Evening light

I hate missing class.  It makes me feel like an outsider who isn’t in on the joke.  Not that there was a joke and I’m able to catch up with what I missed being away last week in Sydney.  Last night’s class was to photograph in changing light as...

Flat white and other photographic dilemmas

Despite it being t-shirt weather in Sydney it was a miserable cloudy day when I struck out on my own for a couple of hours with my camera.  Intent on taking some pictures of the Opera House it turned out to be a real disappointment with a cloudy dull sky making the...

Rich in colour

I’ve long been an admired of stained glass.  From the days of seeking amusement during the ritualistic Sunday Church Services when I was a boarder at school to exploring buildings at home and abroad.  There is something deeply mystical about the way the light...

Perspectives on a church yard

Last Saturday I spend most of the day in a church yard.  The wild weather on the coast was too much so it was our second choice location for the photography course field trip.  Conditions were less than ideal for photography but that didn’t stop our teachers...

The teachers

As if I don’t talk enough about my photography I thought you should have fair warning that the chatter is about to increase.  And if my first few lessons on the Photocourse are anything to go by that chatter could be loud, long and on occasion a little dull to...