Having a look around on twitter and other such social network sites it seems to be a trend for people to do a post about their best work from the previous year. I have been thinking about this for a while and have come to the conclusion that I am going to add my own version to the legions out there.
Now I must say that I am not doing this as some sort of glorification of me, a sort of "look I'm amazing and I'm going to tell you why". I think this is going to be the first step in a yearly appraisal where I can look at the pictures I have made, select the ones I liked the most, articulate why and through this process grow as a photographer as I identify methods that have worked and try to improve upon them.
So I hope you enjoy these pictures and my babble as to why I enjoyed them and think they were the best of 2013. Enjoy.
Front and center. This is by far and away the best shot I took in 2013 and there are a number of reasons for this. This shot i had a vision of in my minds eye and I managed to execute that vision to a tee. We actually drove past the location on the way to Glenorchy outside of Queenstown and as soon as I saw it I immediately mentally bookmarked it in my head to stop on the way back and photograph it. I knew the water had to be smoothed out with a ND filter and I wanted a really calm, cool feel to the picture. I believe this really came through in the final edit and I'm absolutely stoked with the final result.
Here's another shot from 2013 that I really liked. I went across to Sydney for the third British and Irish Lions test match and took some time out to photograph the famous opera house. I had been to Sydney before but with a smaller point and shoot camera and much less knowledge than I have now! Using some tips picked up from watching Jeff Cable's night photography seminar at B and H I was able to get this picture much sharper than normal and I really like the result
This was another planned and pre-visualized shot that turned out pretty well. This is one of the loveliest little beaches in Auckland and gives wonderful views of Rangitoto, the dormant volcano that is synonymous with Auckland. The rocks provide some pretty good foreground interest and this is one of the first times I have managed to successfully place foreground interest into a landscape shot. I think this shot signaled a significant step forward in my Landscape photography and I am really pleased with the results I got here.
My first ever experiments with slow shutter speeds and what really sparked more interest in my photography was shooting light trails in Perth with a friend in 2010. Since then i have often indulged myself again in shooting light trails. This is a shot i took of the motorway near our apartment. If you know Auckland traffic you could only wish it moved as freely and quickly as this picture suggests. This motorway is often a slow moving parking lot at rush hour, especially the lines showing the rear lights!! I love how you can see the indicators of cars changing lanes interspersed in the red lights.
So there you have it - my four best shots of 2013. If you have stuck around till now I hope you have enjoyed the read and my thoughts on the pictures. Hopefully you will have seen a significant growth in quality and substance of my photography when we reach this point next year!
Thanks for dropping by
Now I must say that I am not doing this as some sort of glorification of me, a sort of "look I'm amazing and I'm going to tell you why". I think this is going to be the first step in a yearly appraisal where I can look at the pictures I have made, select the ones I liked the most, articulate why and through this process grow as a photographer as I identify methods that have worked and try to improve upon them.
So I hope you enjoy these pictures and my babble as to why I enjoyed them and think they were the best of 2013. Enjoy.
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| A Jetty on Lake Wakatipu |
Front and center. This is by far and away the best shot I took in 2013 and there are a number of reasons for this. This shot i had a vision of in my minds eye and I managed to execute that vision to a tee. We actually drove past the location on the way to Glenorchy outside of Queenstown and as soon as I saw it I immediately mentally bookmarked it in my head to stop on the way back and photograph it. I knew the water had to be smoothed out with a ND filter and I wanted a really calm, cool feel to the picture. I believe this really came through in the final edit and I'm absolutely stoked with the final result.
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| Sydney's Opera House |
Here's another shot from 2013 that I really liked. I went across to Sydney for the third British and Irish Lions test match and took some time out to photograph the famous opera house. I had been to Sydney before but with a smaller point and shoot camera and much less knowledge than I have now! Using some tips picked up from watching Jeff Cable's night photography seminar at B and H I was able to get this picture much sharper than normal and I really like the result
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| Rangitoto from Narrowneck Beach |
This was another planned and pre-visualized shot that turned out pretty well. This is one of the loveliest little beaches in Auckland and gives wonderful views of Rangitoto, the dormant volcano that is synonymous with Auckland. The rocks provide some pretty good foreground interest and this is one of the first times I have managed to successfully place foreground interest into a landscape shot. I think this shot signaled a significant step forward in my Landscape photography and I am really pleased with the results I got here.
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| Auckland Traffic |
My first ever experiments with slow shutter speeds and what really sparked more interest in my photography was shooting light trails in Perth with a friend in 2010. Since then i have often indulged myself again in shooting light trails. This is a shot i took of the motorway near our apartment. If you know Auckland traffic you could only wish it moved as freely and quickly as this picture suggests. This motorway is often a slow moving parking lot at rush hour, especially the lines showing the rear lights!! I love how you can see the indicators of cars changing lanes interspersed in the red lights.
So there you have it - my four best shots of 2013. If you have stuck around till now I hope you have enjoyed the read and my thoughts on the pictures. Hopefully you will have seen a significant growth in quality and substance of my photography when we reach this point next year!
Thanks for dropping by
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