Sneddon
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Sam Sneddon
Australia
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Samuel Sneddon
Australia
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Merle Sneddon
New Zealand
42 creative works found
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After shooting the early light of the morning down at Cape Schanck I thought I’d take a quick shot of the sun light reflecting off the large boulders in this little cove. I love the warm colours and shapes of wet boulders in the sun. If you ever go down to this place when the tied is high and the weather a little on the wild side, the massive waves that come crashing in to this little space throw these boulders around making an awesome rumbling sound. A must see if you live close enough to the Mornington Peninsula.
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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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This is an early evening shot I took on Christmas day 2006 down at one of the many small beaches along the Mount Eliza stretch of coast.
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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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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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This is another case of right place right time. I normally check the tides to see where they will be at sunrise and sunset, but as my fiance and I were staying near Geelong for a few days, I didn’t bring a tide chart with me and so I had to take guesses as to where it would likely be. Anyway, at the last minute I decided to head down to Point Lonsdale to take a few shots of the lighthouse and to my delight the tide was out and slowly creeping in. By the time I finished shooting, I was walking through water to get back to the shore.
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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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I thought I’d try something a little different. I don’t normally shoot anything abstract or parts of objects, I usually like to zoom out a capture the whole subject in one shot. But on this one particular evening, as the sun was creeping over the horizon, it lit up the clouds that had been dumping lots of rain on us. I stood outside in awe of all the shapes and cloud types that weren’t so obvious when the sun was covered by them, but now, as the sun pushed it’s light through a gap, and with all of it’s wonderful colour, it revealed the stunning shapes of the underbelly of the storm. The colours, shapes and shadows encouraged me to grab my camera, and thus I shot just bits a pieces of the clouds that were around me on that night, and as the sun went further down, the colours changed. This is one image from 5 that are in my gallery. You may enjoy them or you may not, but to me they are a reminder of that amazing display on that one evening.
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The Dandenong Ranges (Victoria) are host to many of Melbourne’s most wonderful gardens, landscaped in ways you aren’t likely to find anywhere else in the region. During Autumn, some of these gardens really show themselves off and are a place perfect for quiet reflection and to take in all the beauty of nature.
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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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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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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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The more I look through my photographs; the more I see just how much time I’ve spent at this location. This is a nice warm Spring sunrise over the Cameron’s Bight jetty looking across to Arthurs Seat.
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Sometimes the sky lights up in ways you least expect. As was the case on this morning. When I got there, the clouds seemed to be everywhere, and the worst place to have them for sunrise or sunset is on the horizon; and there was plenty on the horizon. But as I waited, the clouds slowly thinned and drifted, moving further away from the horizon at a fast rate of knots. The result was a spectacular and bright pre-sunrise lightshow.
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The fog that rolls in over the land from Western Port Bay (Victoria) is just wonderful. Here, I took a shot along the boardwalk over the mangroves of Bittern. It was an incredibly frosty morning and the sun was barely able to show its self through the fog.
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I’m not actually sure why I called this ‘Memories of Yesterday’. It is probably to do with the ghostly shadows of a man and his dog on the jetty. Perhaps I could have called it a man and his dog and let the viewer figure out why. In any case, I like the softness and almost pastel colours of this image. It was shot down at Sorrento (Victoria) one evening.
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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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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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Standing atop the cliffs at Mornington Peninsula’s southern most tip, the Cape Schanck lighthouse is a warning that this piece of coastline is not to be messed with. It’s not easy getting to this point of coast when there is very little light and an unpredictable tide. Lucky for me the sky provided a nice show of colour to make the effort worth it.
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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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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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