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Australia…What fresh hell is this?
Australia…What fresh hell is this ? My all time favourite movie quote from Ray Winstone’s character in the movie ” The Proposition”, Captain Stanley brought over from Mother England to sort out the colonists on the Australian frontier…If you want to see one movie about Australia this Australia Day , do yourself a favour... »
Epic Fail!
The story of the week in Europe must be the sinking of the cruise ship Costa Concordia , high drama with an allegedly negligent captain but it’s the negligence of the sub editors in the British Press that really stands out…Is any one manning the wheel at the Guardian and Belfast Telegraph? »
An Early Riser!
For some reason I sat bolt upright in bed this morning at 5.30…..This shot of a storm cell passing over my back verandah was the result, getting great pictures sometimes is just a matter of dragging your arse out of bed when the photo gods call. »
La Nina!
The tell tale signs are all around, 32 degree’s and 55 percent humidity, a steady and unrelenting thirst, people are gettying cranky, the build up is here but whats really troubling me are trails of ant’s invading the house looking for higher ground in my office…La Nina are you going to smack us one... »
Within 20 meters of home….
I’ve been travelling and annoying the wildlife of the Northern Territory lately with trips to Bare Sand Island for Sea Turtle nesting, Out to Goose Camp for Magpie Geese, and the Daly River for a bit of Barramundi, and it got me to thinking about wildlife photography and the pains that the top guy’s go... »
Hey Mr Thompson, how about we…..
I had the opportunity to shoot the acting legend Jack Thompson recently and had this half arsed idea of recreating that famous Cleo Centerfold 40 years on… but something in his eyes told me that it was not on! This is the trailer to his cracking Australian road movie ” Wake in Fright ” , I’m... »
Don’t worry about that Mate , I know Video!
You can easily replace filmmaker with photographer…hang around for the Pie Chart its a classic. From Rob over at A PhotoEditor »
100 portraits, 20 down, 80 to go!
My Darwin Festival Exhibition 100 portraits for 100 years to commemorate the Territory’s centenary is in the final stages of production, those of you who can’t be in Darwin for Saturdays Launch , keep coming back to the blog for updates, every one of these photos was used to tell a story, but here... »
Some place I’ve never been!
I’m off tomorrow to some place I’ve never been and that saying a lot, because sometimes I feel like I’ve been every where seen everything, but the photo life has a nasty habit of kicking that attitude right up your arse…a few river crossings and an as yet unknown number of people await... »
LUNA LUNA LUNA
I’ll be out at 3.30 tomorrow morning to shoot the partial eclipse ( in our part of the world at least ) of the moon…just discovered I forgot to buy coffee, all we have left is some old, rock hard Caterers Blend. »