Standing atop a huge boulder with the cold wind blowing into my face, I waited for a wave to crash against the rocks before I pressed the shutter.

I lost count of the number of times we drove up and down this stretch of beach during our trip, but it was a lot! The photograph below was from one of our early morning drives down the beach to check out the Maheno shipwreck. I found the light facing North to be better on this particular morning, so decided to leave the shipwreck for another morning, as I wanted to shoot the Maheno from the front – facing south.

Enjoy!

Last week I was fortunate enough to spend a week on Fraser Island in sunny (besides the first two days we were there) Queensland with Darren and Simon. (Simon’s site is coming soon – bookmark that link)

Lake Mackenzie was a must shoot location while we were on the island, but little did we know when we first started planning the trip that it was closed for construction. We were determined to get in there somehow, and after talking with a tour guide we were advised of a way to sneak in. It involved quite a long walk up a sandy hill (which we ended up doing twice) but it was well worth the effort once we arrived at the lake. We had the lake all to ourselves at one point.

The photo below is from our second trip out to the lake. We realized on our first trip out there that we needed to arrive earlier in the day to see the water at its bluest, so we came back earlier.

Lake Mackenzie, Fraser Island - Click to view this photograph larger.

It has come to my attention that my site went down while I was away so I do apologize for the lack of updates and responses to comments. I have only just been able to log into the site myself as I’m still having trouble with it at home and can only view it at work when i’m not busy.

It was interesting watching the colours of the water change from white, to navy, to aqua, as it moved around between the rocks.

I’m off to Fraser Island tomorrow for a week of shooting, so I’ll be pretty quiet around here.

Thanks,

Beau

This is one of my photographs from my trip down south with Clint – Redgate Beach. Despite what it may look like in the photo, it was windy and cold on this day. I suppose that’s what you get for going down south in the middle of winter, huh?

Make sure you click on it to see it larger.

I’ve also got a pano of this one, but i’ll post it a bit later on.

Hope everyone has a great weekend,

Beau

While we were down south recently, Clint Baker and I spent a couple of hours here wandering around between the trees shooting photos, looking for the perfect composition. We were initially shooting the local beaches in the morning, but it was too overcast to really get anything decent, which is why Clint suggested we head into the forest instead. It turned out to be a great idea, relaxing, and something new to take photos of for a change.

To be honest, I found it quite difficult to find a composition I liked, but in the end I was lucky enough to find an angle to shoot from that worked for me. The photograph below is a stitch of roughly 8 images, shot with the Canon 5D Mk II and 50mm lens.

I’d love to get back down to the Karri Forest in Boranup to shoot some more photos. I think I could easily get lost in there for hours on end without a worry in the world.

We spent the majority of our time scouting locations and shooting photos, and eating chips and gravy from the bakery between shoots. Christian Fletcher’s gallery supplied us with some inspiration, as he’s the local master photographer.

Over the coming days I will be posting a few new shots from the trip to this blog. I’ll start off with Sugarloaf Rock.

The photo below was shot on the last morning we were down there, and luckily the good light finally decided to come out from behind the clouds. Sugarloaf Rock is one location that I’ve wanted a good photo of for quite some time, and I think I managed to pull it off with this one.