Little Beach, Two Peoples Bay

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Little Beach is currently ranked #3 best beach in Australia.

Little Beach is quite that, Little. Located at Two Peoples Bay National Park in the Great Southern region, of Western Australia. The waters are turquoise blue, the sand it bleached white.
Bays like Little Beach litter the south coast, the water is quite cool, but can be refreshing when the temperature hits 40C.

Salmon Holes Sunrise

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My final full day in Albany, I decided to join my mate Buz for a spot of fishing down at Salmon Holes.
The salmon are due to start moving through the area soon, but though we might be able to snag one of the early runners.

Unfortunately we didn’t catch any salmon, but we did manage plenty of herring.

The sky was overcast with a couple of small gaps, so the potential was there for a nice start to the day. Lucky I decided to bring my camera down.

Southern Sunsets

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Last week I was fortunate enough to visit the City of Albany. The southern coastline of Western Australia is rugged and dangerous, but it is also breathtakingly beautiful. There were countless moments where I found myself just in my own little world staring out over the cliffs, and just soaking in the sounds and smells of this magnificent place.

I was extremely lucky to again catch up with a photographer friend of mine Tina Bartley, and also meet for the first time Shawn Haywood. It was an absolute pleasure shooting with these two photographers. I look forward to my next visit to Albany, hopefully not in the too distant future.

This image was taken on my second last night accompanied by Tina and Shawn.

Top Ten Images on 2012

After viewing a fellow photographers top ten images of 2012, I thought it would be a good idea to look back on my own work this year and select what I believe are my top ten.
If you have a different opinion, I am all ears and you may contribute with your selection. Either top image, top 5 or top 10.

Year in Review.

My year started very busy. My full time job involves bush firefighting, and the start of 2012 brought with it very warm temperatures and with those warm temperatures came bushfires. My photography had to be put on the back-burner for a little bit, but anyone that knows me would know that I cannot go without my camera for any length of time. Even when I travelled to remote fires, my camera was always close by. Protected of course.

As the fire season slowed down, my photography sessions increased. This year had me travel to Bali 1) to find a wedding venue for myself and my gorgeous fiancé, and 2) photograph the stunning landscape.
I was successful in fulfilling both tasks, with our wedding booked for June this year, while I also managed to take a few photographs of the Balinese landscape.

The year has also seen me start a time-lapse project that has seen me buy some extra equipment to enhance what I hope to be a great mini production. More to follow with the project in the coming months.

I also attended the Ninety Degrees 5, South West Light, exhibition and seminar held in Yallingup and Busselton. I drew a lot of inspiration from the couple of days I was in the south-west attending the seminar. The photographer who inspires me most with his work, Christian Fletcher, is apart of this collective of Australia’s top landscape photographers. So I was in awe just to be listening to what Christian had to say as well as the whole group. I didn’t get to the first day of presentations as I shooting a wedding in Bunbury, but I was so glad to be able to attend the Sunday session. This trip did allow me to head to the very photogenic and arguably the most shot destination in the south-west, Sugarloaf Rock. I have never made the trip south to capture it, but I was glad I did. I also visited Meelup Beach, another spot that I can see myself heading to again and again.

Plans for the Coming Year

First things first, my wedding in June. 🙂
But in regards to my photography, I will continue my time-lapse project, with trips down the south-west and north-west on the cards. And I wouldn’t rule out a couple of overseas trips. Maybe a NZ trip sometime later in the year, maybe a bit further abroad, if I play my cards right.

I want to thank all my followers to this blog, and to my photography. Photography is such a big part of my life, and to have people wanting to share that with me is truly amazing. So I thank you all. Heres to a great 2013.

My Top Ten photos of 2012 (in no particular order)

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I hope you like my selection. If you disagree and have your own top ten, a top five, or maybe just your favourite photo of mine, feel free to leave a comment.

West Australian Sunsets

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The clouds again graced the skies at the right time on the Perth coast. I was waiting for a tiny gap to appear closer to the horizon to light up the clouds a brilliant pink and orange just after sun dipped below. Unfortunately the clouds hugged the horizon and didn’t let any light filter through, though it still produced a brilliant sunset.

Summer Sunsets

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Clouds graced the skies at the right time last night. I haven’t been out taking too many photos of late, so I was wrapped that I had the time to capture this one.

Another short time-lapse showing the sunset, and this image

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Wheatbelt & Perth Storms 6&7-1-13

On Sunday I headed out to the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia to again chase down a few thunderstorms that were forecast to develop in the area during the afternoon. And form up they did. I headed off from my place in the northern suburbs of Perth at around 1215pm and drove towards the town of Brookton. As I headed down a highway towards Brookton I encountered very heavy rain about 15km from the town, heavy enough for me to almost come to a complete stop for 30s. It was a crawling pace, but only last for a short while.

I got to Brookton at around 1445, and refuelled. I had received a call just prior to arriving from fellow chaser Tom, who said that he was going to try and get in front of a system that was already forming just SE of town, so after refuelling I checked the radar and realised that Tom was on the money, the system that he was chasing was developing quickly.
Not one to wait around, I headed south towards Pingelly, and then east towards the town on Yealearing. I found myself about 5-10 minutes too late, the storm was already over the town, and I had no other choice but to try and core punch the system to get to the other side (something I do not recommend trying, and something I always try to avoid). The result would’ve been a few spectacular photos. I know this because Tom was able to get in front of this cell and capture the most defined wall/shelf cloud I have seen for a long time.

