Articles - 2014

This view of a tempestuous sky in South Cronulla was an image I shot over four years ago, and originally processed and published in black and white.  Here is a newly-processed colour version.  To my eyes years later, it looks just as effective in colour as it does in black and white [ continue reading ]

While we are not quite done with the year 2014 yet, it is close enough to publish a retrospective of the year from a photographic perspective.  Firstly, it was my most low-output year on record; but with other commitments and interests, and a waning interest in photography, I can live with that.  I only published [ continue reading ]

A few months ago we booked another trip to Africa.  It has been something we have wanted to do again since our first life-changing visit in October of 2012.  This time we are heading to the Maasai Mara region of Kenya, for some incredible wildlife encounters on an eight-day private photographic safari.  We are again [ continue reading ]

Last night I attended the Focus Photography 2014 Annual Awards with many photography friends and associates, and being in the company of such people and such images can often give one a bit of a kick-start.  While my photographic output in 2014 has been very low, after hearing the winner of one of the awards [ continue reading ]

The night after I photographed the recent September moon during Waxing Gibbous phase, I headed outside and shot it again.  Here is a closer view of the moon's craters during its Waxing Gibbous phase on 7 September, 2014.  In this more recent image (24 hours later), more of the moon was visible.  This time I have [ continue reading ]

Having recently bought a 400mm f/2.8 lens, I have been somewhat keen to use it.  I bought it to photograph wildlife during our next African safari, but for the lack of any local leopards or lions, I decided to use this lens for the next best subject: the moon.  Here, on 6 September, 2014, the [ continue reading ]