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I shot this from Point Richards on the Bellarine Peninsula (Victoria) looking across Corio Bay. From all of my visits to ‘the other side’ of the bay, I’ve come to realise that the cloud formations are often very different to the Mornington Peninsula (where I spend most of my time). So far, and probably extremely luckily for me, I have never been disappointed with a sunrise or sunset shot taken on the Bellarine.
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I shot this photo earlier this year down at Cape Schanck on the Mornington Peninsula (Victoria). It’s part of a new personal project I’m working on. It was one of those mornings where everything just came together nicely. Of all the photos I’ve ever shot, this is one of my favourites.
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On a still spring morning, I headed down to Balnarring to walk along the beach. As I arrived I saw that I would have company. Local race horses are brought here to train, they trot along the beach to the point and return in the water. Before being loaded back on to the truck they are given a moment to roll around and enjoy the sand.
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The long stretching beach of Blairgowrie has some of the shallowest water along the Peninsula, and at low tide a multitude of sand bars are exposed for several kilometres. On a warm evening, this is a wonderful place to come and walk in the water. On this evening the air was still and the tide was nearly all the way out. As the sun set behind me, the moon rose in front, reflecting the beautiful colours of the evening light.
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On a moody Spring evening, dense but scattered clouds roll across the bay threatening to open up and pour on anything that falls their path. The setting sun casts its light across the clouds making them glow in a way that makes them appear to be on fire. The stunning colour of the sand comes up through the shallow water in unusual blues and greens while at the same time mixing with the oranges and reds of the sky.
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The Barwon Coast has a diverse range of coastal features; great wide sandy beaches, harsh rocky shores, gigantic sand dunes and shear cliff faces. This particular part of the coast is located between two points, one called Black Rocks and the other called Blue Rocks. Here there are no shallow rock shelves or reefs so the waves come in unhindered and curl and crash against the rocks with amazing power. On this particular morning, the air was far colder than the water, and the waves brought clouds of steam with it as they rolled in from the sea. You can see how moody and dangerous coastlines can be for boats out in conditions like this. As I stood on the rocks looking out to sea, I could only hear the waves coming, I could not see them until they arrived right below me. Simply amazing.
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Yep another photo I took looking across Corio Bay. For those of you with a keen eye, you’ll be able to see the You Yangs in the distance. My fiance and I had just been at a winery buying some of the Bellarine’s finest, and got to the beach just in time to see this stunning sunset.
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Shelley Beach is another of Portsea’s wonderful stretches of bayside coast. This beach, as with others near by, hosts several interesting jetties and beach houses. I really love this photo for it’s layering of colours – the effect in the sky is called ‘Neptune’s Rings’ and is a rare atmospheric phenomenon. When there is a certain amount of particles in the atmosphere (perhaps as a result of bushfires), the spectrum of light is separated in to more prominent and distinct bands of colour than would normally be seen. This effect, combined with the colours of the plantlife make the scene so interesting.
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I went away to shoot the Grampians in western Victoria one Spring and on my way out there passed dozens of canola fields. For years I had shot canola fields hoping to get that ideal shot, but I mean normally there isn’t anything to see except a mass of yellow and maybe the odd tree. Not really all that interesting if you ask me. During my travels I kept a keen eye out hoping that I’d spot something in a field that was different. No luck. I spent a few days in the Grampians and headed home. I did the same thing, kept my eye on the fields looking for a point of interest and as I came over a hill there it was: an old blue-stone house sitting right smack bang in the middle of the canola field. I then spent the next half an hour tracking down the fields owners for permission and then spent a couple of hours shooting it. This is one of my favourites.
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I took this photograph just this morning down along the Mornington Peninsula. On my way down there I feared that a developing cloud band was going to spoil my efforts but by first light the clouds had started to easy and drift away. By the time the sun started to rise over the horizon (behind the clouds), the sky was clear in the west so I was able to capture the lovely morning colours.
