Dusk at The Entrance

We have just come back from a few days on the Central Coast of New South Wales.

While we were there, I managed to get some dawn and dusk seascaping and some location recce done.

I shot Norah Head, The Entrance, Soldiers Point, and also did some recce at Forresters Beach and Spoon Bay just to the south.  I was not fully equipped to shoot Forresters, and my plans to shoot Spoon Bay this morning were abandoned in favour of sleep after a long day yesterday.

I will have some fresh images over the coming week, but in the mean time, here is one from the main beach at The Entrance, a mere five-minute walk from where we were lodging.

Dusk at The Entrance

While photography was not the main reason for the trip, it was nice to have the opportunity, some decent skies, and the desire.  It is always good when those three elements align.

Recce at Soldiers Point

We have come up to the Central Coast of NSW for a short holiday.

Since arriving this afternoon, we have gone to Norah Head Lighthouse, and as I type this, I am sitting on a rock on Soldiers Point, a fantastic rock shelf two minutes south of Norah Head.

I decided to recce this place today with a view to coming back here at dawn tomorrow.

Right now the light is entirely wrong, but I have taken a few snapshots of locations along the point which would make for good seascape images.

It is cloudy and there is a strong south-easterly blowing, but I am hoping that tomorrow’s dawn will produce a magical sky.  It is my first foray back into seascaping after a long hiatus and I am hoping that I score.

There are some really great nooks and crannies here, and I cannot wait to come back and shoot it properly.

Revisiting Sarah Jane

After looking at some portraits today, I felt inspired to trawl back through the archives of some portraits I shot last year.

In September of 2010 I photographed a fantastic young model called Sarah Jane Kelly.  The shoot took place at Berrima in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales.

I had photographed Sarah once before, but I wanted a country setting and some beautiful golden hour light.  I hit pay-dirt.

I landed some nice images of Sarah on the day, but only processed and published a few of them after the shoot.

Today I started looking at a few of the images, and found some, which after some time and with fresh eyes, stood out and looked worthy of processing and publishing.

Here is one of the images I captured of Sarah, which really shows what a wonderful model she is.

Sarah Jane

While I had my lighting equipment with me, I decided to make use of the fantastic natural light I had.  The sun was low in the sky to the rear right of Sarah, so I had an assistant hold a golden reflector dish to bounce the rich, warm light towards her face.