Distan Bach Photography Blog

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Event: Vivid Light Festival-Darling Harbour

The Vivid Light festival wrapped up earlier this week and on the final night I thought I’d check out the show down at Darling Harbour. Darling Harbour bounds the western side of Sydney’s CBD and has increasingly become a restaurant and tourist precinct in the last few years. Owing to its sheltered bay, it hosted … Continue reading »

Maternity shoot: Kathryn + Paul

Yesterday I had the wonderful opportunity to shoot a maternity session with the wonderful Kathryn and Paul. Imminent first time parents, both of them are just radiating with an expectant and calm glow. They’re going to be such terrific parents when their little bundle of joy arrives in a few short weeks. So, rather than … Continue reading »

Powder action shoot : Caitlin & Mia

Last weekend I was back down in Victoria for a job and had the privilege to shoot the daughter of my friend, Karen. Caitlin is a dancer and along with her friend Mia, they both had the courage to brave the wintery evening, go outside and have their photo taken while being covered with flour. … Continue reading »

Bronte rockpool at Dusk

Last night I went back down to Bronte beach; this time armed with my new Hoya 9 stop filter. As has been typical of our summer this year, there was heavy cloud cover and brief rain spells. The tide was coming in and the sea’s were really quite rough. The surfers were enjoying 2-3 metre … Continue reading »

Event: Vivid Sydney Light Festival

The Vivid Light Festival has started again and I can’t believe how quickly times flies. Now in its 5th year, the Vivid festival runs for almost 3 weeks in and around the Opera House, CBD and Darling Harbour precincts. A couple of nights ago, we all headed down to check out some of the sights … Continue reading »

Cycling Event: Body Torque Tour of the South West – Warrnambool, Victoria

A couple of weeks ago, I was invited back down to shoot this years Tour of the South West. In only its second year, the cycling event more than doubled the number of competitive riders from last year. This was particularly evident with the number of female riders – in 2012 there were a total … Continue reading »

Turon Gates, Capertree, Blue Mountains: A weekend getaway

Last week was the final week of school holidays so we packed up our gear and went camping. Well maybe not camping per se, it was more like ‘glamping’. Initially we had had every intention of going out and pitching tents but the day before we left we were inundated with torrential rain. Considering the … Continue reading »

Photo Anatomy: JAK Walkwear photo edit

Last weekend I had the wonderful opportunity to work with the owner of JAK walkwear, Jessica Kostera. Featuring designer dog leads (and more products in development), Jess contacted me via my Facebook Page to do a ‘Lifestyle’ photo shoot. She was after imagery that would not only accompany her product shots, but also speak to … Continue reading »

Bronte sunrise: End of daylight savings time

This morning was the last day of daylight savings time here in Sydney, Australia. What better excuse to go back down to my favourite city beach and take some photo’s! You see, from tomorrow, our clocks will get put back an hour which means that I’ll have to get up an hour earlier to witness … Continue reading »

Holiday road: Lake Moraine, Banff National Park, Canada

Where has March gone? Between work and photo assignments, I’ve barely had time to scratch myself. As they say; when it rain’s, it pours! Enough of the whinge. Today’s post sees a return to some of the snaps I took when were on holidays in Canada a few months ago. These photo’s are from Lake … Continue reading »

Sydney Mardi Gras 2013

Last night marked the 35th anniversary of Sydney’s Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras parade. It was another wonderful evening, full of spectacle and celebration, despite the inclement weather again this year. To think those early years of protest were marked with violence and vilification; its wonderful to see how far it has come. Hears hoping … Continue reading »

Bronte beach: Storm tossed sunrise

Last weekend, I headed down to Bronte beach again to shoot a squally high-tide at dawn. Sydney had been doused in rain and the sea’s had been whipped up by a dissipating storm cell further north. This resulted in wide-spread beach closures and coastal warnings all along the eastern seaboard. I confess its quite a … Continue reading »

Sunrise: Balmoral pier, Sydney

Hey guys, this is just a quickie post for a lazy Sunday. I was up early this morning and what better way to usher in the new day than to take some dawn photo’s! Sunrise shots are always nice to take when it’s a balmy 24C (75F) and the morning activity of dog walkers, joggers … Continue reading »

Holiday road: The beauty of Lake Louise, Banff Canada (part II)

Here’s a few more photo’s from the morning we spent at Lake Louise, Banff. I just love this place! So glad the weather and skies were good to us; as my fellow blogging friend Mike Moruzi pointed out in his comment in the previous post; mountain weather can be notoriously unreliable. By the sounds of … Continue reading »

Holiday road: Stunning Lake Louise, Banff Canada

Originally, when we booked our tickets from Australia, we were going to fly from New York to Vancouver, Cananda, where we were going to spend the last leg of our trip spread between the city and Whistler. At the time, I figured Whistler would be just as gorgeous (albeit different) to Banff – “mountains are … Continue reading »

Event: Sculptures by the Sea 2012

Well, its been back into full swing at work and after 2 weeks the Christmas-New year break is all but a distant memory now. Once upon a time it used to slow down in December with January being equally lethargic but that too seems to be a thing of the past. With a new intake … Continue reading »

Holiday road: Street scenes, NYC

I think this will be the last post that features photo’s I took recently in New York. Rather than show you the usual tourist haunts, I thought I’d take this opportunity to highlight some random shots taken around the streets of the Big Apple. You’ll see that I’ve experimented with my post-processing in a few … Continue reading »

Holiday road: Grand Central Terminal & Flatiron, NYC

According to a reference on Wikipedia, Grand Central Terminal was the sixth most visited tourist attraction in the world 2011. It’s not entirely surprising but equally, it didn’t seem any busier because of the visitors. Like most everything in New York, it is just plain busy! I suppose it helps that the place is so … Continue reading »

Holiday Road: Times Square after the rain, New York

Now, with new years celebrations receding, I hope you don’t mind but I’m going to share a few more posts from our recent holiday. This selection was shot around Times Square. A lot of people don’t like it here because it’s too touristy. Personally, I just loved it! The energy and activity is fantastic! I walked … Continue reading »

New Years Day sunrise at Bronte

Hi everyone! After two and half hours fitful sleep my alarm heralded the dawning of the new day at 4.55am. I was very excited to head back down to Bronte this year because the weather and tide reports all suggested a glorious sunrise to welcome in 2013. Unfortunately, whilst it was a pleasant 21C (70F) … Continue reading »

Happy New Year 2013!

Hi everyone, Happy New Year from Sydney, Australia!!! Just got back from watching the fireworks explode over our beautiful harbour. Here’s a few snaps from our neck of the woods. Have a happy, peaceful and prosperous 2013 everyone. I’ve got to be up in a 3 hours – I want to take some sunrise shots … Continue reading »

Holiday road: Bethesda Tunnel plus a few randoms in Central Park, NYC

Here’s a few more shots from around Central Park. Honestly, I could spend a week there and know I’d see something different and wonderful every day – its that great. The photo taken above was shot inside the Bethesda tunnel. Since it was the middle of the day, there had been dozens of people constantly … Continue reading »

Holiday road: People in Central Park, NYC

I thought work was supposed to get a little quieter going into Christmas?!?? So far this week I’ve had no luck on that front, that’s for sure… grrrr. Anyway this post will be another quickie as its late again and I’ll have to be up for work shortly. These images were all taken when we … Continue reading »