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Stars photography

Stars photography

I recently started taking photos of stars and I am addicted to the possibilities. It reminds me of the days I was processing my own black and white prints in my dark room (sounds like light years ago!).

Basically you have to keep your camera’s lens open for about 30 seconds to capture the stars but to make it more interesting if you have some foreground elements and it is dark (no moon or street lights), you have to “paint the foreground” (trees, building, people etc) with a torch.

Here are some results from my first night shoot.

Stars and trees

Stars and trees

Children bronze sculptures and milky way

Children bronze sculptures and milky way

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Night sky, wind and trees

Night sky, wind and trees

Australian Circus Week

Australian Circus Week

Congratulations to all the competitors and organizers of the first ever Australian Circus Week which ran from Sept 28th-Oct 5th.

They were Workshops, Shows, Festivals and Competitions…

We were very excited to photograph this event as it was visually and emotionally compelling.

Visit their webpage http://ozcircusweek.com or Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/ozcircusweek for more information.

Looking forward to being part of this event in 2015

Australian Circus Week

Australian Circus Week

Oz Circus Week

Oz Circus Week