Shane Viper
Profile
My life’s journey to this point has taken me to some beautiful places but nowhere is as enchanting as Tasmania. As soon as I stepped of the Spirit of Tasmania I knew I was home. I love driving around this magnificent state, with all its natural beauty and charm, discovering the out of the way places. It seems that with every bend in the road there is something new to see, even if I have passed that point many times before.
I have had an interest in photography for most of my life but it is only recently that I have begun to explore my world through the lens. I am now 37 and just beginning to discover what this world has in store for me. The camera is a part of that and most times I can be seen wandering around with it around my neck or across my shoulder and quite often it is stuck to my face as I view the scenes before me through the viewfinder. I like to mainly capture landscapes and find the overall scene to be most pleasing. I will quite often take Panorama style images. In saying that I also enjoy getting up close and personal and can be found bum in the air if something small catches my eye.
Most of my photographic experience has come through the hands on method but I completed a photography course when at high school where I learnt to shoot in black and white format as well as developing my own film. I have also undertaken studies in photography through the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT). This has taught me technical technique and helped me to understand the elements of scenes better. I am a member of many photographic websites and I like to read through the forums and get new tips and techniques to try when using the camera.
I love to share what I see and I hope that the feeling I am experiencing at the time comes through in the beautiful vistas I shoot.
For more beautiful images of Tasmania please visit RT Gallery
All art,clothing and calendars are the copyright of Shane Viper. No reproduction is permitted without first gaining my permission.
Groups
Shane Viper is a member of # 1 ARTISTS OF REDBUBBLE , ! 100% !, "Exceptional Ekphrasis", "Streams & Stream Crossings" 2 posts a day!, *A Beautiful Blur, *Islands of The World* - 3/day limit, 1:1 Macro Photography (Limit: 2 posts per 24 hour period), All About Flowers, All About Your Best Work, All the Colors of the Rainbow, All Things Poetic, Artistic, Philosophical, All Water in Motion (A Camera In The Description Before It Will Be Accepted), Alpine Australia, Amateur Art Photography , Amateur Photographers' Association, Amazing Graves, Australia! You're Standing In it...., Australia's Great Coastline, Australian Automotive & Motoring Culture, Australian Bush ☼ (aspects of realistic Landscapes - ie N0 Abstracts or Macros please!), Australian Contemporary Photography, Australian Native Plants-2 per day, Australian Travel Photography and Writing - 1 per 24hrs, B. A . G . (Bum Appreciation Group), Backyard Macro and Closeups (3 a day), Beginner's Expressions, Bits and Pieces , Black with a hint of colour, Bokeh, Butterflies, Skippers, Moths, & Other Winged Insects (2 a Day), Cee's Fun Artsy Friends, Colour and light, Conservation Photography, Creative, Talented, and Unknown, Creatures that Slither and Slide (2/Day), Dawn and Dusk Light, Digital Artists United, Extraordinary Fractalius - 3/day, Fabulous Flowers, Fine Art of Landscape Photography, Flower and Foliage DETAIL - 1 per day (24 hours), Forests, Gorgeous Flower Cards, Grevilleas, Have Your Say on TShirts, Historic Motor Racing Photography Worldwide, Human and Nature, Insects, Bugs and Creepy Crawlies (2 A Day), Landscape and Abstract Photography, Landscape Photography, Masterpiece: Photography, Mixed Media, Mother Nature's Finest, Motor Racing, National Parks of the World, Nature's Reclamation, Nature's Wonders, Panoramas 3:1 Ratio Minimum, People At Work, Photo-Zen, Photography 101, Photography Critique and Advice, Photoshop Help, Seachanges, Seasonal 'Scapes, Shameless Self-Promotion, Skyscapes, Sunrise, Sunset, Tasmania, That One Great Shot, The Art of Intrigue 2/24, The Beginner's Corner (profile page must contain photography experience), The Compact Group *ONE* per day with *camera details please*, The Greatest View in the World, THIS IS AUSTRALIA, Trees - 2 images per day with trees as the focal point, Truckies, Vibrant Plants, Waterfall Photography, Waves, Which Way - walkways, pathways, stairways, and roadways, Writing: Persuing Happiness, Yer pullin' my leg !, You're Accepted and Your Magic PLACE (PLACES only!!).
Art
Writing
Come Lay with Me
Come lay with me, / We can rest / for the first time. / Let your worries drift away, / while I hold you close. / Let me wrap my arms around you, / and feel your body next to mine. / The softness of y…
Sitting on my Back Step
While Sitting on my back step / I watch the clouds float by on a sky so blue, / A bird’s call resonates through the air / and when I listen I really don’t have a care. / The sun beats down…
Kindred Spirits
Kindred spirits know no boundaries. / They may be next door / or on a different continent. / It doesn’t matter how far they are apart, / in one way or another / they find each other.
