Singapore

Marina Bay Three

In my opinion, Singapore is one of the most incredible places for city scape photography, with the magnificent Marina Bay Sands hotel complex being one of the most incredible features in this stunning city. The whole Singapore Downtown Core area, including Marina Bay contains a plethora of sights and photography

Photography

Gog and Magog

The Twelve Apostles, near Port Campbell on Victoria’s Great Ocean Road, is an incredible part of the Australian southern coastline. While not technically part the Twelve Apostles, which are behind me while shooting this image, these two rock mounts—known as Gog and Magog—are wonderful features in their

Nightscape

Milky Way over the Lightstation

Precisely one year ago we visited Cape Otway on Victoria's Great Ocean Road, staying at the Cape Otway Lightstation for a milestone birthday treat. There are three or four cottages or studios in historical buildings in which you can stay at the Lightstation. On this occasion, we are

Japan

Finding Fuji-san

We visited Japan in September 2018, and we were greeted with typical September in Japan weather—overcast and often rainy. Kind of what you might expect when you visit in the latter part of the typhoon season. One of our goals was to take in some of the spectacular views

NT15

Malta's Blue Arch

The Blue Arch in Malta is a spectacular location for wonderful seascape images. There are multiple compositions here so it pays you to get the iconic images, and then move around and find something that helps to tell your story. For me, the ‘Blue’ story in this location is that

photo mindset

Stonehenge

Back in 2015 I visited the U.K. (among a number of other countries), and visited Stonehenge. This place is set up for tourists, with a major visitors centre and car park a couple of kilometres from the actual site, with constant people carriers ferrying visitors back and forth. Or

New Zealand

The Good Church

There seem to be two things that attract photographers to Tekapo in New Zealand—the incredible dark sky and the Church of the Good Shepherd. These can of course be combined, with some very famous images of each. The township and lake, and the church, are photogenic in themselves, and

Photography

Aoraki Azure

Driving from Wanaka to Tekapo in New Zealand we were quite suddenly greeted by an amazing view of Aoraki / Mt Cook across the stunning blue waters of Lake Pukaki. As I worked on this image, a few months later, I was challenged to remind myself that the lake and the

photo mindset

Lookout

This image was made in the same general area as my Wanaka Wandering image, and apart from demonstrating the value of getting to some unique, off-the-beaten-path locations, it also demonstrates another value of a photo tour. In this case the tour guide not only volunteered to be a model, but

photo mindset

Wanaka Wandering & the value of photo tours

Wanaka Wandering A photo tour in Wanaka, NZ, took us onto private property in the hills high above Lake Wanaka. It was a magical location, off the beaten track, that provided for some unique images that showed the scale of the lake and surrounding mountains and valleys. This image was

Mountains

The Broken Wharf

Meiklejohns Bay lies at about the halfway mark between the two namesake towns on the Queenstown to Glenorchy Road on New Zealand’s South Island, near a little hamlet called Paradise. The stunning Remarkables mountain range looms in the background of this beautiful mountain lake, while the cloud formations bring

Mountains

Frankton's Golden Arm

Where have I been? I’ve been posting a bit to my Micro Thoughts Micro.blog site, but have been a bit slack in processing photos. Therefore, nothing new has been posted here for a wee while. I still have a backlog of New Zealand images to post, and we

New Zealand

That Wanaka Willow

Commonly known as thatWanakaTree, the Wanaka Willow is a tree that grows out in the waters of New Zealand’s Lake Wanaka. Supposedly the most photographed tree in the world, the Wanaka Willow attracts dozens of photographers each sunrise and sunset to capture imagery of this rather unique vista. As

New Zealand

Wakatipu Reflections

A trio of images from the Queenstown area of New Zealand, featuring the stunning mountain ranges as a backdrop to the magic foreground of Lake Wakatipu. The scenery around Queenstown is simply breathtaking and would keep any landscape photographer happy for years. Wakatipu Reflections Magnificent reflections on Lake Wakatipu. Driving

New Zealand

A New Zealand Adventure Begins

Queenstown, on New Zealand’s South Island, is sometimes referred to as the ‘adventure capital of the world’, a title it has earned through the variety of outdoor and adventure activities that can be pursued in and around this alpine city. Even the flight into Queenstown is regarded as the

Photography

Diving PNG

I was surprised today to see blog post from DeeperBlue on Diving Papua New Guinea, featuring one of my images from a trip my wife and I made there in 2006. We love PNG, and have dived at Kavieng, Kimbe Bay (Walindi), Milne Bay (Tawali) and Tufi. These are all

Rome

Passage to the Castle

Castel Sant’Angelo must be one of the most photographed sites in Rome. Given that Rome is one of the world’s most photographed cites, that is really saying something. Having captured several of the classic vistas of Castel Sant’Angelo, I set about finding different angles. This street leading

Photography

Colourful Clarke Quay

Singapore is a colourful city. I didn’t tropical business-hub to be so vibrant and vivid, so as a photographer I was delighted to experience not just the modern architecture mixed with Asian heritage, but also the colourful expression of city’s colonial past. We explored the city mostly by

photo mindset

Pre-setting your camera for likely images

My photographic origins in the underwater world have taught me the importance of thinking through the photographic objectives for a shoot (dive), and pre-setting your camera. In underwater photography one key mantra is to get close – minimising the amount of water between subject and your camera1. For this reason, and

Singapore

Marina Bay Sands

I love spending time around the Downtown Core area of Singapore whenever I visit the exotic Asian city. The island nation has developed a unique combination of the old and the new, of Asian and western and of formal and casual. Photographically, the Downtown Core is a dream. There are

photo gear

My Mirrorless Experience

I made the switch from DSLR cameras to the Micro Four Thirds (m43) based interchangeable lens system in about 2014. My last dSLR was a Nikon D200, and I switched to the Panasonic Lumix DMC-GX7 that I am still using.1 The switch to m43 has been awesome. My personal

National Park

Wangi Falls

Wangi Falls in Litchfield National Park is a spectacular place to visit for great photography opportunities. During the Top End’s dry season it is also a great place to swim and enjoy cool, clear water.1 Waterfalls provide an interesting range of shooting opportunities, with my preference being for

Rome

Crowds and Clouds

Late Autumn is a great time to visit Rome as the crowds are much smaller than they would be during the Summer months. This image was created from the Spanish Steps, with a perspective down Via dei Condotti, an upmarket shopping street in city’s centre. The presence of the

Rome

The Temple of Castor and Pollux

The Temple of Castor and Pollux is one of the ancient ruined buildings in the Roman Forum. Today the temple consists of three marble pillars, some foundational structure and little more. It can be seen from a variety of vantage points from around the Forum. I composed this image to

Travel

Boats on Sanur Beach

Sanur is considered the original upmarket tourist destination on the Indonesian island of Bali, and remains a photographically spectacular place today. The long beach looks over towards Nusa Penida island (which can be seen in the background of this image). I only had a couple of days in Bali on