Someone once said “Buying a Nikon doesn’t make you a photographer, It makes you a Nikon owner”. How true that is. I started taking pictures with a Minolta X75 film camera about 10 years ago, and about 2 years later put it down to focus on other things, and, if I’m honest, because I realized that it takes study and discipline that, at the time, I wasn’t able to commit to. When I moved to Melbourne in 2008 I bought a Nikon point and shoot, and I was hooked again. Not quite an obsession, but pretty close. Now I use a Nikon D700, a terrific camera with a full 35mm sensor. As John Burkowski observed, “I have a very good memory, but it’s short. Thank god for photography”.

It was time to really study photography and optical theory. Avoiding cliche and predictability is important, so I take the ‘money shot’ right away and then try to find something more interesting to say. Doesn’t always work, but it does give me exercise. I hope you like these collections, and if you find something you like, drop me a line and let me know. And if you can’t find anything you like, Ken Duncan or Steve Parrish will show you what the possibilities are, check out their sites.

Here are a few of the photographers that inspire me me to try harder:

William Eggleston
Joel Meyerowitz
Eugène Atget


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    Lonsdale St.-Melbourne

    Melbourne

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    Pretty Michelle

    Pretty Michelle

  • Share the Road-Collins St.-Melbourne

    Share the Road-Collins St.-Melbourne

    Collins St.-Melbourne

  • The morning routine

    The morning routine

    Morning routine

  • The dunny out back of our place in Melbourne

    The dunny out back of our place in Melbourne

    The dunny out back

  • Chinese New Year celebrations-Melbourne

    Chinese New Year celebrations-Melbourne

    Chinese New Year-Melbourne

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    Melbourne

    Melbourne

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    Melbourne

    Melbourne

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    Melbourne

    Melbourne

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    Melbourne

    Melbourne

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    Exit-Melbourne

    Exit-Melbourne

  • Alice in Wonderland staged fo rEaster-Melbourne

    Alice in Wonderland staged fo rEaster-Melbourne

    Alice in Wonderland staged for Easter-Melbourne

  • Docklands (Bolte Bridge in rear)-Melbourne

    Docklands (Bolte Bridge in rear)-Melbourne

    Docklands (Bolte Bridge in rear)-Melbourne

  • Old building detail-Melbourne

    Old building detail-Melbourne

    Old building detail-Melbourne

  • Pretty much summarises things to do in Docklands

    Pretty much summarises things to do in Docklands

    Pretty much summarises things to do in Docklands

  • Melbourne

    Melbourne

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  • Kowloon, Hong Kong rush hour

    Kowloon, Hong Kong rush hour

    Kowloon, Hong Kong rush hour

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  • Silverton NSW

    Silverton NSW

    A less-busy intersection in Silverton NSW, Australia

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  • Johnny Griffin, Bird of Paradise Ann Arbor Michigan

    Johnny Griffin, Bird of Paradise Ann Arbor Michigan

    Johnny Griffin, Bird of Paradise Ann Arbor Michigan 1994

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    Wall North Dakota

    Wall North Dakota

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    Gerald Wilson, Detroit Jazz Festival 2007

    Gerald Wilson, Detroit Jazz Festival 2007

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    Avenue des Champs-Élysées

    Avenue des Champs-Élysées, Paris

  • Dave Holland\'s bass, Toronto 2005

    Dave Holland\'s bass, Toronto 2005

    Dave Holland\'s bass, Toronto 2005

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    New Zealand

    New Zealand

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  • Australian Open, Melbourne

    Australian Open, Melbourne

    Australian Open, Melbourne

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  • Singapore

    Singapore

    Singapore

  • Singapore Botanical Gardens

    Singapore Botanical Gardens

    Singapore Botanical Gardens

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  • Singapore

    Singapore

    Singapore

  • Sydney

    Sydney

    Sydney

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  • Notre Dame de Paris

    Notre Dame de Paris

    Notre Dame de Paris

  • Art Gallery of WIndsor, Ontario

    Art Gallery of WIndsor, Ontario

    Art Gallery of WIndsor, Ontario

  • Cathedral Tower, Christchurch New Zealand

    Cathedral Tower, Christchurch New Zealand

    Cathedral Tower, Christchurch New Zealand

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  • Daniel, from Darwin Australia

    Daniel, from Darwin Australia

    Daniel, from Darwin Australia

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