Feeling a bit down because I had driven a few hours to get here and missing the shot, I was still very keen to stay out and try to get a few shots. The forecast wasn’t the best, so I had made the decision to head towards the town of York and try my luck at some star trail time-lapse for the night. Though my luck was about to change. As I was heading towards York, I could see on the northern horizon a series of cumulonimbus clouds exploding into the air. So I pulled over for a quick look at the radar, and it confirmed a thunderstorm was in fact starting to build to my north by about 75km. So that is where I headed, towards the town of Goomalling, and then onto Wongan Hills.

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I didn’t make it to Wongan Hills as the storm was well and truly firing by the time I got close. The lightning was very frequent, and when I got my camera set up, I was capturing at least 2-3 strikes per 20sec in frame, (out of frame easily 5 more). It was an incredible lightshow and it was going to fly directly over me.

I set my camera up as quick as I could and hopped back into my car, just in case a stray bolt decided that I was going to be a target on this night. As the storm got closer the winds picked up tremendously, with gusts easily in excess of 100kmh, I struggled to get the camera back into my car. My car was shaking around, and I knew I had to get further up the road and away from these gusts.

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As I pulled out from the edge of a farmers paddock, I was lucky enough to bump into fellow chasers who were chasing this particular system earlier on.
We all headed back towards Goomalling and watched this system fire of lightning like there was no tomorrow. An incredible sight.

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The system continued for another 45 minutes or so towards Goomalling, before tracking slightly more to the SE towards Cunderdin, the storm weakened rapidly and we headed off.

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On the way home, I checked the radar one more time, and low and behold another couple of cells were moving down the coast from Geraldton. Knowing I had the Monday off work, I got in contact with another chaser/photographer who was out in the wheatbelt to see whether he wanted to stay out and wait for these storms to come to us. We met up in Yanchep, and the cells tracked straight down the coast passed Jurien Bay, Lancelin, Guilderton and then onto Yanchep. I didn’t have my telephoto lens, so I decided that I would time-lapse the approaching storms.

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The second and final cell went over our heads at around 0530am.

The radar showed not too much more development was in behind these cells, so I headed home exhausted, but with a card full of very cool shots.

I travelled a total of 890km for the day chasing around the Wheatbelt and back into Perth. Needless to say, I loved every minute of it.

A video I put together of the chase, it features a couple of short time-lapse sequences, as well as a few photos found in this post

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Approaching Storms

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Last month I travelled north to capture storms that were forecast to develop around the Jurien/Coorow/Moora areas.
After a big night of lightning near Jurien, the storms started to develop further inland.
I was on my way to meet up with another storm photographer Marie and her parter Arek, when I saw this developing just to my north.
It turned out to be quite nasty when it hit, strong wind gusts, and isolated very heavy rain impacted the area, about 30km or so NNW of Moora.

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– Approaching Storms –

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Last month I travelled north to capture storms that were forecast to develop around the Jurien/Coorow/Moora areas.
After a big night of lightning near Jurien, the storms started to develop further inland.
I was on my way to meet up with another storm photographer Marie and her parter Arek, when I saw this developing just to my north.
It turned out to be quite nasty when it hit, strong wind gusts, and isolated very heavy rain impacted the area, about 30km os so NNW of Moora.

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Geminids Meteor Shower – Short Time-Lapse

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Geminids Meteor Shower – Time-lapse

The annual Geminids meteor shower once again graced our skies. I decided that I would head up to the Pinnacles, about 1 1/2 hrs north of Perth to get away from the city lights, and to capture the show in amongst the famous limestone rocks.

The sequence captures a couple of interesting features, most noticeably a couple of meteors, but also the trail of smoke/dust left behind as the rocks rip through the upper atmosphere.
At 0:10 you can see this in the upper left hand corner.

The images afterwards were from the night itself
First image: Milky Way facing south towards Perth.
Second: A composite of a few meteors captured throughout the night.
Third: A dawn shot over looking a section of the Pinnacle desert.

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Reflection

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Last night I raced down to the beach to join a group of fellow photographers. I didn’t think I would make it as I was stuck at work till late afternoon. But I was very fortunate to finish with enough time to make it to the beach.

The cloud was overcast all day and it was only just before sunset a tiny gap started to appear on the horizon.
A small sign that we could be in for a bit of a surprise.
The sun did make an appearance for a couple of brief moment before it dipped below the horizon. Enough to give off some great colour.

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Stormy Sunsets

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I am not one to bring my camera to work, but with the threat of thunderstorms it was a given that it was going to accompany me.

The day was coming to a close and having experienced an absolute scorcher (41C) it was very fitting to have just one of the most beautiful sunsets I have witnessed appear in front of us.
While we ate dinner, I had to set up and get this shot.

I hope you enjoy it 🙂

Taken on the south-eastern edge of Moore River National Park, Western Australia.

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Morning light over the Pinnacles

As dawn broke, the meteors we had come to see were getting fainter and fainter, but lucky for us, as one show was finishing another started. Morning light was now filtering through the Pinnacles. I just love the colours we are all treated to every morning.

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Milky way over the Pinnacles

Last night I visited the Pinnacles near Cervantes to capture the annual Geminid meteor shower. It was the first time for me to try and capture this amazing event, and it surely didn’t disappoint. The first visible meteors were visible from about 9pm, and were fairly infrequent. Though at around 1130pm-12am they really did start firing up right into the morning. A few large fireball meteors as well as countless others were visible. A truly incredible event that has certainly got me hooked and ignited a interest in astronomical photography.
Thanks to Grahame for your guidance and knowledge last night. I hope we can do it more often. Thanks mate.

This particular photo was taken at the break of dawn. The milky way was just spectacular and I did copy a shot Grahame got, but it was too good to miss.

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A composite of images showing a few of the brighter Geminids that graced the skies.

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