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This weekend I am attending a landscape photography workshop in the Hunter Valley, hosted by two Australian Grand Masters of Photography: Peter Eastway and David Oliver. I have met both of these charming photographers in the past, but this weekend I will gain a more personal experience shooting landscapes with them, and learning from their many [ continue reading ]
It is hard to believe that our London trip was nearly a year ago. During a thoroughly enjoyable time there, I managed to land a few pleasing shots, one of which I had not published until just yesterday. In fact I did publish the image, but it was a black and white version. Here is [ continue reading ]
Last weekend, I re-visited some of my unprocessed and/or unpublished images from our epic African trip in 2012, and dragged out from the archives another image of the stunning night sky over Africa. This is Big Nigrescens, a spot in the Timbavati region of South Africa, through which we had passed during a morning game [ continue reading ]
This is the famous Cellar 20 in the Penfolds winery at Magill Estate, Adelaide. On the left are 30 hogsheads (300-litre oak barrels) of Grange 2013, which is undergoing barrel maturation in Quercus alba (American oak). On the right are American oak barrels containing Bin 389 cabernet shiraz. These barrels were used for the 2012 [ continue reading ]
This is the famous tunnel at the end of Cellar 20, sitting 15 or so metres underneath the Penfolds Magill Estate winery in the eastern suburbs of Adelaide. This cellar contains thousands of bottles of premium Penfolds wines along the sides, as well as wooden display cases at the end of the tunnel, which exhibit [ continue reading ]
During a trip to Adelaide this week, we visited the famous Penfolds Magill Estate winery in Magill, 10km east of Adelaide. Here is a view from outside: While photography is one of my loves in life, so is wine, and Penfolds produces some of my favourite red wines. During this visit, we were given a [ continue reading ]