After a brief holiday to Darwin as a teenager, visiting Kakadu National Park, and witnessing the intense storms during the Top End’s wet season, Beau Mitchell knew he had found his true passion in landscape photography.

Drawing inspiration from the stunning locations he had visited on this trip to Darwin, Beau purchased his first digital SLR camera and began his journey, adding photographs of classic Australian landscapes to his now ever growing collection of images.

Currently based in Perth, Western Australia, but having also spent time living on Queensland’s Gold Coast, has allowed Beau the opportunity to extensively to a diverse range of locations around the country. From the lush sub-tropical rain forests of South East Queensland, to the harsh red landscapes of Western Australia’s Pilbara region, Beau has witnessed and captured some amazing light and scenery along the way.

As a completely self taught photographer, over the years Beau has developed his own distinct style of photograph; that of strong composition, vibrant colour and deep contrast.

For Beau being out in the wilderness shooting photographs is an escape from the routines of an everyday life. Forever in search of the perfect photograph, the journey continues…

Photography Gear

Every now and then I am contacted and asked about what gear I use to capture my photographs. I picked up my first DSLR, a Canon 350D, in June 2006 with just the kit lenses. A couple of years later I was ready for an upgrade and had the opportunity to purchase a Canon 5D.

My current camera gear includes:

Canon 5D – Full-frame professional camera body.

Canon 17-40mm F4 L – The 17-40mm is a super wide-angle lens that allows me to get up close and personal with the landscape and still fit everything into the photo. I use this for most of my standard format photographs (3:2 ratio) .

Canon 50mm F1.8 II – The “nifty fifty” lens is cheap, made of plastic, and has nothing whatsoever to recommend it other than that it’s just that – cheap, made of plastic, and for the money delivers great images with a fast aperture and a short mininum focus distance. I use this for most of my panoramic stitched photographs (2.5:1 ratio).

Cokin Grad ND filters – These filters allow me to balance the light in the sky and the foreground during sunset when the light is very intense. I rarely use these anymore, but on the odd occasion they come in handy.

Manfrotto ART190 legs, Manfrotto 804RC2 head

Nodal Ninja 3 Panoramic tripod head

13″ Macbook – Perfect size for travel.