Hail to the Headpiece

This amazing little quirk of nature was found in a back garden - it's a fallen frond from a palm tree. It caught my eye because it just so happened to have a natural headband. Visons of splendour filled my mind, and I've now done two shoots using it as the centrepiece. After the last one though it was returned from whence it came - laid to rest in the botanical gardens. RIP headpiece - it was fun while it lasted :) Here are some photos from one shoot, with model Caitlin. More will follow from the second one.

Noosa

Well, the time has come to say goodbye: to summer time here in Australia. Usually the Easter holiday is the last time I go for a swim before settling down to the cold business, but we've been lucky this year - the warm weather just keeps on coming (re climate change - maybe not so lucky? But that's for Twitter). Noosa Heads is a stunning part of the world, just north of Brisbane, Queensland. With a bay protected by a  large headland, its the perfect place for longboarding and stand up paddle, as you can see in these photos.

Diamonds on my windshield

Title stolen from Tom Waits. Images taken driving on a rainy night. Colours have only been enhanced in a very minor way.

Silenced

When I look at my vast catalogue of work, I realise it's the darker, more artistic work that really stands out to me, and stands the test of time. As a photographer, I should be able to - and do - wield my camera and document a variety of scenes: anything from a wedding to a fashion shoot to (potentially) an exercise in foreign photojournalism. All of these each carry their own beauty, but to me, well, sometimes I need a more visceral reaction. I receive this most when viewing black and white. And as a great photographer once said (and whom, it escapes me now) 'look at what everyone else is doing, and then do the opposite'.