Monk_Sri Lanka

I photographed this monk during a brief break while travelling with my old friend Darren Cuttler (Cutts) from Colombo to Anuradhapura in Sri Lanka.
The monk was happy to walk with me to the top of the ancient stone steps for a view of the ruins and forest below. After a few quick frames it was [...]

Pic of the Week_Serpentine Gorge_Central Australia

 
Here’s a favourite image that I made a number of years ago and, except for one exhibition, has remained relatively unseen until this post. I came across it while hunting through images for a recent talk I gave on my life, thus far, in photography.
It’s great to think that the talk, and the work associated [...]

Monk_The Bayon_Ankor Wat_Cambodia

 
Here’s an old image from a trip to Cambodia in the 90’s. I met this monk while photographing the Bayon, a part of the famous Angkor Wat complex near the town of Siem Reap. Apparently he was from a town around one hours drive from Angkor Wat, yet this was the first opportunity he’d had [...]

The Travel Photographers Kit Bag

 

One of the great compromises we face, as photographers, is what gear to bring and, therefore, what to leave at home when we pack our bags. The experienced traveller understands the necessity to conserve space and reduce weight. Some decant their shampoo into a smaller container, dispose of excess packaging surrounding medicines (while including important [...]

Fisherman_Myanmar

 

Some days are truly wonderful. As part of a photography trip to Myanmar I’d undertaken a short pre-dawn trip from Mandalay to photograph U-Beins Bridge at sunrise. It was an amazing day that provided numerous opportunities for landscape, architectural and portrait photography.
 
The above image was an incredible scene to behold. Warm, soft sunrise light illuminated [...]

Novice Monks_Myanmar

 

The above image was made in the grounds of a Buddhist temple in Myanmar on a hot, bright day. The common perception is that this is the ideal weather for photography. Nothing could be further from the truth. Bright light is the death of photography. It reflects off the surface of the subject taking with [...]

Novice Monk_The Bayon_Cambodia

 

This image features a novice monk at the Bayon in Angkor Wat, Cambodia. I was fascinated by the way the warm sunset, illuminating the top of the structure, was compositionally balanced by the young monk at the bottom right of the image.
I utilised a Hasselblad 500C camera and Hasselblad 150mm f4 Sonnar lens with Kodak [...]

Buddha Statue_Mihintale_Sri Lanka

 
Situated on a rocky outcrop, just 11 km north east of Anuradhapura, Mihintale is of enormous spiritual significance to the Sinhalese as the place where Buddhism originated in Sri Lanka.
The route to the top follows a 1,500 year-old paved road to a terrace, half way up the 311-meter hill. From there a climb up many, [...]

Pic of the Week – View from Teddy’s Look, Lorne, Great Ocean Road

 
This is one of the oldest images in my portfolio. Having originally printed it in the darkroom as a 16″ x 16″ print I decided to bring out the negative, have it scanned and bring it onto the desktop so that I could put some life back into it. It’s a favorite image and I [...]

Cliff Face – Kings Canyon – Central Australia

This brief article features an image of a cliff face made on a day when temperatures toped 43 degrees Celsius at Kings Canyon, Central Australia. I had to lay down and shoot in an almost side ways position to be able to compose this scene from the top of an adjacent cliff towards the end [...]