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Preparing for a photo assignment – when you can’t

Reading Time: < 1 minuteWhen I photograph an assignment I do lots of research and preparation beforehand. But where an event is involved, I don’t know what the situation or locale will be like or what the opportunities will be. It’s almost impossible to prepare. So I have a specific strategy. I say to myself over and over “colour […]

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An artful life: Scotland Island, Sydney

Reading Time: < 1 minuteI photographed an article for Australian Geographic recently and it’s now also online. If you don’t have a subscription to the Australian Geographic newsletter, you can see it here. Give a thought to the lead picture which is an overview of Scotland Island on a sparkling summer day. It almost looks like an aerial shot.

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Landscape Photography, New South Wales, People Photography

The Little Flea from Jibbon Lagoon

Reading Time: < 1 minuteWho would have thought that little Jibbon Lagoon would ever have a claim to fame? If you are wondering where you can find this little creature from the black lagoon, Jibbon is at the north end of Royal National Park. Which as you all know is on Sydney’s doorstep. Here’s a photo I

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Did You Know?, Nature Photography

Orchid Fly – New to Science?

Reading Time: < 1 minuteI ran into some orchid hunters on the weekend and instead of doing what I was “supposed” to do, I played hooky and went out into the fields to play with my new friends. It was well worth the effort (fun?) because we may have stumbled on to something new to science. Orchids are some

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Did You Know?, Macro Photographybehavioral ecology, Central Coast, fly pollination, insect photography, macro photography, midge orchid, orchid fly

Watch Your Whales – They’re Back!

Reading Time: 2 minutesJune 1st announces the start of the whale watching season. Humpbacks and southern rights can now be sighted off the New South Wales Coast as they head north to breed in warmer waters. I’ve been blown away by this annual event ever since that June in 1988 when I carried out an assignment for Good

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Wildlife Photographyecotourism, photography, spirituality, whale watching, whales, wildlife photography

When is a leaf a flower?

Cover of Australian Geographic Diary 2009

Reading Time: 2 minutesWhen it is red. This month our Day Safari group headed out to photograph waratahs. These are stunning, large, red flowers native to Australia which appear during September and October – our springtime. They seem to emit a glow like an inner fire and stand out like beacons in the bushland around Sydney. When our

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Beautiful Images, Flower Photography, Nature Photographyflowers, leaves, Nature photography

To Kill or Not to Kill Our Whale?

Reading Time: 2 minutesThe question is moot. The deed has been done. Last week, as a community, we decided to euthanase baby Colin, the whale who had come adrift from her mother, and who had been sucking the hulls of boats moored in Pittwater, one of Sydney’s harbours just a couple sea miles from my house. What a

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Conservation, Professional Photography, Wildlife Photographyconservation, environment, photographers, whales

Waterfall Trickery

Reading Time: < 1 minuteIt’s great when you learn from your students. The last Day Safari workshop was a big fun day out. We shot wildlife in the morning and waterfalls in the late afternoon. Participants quickly understood how to use different shutter speeds to create various amounts of “silkiness” in the waterfall. But my students taught me something

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Landscape Photography, Photo Critiques, Photography Workshops, Quick TipsNature photography, waterfalls