Tasmania Bound for 2012

November 21st, 2011

I’ve decided that from next week I will be basing myself out of the Tasmanian city of Launceston for probably the next six months or so.  After travelling constantly since early August, I feel a little depleted, so a home base of some sort to get fit again, plan my next photo expedition, and explore the Tassie landscape in depth sounds like a good plan to me.  I’m really quite familiar with many area’s of Tasmania,  having spent a lot of time in the last few years searching for photo locations across the state, but now I’m equipped with a 4WD, the out of the way locations will suddenly become a whole lot easier to access.

Southern Ocean

November 15th, 2011

An overcast day with thick cloud cover provided me with an ideal chance to shoot a seascape or two along the rugged coastline adjacent to Victoria’s famous Great Ocean Road.

Port Campbell, Victoria, Australia.

International Loupe Awards 2011

November 15th, 2011

I used the International Loupe Awards this year to test out some of my latest images in competition in preparation for next years QLD/Aust. Pro Photo Awards.  The Loupe awards are an internet based comp. highlighting some of the best photography from around the globe so it was good to come away with some winners.  In the end, 7 of my 8 entered photo’s won awards so considering all the images were edited on my laptop in a dumpy hotel in the middle of Nevada I was more than happy with the results.

4 Silver +  3 Bronze =  7

Finally, I’ve got it !

November 1st, 2011

Canon Japan has had an enormous task on it’s hands in the wake of the devastating earthquake/tsunami earlier this year, with the supply and development of new lenses and camera’s being delayed several months as they attempted to get things back on track.  So it was with great delight that I finally managed to get my hands on the very rare Canon 8-15mm Fisheye lens today.  After searching unsuccessfully high and low for this lens whilst in the U.S last month, I finally tracked one down here in Australia and am keen to explore the capabilities of this interesting new lens in the coming months.

 

 

Colorado Fall Spectacular

October 5th, 2011