The Mordialloc Festival is held every March. It was another great festival this year (2018), but being a bit crowded, I walked to the beach as the light seemed interesting. Indeed, the sunset was quite spectacular.
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White Night is a very popular destination for crowds of people in February in Melbourne. It attracts droves of people with coloured lighting and artistic indulgences on display.
Mordialloc - Boats and different vantage points on Flinders Island in Tasmania.
Minimalism is one of my favourite photographic genres. It is characterised by simplicity and lack of clutter amongst other things. It is considered to be a very subjective concept, leaving meaning up to the viewer's interpretation of the photography.
The first photograph, Red Door below, was the cover page of the December 2017 Free Expressions publication on Contemporary Photography of the Australian Photographic Society. The other photos are entitled Flying Alone, Green Chair and Solitary respectively.
Some images to capture the essence of summer 2018 in Melbourne
Although Melbourne tends to get hot, balmy weather we also tend to get storms and on the less severe side, lovely sunsets this time of the year. A few shown here were taken during late December, around Christmas. Happy 2018 to everyone!
What is PAX? PAX is a huge show, recently in Melbourne at the "Shed" in the CBD where people come dressed as - well, as many different things. Some examples are here to give you a flavour. Thank you Mario Mirabile for the suggestion.
It is fun to support your local show. There were many interesting photos in the Arts and Craft section. I was lucky enough to win Best Photo in Show.
Boat at unnamed destination and other travel memorabilia
Have you been to Holi festival celebrations?
This was the latest theme for our camera club and it encouraged experimentation!
Titles of above images respectively - Heartbroken, Danger Point, Aorta, Daintree, Loosely Coupled, Reef.
Trip to Port Douglas, Palm Cove, Barrier Reef & Daintree Region. This is a great tropical rainforest area - world heritage, as is the Great Barrier Reef.
Each year APS selects a number of images to compete with New Zealand, South Africa and Canada. This is called the Four Nations competition 2017. This image will be representing Australia through APS in the 'Our Country" category in the 'Four Nations' competition 2017.
Australian Photography Magazine has a monthly Best Shot competition. This month, July had a theme of Looking Down. My photograph "From Way Up" received a Highly Commended.
New Zealand, Flinders Island and Switzerland - landscapes are always a favourite
Moving away just for a moment from landscape and portraiture, 'Shadows' was a recent competition theme at the Camera Club
The June 2017 edition of Australian Photography Magazine had a theme competition of "Signs". One of my images was published in the gallery of this section in the magazine (P.19).
Photographers, like other professions, tend to specialise. So if you are looking for a particular photographer by suburb/location in Australia this portal could be really helpful - www.photographers.com.au
Massai Warrior. Lady in Flower. Pensive One.
