Wednesday
10Mar2010

Working Hard

DateWednesday, March 10, 2010 at 9:05AM

 

Since returning from my Tasmanian journey life has been pretty hectic with a very full tour schedule and then a new range of photography opportunities coming up. 

Working on the photography more so than the tours has been a bit of a wake up and reminded me that it really can be more like a real job than I had previously imagined while setting myself up. Maintaining a level of survice that does justice to myself my business and most importantly the customer is for lack of a better word... work. I started out just having fun with my camera and learning everything I could about the art and the business that goes along with reaching for the stand of a photographer but now that the business is moving a few things have become very real.

The pleasure of getting the camera out and making photos is still very much there and I have no problems getting to the jobs and providing the customer with everything they need. It's more the balance between the photo work and the time when I would just go into the west MacDonnell ranges and spend an afternoon finding a spot and making photos. 

Finding that time to get away with no particular goal and no particular destination just to make great photos is getting to be a very small amount of time in comparison to my "work". I don't believe that I can't find this time it is just the simple fact that I will have to plan to have this raw time to find a new place or idea.

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Sunday
21Feb2010

Back in Central Australia

DateSunday, February 21, 2010 at 11:06AM

Sunrise on Mt. Sonder

Its good to be back in the desert after an extended holiday down to Melbourne, Tassie and Brisbane.  I was feeling pretty down when I first arrived back two weeks ago but as soon as I left town on my first tour of the year I was back into it in a big way.

The Centre had changed dramaticly while we were away with the summer rains drenching the landscape and the rivers flowing. We left a dry dead desert and returned to a very green living desert with the West MacDonnell ranges that surround the town of Alice Springs covered in Green spinifex. On my last tour we visited Ormiston Gorge which was still full of water which was quite unbelievable. I really do have to get out there and spend a few mornings getting those once a year photos that I will regret if I don't.

The touring schedule is pretty manic tho and this is preventing me from getting out there while its in its prime. The alarm was set for 3am this morning but after a 2am wake up call the day before to climb Mt. Sonder I just didn't have it in me.

Still the opportunities continue and all are waiting for the camera, next week we have forecast rain so I'll be sure to get out to the spots and spend the early hours having some fun.

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Friday
01Jan2010

First of tassie

DateFriday, January 1, 2010 at 11:21AM

A few iPhone shots of the start of our Tassie times.

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Sunday
27Dec2009

Melbourne Fun

DateSunday, December 27, 2009 at 9:29AM

Getting around Melbourne the last few days has been an experience that I've wanted. As we drive closer to the city I became strangly nervious about being in a big city again. To be more accurate it was the simple fact that it was an Australian city.

I had no problem visiting numerious larger cities while on Europe earlier this year because they are forigen in so many ways which I strangly found more comforting. The prospect of visiting a city which was so familure in language and culture yet forign in location and orientation daunted me.

Melbourne has so far proven to be nothing but a bunch of fun.

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Thursday
24Dec2009

Desert Simplicity

DateThursday, December 24, 2009 at 8:14PM

As I become more accustomed to the city of Melbourne and it's busy nature full of traffic, noise and concrete I look back at the desert. I think of the space that offers freedom like nowhere else and the open horizons which belittle the ego.

I'm very much enjoying my time in Melbourne but the desert is my home.

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