When planning a driving holiday in Australia, donât forget to plan a âshot listâ of where and what you want to take photographs of. Even if you donât publish photos and youâre just doing it for the memories or to create a photobook at home later, having a bit of a plan for the images… Read More Having a Shot List for Travel Photography
Sunset is one of my favourite times to take photos especially if there is a west facing beach involved. I love having people or objects silhouetted against fiery skies but sometimes the colours themselves are all you need.
Iâm really thrilled and grateful to have a story in print again and this time in a new publication for me, 4WD Touring Australia. The story is on âShark Bay â The Red White and Blue of Francois Peron National Parkâ and the edition is dedicated mostly to Western Australia, âWestworldâ as it is titled.… Read More The Colours of Paradise
Iâve written before of how Iâm a big fan of street art or urban art especially when it brightens up what would otherwise be a dingy laneway or when it shines a light on otherwise unused areas of blank urban wall space. The other art that catches my eye when travelling are sculptures or statues. Not… Read More Public Art Like Nowhere Else
The Australian pelican and the common seagull (also known as silver gull) can be found everywhere yet their personalities are so comical that they are two subjects I love to photograph on holidays. Pelicans in particular can be so gregarious, looking graceful in the air as they glide along yet they look clumsy and too… Read More Youâve got to have personality to stand out.
This is a line from my favourite poem âMy Countryâ by Dorothea Mackellar and the reason I love this poem is, as anyone who has ever travelled in Australia knows, the words resonate so deeply yet so succinctly. This line in particular kept jumping into my mind on the last road trip where we hugged the coastline… Read More I love Her Jewel Sea
