Articles - Seascapes
On 16/05/2010 my photography mate Peter and I headed down to Kiama for some dawn seascape photography. Beyond the famous Kiama blow hole is a basalt rock headland extending a fair way out and affording some spectacular views from a reasonably high distance from the water. The conditions that morning were somewhat deceptive. That weekend [ continue reading ]
This morning I took some friends from my camera club to Turimetta on Sydney's northern beaches. Some had not shot seascapes (or shot them much), so were keen to try upon my offer. Unfortunately my wish for a good sky this morning yet again did not come true; the sky was plain and very bright [ continue reading ]
In July I headed to Narrabeen for a Sunday dawn shoot. Narrabeen and nearby Turimetta is a location that I have photographed a few times before, but on this day the sky was moody. One of my stand-out captures of the morning is The Narrabeen Gorge. Here it is: On this particular morning the conditions [ continue reading ]
I picked up a real gem from Brent's blog last weekend. He has learned of a Web-based tool called SkippySky Astro-Weather Forecast, which shows a visual map of cloud cover, including percentages, with breakdown of cloud cover (ie, high, middle, low and total). This tool might prove very handy for seascape/landscape photographers who, like myself [ continue reading ]
Kajo Merkert, a photography mate of mine and fantastic seascape photographer, has embarked upon providing intensive landscape/seascape photography workshops in Sydney. Kajo's first workshop is scheduled for September, 2010. He will announce dates shortly, so keep an eye on his blog for more details. His blog contains full details of what the workshop will cover [ continue reading ]
A few of my seascaping mates and I headed down to Wollongong Harbour at dawn this morning for a seascape shoot. The forecast was for periodic showers, and driving down in the dark, I experienced downpours and the occasional flash of lightning. I looked at the sky, and was delighted to see clear patches here [ continue reading ]