This week we lost another surfer to a shark attack. I know the spot where he was taken, so beautiful. On it's day it's a punchy little sand sucking barrel. The boogie riders round here go really hard and they love it. Full credit to them.  No doubt Kyle got his share. The first ...
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  Australian Institute of Professional Photography – Wappa Awards   I’ve had a very pleasing week. My entries in the Western Australian print awards have done better than I expected. From the three prints entered I picked up one silver and one silver distinction award. Before ...
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    I'm home. So good to be back. My house, all my friends, my veggie patch,. You just have to love home. No doubt some distant coast will call me again soon but in the mean time lots to work on. Apart from everything else I have three thousand image to edit. I had a quick ...
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The last few days have been spectacular. I have been camping near the tip of the Francois Peron national park. My campsite was tucked into a corner of an eastern facing beach. If you looked one way it was white sand into crystal blue water and in the other direction the glassy waters reflected ...
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I’m on the road again. It’s been a wet misty day. Tomorrow looks better we might even see the sun. Assuming all goes well I hope to get to Shark Bay late tomorrow afternoon. Time here will be spent photographing the drama of the location. Downtime will be about chilling, playing the guitar and ...
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I spend a lot of time travelling to gather my images. Not every trip is successful. I can’t count the number of times that I have spent the night driving only to be greeted by less than optimum conditions.  Sometimes I question the whole thing but then you get that magic trip where it all seems to ...
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  Throughout the process of organising my ocean prints I have had to make several key decisions regarding the creative approach. One of these decisions in reference to the finished print has been the overall composition or print format. A “style” that is to become my signature and also ...
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  Recent times have been plentiful in the way of good waves. Lots of quality and some serious size. Everyone (surfers) has been smiling. And by that I mean everyone. There was a day last week where I watched a hardcore crew take on a huge ocean reef. Big rolling swells moving across a ...
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  Autumn is really pretty here. The days are typically warm and sunny.  The path of the sun puts the light between the brazen strength of summer and the dull gloom of winter. Dawn and dusk is often a palette of pastel colours. The last few days have fallen into this pattern. If it ...
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Another dawn by the sea. A scattering of other surfers and myself shared the lineup with masses of herring, a school of dolphins and one rather large whale frolicking just offshore. I’m really loving the “early” to the point of disappointment when I sleep through the 4.50am alarm. Today I shot ...
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