Astrophotography

how do photogs start a campfire??
with aerosol cans of course!

 well that's one weekend i won't forget in a hurry! decided to buy a bigger car to run around town in and one that could go the distance when i leave the city and head out into the country and not feel like i just finished work for the day! the laser, while cheap around town was not liking the extended trips inland, so a change was needed, so i hunted around for some upmarket luxury cars about 1988 or so (only cause there cheap as!) looked at a few Jag Sovereigns and beemers but ended up getting an '88 300E Mercedes, fairly light on the electrical do-hickeys but still comfy and good for touring. which was good cause i bought it on the Saturday morning and basically put some fluids in it, filled it with bedding and camera gear and took off to a place about 200klms into the bush that I've never even heard of before! even left my phone at home because i was running late!
 Yornaning Dam is about 20klm north of Narrogin on the Great Southern hwy, the usual basic camp site you find all over the place, by the time i got there (which was about 7:30pm) the rest of the crew were sitting at the fire having a quiet drink, until i rocked up ;) then we were ready for the reason we came to this cold remote area....Astrophotography!! Stephen Humpleby runs "Ozlightjunkies" and runs night workshops doing all sorts of magic photo stuff including using LED lights and flashes and torches to make really cool photos that aren't your average puppy or kid shots. plus long exposures of the night sky, which is why myself, Karen, Darren and his bro-in law were there, to get away for the long weekend and do some sky shots. and i'll tell ya what... jeez the stars are bright and plentiful out in the dark cold country parks!!! Although rain was forecast we only got the odd light drizzle but the clouds did roll in on Sunday night to end proceedings by 11pm, bugger.

This is the first time i've actually got a decent shot of the milky way, and learn't that foreground is just as important as the stars themselves, i'm pretty impressed with what i got and will definitely go bush again to do it some more and try different scenes and structures to add to the photos.

and with a non eventful trip home i must thank steve and karen plus all the others who couldn't show up but organized this trip for a brilliant few days away from town and showing us another reason to keep a camera handy where-ever we go!


now for some of the photos!!

fire over dam

monday morning fog

man, i'm on fire tonight!

LED's over dam

daytime scouting

day scouting spots

another good spot

north end of the dam

wweeeee!

i'm hot tonight!

freaky man

 

 

stars at the campfire!

what was i doing again??

 

 

photos copyrighted by myself and Stephen Humpleby..

Perth Zombie walk 2013

 The 2013 Perth zombie walk was held on Saturday 12 October in the Northbridge piazza to raise awareness and funds for the Brain foundation here in Australia, and after a somewhat wet start to the day the clouds eventually moved on and made for a typical spring day here in the west, warm and sunny without the heat of summer. and didn't everyone come out to enjoy it!

 the place was packed with zombies and zombie hunters of every description and decay with varying amounts of make-up from on-site artists doing it when you arrive to others taking plenty of time and doing some amazing effort from home and arriving ready to scare.

 there were two walks, one for the families and children and one for the more adventurous and groups, all who walked through Northbridge to amazed and sometimes unknowing locals, all of which made for a fun adventure. with plenty of music from "Sweet Surrender" and dancing to keep the fun levels up and people had phone cameras out and asking for a multitude of happy snaps with pretty much everyone there.
 I think the event went off  really well and hopefully raised some much needed monies for research  and should be a blast again next year!. i'll be there and hopefully WITH some makeup ;)

(Photos are clickable for larger size!)

Zombie cheerleaders dont like fire!

Aawwww!!

sometimes zombies have trouble eating or drinking non fleshy things ;)

that smile...my god!!!!

off with his head!!!

Sweet Surrender!

zombie detecting cat?????

some of the horde!

The onsite make-up artists!!!

reminds me of my ex when i ask to spend money on my cars!!

some were lucky to escape!

..including me!

zombies dancing...can you tell?? ;)

winners are grinners... i think?

*Please do not copy or alter any of my photos all are copyrighted!