Sydney

May

2015

Sydney Series Cyclocross round 1

Today i spent the afternoon checking out the first round of the Sydney Series of the Cyclocross. It’s a kind of unique type of racing. The bikes are modified racing bikes and the course is a mix between short course road racing and a short xc track. Obstacles around the course are designed to make you get off and carry the bike over them. Races only run for 45 mins but they are short and intense. Looks like a bunch of fun and I hope to get back and shoot a few more soon.

: Round 1 of the Sydney series of Cyclocross at Terry Hills.

: Round 1 of the Sydney series of Cyclocross at Terry Hills.

: Round 1 of the Sydney series of Cyclocross at Terry Hills.

: Round 1 of the Sydney series of Cyclocross at Terry Hills.

: Round 1 of the Sydney series of Cyclocross at Terry Hills.

: Round 1 of the Sydney series of Cyclocross at Terry Hills.

: Round 1 of the Sydney series of Cyclocross at Terry Hills.

: Round 1 of the Sydney series of Cyclocross at Terry Hills.

: Round 1 of the Sydney series of Cyclocross at Terry Hills.

: Round 1 of the Sydney series of Cyclocross at Terry Hills.

: Round 1 of the Sydney series of Cyclocross at Terry Hills.

: Round 1 of the Sydney series of Cyclocross at Terry Hills.

: Round 1 of the Sydney series of Cyclocross at Terry Hills.

: Round 1 of the Sydney series of Cyclocross at Terry Hills.

: Round 1 of the Sydney series of Cyclocross at Terry Hills.

: Round 1 of the Sydney series of Cyclocross at Terry Hills.

May

2015

Shimano GP at Awaba

A couple of weeks ago, back when it wasn’t raining, I was up at Awaba with Outer Image shooting round 2 of the Shimano GP. Awaba for me is a funny track. I have shot there quite a few times but never seem to remember the locations or the layout of the track. I think that is mainly because I have only shot close to base camp before. This time for a change I decided to head out a bit further and just follow the track back in. I found a lot of cool locations, all rainforest type stuff. I did struggle a bit balancing the light out as it was just so dark in some of the locations and the sky when it came through the trees was so very bright. I found my self looking for shots where the sky wouldn’t show.

Love the track though and love the event. It’s another track on my list of places to visit outside of a race meet. I have also been told that I need to go up and shoot the downhill track as I have not yet had the chance to do so. The list is growing.

: Rocky Trail Entertainment’s Shimano MTB GP, Awaba, 2015

: Rocky Trail Entertainment’s Shimanno GP 2015

: Rocky Trail Entertainment’s Shimano MTB GP, Awaba, 2015

: Rocky Trail Entertainment’s Shimano MTB GP, Awaba, 2015

: Rocky Trail Entertainment’s Shimano MTB GP, Awaba, 2015

: Rocky Trail Entertainment’s Shimano MTB GP, Awaba, 2015

: Rocky Trail Entertainment’s Shimano MTB GP, Awaba, 2015

: Rocky Trail Entertainment’s Shimano MTB GP, Awaba, 2015

: Rocky Trail Entertainment’s Shimano MTB GP, Awaba, 2015

: Rocky Trail Entertainment’s Shimano MTB GP, Awaba, 2015

: Rocky Trail Entertainment’s Shimano GP 2015

: Rocky Trail Entertainment’s Shimano MTB GP, Awaba, 2015

: Rocky Trail Entertainment’s Shimano MTB GP, Awaba, 2015

: Rocky Trail Entertainment’s Shimanno GP 2015

: Rocky Trail Entertainment’s Shimano MTB GP, Awaba, 2015

Feb

2015

Jetstar Australia

This image of Dominic Di Tommaso is being used as a double page spread in the latest (Feb 2015) edition of the Jetstar in-flight magazine. Its good to get a contact with the in-flight magazines especially considering the year and plans I have coming up.

Jun

2014

Vivid Festival 2014

Every year for a couple weeks at the end of April Sydney switches on the lights for the Vivid Festival. Various buildings around Circular Quay are lit up in a variety of fashions. There is also sculptures and artworks around the foreshore who’s principle design is based around light. It is a beautiful way to see the city, all lit up like this and it is very photogenic. It is rare to see so many photographers out and about at the same time in Sydney but everyone with a camera makes the trip down to the waterfront over the 2 weeks.

This year I somehow managed to avoid taking any photos of the Opera house though this is one of the main features of the festival. Not sure how I managed that but didn’t realised until I returned home after shooting. Oh well, there’s always next year.

Jul

2013

Shane Yates, Highlining at Manly. POTM

Shane Yates walking a highline at Manly on Sydney’s Northern Beaches.

I took this photo last weekend at Manly. We had planned on a sunrise shoot but it never worked out that way. The sun just didn’t want to agree with us first thing in the morning and hid behind the only cloud in the a beautiful blue sky. I chose this image from all the ones I took on the day because of the boat. I think it really gives you some idea of just how high the highline is. Highlining is like a slow motion action sport. It all takes place at a very relaxed pace but it has all the adrenalin and focus of the faster sports.

Aug

2012

Golden Ride Magazine

Snowboarder Aline Bock crosses over into the surfing world

I was contacted by a friend of mine, Aline Bock, with the request to do a couple of surfing shots for Golden Ride Magazine while she was down here in Sydney. Aline is a world class snowboarder and Golden Ride were looking to do a story on women who have crossed over and do both surfing and snowboarding. We did the shoot early one morning at Sydney’s famous Bondi Beach. The waves were packed even at that early hour in the morning but we managed to find a quiet corner and get a fwe shots done. If you have looked through my blog before you might remember Aline’s name from when I shot with her in Austria and did a profile on her which you can find by clicking here

Snowboarder Aline Bock crosses over into the surfing world