It's All About The Light (Sometimes)

I almost fell out of my car as I was about to head home after a recent job and spotted this light hitting the side of the Tony Ireland Stadium at Riverway. Combined dark stormy clouds in the distance - well who could resist. Fortunately with my DSLR and 17mmm Tilt Shift I can shoot architecture in this situation very quickly - hand held and on the run so to speak. Sadly this sort of light is somewhat of a rarity up here in the tropics and it was all over within a few minutes. The Tony Ireland Stadium was built to host AFL games in Townsville and was designed by Cox Rayner Architects.

Streets of Brisbane

A continuation of my "Streets of ..." series. This time Brisbane get a staring role. I could soon get to really love this city. I must admit that I come from a very "Melbournecentric" background and for me Brisbane has always been the place for quick bite before heading on to Noosa or the optional international airport within reach from Townsville (Cairns being the other option). But I'm now beginning to see this city and its potential in a very different light.

Well Hello Brisbane...

Streets of Japan

A mixed collection of images from Tokyo, Nagoya and Nozawa Onsen. No contemporary architecture or old temples here - just the day to day vernacular buildings of modern day Japan. Narrow alleyways, riotous neon signs, crazy electrical infrastructure and so on...

What Colour is Blue?

Something of a little research project here. What colour is blue? Or more specifically how does film/digital render the colour blue of a sunny sky? Well back in the day Velvia 50 slide film was the ultimate film of choice for rendering deep in your face blue skys. The blue you would expect at Bondi Beach on a summers day or an impossible blue against the red desert sands of the outback. Since my home turf is the skin cancer capital of Oz I get plenty of sunny days to shoot and as such blue will often be the dominant colour. There ends up being a bit of a sameness in the colour spectrum even with the aid of a massive catalogue of lightroom film simulations that I call on from time to time when outputting my digital files.

So here is a bit of an experiment in distorting that out of camera blue. A way to add a little more personality into my sunny day images. I'm going for something of a modernist look here that could work with my architectural images. Stay tuned for more of this look...