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I posted earlier about the fine art nude shoot that I had organised with Miss Raina Hazel for the Saturday morning. Because of the distances between our two places of residence, I organised a 2 bedroom apartment for us to spend the night in. She brought her boyfriend along, and we decided to do a…
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A couple of weekends back, I went and shot the V8 Supercars in Newcastle. This is a handful of my images.
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Our son has just joined the Australian Army and has been posted to Darwin. Given that it was his first Christmas away from home, we decided we would go up there for the week. This is a handful of images from our week together.
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In September 2022, my wife Cath and I embarked upon a roadtrip around New South Wales with a couple of friends from Sydney. They had not seen much of the state before, and were glad to have us along (we’ve done a few trips like this before, plus I’d passed through a lot of this…
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I’ve neglected this blog horrendously over the last 4 years. In that time, bad actors have infiltrated it and injected lots of malicious content into the middle of all my old blog posts (mostly ads for pills). I’ve cleaned out as much as I can find. But I’ve also decided to start posting a little…
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I had never shot fine art nude before, and was keen to give it a go. I’ve seen the work of a few other photographers (a couple whom I know personally) in this genre, and wanted to see if I could create images comparable to their work. Miss Raina Hazel is a model I’ve worked…
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We flew out of Negombo on Sri Lankan Airlines, a new low in airline comfort. Leg room had been reduced for Maximum Hobbit Capacity ™, meaning that even sitting as upright as you possibly could, anyone over 5’10” would have their knees jammed against the seat in front of them for the entirety of the…
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Today, we checked out of Sigiriya and drove back to Negombo, ready for our flight to the Maldives tomorrow. As we were driving, we agreed that a massage would be nice right about now. So, after a quick google search, we booked into a place which promised a 75 minute, full body massage for the…
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Our second day in the Sigiriya area. I had planned on climbing nearby Pidurangala, another monolith. But it turned out to be a day of more rain. Having done Sigiriya Rock yesterday, and knowing how many of the steps were metal, I figured climbing in the wet was probably not the best idea. So we…
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We had made plans to climb the 250 meter tall Sigiriya Rock (or Lion Rock, as it’s also known) today. Like World’s End a week before, the conventional wisdom says get there early to avoid both the crowds and the heat/humidity. We were inside the park just after the gates opened at 6:30, and had…
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Having checked the Photographer’s Ephemeris for a decent spot to set up for some sunrise magic, I got up early and headed out. Sadly, distant cloud sitting right on the horizon conspired against me again. I did grab one wide angle shot of the clouds, but… meh. An hour or two later, after breakfast, we…
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We had our breakfast in the rooftop restaurant at our hotel. It was from here that I shot a picture of another Buddha statue; this one across town, on a hillside and illuminated in the morning sun, with dark clouds way off in the background. Once we’d checked out, we were on the road north…
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Today, we were sightseeing around Kandy. This included a visit to the Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic, and looking for somewhere to watch the Perahera Festival parade in the evening. Locals were starting to line the streets from mid-morning, even though that meant sitting/standing for up to 10 hours in the rain, waiting for…
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Monday 12th August We were all up early and on the road by 5:30. Everything we had read about the walk to World’s End said “Be there EARLY”. World’s End is a lookout on the edge of an 800 metre precipice. And apparently, it has a habit of only clearing briefly in the morning, before…
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Sunday 11th August After breakfast, we started the walk to Little Adam’s Peak, which was only about 1km from our Air B’n’B. Cath stopped at one minor lookout point, about 2/3 of the way to the main peak, while I continued on. When I got there, I managed to get a Welsh couple who were…
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Saturday 10th August Dinesh also provided us with some handy tips for the remainder of our travels. One of which was to avoid the elephant orphanage at Kandy, where the elephants are kept longer than necessary, as tourist attractions. He suggested instead that on our way north to Ella, we take a slight detour, to…
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Friday 9th August Today, we were booked in with Dinesh (Mowgli Safaris), a 3rd generation 17 year veteran safari guide in Yala National Park. We had booked a full day safari, as several Trip Advisor reviews had made mention of the fact that a full day safari gives you a much better chance at seeing…
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Not a lot of shooting happened today. This was our longest driving day of the trip. About 180 km, which doesn’t sound like much by Australian standards, but that equated to about 5 hours of Tetris-on-wheels, and most of that in the rain. We arrived at our resort, EKHO Tissa, and took an early night,…
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Wednesday 7th August Today, we ventured down to the fish market in a nearby village to see the fisherman returning with their catches, and to observe the haggling that goes on between fishermen and (presumably) restaurateurs. We then took a tour of a tea plantation. This was conducted by a very knowledgeable bloke, who told…
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Tuesday 6th August We left Colombo for the drive south to Galle. Once there, we wandered around the old Dutch quarter, where amongst other things, I came across an elderly craftsman who makes and sells toy boats. We also found the snake charmer who dances with a cobra, and will, for a fee, let you…