London

Just got back from a short trip to London. I hate the jet lag! Tried to get in some photography, but the weather was so miserable so not much to report. The weather did allow some quality family time though; always nice over the Easter weekend.

I'd love to explore the Dartmoor area more in the future- weather permitting.

Next international trip is Hong Kong in June. Hope to be delving more into analogue photography, plus doing some more work with the X1D and seeing what medium format can produce.

Family walks around Virginia Water Lake

Dartmoor National Park

Europe & Iceland

So it's already been a week since I've been home from a 4 week trip to Europe & Iceland. 

Wow! It was such an amazing trip with so many amazing experiences. I've never been to so many, so different countries in such a short time. I guess the one thing that I drew from the trip was how different everything was between countries that share common borders. It's a foreign concept here in Australia where travelling 3000+km doesn't really change the culture, cuisine, language and habits of the people.

The itinerary read Italy (for F1 and Rome), Iceland, Germany (Frankfurt and Wetzlar), and finished with meeting my cousins in Paris for a nice end to the trip. Many people have asked me which was my favourite part- something I've found very hard to do. The beautiful countryside of Northern Italy with the sound of roaring F1 cars, the history and architecture of Rome, the natural beauty of Iceland, the utilitarian precision of Germany and the emotion of Paris. How can you chose?!

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Eifell Tower- Paris

I can't wait to go back and explore this place of the world once more. But for now I'll just relieve the experience with the photos I took..

Please feel free to have a look through my travel gallery which has a few images from my trip, including some previous travels.

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Saturday night at Dalkeith and Cottesloe

I've been meaning to go to Sculptures by the Sea for a few weeks now, and I finally got to go with my special person on the penultimate day of the exhibition. I'll be honest; it was a bit underwhelming. I wasn't really impressed with the quality of the sculptures, and overall the whole place lacked a bit of atmosphere.

I did get to spend some time taking photos with my new Leica Q, and the trusty Canon 5Ds. I was very impressed with the monochrome shots taken at high ISO with the Leica. Has such an artsy feel. Have a look at the photos below, all which were taken with the Leica.

On another note, I've been planning two photography tours with the Leica Akademie. I'll be heading to Uluru in early June, and Iceland/Germany (possibly with a quick detour to Paris if time permits). I'm very excited for both trips, and to continue seeing new places and experience new cultures- a theme that I've been following for the past few years...