Musings of a displaced Australian Photographer in Seattle, USA
Bali’s interior country is rugged and rich in agriculture. Jungles and rice paddies fill the land from the volcanoes to the shore. However, once you reach the shore, it’s a very different place. It’s a pure paradise. White sand beaches with clear, blue water for as far as the eye can see. This image was...
On the way to the villages of Bali I posted about yesterday, our first stop was at a stone quarry, off a dirt road half way to nowhere in the middle of central Bali. At the time the quarry was being mined for stone to use for construction. Resources were few and mining was obvious...
The Balinese are a very spiritual people and have a very strong sense of community. Ultimately their heritage dates back to times of agriculture, where villages existed and maintained their livelihood off the land. Houses and temples were constructed around rivers for fishing or fields for growing crops. Within the village, people were known for...
The first stop on my travels was the island of Bali in central Indonesia which will feature in the upcoming series of posts to my blog. It’s one of the largest tourist destinations in Indonesia and for the purposes of this trip was the location of my sister’s wedding on the 5th of June, 2010....
I’m back in Seattle and I’m reading lots of great buzz about where the images from my trip are going to be when they’re posted by friends and family. Since I’ve been back my blog hasn’t been updated with anything yet – and for good reason (jet-lag aside). My good friend Brian Matiash recently posted...
I’ve been away on holidays for nearly four weeks now and I’ve absolutely loved every minute of it. Currently I’m in Hanoi, Vietnam. On this trip I’ve experienced some of the world’s most wonderful places, people, and food and feel very fortunate to have done so. I’ve been left speechless by some truly incredible moments...
I had a couple of different shoots last month at Seattle’s Sculpture Park, the first of which was a fabulous example of Seattle’s stellar Springtime colours. It was also the first real opportunity I had to shoot with my new 50mm f/1.4 lens (which hasn’t actually been taken off my camera since – I love...
