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2 Weeks in New Zealand’s South Island. Day 8 : Milford Sound
Mornings in Te Anau mean throwing open your curtains to panoramic views of a glassy lake and a strong desire to take a brief stroll or...
May 21, 20173 min read
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2 Weeks in New Zealand’s South Island. Day 7 : Invercargill to Te Anau
There’s little to stick around for in Invercargill (although had I known about Demolition World I might have considered a visit) so...
May 7, 20172 min read
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2 Weeks in New Zealand’s South Island. Day 6 : Dunedin to Invercargill
The best part about staying at Larnach Castle was waking up in a goddamn castle and for a very brief moment this morning the dense fog...
Apr 23, 20173 min read
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2 Weeks in New Zealand’s South Island. Day 5 : Oamaru to Dunedin
The benefit of staying in Oamaru, besides its steampunk fascination and its penguin playground, is that it’s quite near the Moeraki...
Apr 9, 20173 min read
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2 Weeks in New Zealand’s South Island. Day 4 : Mount Cook to Oamaru
It’s not often you get excited about a drive but I was relishing the opportunity to travel the scenic Mount Cook Road once again as we...
Mar 26, 20173 min read
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A weekend in the Southern Downs
Whenever I travel overseas I always muse about how little history Australia has compared to the rest of the world but that’s because I...
Feb 12, 20174 min read
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A visit to the Southern Downs summer sunflowers
Wandering through a field completely alone yet surrounded by flowers as tall as a man who whisper in the breeze to the sky above, ablaze...
Feb 5, 20173 min read
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The making of ‘The Stars are Falling’
If I haven’t mentioned it before my favourite artist is Charles Blackman and, in particular, his Schoolgirls and Angels series. He...
Jan 1, 20172 min read
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Flying dreams
For me every new year is a chance for reinvention so with 2017 on the horizon I have been going through a period of deep self...
Dec 5, 20163 min read
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The making of ‘Enchanted’
Lately I’ve spent a lot of time staring at mountains and experiencing that feeling–you know the one–that is a mix of awe and wonder,...
Oct 24, 20163 min read
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Cherry Blossom (sakura) season
Last spring I created the image, ‘Dance of the Jacarandas’ to celebrate the month when my city turns purple, so after a trip to Japan...
Sep 12, 20163 min read
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The making of ‘The Woods Welcome’
There are some honeyeaters that flit about my house feeding on nectar. A few years ago one of them got trapped inside the house and after...
Aug 1, 20162 min read
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A newborn photo shoot with a difference
Recently the opportunity to do a newborn photo shoot literally fell into my lap – when my neighbour handed me this doll and suggested I...
Jul 14, 20162 min read
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The making of ‘Where She Wanders’
When I was small we lived in a house that backed onto undeveloped land and so the neighbourhood kids and I would grab our bikes and head...
Jul 4, 20162 min read
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Behind the scenes of a special commission (with free compositing tool!)
Recently I was asked by some work friends to create a special birthday commission. The gentleman subject, Russell, is a golf fan and...
May 23, 20163 min read
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The making of ‘Luminary’
To get between work and home I regularly drive a busy highway and as those who drive highways know, the traffic can often stop for...
May 9, 20162 min read
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The making of ‘Metamorphosis’
As part of my current gallery exhibition I had to create didactics, which are wall panels that describe your art. Being primarily...
Mar 14, 20163 min read
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Run Red, and some musings about failure
It’s been six whole weeks since I last released a photo which is probably more of a surprise to me than you. Back in November I...
Jan 18, 20162 min read
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Wallflower
‘Wallflower’ came into existence because I found this tutorial by Andrei Oprinca, which is a technique I’ve always wanted to try (mainly...
Nov 30, 20152 min read
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How to ‘break the fourth wall’ using Photoshop compositing.
‘Breaking the fourth wall’ is a more a concept than a technique and explains situations when a fictional character acknowledges that they...
Nov 23, 20155 min read
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