat_Mt Buffalo_Victoria

While on a photography trip to the Victoria Alps I paid a quick visit to Mount Buffalo in Victoria, Australia. Part way up the mountain I decided to pull over and take a look around. Just off the road I discovered this lovely scene. Moving water, trees and rocks always provide opportunities for the energetic [...]

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 [...]

River Ice_Jiuzhaigou_China

Situated in the north of Sichuan Province, Jiuzhaigou is a national park of truly stunning beauty. Crystal clear turquoise lakes, steep, forested hillsides and clean, mountain air makes the park an outstanding natural beauty and one of the very best locations for landscape photography in China.
The above image was made in the middle of winter [...]

Rock Pools and Sky_Great Ocean Road

Here’s another image from the Great Ocean Road, this time from the beautiful and often wild Johanna Beach. The image was made with a Hasselblad X-PAN II camera, up close, to place extra emphasis on the foreground rock pools.
I’ve included two versions of the image, a pretty accurate rendition of the original color transparency and [...]

Pic of the Week_Salt and Sky_South Australia

In the arid north of South Australia I photographed this scene situated on the edge of a huge saltpan. I was attracted to the vivid sky and the textural similarities between the clouds and the salt encrusted ridge in the foreground. A narrow aperture (e.g. f16) produced the large depth of field (DOF) required to [...]

Cuttler Taxi Fleet_Hamilton_Victoria

Darren Cuttler (Cutts) is my best friend. We met at a Dragon concert in 1979 in our hometown of Hamilton, Victoria. Dragon was a Kiwi (New Zealand) pop/rock band that settled in Sydney, Australia during the 70’s. They had a string of hits including Get that Jive, April Sun in Cuba, Are You Old Enough, [...]

Inner Courtyard_Angkor Wat_Cambodia

Here’s another old image, this time from a photographic adventure I undertook in 1992. The above mage is a detail from an inner courtyard at Angkor Wat near Siem Reap in Cambodia. The variations in tone and the repetition of horizontal lines drew my attention to this particular architectural element and determined the composition.
From memory [...]