Parramatta River Ferry Ride
For a regular photo meetup I attend, we hopped on the ferry from Circular Quay to Parramatta to take in the sights along the Parramatta River. The ferry service is actually a RiverCat catamaran, which deftly speeds along the harbour and larger sections of the river or at times, ambles along the narrower turns. The...
Star Trail Photograph of East Beach, Kiama
For L & R’s wedding, a group of us rented a house in Kiama for the weekend. Located at the edge of the Little Blowhole Reserve, we had a magnificent view of East Beach. View Larger Map Away from a large city, I was hoping the conditions would be right to attempt a star trail...
Easter Parade at Hyde Park
We had a staycation this past Easter and stayed in town to relax and get some projects done. On Easter Sunday, I took the opportunity to meet up with some like-minded photographers and snap some photos of the Easter Parade pre-festivities at Hyde Park. There was lots of praying… There was lots of dancing… There...
Summer 2012 at Bondi Beach
Fittingly, my 13th summer in Australia has been the worst one yet. Gone are the summers of temperatures soaring well past 30ºC; this year, Spring just passed the baton to Autumn. Regardless, Australians (and visitors alike) seize the (summer) day when we can. I took the opportunity to snap a few photographs on the days...
Study of Light: A Photography Lesson on the Colour of Light
I’m currently studying photography at the Australian Centre for Photography. For a portion of one of my assignments, I undertook a study of light. Wikipedia has a much better explanation of Colour Temperature than I can give. I quote: …The color temperature of a light source is the temperature of an ideal black-body radiator that...
Island Hopping in Coron, Palawan, Philippines
As I mentioned in a prior post, we’d recently holidayed in Coron, Palawan in the Philippines. Having set-up base in town, we’d organised a tour with our hotel. My brother had specced out and booked a fantastic itinerary of island hopping that didn’t just include a guide and a bangka (an outrigger) but also food...
Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, Fort Bonifacio, Metro Manila
On the way home from airport drops offs last week, Mom and I went to Fort Bonifacio for lunch. We drove past the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, which I hadn’t seen since I was a kid. With the recent sale and commercial growth of Fort Bonifacio, I’d wondered what had happened to this 615,000...
A Day of Diving in Coron, Palawan, Philippines
For our recent family holiday in the Philippines, where our geographically-challenged immediate family converged from three different continents to meet at a fourth, my brother had expertly organised yet another trip; a holiday within a holiday. To get away from the pre-Christmas crowds of Manila, we flew South to Coron, Palawan, renown for its island...
Outpost: Art from the Streets, Cockatoo Island
I’ve been keen for a while to check out Outpost: Art from the Streets at Cockatoo Island but alas various commitments has prevented us from doing so. Thankfully, an open schedule had synchronised with blue skies. It was a beautiful day in Sydney yesterday, especially after an entire week of torrential rain. What better time...
Diving Site: Jackie’s Passage, Mamanuca Islands, Fiji
Our fourth and final dive of our short Fijian trip was at Jackie’s Passage. It was possibly my favourite. Before leaping in, the boat captain threw in bits of bread to attract some of the zebra fish our way. Being a shallow 15m dive, they were all around us when we jumped in.Water temperature was...
Diving Site: Wilkes Wall, Mamanuca Islands, Fiji
Our third dive was a shallow drift dive at a depth of 12m. As usual, 30-degree surface temperature and a warm 30 degrees at depth. I manned the camera this time around and I think we finally found a setting that was perfect for underwater. While automatic or the underwater preset produced lacklustre results (and...
Diving Site: Namoto Wall, Mamanuca Islands, Fiji
Our second dive on our recently completed Fijian holiday (boo!) was at Namoto Wall, near Namoto Island. As per the prior dive, it was 30 degrees on the surface and about 28 degrees at maximum depth, which was 21m. We’re still getting the hang of using the Canon Powershot S95 underwater. I can attest that...
