New years day 2017: Sunrise over Bronte beach

Bronte beach and the first sunrise for 2017. After doing a quick edit and blog post of last night’s new years fireworks, I managed to get to bed at 3.30am. My alarm went off at 4.50am – a full hour and 20 minutes later 😦 . Grumble aside, there’s nothing quite like being able to…

Sculpture by the Sea 2016

Sculpture by the Sea: Tamarama to Bondi Sculpture by the Sea has returned this year to line the coast walk between Tamarama and Bondi beach. This year my youngest son was keen to come down and shoot some pictures too. So, with alarm set at 4.58am and everything organised the night before, we jumped in the…

Obelisk Beach sunrise, Sydney, Australia

The other week, I awoke on the lounge with a crook in my neck and the usual bad back from falling asleep in some ridiculous position. It’s usually at times like this when I take this exact opportunity to go out and take some sunrise photo’s. I confess to thinking I would just head back down to Bronte…

New years day sunrise at Bronte beach, Sydney, Australia

New Years Day Sunrise Well, after an hour and ten minutes of sleep I managed to get down to Bronte Beach to see the rising sun usher in a new year. It was a glorious, kind of ‘goldilocks’ morning – not-too-hot, not-too-cold, just right. Hope you’re having a lovely day in your neck of the…

Bronte just after sunrise: Last day of summer, Sydney

Early Morning Procrastination I fell asleep on the lounge yesterday and woke at 5.55am. The dilemma I face whenever this happens is whether or not to crawl up to be bed for a couple of extra hours snooze time or to grab the camera and go take some photo’s. You can see by this post that…

Sunrise over Jimmy’s Beach, Hawks Nest

  Well, its been business as usual back at work these last couple of weeks. The new year’s break is fading day by day and here we are already in February! All I can say is, Where did January go?!?! Caramba! Anyway, the small set of photo’s in today’s post come from our recent trip up…

Sunrise to sunset: 2015 New years day, Sydney, Australia

Above: High tide at Bronte just before the first sunrise of the new year. Sunrise at Bronte If you saw my previous post about Sydney’s New Years Eve fireworks, you’d know I was hoping for a little more than an hour’s sleep before having to get up for sunrise photo’s. In the end, all I could…

Sunrise over Mackenzies beach (and Bronte), Sydney, Australia

Sydney has had a wild start to summer this year. Every day has been above 30C (86F) with almost 100% humidity and every afternoon we’ve been struck by wild storms. They said on the News tonight that we’ve had more than 20,000 lightning strikes in the last 7 days! Despite the strange weather, I was…

Event: Sculpture by the Sea 2014

This years Sculpture by the Sea exhibition wrapped up last Sunday and, thankfully, I managed to make it down there with a day to spare. Traversing Sydney’s coastline from Tamarama to Bondi beach, the event has grown in popularity with each passing year. In fact, its gotten so popular that I found it quite difficult to find a…

Kirribilli sunrise, Sydney

The other morning I was up before dawn again and thought I might try and get lucky with some sunrise photo’s. For a change of scenery, rather than head down to the beach, I figured I’d see what I might get at the exclusive harbourside suburb of Kirribilli. For those that don’t know, Kirribilli House is located here…

Sunrise over Bronte beach, Sydney, Australia

Sunrise over Bronte Beach Last weekend I decided to set an early alarm and visit Bronte beach again. It’s been quite a few months since my last visit and with the weather warming up down here in the southern hemisphere I didn’t have the excuse of a cold winter morning to dissuade me. It was a…

Good Morning 2014: Balmoral beach, Sydney

It had been my intention to go back down to Bronte beach for the first set of sunrise photo’s for 2014 but my plans changed slightly. After checking my weather app, I noted that we were expecting a high tide which is my least favourite time to shoot Bronte. I’ve always preferred low tide there…

Event: Sculptures by the Sea 2013

Well, its that time of year again. Sculpture by the Sea is now into its 17th year and is still going strong. I thought I’d try and visit early this morning as the forecast was for a hot 33C (91F) and sunrise was going to be 5.53am. I suppose its a measure of the events…

Gorgeous sunrise and some early morning surfers, Bronte beach, Sydney

Yesterday morning I decided to head out again for another crack at some sunrise photo’s. This time I went back to one of my old favourite locations – Bronte beach. I was desperately hoping the colourful sunrise that had eluded me earlier in the week could be rectified (see that blog post here). I have…

Sydney Harbour at sunrise + smoke filled skies

Last night I was about to sit down and post a small series of shots from my recent visit to Cambridge when I decided to have a cup of tea and biscuit. I sat on the lounge, consumed my hot beverage and then… promptly fell asleep. I woke up at 5am and rather than drag…

Earls Court and Harrods, UK

Another quick post because I’m teaching in the morning and am only looking at 3 hours sleep… again ;-(. When I was in London recently I stayed in the area known as Earls Court. I decided this for a number of reasons, namely; it was reasonably priced (for London); I could get to and from…

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…

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…

From the Vault: Stunning Sunrise at Bronte Beach

A lot has been happening in the last few weeks and I’ve had precious little time to attend to the blog. Consequently, this post is really just to let you all know that I am still alive and hoping to have some new material up real soon. You see, my family and I are off…

Be aware of your photographic biases or Winter sunrise at Bronte Beach II

Where has the week gone? Its amazing how time just seems to fly sometimes. I’ve lost count how many times I’ve shot sunrise at this location, and to be honest, I’ve gotten a bit lazy. As much as I love the sunrise over Bronte, I’ve come to realise that I tend to follow the same…