Night photography would be much better if I took photos with people in them. I love the little alleyways and lights, but without a subject they just don’t quite feel as good as they could be.
Immediately after I took that first picture and tried to bring the drone back, the wind picked up and it wasn’t able to make progress at all, even in sport mode. After a few panicked minutes of piloting I managed to get back safely.
Looking upstream somewhere in the middle of Grand Canyon.
Some test shots on my new iPhone 15 Pro during a walk around Sydney uni.
You can only have so many photos of things in the sea that are mostly blue, so I decided to go black & white and overexpose to give it a little bit of a dreamy appearance.
While taking photos at a football game I can’t resist the urge to not take pictures of people.
Despite the spectacular cliffs, I found it hard to get a photo that I was happy with due to the harsh light.
Making the most of the golden sand and clear water.
Shot the opening night of Vivid 2023 from the Shangri-la hotel, giving a view over the whole harbour. Didn’t have a lens skirt—and didn’t think there were reflections at the time—but had to spend ages painting the reflection out just above the opera house.
The first shot is a composite from multiple points throughout the evening. The sky and most of the buildings are from a shot just before sunset, then the lights and trails of the boats are from some shots just after sunset. The fireworks are a separate shot, taken with a different lens! I didn’t plan to include this in the composite, but realised that I could take the telephoto view of the fireworks from the 18-105mm and line it up over the wide shots from earlier in the evening.
Some test shots with the Mini 3, trying to get the light of the sunset on the city.
Lacking other ideas, decided to play with motion blur by tracking waves as the came to shore.
