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Sailors Delight

The photo that almost got away; I left home to collect Simone with no doubt in my mind that it was not going to be a good sunset evenin, I racked my brain for ideas to take a easterly facing sunset photo as there were dramatic storm clouds forming on the eastern hills outside Perth.

However, by the time I had picked Simone up clouds had moved in from the north and it was off to Cottesloe we went. After a brief stop in at the main beach we moved up to the same spot as last week, the clouds were turning pink/purple and I ran down to the beach... only to find the rocks I was shooting from last time were completely gone. Replaced by a young couple romancing in the sand which I just about ran over :)

A quick sprint along the beach, passing joggers and dog walkers. Much surprised to see me running flat out down the beach lugging a big tripod with a camera mounted on it. I stopped at some more rocks in the water, turned around to setup to find three other photogs already there and shooting. Must be a good spot! While they were all up on some rocks in safety, I did my usual thing; Took off my shoes, rolled up my jeans and got wet.

Here is the result:

Tessellated Pavement

Going back over photos from Tasmania it makes me realise how much I really want to go back, its such a different environment from Perth, or Western Australia for that matter.

We have some nice coastline here, but finding mountains or rainforests is a much harder ask. I've been drawn to water for as long as I remember, probably to do with growing up quite a distance from the sea or rivers of any kind. A trip to the sea was an event which we loved as children, many school holidays were spent on the beaches of our south west coast.

So enough reminiscing, here is one I've cooked up for your viewing:

Underground sea

Having shot the Rockingham area quite frequently I decided that I should expand my photo locations in Perth. I strapped Archer into the car and headed up to Cottesloe to check out a few spots that looked good on satellite photos.

First I dropped into South Cottesloe (or is it Mosman Park?) and checked a couple of small beaches that have some interesting rocks. More interesting and quirky was rounding a corner to see some public fornication, thankfully Archer was oblivious and was much more interested in the pair of dogs being walked behind us.

We left to collect Simone from work and headed to the main Cottesloe beach, I was fairly underwhelmed by the location. But in the right conditions there surely would be some nice setups.

Looking around I counted more tourist photographers per sq/mtr than anywhere else I have ever seen in Perth, everyone was lining up along the beach to take a photo directly into the sunset (Using on camera flashes for extra special effect too... )


After Archer had some fun in the sand we heading north a short distance and found a very nice spot where I setup for the sunset and rolled up my jeans preparing to go into the water. Lots of jumping in and out of the water ensued trying to avoid the larger waves and splashes.

Here we go for this post, I have a feeling you should be seeing some more of this location soon:

Snow on the Water

Over the weekend I took the family for a drive down to Mandurah to scope out a few beach locations which looked to have some interesting subject matter.

The sky was really overcast and raining in patches, so we rugged up Archer and heading down. We arrived to gale force winds howling along the beach throwing up sand everywhere, Archer and Simone kept to the car from then on while I checked out the hopefuls.

Only one location worked out, and I plan to go back for more as I think this spot could yield many good images in the right conditions. It does however require de-shoe-ing, getting wet and lifting the camera out of the way when the big waves hit! (Yes they are big waves you can see towards the top of the image).

For your viewing pleasure (?) :

Point Peron #4

Now that we're getting a bit more light in the day, I managed to get out for a sunset after months of only taking happy snaps of friends and family.

A quick drive and we're at our local spot down at Point Peron, dark rain clouds were rushing overhead and giving us a light shower as we walked out to the beach.

Thankfully it was brief and Archer and Simone were able to enjoy the beach while I ran off to get this:

Tasmania Revisited #2

So I had another wander through my photos from Tasmania, came out with these two: