About Beau Mitchell Photography

Based in Perth, Western Australia, I have been taking photos since 2006 when I was given my first DSLR as a gift. Over the past 4 years, I have spent time living in Western Australia and Queensland; this has allowed me the opportunity to travel to various locations around Australia capturing some amazing light and scenery. As a completely self-taught photographer, I am constantly striving to travel to new locations and improve my craft.

I draw inspiration from some of the most well known Australian landscape photographers, such as Christian Fletcher and Peter Lik, but also the ever growing group of landscape photographers who share their work online.

I use a professional digital SLR camera to capture my landscape photographs, which allows me to print my work large and at a very high standard of quality. Some of my panoramic prints are currently available at up to 60 inches in length. Read more about my photographic prints »


Photography Gear

Every now and then I am contacted and asked about what gear I use to capture my photographs. I picked up my first DSLR, a Canon 350D, in June 2006 with just the kit lenses. A couple of years later I was ready for an upgrade and had the opportunity to purchase a Canon 5D.


My current camera gear includes:

Canon 5D – Full-frame professional camera body.

Canon 17-40mm F4 L – The 17-40mm is a super wide-angle lens that allows me to get up close and personal with the landscape and still fit everything into the photo. I use this for most of my standard format photographs (3:2 ratio) .

Canon 50mm F1.8 II – The “nifty fifty” lens is cheap, made of plastic, and has nothing whatsoever to recommend it other than that it’s just that – cheap, made of plastic, and for the money delivers great images with a fast aperture and a short mininum focus distance. I use this for most of my panoramic stitched photographs (2.5:1 ratio).

Cokin Grad ND filters – These filters allow me to balance the light in the sky and the foreground during sunset when the light is very intense. I rarely use these anymore, but on the odd occasion they come in handy.

Manfrotto ART190 legs, Manfrotto 804RC2 head

Nodal Ninja 3 Panoramic tripod head

13″ Macbook – Perfect size for travel.