After a bit of a hiatus from blogging and photographing, I have just returned from an epic, although short, trip to the South-West of Western Australia with something to share.

Sugarloaf Rock is one of my favourite spots to photograph around Dunsborough, and a few days ago I had the opportunity to photograph it at sunrise. It was windy as anything, but I was determined to get the shot. After scrambling around in the dark to find a composition, I found this angle and set up my gear. I fired off just a few frames and packed up my gear. This was one of those times when I was confident I had something special.

I also shot some photos of the surrounding areas – Meelup Beach, Wyadup Beach, Cape Naturaliste, Canal Rocks. These photographs will be coming shortly.

Thanks,

Beau

Canon 5D Mk II + 17-40mm F4 L USM @ 17mm, 1 Second, f/16, ISO50

In an attempt to bring my blog back from the dead – I’ll be honest, I’ve neglected it for a few months now – I have re-designed a few things and tidied up around the place. I am in the process of writing a few new posts which I will publish over the coming weeks. I plan to spend a bit more time and effort writing each blog post before pressing the “Publish” button.

The photo featured above is from a quick trip Clint Baker and myself took down to Dunsborough in June earlier this year. I recall waking up on this cold morning and heading down to Meelup Beach to photograph the sunrise, only hoping that the light would be nice to us. It was dark and quite overcast when we arrived – so it was fairly hard for us to tell what was going to happen. Thankfully, there was a thin break between the clouds and where the sun was to appear from. When the sun finally hit the horizon, it lit the sky up a gorgeous orange colour, which reflected across the water and changed the whole scene.

We were the only people at the beach on this morning, besides a lone fisherman in the distance. To me, it’s a great and satisfying feeling to be out there, early in the morning with hardly anybody else around, witnessing something so beautiful, especially in such an amazing part of our country. Photographing scenes like this to share with others only makes that feeling better!

I hope you enjoy this one.

If you like it why not purchase a print of “Meelup Sunrise”, or leave a comment below.

The morning of the second day of our trip gave us a nice sunrise to shoot. We had decided to go to Meelup Beach which turned out to be a good idea, for me at least. I’m not sure that Clint was really feeling it that morning. Enjoy.