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Getting in close
When trekking through stunning country, it’s easy to get caught up with grandeur of it all and forget about the smaller things in life. By occasionally stopping, taking a good look and blocking out all that great scenery for a moment, another, just as compelling world comes into focus.It’s a world of small plants, flowers, insects, fungi and myriad’s of other fascinating things that are easily missed by photographers fixated on scenery. To really capture the essence of a place I feel you need both big and small and the way to do that is to get close up.
Photographing archeological sites
Perhaps in another life, I was an archeologist, because I can’t resist photographing and exploring the ruins of ancient civilisations.Now, as with most photography, paparazzi excluded, the trick is to somehow capture essence of the subject. Before leaving home, I often motivate myself and get ideas by browsing through archeology features in National Geographic magazines. Then comes the practicalities. Firstly, I travel light, only carrying camera gear essential for the task. Unlike the great pyramids on the doorstep of Cairo, many of the more interesting ruins are found in hard to get to places. The Mayan ruin of Bonampak in Mexico is a case in point. Getting there involved a bone jarring ride in kombi followed by a 12 km slog in knee-deep stinking mud and horse crap through clouds of mosquitoes and humid jungle.
Introducing my Photographic Blog
What about a Pelusey photographic blog? That was a question Jane and I pondered while setting up our new website. After all, over the years I have gained plenty of experience both useful and possibly useless that somebody in cyberspace may find interesting. Articles will cover photographic techniques and my sometimes comical and not so comical photographic assignment experiences. There will be also topical subjects covering the direction photography is heading and anything else that takes my fancy.
But first, a bit of background about my own photographic journey over the years. When I first picked up a camera, it was 1963 and I was 8 years old. The occasion was a one week holiday on Rottnest Island off Perth Western Australia. It was a box brownie and it belonged to mum. The subject was a tame little marsupial wallaby type creature called a quokka. On my tenth birthday, my photography took a big leap forward. I got a little Kodak Starlite or was it Skylite, I can’t quite remember. It took a paltry 12 photos per roll.