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This photo I shot tonight along the Mornington Peninsula. I had hoped to shoot the moon coming up behind Arthurs Seat (the largest peak in the background) but the soft cloud had painted the sky with its texture. This is still satisfying, as the sun set behind me, the clouds lit up with all of their pastel glory.
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I shot this earlier this evening before the ’’Halcyon View’’ photo at a different location along the Mornington Peninsula. In this shot I wanted to captured the stunning light and clouds but at the same time present a segment of cliff that has been cut away. Framing the grass close to us, I try to make the viewer see that everything on top of the dunes is nice and normal, yet only a few feet away, the battering of the waves has carved and eroded sharp jagged cliffs. I don’t know if that’s what I achieved, but I like the photo anyway.
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The Mornington Peninsula is known for its cooler weather and stronger winds (especially along the southern coast), and rarely has conditions suitable for fog. On this day I struck it lucky. I had been visiting the Peninsula every time I heard there was the possibility of heavy fog along the coast but it never happened. Years passed, and then one day it was there and it lasted nearly all day. It’s quite unsettling too and very much out of character for the area. I spent several hours going from location to location shooting as much as I could. Here I photographed one of the more unique ‘castle’ style private jetties along the bay-side. It was soo quiet and the water wasn’t moving or making a sound.
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Not really knowing what to expect, I bought a topographical map of the Great Otway Ranges and surrounding area in search of waterfalls. Little did I know but this region has nearly 200 waterfalls (most of them too hard to get to). I selected a half a dozen and spent the day hiking through forest to different places (my legs were killing at the end of the day). This water fall, Lower Kalimna Falls were close to my favourite because they fall over a rock shelf that is high enough to stand under.
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There are so many unknown features along the Mornington Peninsula that neither people seem to talk about, nor the local tourism board. St Pauls beach has a fabulous array of rock formations including this pair of arches which reach out over the beach and rocks. I had wanted the tide to be in further when I came down here but I needed to make the most of it and the lighting was just perfect, so I took this shot.
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While shooting a different part of the South-Eastern stretch of Port Philip Bay, I decided to take a wander and do a bit of exploring. I found this old jetty that was really getting run-down. They don’t really build new jetties like this anymore. Nowadays they all have handrails, lights and all manner of objects. As the sun went down, I decided that I wasn’t going to shoot it properly, but instead take some practice shots. When I came home and took a look at my photos for the evening I was surprised at just how this one turned out. It was exactly what I wanted and I didn’t even realise it at the time. Since then the jetty has been dismantled and work on a new one has begun.
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A few years ago, Mildura hosted the World Hot Air Balloon Championships. I headed up there for a few days to enjoy the event. Travelling with the competitors was great as I got to see how quickly they measured the weather conditions and set up their balloons. About 80 balloons were raised at about the same time, many of them side-by-side like this, in a rush to take advantage of the best wind conditions. Not only were they pushing against each other on the ground, but the balloons would also bump each other in the air, it was really an amazing sight.
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I shot this just this morning along an eastern beach of Port Philip Bay, Victoria. It was a mild morning, and despite my fears of an overcast bland sky, the clouds unpredictably opened up and displayed a wonderful array of shapes and layers. Although I enjoy this photo in colour, it doesn’t really share the same quality and impact that the monotone version displays. This was my first photo shoot for 3 months, and will be part of a small series I will be exhibiting at the end of the year.
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In recent weeks, the sunrises and sunsets have been quite impressive. Here is a shot I took around Port Philip Bay during one cool morning. The colours were vibrant and the clouds slick and layered. It was shot as an HDR image.
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I shot this yesterday. The mornings recently have been absolutely freezing and yesterday morning was no exception with the cool breeze adding to my discomfort. I normally prepare well but I forgot to take gloves with me and working the camera was painful. The tide was an hour from high and I found this spot to capture some of the interesting rock lines along one point on the Eastern side of Port Phillip Bay. This is shot in HDR.
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