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Birds, Blooms and a Vintage Lens
The other day I wandered down to the local botanic gardens. No grand plan—just felt like getting out for some fresh air. I wasn’t on a serious photo mission, but I took my camera anyway. Who goes for a walk…
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Napoleon in The Briars
“The time has come,” the Walrus said, “To talk of many things: Of shoes—and ships—and sealing-wax— Of cabbages—and kings— And why the sea is boiling hot— And whether pigs have wings.” Lewis Carroll Let’s have a yarn about kings and…
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Cape Schanck Lighthouse
Victoria’s coastline is dotted with lighthouses—and for good reason. These waters have always been treacherous, and back in the days of sailing ships, wrecks were a regular occurrence. In fact, the coast is scattered with the remains of ships that…
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Australian pelicans
In Victoria, there’s a lovely little coastal town called San Remo — the Australian namesake of the certain Italian town. I’ve got no idea what goes on in the Italian San Remo, but the Aussie version is famous for fishing,…
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Docklands at night – video
In my previous post, I showed off a few photos I snapped around Docklands while I was out filming. Well, this time it’s the actual video. It’s certainly not a masterpiece. More than anything, it was a learning project —…
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Docklands at Night
I’m continuing my little series on Melbourne after dark. The city really comes alive at night — it’s colourful, charming, and always interesting to wander through. In winter, darkness arrives pretty early too, so by 6 pm it already feels…
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Cinematic Laneways
Do you need to watch a film to enjoy cinema? Or can cinema exist without the film at all? This set of images comes from an experiment in treating photography like film — shooting street scenes in Melbourne at night…
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Northcote at Dusk and at Night
If you’ve been following my blog posts, you probably remember the photos from the rock gigs. Both concerts were at the Northcote Theatre in Northcote — one of Melbourne’s classic old inner-city suburbs. It used to be a pretty rough…
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Rainy night on Southbank
It’s winter in Australia right now, and I’m loving it. Not everyone’s a fan, unlike me. So what do I like so much about winter? Easy — it gets dark early. By 6pm it’s already dark, and I can start…
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Night in Melbourne
This is what I’ve wanted to do for the last couple of years. What exactly? Shoot beautiful videos. I’ve more or less figured out how to take good photos already. Not that there’s nothing left for me to learn in…
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