At last, the sun came out. After 3 days of cloudy, rainy weather Melbourne brought out some autumn sunshine. The late afternoon sun allowed some nice creative lighting of the cars on many parts of the circuit. This was shot as the cars exited turn 3. More images here.
Three days of Formula One in Melbourne. Shooting this for Southcreek with what is a surprisingly small number of accredited photographers. There’s probably around 60 covering the event for international and local publications and wires. But, 60 still feels a lot when packed into one place. Here’s a photo by Getty Images of the pack […]
A small crowd for this year’s first AFC match in Melbourne. Images here. Good to be shooting soccer again after a bit of a lull.
Race day dawned rainy, but luckily it cleared up for a dry race. The front runners dominated so there was little close racing. Some images here.
A sunny Saturday afternoon for Superbike qualifying. Images here.
Went to Phillip Island for an official testing session ahead of round 1 of the FIM Superbike Championships. Photos here.
As one sport (soccer) finishes a new one (rugby union) starts. Here’s a gallery of week 1 of the Super 15s rugby tournament that’s now in Melbourne in its first season with Melbourne’s own team the Rebels.
The final round of this year’s A-League. It was good shooting football again after all the tennis! Farewell to two socceroos who retired after this match. More images here.
It’s a wrap. 14 days. 941 images uploaded to Southcreek – more to come in the coming days. Huge thanks to Nikon Professional Services for the 600mm, lens and sensor cleaning and their fridge which was a temporary staging point for the Heineken beers. Special thanks to Julie, Rob, Danny, and Terence from Nikon. Day […]
All the images from the women’s final are here.
Been a bit hectic over the past 3 days, so here’s an image of the day from each day and a link to the gallery for Day 10, Day 11 and Day 12. Enjoy!
Images from Day 5 and Day 6 at the Open.
The Heart v Victory Derby was always going to be interesting. Again, left the tennis to grab some images. Got to capture the 3 goals in the first half. Images here.
Time to do some more funky shots. Rod Laver Arena is bathed in bright sunlight until 4pm. The playing area is lit but the walls are in shade. There’s about a 3 stop difference so if you underexpose by 1-stop when the player is in line with the background in shade you get beautiful images. […]
Dashed over the road to AAMI Park from the Australian Open and grabbed a few shots in the first half of the match. Images here.
Day 3 had bright, harsh, Aussie sun. Discovered how beautiful the harsh light at Rod Laver Arena can be. More images here.
Getting into the swing of things. Main gallery is here. with searches for Day 1 and Day 2.
The stars turned out to help the flood fund. Images here
Many sports are not affected by rain. Soccer, Australian Rules Football to name two. But tennis is. No play for a whole day and then the sun came out. Shooting from a high angle makes a clean background but you need lots of patience if the player is a baseliner. There’s usually one chance for […]
Day 1 of the AAMI Classic. And then onto the Australian Open next week. Rain interrupted play but here are my first shots of tennis I’ve ever shot:
After the coffee competition it was back to AAMI Park for Round 22 of the A-League. At last it was a cloudy day so shooting conditions were a lot better than that last few rounds. Images here.
Another 3pm afternoon match. Crazy light, but the upside is that the last 10 minutes was in the Golden Hour. More images here.
A late afternoon match so the sun was hitting half the pitch as usual. Not idea but got some nice high-contrast shots. Ran into the buffer limits on the D3 – need to see if I can optimise the settings a bit more to get the full 26 raw shot. Full gallery is here.
Photos from round 19 action from AAMI park is here.
