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Featured Work

early morning workout by Nick GARRATT

Aussie women’s quad blades at dawn
womens quad scull by Nick GARRATT

aussie womens quad scull training
Catch it! by Nick GARRATT

Maddy’s catch
Lucerne fours heat Lucerne by Nick GARRATT

Heat 2 of the lightweight fours race Lucerne World Cup
Stroke Of Luck by David McMahon

Quite apart from the rare pink-orange hue of the Yarra River’s surface, what I really wanted to depict here was the wonder of how geometrical aspects crop up in scenes from everyday life. Apart from the symmetry of the slender, dark oars and the diagonal motion of the vessel away from me, I was struck by the repetitive pattern of the bow wave that is echoed all the way across the hull. And an interesting counterpoint to the many straight lines and acute angles is provided by the pattern of concentric circles on the left of the frame. This shot was taken just before dawn in early July this year, when the river took on an interesting coppery hue as it reflected the winter clouds high above. I was walking across Princes Bridge when I looked down and saw this crew rowing towards the Melbourne Cricket Ground. I shot two frames, unsure of whether my reactions would actually be quick enough to capture the concentric pools of water left by the passage of each oar. The thing I really like about this low-light, quick-motion shot is that you can still see the swirls and eddies left by the previous dip of the oars into the water. Fast swirls. And also, er, fast eddies. I do not crop, enhance or pst-edit my work in any way. Shot with a Pentax K100D, using a Sigma 18-125mm lens. F5.6, 1/60 sec, ISO 800, focal length 125mm. Featured in DAWN & DUSK LIGHT, July 2009. Featured in COLOURS OF WATER, July 2009. Featured in TECHNICAL PHOTOGRAPHY, July 2009. Featured in ALL COUNTRIES: WETLANDS, PONDS, LAKES AND RIVERS, July 2009. Featured in THE ART OF ROWING, August 2009. Top 10 in YOU’RE ACCEPTED challenge, September 2009. Featured in NIRVANA, October 2009. 116-8612
Perfect Form by Joshua Dayton

Two-time Olympic rower Greg Ruckman gets in some early morning sprints in Frisco, Colorado.
Bladework by Nick GARRATT

good symmetry in the timing of the bladework
Aussie Olympic crew Italy by Nick GARRATT

Peter Hardcastle and Brendan Long training on Lake Varese Italy
Duncan Free on Lake Varese Italy by Nick GARRATT

Beijing Olympic Gold medallist Duncan Free training at Gavirate near Varese Italy
Splash by Matt Sillence

A rowers oar just coming out of the water
Clean Catches by Zak Campbell

Rowing on the Swan River

Recent Work

Rowing for Fun by Alex Hardie

Enjoying their Sunday afternoon and putting their oars in..
Henley Dawn by Paul Davey

Shot at Henley on Thames, England. A rower training early on a cool September morning. Henley is regarded by many as the home of rowing. Buy this image for anyone you know who is passionate about rowing.
Workout with a View by Joshua Dayton

Greg Ruckman, two time Olympic rower and operator of the Frisco rowing club in Frisco, Colorado gets in an early morning row with Buffalo mountain towering in the background.
On Golden Pond, You Must Row Towards The Light by David McMahon

Yes, it looks like reflective aluminium foil, but it’s water. Doesn’t it remind you of the golden foil-like metal on the side of the lunar module that took Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin to the moon? I’ve shot dawn and dusk across the Yarra River several times, but on this morning, just before Easter 2007, the breeze had turned the surface of the river into a symphony of tightly-knit ripples. Standing on Princes Bridge, I was actually shooting the sun as it slowly edged above the horizon when I noticed this majestic avenue of reflected light across the water. I was about to shoot an image with the golden sheen right in the middle of the frame, when I noticed a four-man rowing crew approaching. I deliberately shot this as an asymmetrical composition, so that the eye would be drawn first to the sheen on the left and then to the rowers in the top right-hand corner. I do not crop, enhance or post-edit my images in any way. Shot with a Pentax K100D, using a Sigma 18-125mm lens. F13, 1/750 sec, ISO 200, focal length 108mm. 22-7965
Writing

Canon 5 Competition…I find competitions in Australia so funny and dodgy, not that i am taking anything away from the finalists of the Canon 5 Competion, howe…

I find competitions in Australia so funny and dodgy, not that i am taking anything away from the finalists of the Canon 5 Competion, however the four images that i entered 3 of them where the top 3 viewed images on the site and the 4th was 6th. Ok i did do some advertsing on the images through facebook. / . / Have a look at the images below / 1 Mine / mine / These where the finalists / eg1 / eg2 / eg3 / eg4 / . / Second one / 1 mine / mine / These where the finalists / eg1 / eg2 / eg3 / eg4 / . / I know this may sound like sour grapes but i believe everyone should be given a fair playing field. You think i would of learnt my lesson from last year, when there was multiple winners with the same name. / . / Tell me your thoughts I would be really interested, and its not only my work have a look at the canon five group you will see what i mean, the calibre of work is way higher then the judges have choosen. / . / Further more / This is a break down on percentages of the Canon 5 competion / We will take that there is 1 in 700 chance that you will get into the finals / If we increase the odds and say that the person gets, 2 images into the finals / basically it worked out this way 1/700 * 1/700 = 1 in 490,000 chance of happening. / . / Lets look at the second equation / We will take that there is 1 in 6000 chance that you will get into the finals for the first year / If we increase the odds and say that the person gets, 2 images into the finals for two years / basically it worked out this way 1/6000 * 1/6000 = 1 in 36,000,000 chance of happening. / . / And its not happening once or twice it happens over and over again in this competition
Friend @ Mosman by Nick GARRATT

What, you may ask, has a wallaby to do with rowing? / Well this little fella is based in my ‘office’ on Middle Harbour at Mosman in Sydney – remarkably only about 8km as the crow flies from the Sydney CBD. And one of the beauties of our sport – especially when coaching, is being amongst nature- in our case at Mosman, among sea eagles, and wallabies. In Perth where I previously coached, it was among scores of dolphins on the Swan and Canning Rivers
Maddy @ mosman by Nick GARRATT

Maddy digging in at Middle Harbour, Mosman, Sydney
Mosman masters @ Boston by Nick GARRATT

Mosman masters VIII training on the Charles River
Weeks Bridge Boston by Nick GARRATT

Crews training for the Head of the Charles by Weeks Bridge
We have a problem- shoulda used Crokers! by Nick GARRATT

German pair 6 strokes into the start of the men’s pair
Gold to Canada by Nick GARRATT

Canadian men’s VIII just after clinching gold in Munich