Articles - Seascapes

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 ]

Last year, a good friend of mine, who runs a growing camera club, asked me if I would return for the third occasion as a guest speaker.  I had the honour and privilege of presenting an audio-visual show and talk about light and composition in September of 2017, and in February of 2016, I presented [ continue reading ]

This image of Turimetta Beach was captured during my first seascape session in nearly a year, and this was the first time I have returned to Turimetta since 2012.  The conditions were a lot more dangerous than this image would suggest, with a strong south-easterly wind, medium-to-large swell and an incoming tide.  Large waves were [ continue reading ]

Nearly a month ago, I experienced a great dawn seascape shoot at Little Austinmer, where there is an abundance of interesting water and rock features on the rock shelf.  During the earlier part of the shoot, I shot some long exposures in and around the main gorge.  Here is one of them: Here, I opted for [ continue reading ]

A few photography friends of mine, who have shot Little Austinmer before, told me that it can take quite a few attempts to land a cracking good image.  I first ventured to Little Austi just a little over a week before I shot this image, and while I found it a stunning location, the sky [ continue reading ]

Little Austinmer, known colloquially as Little Austi, is a location I have had on my list of photoshoot locations for quite a long time.  With my renewed enthusiasm for seascape photography, I headed to Little Austi this morning to capture its pictureesque rock shelf, over which sea water constantly cascades when the conditions of the [ continue reading ]