Sometimes I photograph my coffee
And sometimes I get a little carried away...
The first surfer
Uncle Davey is up at mum & dad's place for a couple days, he told Sebby he'd take him for a surf - Dave is a very good surfer and, if I had a longer lens, I'd have captured a few better images of him earlier today (he broke a fin going hard) ..anyways, he gathered up Seb and after a quick beach lesson, took him out into some small mush to give it a shot.
Davey doing some eighties dancing on the waves... #HandsInTheAir
He's been surfing since he was about nine or so, knows what he's doing and loves my kids so I had no hesitation sending my first born out into the depths... Pappy was also standing by for rescue duties - I was too, but it would have meant dumping a 5DMK3 / 70-200 f/2.8IS in the surf (which I was totally up for doing, mind)
He informs me he was not "aiming for the dude"
Anyways, I've babbled on, here's a quick photo story of Seb's first surf (and my first time on an 8'6" Mal in 20 years... stood up second go!)
Thanks for reading, you can purchase all the gear I use if you find out what it is and visit a local camera shop, or you could.. err.. not? Happy days!
Why do I bother photographing coffee?
Someone sent me a message and asked "why do you bother photographing your coffee?" ..usually I'd say "good question" but I have an actual answer, so I thought I'd share it with you here...
Q. Why do I bother photographing my coffee?
A. Because I like doing it.
Click the instagram below to see a selection of eleven coffee photographs. Click here to stalk for more on Instagram.
Working from wherever is great and horrible
My profession is essentially marketing, social media marketing to be more accurate. I specialize in the photography sector because that's what I'm passionate about and also something I've always dabbled with. I figure if you're going to work for a brand to promote their product to photographers, you should at least know about the products, right? So, what I do all day every day is find interesting content, post it, watch how people react, give them some form of interaction back, start conversations, mess about with photographic gear and make photographs.
Working from Artisti cafe in Coffs Harbour - Cafe noise is great. Great coffee.
If you sat and watched me work for an hour, I could go from laughing at what someone's posted on a Facebook page to photographing a camera bag or tripod with something or other in or on it to show size or usage.
I've been doing this independently for four years, running my own business with its own books and tax etc... During this time I've been working from home or, in limited cases a cafe. I've been fortunate to have an office and space at home to work and I've always said that its tough to work from home with kids, but that I'm fortunate to be able to work from wherever I am...
Using WD My Passport Pro / Wireless for Lightroom cat and all my work on the move.
At the moment I am "wherever I am" and I've been here for a few weeks - I love being here, the boys love seeing their grandparents, the weather is good (I prefer cold, but a bit of warm never killed an... oh, wait, it did... but you know what I mean) but in short, I'm working from a kitchen table and its driving me absolutely crazy.
Working from 'wherever' can be amazing and flexible and I want to smash something...