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November 30, 2010

bird in hand wedding party

We’d all been watching the weather all week. You’d think that arranging your outdoor wedding one week before summer in the driest state of the driest continent on earth would guarantee a rain free day, but weddings never go to plan and everyone was on tenterhooks….. although it certainly didn’t feel like it when I […]

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November 17, 2010

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I found myself in a camera store the other day and stumbled upon a new Canon camera sporting a 35x zoom. Yes, you read that right, a 35x zoom. A general rule with cameras and lenses is that the greater the zoom the poorer the quality, there are certain optical sacrifices that need to be […]

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November 3, 2010

I caught up with a good friend last night who I’d not seen in a while. He asked me how my trip was and I really didn’t know what to say, at first I didn’t know what he was talking about! I soon figured out he was talking about Borneo, you know, that place I […]

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October 28, 2010

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It’s been a long time between drinks. Not literally, obviously, I actually enjoyed a couple of frosty lagers just last night watching the NBA season opener between the Miami and Boston (right before tip off my heart was beating like a teenager ringing that girl he likes only to have her intimidating father pick up […]

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October 13, 2010

adelaide wedding

On the weekend I had the distinct pleasure of shooting the wedding of Alexis and Jeffrey, a lovely Malaysian couple who now call Australia home. I first met them in the lead up to my Borneo trip (Malaysia is one of the three countries that make up Borneo) so they were able to offer some […]

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October 4, 2010

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On Sunday I had the pleasure of taking out a super fun couple for an engagement shoot. I’ll be shooting their wedding later in the year so we decided to go on a photo shoot to allow them to feel more relaxed in front of the camera and so they know what to expect from […]

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October 1, 2010

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I own the best camera in the world. And so do you. And so does everyone walking around with a camera built into their mobile phone, or with a point and shoot in their handbag. The best camera is the one that’s with you.

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September 27, 2010

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Okay, so if you’re not a photographer you might want to skip this post. I thought I’d blog about the behind the scenes stuff on my recent Borneo trip, specifically relating to the photos, a subject that might be pretty boring for those of you who aren’t photographers. It’s the sort of stuff I love […]

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September 21, 2010

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There are some opportunities in life that don’t come around twice, and when you have the chance to experience something unique you have to make it happen. There were 2 of these experiences in Borneo, I’ll be blogging about the other one shortly but today’s installment is about 3 days spend in the Danum Valley […]

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September 17, 2010

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Way back in the 80’s and early 90’s, before the internet, before anyone had heard of Bill Gates or that chap that owns Facebook, the school yard conversation topic of World’s Richest Man invariably ended when someone brought up one name. A man who was surrounded in mystery and magic, did he even exist? He […]

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