My Yearbook Photos through the years

Wow, how my hairstyles have changed! Oh to still have hair....

1996

1988

1978

1972

1970

1966

1962

1954

1952

1950

Matthews Clown day at school

As you can see, Ants got into the spirit! Thanks for the photos, Jo.

Flowers by the beach

Turrimetta

Day out in the rock pools around Narrabeen

Flamenco Dancing

I got to take some photos of a Flamenco Dancing dress rehearsal. There was some beautiful dancing on show; Flamenco really is a most dramatic form of dance. I have not processed all my photos from the event yet, but here are some quick highlights.

Nature walk at Bobbin Head

Oxfam Trailwalker 2009

Oxfam Trailwalker is a Sydney walking event where teams of four people walk 100 km's in 48 hours for charity. I was part of the volunteer crew taking portrait shots of the participants and supporters. Here are some of the photos I took.

Clifton Gardens with Andreas and Ingrid, Sebastian and Anna

Narrabeen splash

Turrimetta Sunrise

Royal National Park

More animal portraits

The Botings at Muizenberg Beach (Cape Town)

Thanks for the photos, Jo.

Photo Make-Overs

I have become as passionate about processing photos as I am about taking them. Its amazing what you can do with the digital darkroom - much of the information is already in the RAW file (that's all I shoot now, no more jpegs for me); its just a case of knowing how to retrieve it. I've become an Adobe Lightroom addict (it is the best software ever). Here are some of my more recent before and afters. Hopefully you'll think I've improved on the originals!

Movavale Morning Rush


Lion Portrait

Forrester Morning

Turrimetta Rock

The amazing Forresters Beach

Mack, the landscape portraitist

Mack showing off some of the amazing features of Forresters Beach. He enjoyed it as much as I did.

Sunrise at Turrimetta

Early morning rush

Early mornning at Turrimetta and Monavale

The advance of dusk over The Three Sisters (Blue Mountains)

Medieval Festival

I went to the Medieval Festival in North Ryde today - a great day out with knights jousting and fighting and merry wenches cheering. The highlight was the kids who came in their little costumes and watching how excited they got. Conditions were not good for photography (harsh light) but here are some of my captures.

And my favourite for the day:

Mike's birthday

Thanks for the great photos, Jo

Tiger, tiger burning bright

Taronga Zoo (again)

I went to see the new baby elephant that has been in the news and take some more animal portraits.

Playful seal

Baby elephant (very cute!). He was on the national news - the first Asian elephant ever born in Australia - and there is a huge competition to see who can come up with a name for him.


Lion portraits

La Perouse Tower

A photogenic tower close to the rugby match yesterday. Looks like the outhouse of an old castle.

University of South Wales Rugby match

I went to take some photos of a rugby match for a friend of mine, Bruce. That's him in the middle of the first photo. And him leaping in the second photo in the line out. I took a lot of photos but here is a small sample. Sports photography is hard I have decided but definitely a good challenge.

I love smarties - they taste of childhood

Matthew loses his first tooth

Ally's works of art

She made these at an arts and crafts exhibition recently. I think they're great.