How Stupid Is This! – Sculpture By The Sea!
I received this rather official notice in my email about some sort of apparent breach of copyright regarding some of my photos. At first I figured somebody must have downloaded and used my photos without my permission. Then as I started reading the details, I couldn’t believe what I was reading. According to the idiots at Sculpture By The Sea, …
Read MoreWhats In My Seascape Camera Bag?
My guess is I’m not the only one that has accumulated way more photographic gear than will fit comfortably in a single camera bag. So I tend to pack my camera bag for specific types of shoots that I am going on. I enjoy seeing what other photographers have in their camera bag, sometimes they have a very cool accessory …
Read MoreMy Wife’s Xmas Present…
My track record around buying successful Xmas and birthday presents for my wife is not exactly spectacular. So this year I gave it a lot of thought and decided to make her some nice portraits of our 3 boys. I had recently bought some off-camera flash gear (softbox, brolly etc.). I decided to give it a run out at Middle …
Read MoreSlow Down and Smell the Sea Spray…
Some times photography can be about rushing around to get the light before it fades, and sometimes when you are in a wonderful location you are running around like a blue-arsed fly to get the perfect shots. Over the past year I have deliberately slowed down my shooting, and often I am happy getting one or two compositions. Now that …
Read MoreThe People You Meet
One of the things I love about the internet and photography is that is gives you a relatively easy mechanism to connect to local photographers when you go travelling. Just do a bit of research, see who’s photos you like in a particular area… drop them and email and presto…. local guide. During the week I got an email from …
Read MoreSeascape Workshop Number 2 Last Weekend
Last weekend I ran my second Seascape Workshop. Had a great bunch of photographers that spanned a wide range of abilitites. What is especially satisfying to me is that all the participants seem to get a lot out of the workshop. While some of the newer photographers might not follow every step of the Photoshop workflow, they certainly understand the …
Read MoreMesa Arch – Canyonlands
OK…. OK… This is a bit of a cliche’d image, but if you are staying in Canyonlands you just HAVE to shoot Mesa Arch at Dawn…. once you are there, you’ll find there aren’t a whole lot of unique angles… there really only is a couple of variations on the one shot. I had heard that you can get up …
Read MoreGoblin State Park
I’ve been looking forward to getting to Goblin for a while now. I had seen a few pictures of these bizarre little goblin-like rock formations but nothing prepared me for the incredible panorama that I came across. There are literally thousands of the little buggers all over the place. I came to Goblin thinking that this was going to be …
Read MoreFantasy Canyon
So Chad and I drove up from Moab to Fantasy Canyon…. this is not an overly well known location partly because it is a long way from the main parks and attractions of Utah. However I found it bizarre and fascinating and definitely worth the drive. I’ve never seen rocks like this anywhere!!! I spent quite a few hours doing …
Read MoreOff On My Utah Trip..
This morning I get the IV tubes out of my arm (thank goodness) and then straight to the airport for the USA. I’ve got a conference for the first couple of days, then the photographic part of the trip begins. The focus of this trip is to shoot the incredible landscapes of Utah at night. I’m going to be using …
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