After reading the comments about the Canon APPA awards I am thinking about running my own dedicated landscape awards. Now it is just an idea at this stage but I have just had a meeting with Mark Stothard from True North and I am thinking of offering one of the cabins on True North as the prize. This will be for the winner and their partner. I still need to look into the legalities of running such a competition but what I would like to know right now is who would be interested in entering. So all you people who visit my blog but don’t post a reply can you please leave a ” yes I would be interested” so I know it will be worth running. The APPA awards are for pros that are members of the AIPP. That excludes most of you out there so these awards could become the non industry standard and the must enter event every year. The judging will be by a panel of three and everything will be done on-line. If this first event goes well then we may offer the whole of True North up to win for 18 lucky photographers and their partners. How good would that be. Let me know what you think.
Thanks to everyone who has tuned into my blog over the past year and a half. It is a long way from my first day and 70 odd hits. I really enjoy contact with you all and think we have a great community of photographers that help each other out and spread the love we all share, photography. Heres to the next 200,000 hits!
Cheers guys and galls, Nikon and Canon users and the odd fortunate that can afford a medium format back, thats you Pete, hang on didn’t you get given one??? or Two???
This is a short interview with the man who has perfected night photography. Sorry about the sound quality. Shot this at Jurrasic Park and the swell was pretty big, hence the noise.
Seems like every beach in Sydney has a bath or two. I love them and how cool would it be if WA had more. There used to be one at Cottesloe Beach but it never looked as good as these. A stitched image taken with the ND and ND Grads. Nice sunset and the first of the many soakings my shoes got.
The landscapes, seascapes, cityscapes, peoplescapes Sydney have to offer are just amazing. Probably my favourite place to shoot on this whole trip. No wonder there are so many good photographers here. Love this shot. Used my ND and converted the raw image to a tungsten WB.
Took this pic the day I flew into Sydney. This old guy was walking to sit on the bench and I had my camera on the seat next to me in the car. Another of my favourite drive by shootings. Things happen fast, make sure your ready for them.
This is a video Brent knocked up of our trip to Canyon X etc. This is a pretty good effort since he is sitting editing the video with two drips in his arms. He has had a bad bug for a while and it has flared up recently. Poor bloke has to fly to America tomorrow, not something I would be looking forward to if I was crook! Then he isn’t scared of heights and big waves so no little bug is going to stop him. Cheers mate for the video and enjoy the states.
On another note I managed a silver, two silver with distinctions and a gold for my entries to this years APPA awards. I was blown away when the call came from Tommy Putt saying I was a bastard, not only that, I got my first iphone today. Man that Apple shop in Sydney is very cool.
This is from tonight at a place Brent calls Jurassic Park.
Again it is a scramble across slippery wet rock before getting washed to your death by the heavy swell that was running. Good fun, I think!!! Still trying to find some new boxer shorts after some impressive set waves got a little too close. Had my shoes soaked 4 times today from not looking at the ocean carefully enough. This is a dangerous game taking photos, and that is just from the harsh blog posts when the horizons aren’t straight. Thanks to Brent for light painting these rocks for us (his mate Tim joined us) To say I got a bit of sledging for being a WA shooter was an understatement. Yes I know I have a spelling mistake in the title!!!
This is a quick pic of Brent at Canyon X. He took me there this morning. Will do some proper workings tonight. Great spot, a little scary getting down there……. ok a lot scary!!!
I am in Sydney for PMA and for some shooting of the amazing seascape locations they have over here. Brent Pearson is taking me to Canyon X tomorrow, the super secret spot only a few get to see. Can’t wait. Other highlights will be the Apple superstore in the City on Friday and a trip to Ken Duncans gallery in Erina. Matty Lauder and I will go any have a KD Latte in the cafe. Will give the latte a master chef style critique. Had an awesome sunny day here and managed to soak my boots at the Mona Vale baths when the sea suddenly decided to over fill the pool. Great fun! Pics to come soon.
This light was magic and was something I had been hoping for up in the mountains. This scene was not far from Lake Tinaroo, where we were staying. Three image handheld stitch.
Have you ever been to a place and realised it was nothing like what you imagined???? Enter the Millaa Millaa falls. I saw Ken Duncans pic of this waterfall and thought that is a magic spot. The reality is somewhat different. Toilets, carpark and a cement platform at the base of the falls to walk out on all in view of the main falls. In fact you could almost shoot this from your car window. How to stuff up a place in three easy steps. I shouldn’t complain though, you don’t need to walk very far. Still if I didn’t tell you you would go there thinking what a magic place it must be, till you smelt the toilets!!
Taken during a dark moment when it had been overcast for the last 2 weeks whilst surrounded by sugar cane………………. and I’m a sweet tooth! I don’t know about anyone else but I get really down when the light is average or I miss the light. Have to stop taking this all too seriously, it is like getting to the end of Funniest Home Videos and thinking you still had 15 minutes of stupid people hurting themselves but then realising the last videos you will see are ones you already saw!!! man thats tough!!
This is an example of looking around for something to photograph when the light outside is average. Actually I have decided there is no bad light just varying degrees of good light. You can capture an image in any conditions, you just need to know what looks best in the light you have available. This old phone in a museum at the train station in Cairns looked great. Just love the old stuff. The red walls of the phone box added to the feel. This is one of my favourites.
Yep, thats what they have plenty of over here. No wonder Flemming doesn’t come to the east coast. I’m starting to think that WA is a better location for landscapes. Well beachscapes at least. I’m in a bit of a rut over here at the moment. Not getting great light, and finding it hard to get a scene where there isn’t a house, a tree, a freeway, a person, a powerline, a sugar cane field or something else in the way of what could possibly be a great shot. At least in WA there is less to clutter your images. Maybe I’m just missing my home town, which after all my travels so far, is still, in my mind, the best place to live. Ok the weather here in QLD is unreal, but there is a trade off. Hmmm could WA be the mecca of Landscape photography in Australia???
This is the beach just south of Fingal Head. I saw Mark Stothard checking out this scene and thought I’d better have a look myself. That is the good thing about shooting with someone else. See what their looking at and if it is better than what you have been doing steal it and claim it for yourself!! Ha, Mark was getting the good angles and I’ll get the glory, thanks mate!! hehe.
Not since the day when KISS finally took their make up off has there been a more anticipated unveiling. Here at last for your viewing pleasure is the full Flemming Bo Jensen. You have read his posts, seen his images and viewed only the top of his head. This exclusive has been possible thanks to Casey Smith. At last the legend has a face. I said to the boys, make sure you get a shot of Flemming and they came through with the goods. I must say Flemming your a lot younger than I thought you were going to be, must be that soft Danish light. Us Aussies cop it here, especially us on the west coast! We look old but are actually really young!! Hope you don’t mind the world knowing your secret identity.
