![Opera Lights](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e86ba587f7b4611052e18b0/1640920435892-AA7QE2V8NJA3WGFQT4DR/20211218-PRT_7939_Panorama+1.jpg)
Opera Lights
Celebrating the end of 2021 with an image of fireworks bursting into colourful life over the Sydney Opera House, in the hopes of a better year to come.
![Fire and Light](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e86ba587f7b4611052e18b0/1640339975383-PJ3Y17OUPOG5OYYV98CH/20211218-PRT_8091+1.jpg)
Fire and Light
Electricity crackled in the air as lightning flashed over the city after fireworks exploded over the Sydney Opera House as part of Carols in the Domain.
![All I Need](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e86ba587f7b4611052e18b0/1632895475586-9X5FJGZC5YFXPBCPYZEM/20200601-DSC_4822-4825.jpg)
All I Need
On a little trip away when the world was still open to us, I stopped by Somersby Falls in Brisbane Water National Park to see what it was all about.
![Fall Into Me](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e86ba587f7b4611052e18b0/1627279987947-XK1GS9QYUE83ZH2FF1NZ/20200531-DSC_4839.jpg)
Fall Into Me
Only a short drive from Sydney is the mysteriously moody Andamira Falls in Brisbane Water National Park along the Girrakool Loop Track.
![Feel It Still](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e86ba587f7b4611052e18b0/1624846484512-TYLJKSPXYX382EP7D15S/20200929-DSC_6946-DSC_6949-Panorama.jpg)
Feel It Still
I went to Merriwa in the hunt for horizons filled with endless layers of yellow and gold, and after a false start or two, found what I was looking for.
![Come in Closer](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e86ba587f7b4611052e18b0/1624515219021-5GYDA78BRKG83QV9CGA1/20200531-DSC_4715.jpg)
Come in Closer
At the end of May last year, I went to Stockton Beach in Newcastle to capture the tank traps exposed by the tides, but only managed to get the tops of them.
![Malabar Ocean Pool Sunrise](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e86ba587f7b4611052e18b0/1623121422031-OHCR9NZUZ92RK69NJR25/20210608-PRT_3920.jpg)
Malabar Ocean Pool Sunrise
For one of the most incredible sunrises of the year I found myself at Malabar Ocean Pool watching in awe as the sky lit up.
![Wylie’s Baths Sunset](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e86ba587f7b4611052e18b0/1623119548435-L8214SYVM9TP064Z6XCX/20210607-PRT_3897.jpg)
Wylie’s Baths Sunset
With a promising forecast, it was time to try take a photo I’ve been thinking about for a while: Wylie’s Baths at sunset.
![Ivor Rowe Rockpool Sunrise](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e86ba587f7b4611052e18b0/1622685121331-TOAR92559ON4K71BWBKX/20210603-PRT_2469.jpg)
Ivor Rowe Rockpool Sunrise
For the third morning in a row the conditions for sunrise looked promising, so I headed down to my favourite rockpool in Sydney, Ivor Rowe in South Coogee.
![Mahon Pool Sunrise](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e86ba587f7b4611052e18b0/1622678068945-2OHLDB2UWHZIMB2QZ8ZP/20210602-PRT_1735.jpg)
Mahon Pool Sunrise
With another beautiful sunrise forecasted, I went down to Mahon Pool in Maroubra to try capture a shot from a location I’ve never had much success at.
![Coogee Sunset](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e86ba587f7b4611052e18b0/1622675905680-SG0VCEF7BLYF6HDYLBPW/20210601-PRT_1676.jpg)
Coogee Sunset
After a stunning sunrise to start winter, the forecast for sunset looked just as good, so I headed back to Coogee in the hopes that forecast was right.
![Coogee Sunrise](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e86ba587f7b4611052e18b0/1622675226081-4VI2QYXH6GJ3DHL8NE84/20210601-PRT_0959.jpg)
Coogee Sunrise
The first day of winter in Australia dawned with a chill in the air and beautiful colour in the clouds, and I captured it at Coogee Beach in Sydney’s Eastern Suburbs.