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  • Emerald Lake

    To the east of Melbourne, quite close to the city, there are some low called the Dandenongs (the Dandenong Ranges). Don’t confuse them with the suburb of Dandenong, which is in a completely different place—and unlike the hills, it’s known… Continue reading

    Emerald Lake
  • The Autumn HDR

    Just check out my new video. If you’re wondering why it’s so unusually bright and colourful—and you’re a bit of a nerd or geek who loves geeking out over the technical details—then read on. For the normal people out there,… Continue reading

    The Autumn HDR
  • Kangaroos in Seawinds Gardens

    The holiday’s over, and there’s not much time left for photo and video adventures. So this time I’m sharing something that’s not new — it was filmed back in early December. Honestly, I wasn’t even planning to post this for… Continue reading

    Kangaroos in Seawinds Gardens
  • Life in Rock Pools – video

    To save me repeating myself, have a read of this older post — this one’s a direct continuation of it. In that post I mentioned it’d be great to come back and shoot a video of all this watery chaos.… Continue reading

    Life in Rock Pools – video
  • Mildura holiday – Oddities of Nature

    My European readers looked at these photos and went, “So what? We’ve seen frozen lakes in winter before!” And fair enough — at first glance it really does look like a pretty standard winter scene. But if you look a… Continue reading

    Mildura holiday – Oddities of Nature
  • Christmas lights at Southbank

    City lights at night — pretty much exactly how I pictured the scene I wanted to shoot on video with an anamorphic lens. Ideas are meant to be turned into reality, so one warm evening I loaded my video gear… Continue reading

    Christmas lights at Southbank
  • Mildura holiday – Lake Tyrrell

    A very long time ago, right in the middle of Australia, there was a massive lake that covered parts of what are now Victoria, New South Wales and South Australia. If you don’t remember it, that’s hardly surprising — the… Continue reading

    Mildura holiday – Lake Tyrrell
  • Mildura holiday – the road there and back

    And so that wonderful moment finally arrived when we headed off on our family holiday. We try to do this every year, usually heading somewhere wild and exotic – places like Tasmania, South Australia, or even Estonia. This time we… Continue reading

    Mildura holiday – the road there and back
  • Anamorphic Gardens

    “What a load of nonsense!” — you might say. “There’s no such thing as anamorphic gardens!” And you’d be right — there aren’t. But there are anamorphic lenses, and you can use them to capture those gardens in photos and… Continue reading

    Anamorphic Gardens
  • AC/DC and bagpipes

    Текст на русском находится внизу страницы, после английского Australia bloody loves AC/DC.Well, to be fair, the whole world does — me included — but Aussies have a special kind of love for them. For starters, they’re homegrown legends. “Acca Dacca”,… Continue reading

    AC/DC and bagpipes