Baring All

A while ago now I ventured down to Bare Island to capture a sunset. I had high hopes of beautiful wispy clouds, but as soon as I got down there I saw a giant cloud covering the horizon - right where the sun was due to set. That put a dampener on any hope I may have a had of an epic sunset, but I didn’t let it stop me.

Instead I chucked on my 10 stop ND filter and my 4 stop GND filter for a long exposure to try draw out as much colour as I could.

And this is the end result.

This shot is about 4 and a half minutes, and to be honest, I could have let it ride for a lot longer as the end product was pretty bloody dark - always shoot RAW!

This outing was the first time I tried my hand at vlogging a shoot.

I had every intention of doing pieces to camera and explaining what I was doing… but when I got to where I was going to shoot, a sexy Irishman was already hunkered down over his Olympus camera busily taking photos.

So I got a little camera shy.

I got self-conscious and embarrassed, so instead of filming content, we got to chatting (as photographers do) and swapped details to catch up another time before he headed off and I stuck around for this photo (and finally do my vlogging).

Then not even 2 weeks later this charming, lanky Irishman captures a blue whale off the coast of Maroubra… and then did it AGAIN.

I like to think I got in just before he was famous, but it was an absolute delight meeting @seansperception, and now I’m seeing him everywhere!

Oh and my vlog? It's on YouTube and it is very embarassing! You can watch it here:

In today's video I head to Bare Island in south-eastern Sydney with the hope of finally capturing the elusive sunset shot I've been chasing here for years. D...

In the spirit of reconciliation I acknowledge the Kameygal people, the Traditional Custodians of the land on which I took this photo. I also acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, Elders past and present, and celebrate the diversity of Aboriginal peoples and their ongoing cultures and connections to country.

The details for this image are:

• Nikon D750 with Tamron 24-70mm f/2.8 G2

• NiSi Australia 10 Stop Neutral Density filter and GND 16⁣

• Sirui W-1204 tripod with K-20x Ball Head⁣

• 257s

• f/11

• ISO50