Here I am in the West MacDonnell ranges
using the Cruiser as a camera platform. Photo by Kevin Keldson.
And here's the multi-shot panorama I took
from the roof.
Photographing a bug on a tree trunk. I
have the Canon MT-24EX dual macro flash mounted on the lens, and
a remote flash mounted on a Benbo tripod to provide some backlight.
Photo by Phillip Damiano.
The climb up Uluru (Ayres Rock)
is demanding but well worth it. This photo was taken at about
the halfway mark by a tourist. Most people rush to the top, take
a quick photo, then rush down. What a waste, I spent hours exploring
the gullies, furrows and rock overhangs. Finally I was driven
down by my stomach, I was starving.
In the background you can see Kata
Tjuta (The Olgas).
In Dec '03 Glen
Turvey and I spent a few days in at Cape Raoul and Shipstern
Bluff. Glen took this photo of me keeping a safe distance back
from the edge of the 200m cliff at Cape Raoul.
In Nov '03 several photographers and writers
were invited to record the Tarkine Wilderness for a book produced
by the WWF. We spent two weeks camping in the bush in the rain
and cold. But the results were worth it. Glen Turvey and I were
the only two photographers to stay the whole two weeks, mostly
because we were the only two with nothing else to do :-) That's
me sitting around the campfire at the top, in the red jacket in
the middle photo, and nursing my tired feet in the bottom photo.
Photos by Glen
Turvey.
More
information about the book.
April 2002, we were camped at Carnarvon
Gorge and I decided to spend a couple of days up on Battleship
Spur. This shot was taken on the way back down the spur, I was
too knackered to take any photos on the way up.
This shot was taken in November 1998 by
Rod Nazer while several of us were sitting on top of Mt Townsend.
David Houlder and I had been out for a day camping on Muellers
Peak. We moved camp to a great spot just below Mt Townsend then
I returned to Townsend to meet our friends who came a day later.
Just for fun. This characature
was drawn by a local artist, I used it on my promo material
for a while.
Here I am standing on "The Grandstand"
in the early morning taking a photo. Between me and the sunlit
mountain in the background is Lady Northcote's Canyon, a very
steep gorge that falls over a kilometre to the Geehi Valley.
Note that I'm following rule #1 for the token-human-in-landscape,
ie. always wear red. This image was taken by Liz Poon, Liz is
a very accomplished photographer who mostly uses a panoramic
camera.
Making a fashion statement at the top
of Lady Northcote's canyon. In the mountains I often wear my
thermals 'on the outside' as it were. If it's sunny they shield
me from the UV and if the weather closes in they're warm. Next
to me is David Houlder, fellow large-format photographer and
bushwalker.This photo by Tyson Sadlo.
There's an American woman walking around
the world. She spent some time in Canberra preparing for the 12-year
trip and while here she saw my photos on display and got in touch.
Almitra is her name and she took this portrait while we chatted
over a few beers.
Every november a group of us spend a weekend
in a Thredbo lodge. The idea is to take photographs of the mountains
but as often as not we just hang out at the lodge, chat and enjoy
the company. This shot was taken by Rod Nazer during a brief excursion
to the Merritts Nature Trail.
In 1978 I flew to the US with the aim of
getting accepted into a stock photo library. As it happens I wound
up with Globe Photos, the world's largest at the time, but before
that I spent some time sightseeing. Here I am on one of the trails
in Bryce Canyon, Utah. I got seriously dehydrated towards the
end of the walk. On reaching the canyon's rim I was almost crawling
and just stumbling from tree to tree to rest in the shade. It
took me nearly an hour to make the last hundred yards or so to
an ablutions block and water.
I really enjoyed my time
in the 'States and plan to return before too long.
Well this goes back a bit, early
70s I think. I was riding motor bikes in those days which made
photography quite difficult, especially as I was using an RB67
medium format camera. It's hard to see here but I had very long
hair and a beard, I shaved the beard after being disadvantaged
in a fight because the other party could easily get hold of it.
Note that even way back then I
liked the fuzzy water affect, I still do although I admit it's
not always appropriate for a shot.
Isn't that cute. When people ask me what
experience I have to build 14 tonnes of 6x6 off-road motor home,
I simply point them to this photo. Enough said I think.
Here I am at two or three years old, advising
my dad on how to milk cows.
