Every Tuesday for the past few weeks my friend Ryan and I have played a round of golf. Sometimes 9 holes, sometimes 18. This week had us playing a round of 18 holes at Hammersley Golf Course. I had taken my camera along just to have a play around with it and shoot some photographs in between hitting some shots, and i’m glad I did. We finished our 18 holes, and a jug of beer at the 19th, and decided to call it a day. But, because I had brought my camera with me, I decided to make my way down to Trigg Beach to take some photos rather than going home. The clouds over the ocean were looking promising and the sun was beginning to get lower in the sky.

I arrived at Trigg Beach around 3.30pm or so and had a couple of hours to spend looking for some different angles and compositions to shoot. Even that early in the afternoon, the light was so good that I just kept shooting without taking notice of the charge left in the battery getting lower and lower.

30 minutes til the sun hit the horizon and lit up the sky – the battery symbol on the LCD starts flashing! I had to stop, turn the camera off, and wait. That’s not something I usually do while I’m out in the field, and it was a nice change. I walked along the beach watching the light change, watching the clouds move, looking at the different rock shapes, and generally taking in the sounds and movements around me.

The sun hit the horizon, lighting up the clouds with an intense orange glow. I turned the camera back on and used up the last few minutes of battery power. It was one of the better sun sets that I have shot of recent and it was a great feeling being out there and capturing it.

I will definitely be purchasing a spare battery in the near future just in case I’m not so lucky next time.

I have wanted to shoot this angle of Perth including the Decoy for a while now, and the other night I finally got off my ass and drove down to South Perth. I think it might be better at sunrise, so I’ll have to return here early one morning, maybe over this coming week if any other Perth photographers wants to join me?

It’s a 7 photo stitch with the 5D MkII and 50mm lens. It came out at about 60″ at 300dpi, which will allow for a generous sized print.

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my photographs!

Last night I met up with a fellow Gold Coast photographer, by the name of Darren Tierney, to shoot Tallebudgera. Initially I thought the light was pretty average, but all of a sudden the sky began glowing with pink and orange hues, and faded out shortly after. We managed to get a couple of photos we were happy with, and this is one of mine.

Tallebudgera, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.