Articles - Cityscapes

As any seasoned landscape photographer knows, the sky is a crucial ingredient in a dramatic and compelling landscape image.  The sky is not often the actual subject in a scenic image, but it plays a substantial role.  What is happening in the sky can vastly change the appearance of the light hitting the subject.  It [ continue reading ]

The year 2021 has, without a doubt, been my lowest year in terms of photographic output.  In the final days of the year 2021, I decided to head to a favourite location in Pyrmont, in order to photograph the relatively new Crown Sydney skyscraper alongside the three skyscrapers which form International Towers in the Barangaroo [ continue reading ]

Looking back, I have unfortunately neglected to write much here for the second half of 2018.  Photographically, 2018 was not a big year.  However, 2019 started off very nicely with a trip to Western Australia, in which we were based in Perth.  This was a first-time experience, and naturally, I had a list of subjects and [ continue reading ]

Last week, I decided to buy a Canon EF 24mm f/1.4L II USM lens.  It was a lens I had entertained — but not seriously — adding to my rig.  Until the addition of this lens, my two wide lenses consisted of my Canon EF 14mm f/2.8L II USM and Canon EF 35mm f/1.4L USM [ continue reading ]

Late in 2017, we headed to Brisbane and south-east Queensland for the first time since 2013.  It was high time to visit Dave and Lea, and engage in some photography, tomfoolery and shiraz consumption.  On our first full day, we decided to head south-west to Queen Mary Falls, as there had been some recent rain in [ continue reading ]

The view of Sydney's skyline from the western side of Darling Harbour is always a beautiful spectacle as the evening twilight descends.  I have photographed it before, and I will photograph it again.  This time, I captured a view of that same skyline from the south-western corner of Cockle Bay, right outside the new International [ continue reading ]