“If I could tell the story in words, I wouldn’t need to lug around a camera.”
I’m a self employed public relations consultant and freelance photo-journalist based in Adelaide, South Australia.
Photography began by accident in 2006 when I purchased a Panasonic Lumix FZ5 to take to Vietnam and Cambodia as my ‘travelling” companion. On my return I discovered I had a pretty reasonable eye for composition, and sold several articles and photos to travel magazines.
In 2007 I purchased a Pentax K10D and a month later went to India armed only with two kit lenses. I again sold stories and photos on my return.
In 2008 I went to Burma and cruised the Upper Irrawaddy River, and several stories and photos will be publish mid 2009.
I still have the two kit lenses – 18-55mm and a 70-300mm (average glass really) but recently purchased a 50mm f1.4 prime lens and a Sigma 10-20mm EX lens.
I specialise in travel photography and travel writing (generally in South East Asia), in addition to my normal work as a PR consultant.
My preference is for journalese and street type of photographs, and I don’t pretend to take beautiful photos. I like those that tell a story (although my early submissions to Red Bubble tend to be very general).
I have another website here
Adelaide people wishing to use me can contact me on 0408 846 643. People elsewhere in Australia and overseas can contact me on johnm@adam.com.au
John Mitchell is a member of ! 100% !, ! Creative Writing & Poetry !, !**CANDID PHOTOGRAPHS of friends and family~~ (PLEASE ADD A DESCRIPTION OF WHO IS IN THE PICTURE)**!, *1:1 with Celebrities, A Garden somewhere..... , Adelaide / South Australia, All Street Portraiture, All things Coffee, All Things Poetic, Artistic, Philosophical, Amateur Photographers' Association, Amazing Asia, Animal Kingdom, Architecture and cityscapes, Artrageous RB Artists - Self Portrait Gallery, Australian Landmarks and Icons, Australian Portraits, Australian Wildlife, Authentic India, Beach Art, Beginner's Expressions, Bicycle, Bokeh, Canberra , Childhood, Children-The Power of Raw Emotion , CIRCLES OF LATITUDE - From Capricorn To Cancer, Covered Bridges, Elegant Elephants!, Everyday Life, Fine Art of Landscape Photography, Giraffes- the long and tall of it!, Graffiti Around Melbourne, History, Humour Captured, Hunting and Fishing the Great Outdoors, Incredible India, JPG Cast-Offs, Landscape and Abstract Photography, Landscape Photography, Light and Reflection 1/24, LMAO ART - Your funniest work, Love & Romance , Mature Woman, Melbourne & Victoria, Mother Nature's Finest, National Parks of the World & Great Parks Of The World, Nature's Wonders, Nautical, Old farts of redbubble, PENTAX , Photographers self portrait, Piers and Jetties, Portraits in Natural Light, Railway Art and Photography, Reflections in Building Windows 2 per day, Remember When, Requiem, Rivers and Streams, Ruins, Ancient and Derelict Buildings, SEA, Shameless Self-Promotion, SHOPFRONTS , Southeast Asia, Sports Photography, Still Life Fine Art and Food Photography, Still Life Photography, Street Photography and Photojournalism, Strictly Human Faces , Sunrise, Sunset, Sydney, Sydney Opera House & Harbour Bridge., The Adelaide Hills, Timber and Water, Trains, Travel and Adventure, Up & Coming Writers, Vineyards & Wineries, Wild Nature Photography & Writing (only 2 images per 24 hours), Windows and Doors, WMG and Writing Workshop ☼ Upload Exercise Pieces ONLY! Thank you!.
Posted 1 day ago, 4 comments so far.
Posted 5 months ago, 5 comments so far.
Posted 6 months ago, 4 comments so far.
Posted 6 months ago, 4 comments so far.
Posted 7 months ago, 5 comments so far.
Posted 7 months ago, 6 comments so far.
Posted 8 months ago, 5 comments so far.
Posted 9 months ago, 4 comments so far.
Posted 9 months ago, 2 comments so far.
Posted 10 months ago, 4 comments so far.
As I stood at the rail of the RV Pandaw IV looking towards Katha in Burma, I wondered how George Orwell must have felt living in tbhisremote Upper Irrawaddy river port.
Love poem
Ted lined the five of us up and asked if we had each had a bog. Unbeknown to me, this meant “have you each had a shit this morning…”
“Fuck!” I thought, as her tongue speared into my mouth. “What the hell!”
Foreign languages are beyond me….
When I started my public relations business more than 20 years ago, I shared an office in a palatial building that housed an advertising agency.