Good Morning from Melbourne
City skylines are commonly seen from the ground, but are truly appreciated when seen from the air. Planes are good, helicopters are even better – but there is nothing quite like a balloon ride over Melbourne on a crisp autumn morning. Pictured above is the skyline of Melbourne, with the streets of Parkville, North Melbourne [...]
The perfect view
Melbourne is the #1 city in the world. Today, I have to express a huge thank you for the opportunity to savour it from a vantage point that I have always wanted to – from a hot air balloon while floating over the Melbourne suburbs. Melbourne is one of the few cities in the world [...]
Melbourne from St, Kilda
Something from a little closer home for a change – the St. Kilda marina has several attractions, and is one of the best maintained piers along Beaconsfield Parade. The pier has a breakwater at its end, which forms a shelter for fairy penguins which come in at sunset. If you choose to turn right [...]
Sunrise at Brighton
I was down at Brighton Beach this weekend, taking in a crisp autumn sunrise. Truth be told, I spent about an hour and a half watching the sun come up as I shot a series of time-lapse sequences for a project that I am working on. These iconic bathing boxes which are symbolic of Melbourne, [...]
Rockin’ in the free world!
My tutorial on “Shooting from the Pit” is one that is widely referenced across the Internet by individuals who would like to come back with some good memories from a concert that they are very passionate about. I found myself following my own tutorial (and that is probably a good sign) after going to a [...]
The Great Hall
Built in an era when Melbourne became somewhat of a major boomtown thanks to a gold rush, the Royal Exhibition Building is a world heritage site, and is an example of some fine architecture here in Melbourne from the late 1800s. It was built to host the Melbourne International Exhibition, and later hosted the opening [...]
Kerford Road Pier
Not too far from my hood, and literally down the road road from where I live, on Beaconsfield Parade is Kerford Road Pier; one of a series of piers that are on the edge of Port Philip Bay and are part of my favourite parts of Melbourne. I’m pretty lucky to be able to get [...]
Sunrise at Prince’s Pier
Following up to yesterday’s post on Prince’s Pier, with the containerisation boom, the pier became unused, being closed to public access in the early 1990s due to the poor timber condition, and squatters caused a fire in the late 1990s that destroyed the store structures. In the three years to 2004, 14 fires occurred. The [...]
Abandoned Pier
Sometimes, the simplest of compositions work the best. This is one of the many piers along Beaconsfield Parade. This one is set apart from the many others – it has been condemned and is no longer in use. (I am told that it used to be a boat ramp, but in more recent times, vehicle [...]
Spiegel season is here
An annual occurrence every summer in Melbourne, the Spiegeltent is back for one more year, outside the Arts Centre. I’ve never attended any of the performances, but I am told that it is something that is very, very symbolic of the spirit of Melbourne. Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook + this on Google+ [...]
Mail drop
I stopped by the post office today on my way back from an appointment. Truth be told, I was trying to keep cool on a very warm day and was routing my way through the city’s air-conditioned arcades. This is what greeted me at the GPO… I think its safe to call it “Mail Drop”! [...]
The Crucible
In an otherwise dismal tour for the Indian cricket team, on the 27th of December 2011, I got to live my dream as an avid cricket fan – watch the Boxing Day test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground with India taking on Australia. For the record, the two batsmen in the middle are Rahul Dravid [...]
Brunswick Street
This shot was taken almost 18 months ago on an weekend where I needed to get out of the house and shoot a few pictures. The weather Gods were with me – the weather was mostly overcast and there had been plenty of passing showers throughout the afternoon – the perfect recipe for cool reflections [...]
The Season Gone By
Melbourne’s outdid itself in its Christmas decorations this year. Everyday, throughout the season, commuters were repeatedly greeted by these words spelt out over the façade of Flinders Street Station. This particular intersection is at the bottom end of Elizabeth Street. It can be a bit tricky to pull off a long exposure shot on a tripod in [...]
Welcome to 2012
Goodbye 2011 – welcome to 2012… ok, so this post is a day late… I did shoot it and post it on Facebook within 20 minutes of taking it, but I supposed that I could have gotten it here earlier. Being as far east in the world as we are, Melbourne does get the opportunity [...]
Gift-wrapped
This Christmas was perhaps one of the best that Melbourne has served up in recent memory. For a start, there were a few innovative decorations around the city – the town hall was gift-wrapped for all of Melbourne and its visitors to see. I didn’t have a whole lot of liberty to get there at [...]
Sand play
The annual Frankston Sand Sculpture is held on the Frankston water front and attracts visitors throughout the Australian summer. The theme for 2011 was creeoy-crawlies; the sculptures featured themes such as “Flea Circus”, “Alice in Wonderland”, and “Little Miss Muffet”. In the foreground here is a sculpture based on the concept of frogs piled up [...]
North Point Pier before sunset
Once again, North Point Pier; this shot was taken about 20 minutes before the sun descended below the horizon. Given that Australia has some of the prettiest skies in the world on any given day, One is almost always going to pull of a bit of a surreal image such as the one above. This [...]
St. Kilda South Pier
Not quite as impressive as its cousin that extends out into Port Philip Bay a few hundred metres to the north, this humble little pier is narrow and not for the faint hearted when it comes to balance. With a boardwalk that is comfortable for a single adult (and that becomes a bit of a [...]
North Point Pier
This looks like we might have a very pier filled week. Pictured above is one of the smaller piers next to the boat launch at North Point, where North Road meets the beach between Elwood and Brighton. This humble little steel structure has a lot going for it. This spot has one of the best [...]
Reflections at sunset
I rarely ever take pictures of people. Nothing against it, but for my, photography is a time to reflect and hear my own thoughts or share them with someone as I try to put together an image that has a little story behind it. The gradual warming of the Melburne weather resulted in a couple [...]
Dome of opulence
As Melbourne’s commercial and premier shopping centre, Collins Street posses some of the finest examples of Victorian era architecture in Australia. PIctured above is the Old Commonwealth Bank of Australia banking domed chamber within the post modern 333 Collins Street tower built in 1891 which is by far, the prettiest building in the city. It [...]
Bridge under tempestuous skies
Located at the tip of the Mornington Peninsula, Frankston falls within the Greater Melbourne Area and offers one of the more subdued yet very well developed beaches around Melbourne’s coastline. Kananook Creek empties out into Port Phillip Bay as it meets the Tasman Sea under Landmark Bridge pictured here shot in the dying hours of [...]
Turbulent surf
A neutral density filter, some inclement weather, a passing storm and a long exposure are what contributed to the creation of this image. Shot at Frankston beach at 4p.m. in the afternoon, there were waves coming in that every photographer dreams of. I took three shots of this particular vantage point – each one more [...]
