Musings of a displaced Australian Photographer in Seattle, USA
One situation we often face as photographers often have to face is a choice between getting the shot and coming back tomorrow. Any photographer worth his stones will tell you that there is no such thing as coming back tomorrow – every facet of every condition that makes up a moment in time changes in...
The advent of digital cameras is making more and more things possible than they ever were before. HDR photography is only possible in its current form because of advances in software, card capacity, and digital SLR camera technology. HDR (High Dynamic Range) photography is in essence, taking anywhere between three and nine (or more) different...
It’s a rare privilege to collaborate with a photographer I respect as much as I enjoy shooting with. While Brian Matiash was in Seattle recently I was able to show him around some of the sights of the Seattle metro area as well as some of the off-the-beaten-track parts of town. The image featuring on...
While rolling around the air force base it was really interesting to find a unique, indirect perspective of subjects on the base. Behind the barracks that I was walking around in the last post there was a giant smokestack that looked incredibly old. By and large it was as photogenic as you could get, brickwork...
The funny thing about inspiration is that when you need it most it isn’t there but occasionally sometimes, as if from nowhere, it smacks you right in the face when you least suspect it. Photography is such an interesting art to work in because you do continually need to be inspired in order to feel...
My good mate Brian graciously cited me as his inspiration for the image posted on his blog today. Though I did already have a post in mind for today, I thought it would be only fair to share the image that led to his own unique take on my idea. Here is that image: I...
This is one epic unboxing. So epic that it took two boxes to hold this particular photograph. One was not nearly enough to contain it. Recently, I went & re-shot an idyllic Seattle panorama I’d shot once before, but this time it was different. Weather, clouds, temperature, everything. Oh, and I had a shiny, new...
