Line in the Sand

    f4.0 / 1/1600 ISO 100

A point beyond which, once the decision to go beyond it is made, the decision and its resulting consequences are permanently decided and irreversible.

Saturated

                         f18, 2 sec, ISO 100


Somersby Falls (Top falls)

Impassivity

    f/11, 2 sec, ISO 100


Somersby Falls (lower falls)

100 RPM

    f2.8, 1/20, ISO 200


This is the front wheel from my road bike.
I am participating in the MS Sydney to Gong ride in November this year and I need a profile shot for my page so I began playing around with various shots of the bike.

Smokin!!

                          

                             f/8, 1/200, ISO 100

First try at smoke photography!! I finally had an hour free and I have wanted to try this out for a long time. 

                    f/8, 1/200, ISO 100

Happiness

    f2.2, 1/125, ISO 400

It has been a long time sine I posted anything as I have been quite busy of late.
This shot is from the archives and I think it shows something quite special...

Funny faces

   f/4, 1/20th, ISO 1600

I finally got a lighting kit this week and this was my first real chance to play around with it.
Standard one strobe setup here with my 430EX shot at 1/4 power into a white umbrella at about 1.5m from AJ, 45 degrees left.
As you can see, still toying with the high key image look...

The face really makes the shot :)

Young and Free

                      f/13, 1/400, ISO 200

Australian flag; shot along the banks of the Nepean River, Penrith.

Mmmm... Ice Cream

   f/2.2, 1/320, ISO 100
Happy Mothers Day to all those Mum's out there!

The whole family headed to the banks of the Nepean river for a picnic today to celebrate Mothers day. This shot is of Sienna enjoying and ice cream; technically not the best shot ever taken but it makes me smile every time I look at this shot. Notice the bites taken out of the middle of the cone before she has finished eating the top... so cute :) She certainly loves her food.

The kids were well behaved all day (even Chelsea after a sleepless night) but made up for it in the car on the way home... hmmmm.

Rouse Hill Recreational Park

   f/20, 1/15, ISO 100
Rouse Hill Park stables taken at sunrise.

Got up early again this morning to get this shot (and many others that will never see the light of day...)
I arrived at the park well before sunrise and surprisingly the gates were wide open. Since i had some time to spare I thought I would kill time by attempting some light painting on the 4x4. The shots didn't work very well as I only brought an LED headlamp and the beam was too concentrated to cover a wide area.

The above shot was taken about 10 mins after sunrise. There was enough sunlight to light the stable and leave the foreground a little darker.

Sydney Opera House

Got up EARLY this morning to get to Circular Quay before work.
I set my alarm for 4:30am as I had to leave the house by 5am; however after my alarm went off, I decided to lay in bed for another 2 mins. Bad idea. Opened my eyes and the clock said 4:53am.
I still managed to shower, shave, brush teeth and get dressed in 7 mins. Record.

The clouds were quite low this morning, which meant that there would only be a short amount of time for the sun to be shining. This was one of the last shots that I took before it started to rain...

Baby in bath!!

Little Chelsea in the bath... She loves bath time and this was an opportunity for me to get some rare time shooting our new addition to the family.

Camera: Canon EOS 7D
Exposure: 0.004 sec (1/250)
Aperture: f/4.0
Focal Length: 45 mm
ISO Speed: 200

Floating Feather

Lovely warm Autumn day today; took the kids to the local reserve for a ride.
We were watching some ducks pottering in a pond and I spotted these lone feathers floating around and thought that the contrasting colors of the white feathers and the background would make a pleasant shot.

Shot with the 7D; f/4 @ 1/640 ISO 400.

Funny faces

Having some fun with the kids in the cubby. I love the face AJ is pulling...
this was taken after AJ was giving us a puppet show with Elmo and Possum.

Fired remotely using the Canon RC-1 trigger.

Always Coca-Cola

It has been awhile since I have had time to shoot and tonight was no exception, so I decided to take 30 mins tonight to try and get a shot of SOMETHING. Although the can was not perfect (notice the dent at the bottom) it was the first thing that caught my eye as I scanned the kitchen and the red coloring of the can gave me a good excuse to break out the blue gels :)

Read more to see how this shot was taken...

To leave a footprint in the sand...

AJ walking along the beach at Kiama.
Went to visit some of Emma's uncle and aunt who have a beautiful house at Kiama near to the beach. It was cold and rainy when we left the house this morning; however after lunch the sun came out and we all went for a walk to the beach which the kids really enjoyed.

Fresh Groceries

Just came back from Thursday night grocery shopping and thought it would be a good idea to use some of the fresh ingredients I picked up. I wanted to use some of my basil in this shot also, however the plant is looking a bit miserable due to lack of watering. Oregano had to do...

This shot was taken with a single 430EX II fired via Cautus V4 triggers.

HI Key

Chelsea during playtime just before her morning nap... She is getting so big so fast!
We actually kept her up a bit too long this morning so it was hard settling her again; should have known better with this being child #3...

Sitting on the Fence

Taken at Euroka Picnic area in Glenbrook National Park.
The whole family went on an outing this afternoon to soak up the rays with a picnic outdoors, riding bikes and bushwalking. A great time was had by all (except Chelsea who cracked it on the way home).

An escalator can never break: it can only become stairs.

This shot was taken from the top of Lennox bridge in Glenbrook first thing in the morning.

I was actually hoping to get to Knapsack bridge but unfortunately Mitchells Pass was closed and this was as far as I could drive. Ah well, maybe another morning...