Lower Somersby Falls, Central Coast, NSW

The Central Coast really has everything a photographer could want to shoot all within a short drive. Somersby Falls is about 5 minutes out of town tucked away just of the f3 freeway.

This shot was taken this Sunday (25th Oct) on a rainy day while I was running a one on one course. Perfect conditions for shooting such a location.

Australia’s Amazing Dust Storm

On the 23rd of September 2009 people on the eastern states of Australia awoke to an amazing site. The glow in the sky could only be described as something similar to that of a major bush fire nearby.

Over the news they described the event as once in a life time and the worst dust storm on record. Flight were diverted from Sydney airport to Brisbane and a staggering 75 thousand tones of dirt was being dumped on Australia every hour.

These shots are taken around 7.30am on the 5D Mark II. On returning home my hands were stained red from the dirt and my camera gear was coated as well. They estimated that the clean up bill is in the 10′s of Millions as a result of this even. By mid day it was mostly gone with just a slight haze.

I have uploaded a video to Vimeo showing you some of the shots taken and how amazing the light was straight out of the camera. Click here to go to the link.

Govetts Leap Lookout, Blue Mountains

I have been quite busy working on a new project so I thought I would throw up an image I have been sitting on for a while.

I took this shot on sunrise at the start of one of my Blue Mountains Day Courses earlier this year and it is a 15 image stitch shot with the 70-200 f2.8 lens on the 5D Mk II. Cropped to a 4:1 ratio.

Crescent Head, Mid North Coast, NSW

This shot has been in my archives for a while now and every now and again I have pulled it out, processed it and it is on it’s third try that I like it. Finally

I see an image like this hanging in my future gallery printed at 80 inches wide on Kodak metallic, mounted on aluminium, lit with directional halogens. Mmmm.