Category Archives: Light Painting

Contrasting Conditions at Turimetta

Posted on Thursday, 12 January, 2012 by

Here are two vastly different images from the same dawn seascape shoot at Turimetta last Tuesday. The first image above was taken shortly after arrival, and in the pre-dawn darkness, the moving water is abstracted to the point where its … Continue reading →

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Feature Article in Australian Photography Magazine – November, 2011

Posted on Sunday, 27 November, 2011 by

A few months ago, I was asked by Robert Keeley, the editor of Australian Photography magazine, if I would consider writing a feature for the magazine. I had sent some images for the magazine’s competition, and when he received them … Continue reading →

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Lonely Darkroom: Light Painting Revisited

Posted on Saturday, 29 October, 2011 by

Here’s a nocturnal urban landscape I shot at Sydney’s Middle Head Fort using creative light painting techniques back in 2009. I had never published it until now. To create this image I used a combination of fluorescent white light and … Continue reading →

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Solid Gold

Posted on Sunday, 5 September, 2010 by

This morning I took some friends from my camera club to Turimetta on Sydney’s northern beaches.  Some hadn’t shot seascapes (or shot them much), so were keen to try upon my offer. Unfortunately my wish for a good sky this … Continue reading →

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Camp Cove Twilight

Posted on Sunday, 8 August, 2010 by

Most of my outdoor landscape/seascape photography takes place around dawn. Tonight I broke with tradition and shot at dusk.  Sure, I’m still incredibly fussy about light and tend to avoid the bright, glary stuff which is present for most daylight … Continue reading →

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The Making of “Fire or Flood?”

Posted on Wednesday, 4 August, 2010 by

In November of 2009 I attended the first of Brent Pearson’s light painting workshops, which consisted of an afternoon of theory, followed by an evening of creative light painting landscape photography. Fire or Flood? was my image of the night, … Continue reading →

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Photography Workshops in Sydney

Posted on Friday, 25 June, 2010 by

I thought I’d give some plugs to some photographer friends of mine who run excellent photography workshops covering both the theory and practice of great photography. The first is Brent Pearson, who has developed and run a series of successful … Continue reading →

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