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Across the Bridge

Landscape Photography

Across the Bridge

Bare Island, La Perouse is a beautiful spot for photographs, particularly for a 6.58am sunrise with the beautiful greens and greys of the islands contrasting with the colourful sky. I chose this perspective to try to make the island inviting. You’re drawn across the bridge to the inviting

The PLACEBO Principle for UW Photography

The PLACEBO Principle for UW Photography

One of the leading shore dives in Australia is known as Halifax Park, in Nelson Bay just north of Sydney. A spectacular dive renowned for nudibranchs and other small marine life, Halifax Park is a macro photographers dream. During one memorable dive there, I was using my trusty Nikonos V,

Thoughts on HDR Photography

Thoughts on HDR Photography

As a photographer, how often have you looked at an image after downloading it from the camera (or even develop it) and wondered why it doesn’t look the same as the image you took? All photographs are unrealistic representations of a reality that we as individuals see. There is

The Underwater Photographer by Martin Edge (4th Edition)

The Underwater Photographer by Martin Edge (4th Edition)

Somehow I missed the fact that the fourth edition of my favourite book on UW photography has been released. The Underwater Photographer, Fourth Edition by Martin Edge is an amazing update of what was already an incredibly good book. Completely revised to completely focus on the digital age, this book

Book Review Inner Game Outdoor Photography

Book Review Inner Game Outdoor Photography

The following review was originally published on my website BlueBeyond.com.au. I’ve decided to move it over here for reference. Galen Rowell’s Inner Game of Outdoor Photography is a book that I have been meaning to review for some time, but with the recent, tragic death of