Technique and Approach #5.

This time round I'll be looking at this piece. "Essence of Bird."

My fascination with light and reflection /refraction. Not what I see, but how I see it. Fascinated by my cars rear view mirror and it's affect /effect on and with light, I set out one day to an industrial area. A flock of birds rummaging around on the ground, fluttering about. Pointing my camera at my rear view mirror (in night time mode), I snapped this. A bit of double exposure (sort of). 

The lines to the left I think are the result of the hard sun hitting the rear windshield anti-mist elements, with the birds on the right (essence) from the refraction / reflection of the mirror. Later I looked into how the mirror worked, giving me a slightly better understanding of what resulted that day. Interesting.

2015

Happy new year!

This year will bring new experiences and challenges. The main event being my trip to Europe. Cultural, food, language. It's going to be incredible!

Thank you to everyone who has been part of my journey so far. I look to sharing with you all this new year and the next chapter of my photographic journey. 

Christmas Time!

It's that time again, time for family, friends, food, booze and thankfulness!

I am thankful for film still being made (haha), family, friends (especially the creative ones - you know who you are!), fast cars, old things. 

I'm heading to the glorious Noosa for a number of days. Spending time with my family. There'll be eating, drinking, sleeping and going to the beach :) It's time for a break after a busy year, a year of new things including my first public exhibition, shooting lots of film, planning and other exciting things to come!

Next year? Europe (of course) of which I am extremely excited about, planning things for my next exhibition (hopefully with a good friend of mine Alicia) either late next year or in 2016, brain-storming creative ideas for new/old photographic techniques and I have already started looking into medium format 120, 4x5 cameras - something a bit different. Either roll, sheet / instant film. Mainly because of my obsession with vintage cameras and to learn new things! I am also looking to 2016/ 2017 for new opportunities as well.

Travel will be the highlight. To experience new cultures, languages, food, history. Stories to capture, re-tell. With such a diverse range of people in the many (13) countries I will be visiting, I hope to learn / experience the world, opening my eyes to the human experience. During my time in Europe I will be posting regularly (+ photos from my iPhone with film gallery to come later when I return) on a blog here on my website (coming soon)...