Interesting what you see at dawn...

Often the best time to photograph landscapes is at either end of the day - dawn or dusk. Usually you are at a location with a few others, you shooting photos and them doing their thing, wether it be surfing, walking, etc. Last weekend at Snapper Rocks, I enjoyed sharing dawn with a didgeridoo player. It was great to to be serenaded by the deep tones of the didgeridoo combined with the crashing waves while I photographed.

Bowen Foreshore

I shot the opening of the Bowen Foreshore in November 2009. Great opportunity to explore this amazing place, a great community and an fantastic public space.

Bowen

Bowen

North Stradbroke Island

Occasionally it is great to get away with a few mates and get upto some shenanigans. This trip - which we have decided will the the first of many to come, was across to North Sradbroke Island - only a short barge ride across the bay from where we live. We spent a lot of time snorkeling and spearfishing - while being kept company but quite a few Wobbygong sharks (completely harmless). I also managed to squeeze in an early morning shoot at Adder Rock.

Helping out turtle that had been washed onto the rocks.

Peel Island - 22 Jan 2010

Peel Island sits about 6km off the mainland near where I live on the southern bayside of Brisbane. Despite being a historic leper colony, Peel Island's Horseshoe Bay is arguably one of Brisbane's/ Moreton Bay's best beaches. An Last Weekend I went camping over there with a youth group I am involved with. The sunset was something else.

Point Danger & Too Much Meat

Point Danger sits pretty close to the border of NSW and Queensland. We were holidaying close by for my brother in law's birthday. The previous night we went out for dinner and my brother in law's and I took on the 1kg steak challenge at Outback Jacks - not recommended.

I didn't sleep at all - I felt like a boa constrictor trying to digest a small animal. I decided to get up early for a surf to work of the indigestion, unfortunately the surf was pretty small, so I pulled out the camera to shoot some landscapes.

Perhaps the sore stomach and a bad nights sleep from an lump of steak too large for safe human consumption was worth it after all.

Bowen Landscapes

Back in November last year I had an opportunity to be up in Bowen to shoot the opening of the Bowen foreshore (photos to come shortly). On the following morning, prior to flying back to Brisbane, I managed to get out to shoot a few landscapes of the rugged yet striking coastline - what an unbelievable place.