Articles - January, 2017

Re-Visiting a Scene Six Years Later

During the week, I had the unusual opportunity to shoot a twilight cityscape.  It is not something I tend to do very often, but circumstance created the opportunity, which I seized, including a visit to a few of the big city camera stores.  I figured we would afterwards head over to Darling Harbour for some dinner [ continue reading ]

New Lens: Canon EF 14mm f/2.8L II USM

Today ushered in a new chapter in my photography, and simultaneously closed another.  A new lens joined its brethren here in my photography den; and an old friend parted ways.  Now, I am not one to buy gear very often.  My days of 'Gear Acquisition Syndrome' (GAS) are well and truly behind me; and I have [ continue reading ]

Mount Wilson: Cathedral of Ferns

During an exploratory day-trip to the Blue Mountains west of Sydney, Dave and I decided to look around Mount Wilson, a place of which I had heard in photography circles, but never visited.  We encountered the Cathedral of Ferns, where we stopped to capture a few images of the beautiful, lush foliage.  Here is one of them [ continue reading ]

First Photoshoot of 2017

My first photoshoot of 2017 began eather early in the year, with a visit to Featherdale Wildlife Park on the 2nd of January.  This is only the second time we have been inside a zoo or wildlife sanctuary/park since our travels to South Africa and Kenya in 2012 and 2015 respectively.  For some time, Featherdale Wildlife Park had [ continue reading ]