North Beach
Last weekend I manged to head out with Paul Pichugin to North Beach and boy did we have a blast. This is probably my most favourite photo of the year so far.
Its amazing the sorts of shots you can drag amount for a seemingly small bunch of insignificant rocks if you present them in the right way.
I waited for awhile to get this shot as I want there to be sufficient water in front of the rocks to create some motion, whilst a wave was also crashing onto the rock itself. As always patience pays off.
I hope you guys enjoy it and I’d love to know what you think of it.
Thanks,
Jamie
Alex Bond – Introductory Large Format Photography Workshop
Hi Everyone,
If you have ever wondered about the advantages of using a large format camera in your work and what’s involved, or are considering large format for your photography, then this is for you.
Thanks,
Jamie Paterson
Bennion Beach Blaze
Wow, oh Wow!!!! I came so close to not heading out tonight as I really didn’t think the sunset was going to be any good. How wrong was I? I decided to head out anyway to Bennion Beach, its a familiar spot and I feel grounded there.
I was trying out a few new in camera techniques, playing around when I saw the sunset start to really fire up. Well off to work I went and I was blown away at just how intense, insane and amazing the sunset was.
So glad I went out tonight!
Thanks,
Jamie
Cottesloe Beach Colours
Ummm what more can I say? This had to be the best sunset of the year and for once I was there. I was there and I was fully loaded ready to capture what ever unfolded.
To have this mind blowing sunset unfold before me was the most amazing bonus. I couldn’t be happier. 🙂
The sunset was so intense that I had to desaaturize a lot of the reds in this photo.
Hope you guys enjoy it.
Jamie
Cottesloe Beach Clouds
What more can I say? I just love shooting Cottesloe Beach. Probably because I spent a lot of my youth there and there is probably some truth to the rumour that I may have undertaken one maybe two Sunday sessions at the nearby hotels. 🙂
What really struck me about Cottesloe on this particular day was the different levels and colours of clouds. It was like Pro Heart had just loaded up a paint gun and splatted the sky with white. !
Hope you guys all enjoy it. 🙂
Thanks,
Jamie
WA Photography Bloggers 2011 Get Together
Hi Everyone. Leigh Di Prose is organising a photography get together.
Cable Beach Reflections
Funnily enough this would have to be one of my most favourite photos of the year so far. Why?
Well because even though its not an intense sunset I can really relate to it because of the two ladies standing there staring out at the sunset. I see in them the feelings that I would feel if I was standing there right now. I was going to remove me them, but because they are there its easier to relive the feelings of an amazing Broome sunset.
Seeing them there invokes within me the feelings of contentment, amazement and joy. Would you have left them in the photo as well?
I hope you guys enjoy the photo. I’d love to hear your comments on it.
Thanks,
Jamie
Hanalei Bay
I absolutely loved Hanalei Bay when I was staying in Kauai. It just had an amazing village feel to it and everyone really was so relaxed. Surfers would drive on to this beach and turn right and drive for 200M and then hop out of their cars and hit a really amazing wave about 250M offshore.
Families would have their huge pickup trucks on the beach with loud reggae music blasting out from their speakers and the Dads would have the BBQs all fired up. The evenings were just magical in this bay. The Hawaiians couldn’t believe I was walking around in shorts on a cold 24 degree day! They were wearing jeans to keep themselves warm.
I hope you guys enjoy this photo.
Thanks,
Jamie Paterson
Happier Times
Whilst on our travels down south True North Mark and I came across this pretty cool old house. Of course we hopped out straight away and headed over to it and started to capture as best we could. I was actually really inspired by this old house.
I always wonder why people left houses like this as they were. We they desperate and had no other choice? Who knows?
Thanks,
Jamie Paterson
Ocean Beach Denmark
This weekend True North Mark and I headed out on the road to travel down to the Great Southern region. I think we managed to cover 1000kms in less than 48hrs and it certainly felt like we covered half the state. We left Perth on Thursday night and arrived at the Stirling Ranges very late that night but there was no time for sleeping as we headed straight up to Bluff Knoll.
As luck would have it (insert sigh of disappointment here) we arrived on one of the very few days with no clouds in sight. We pinged off a few shots and headed down to our toasty cabin for the night.
After Mark’s really loud alarm almost sent me through the roof we got up and headed back out to Bluff Knoll and managed to get a few pretty cool shots.
We then headed down to the Porongurp’s but managed to miss them and ended up heading across to Denmark, Walpole, Manjimup, Nannup and ended up in Dunsborough early Friday evening. We had dinner with Christian and Mark and then next morning headed out with them to check out a new location near Smiths Beach and we were rewarded with a sensational sunrise.
After that Mark and I hit Smiths Beach for a few more shots before heading home.
The highlight for me was definitely Ocean Beach in Denmark, we got there just as the water was showing off its amazing colours. What a really cool and fun trip!
Thanks,
Jamie Paterson
Cancer Sucks
Cancer sucks no matter who is struck by it but its probably more heart wrenching when children are affected by it. You can do something about it though and score a great piece of art at the same time. Christian, Mark and I have each donated a photograph to this very special cause and hopefully it will be well attended.
Please even if you aren’t able to attend go to the website and donate. If you do want to attend there are heaps of noteworthy artists who have donated art and you are bound to pick up a bargain.
Thanks,
Jamie Paterson
Na Pali Cliff Face
Flying past the Na Pali coast line is such an amazing experience. Now I love helicopters and I’ve certainly never been a nervous flyer in a helicopter but I don’t mind admitting I was extremely nervous in all but possible the last 15mins of this flight.
We flew in an open door Hughes 500 which is an extremely quick and nimble helicopter and heaps of fun. What got me though was that as we climbed up the huge mountains we started to get battered around by the winds screaming across the ridges. It wasn’t a light bit of turbulence we were quite literally thrown around, so much so that at one stage I stopped shooting and hung onto my seat with both hands. The other awesome part of the ride was that once we made it over the ridge, we’d get a massive shove by those winds which had now become tailwinds and we just rocketed away from the ridge.
It was doubly intense because not only did we shoot past the mountain ridge at speed we did it with a 4000ft drop below us. The mountains in Hawaii are so steep and don’t have an gentle slopes on them, so one minute you are just making it across the ridge and then the next minute you have a massive drop right below you.
Those helicopter pilots really knew their stuff and were edging deep into canyons and weaving their way right up next to waterfalls. It was easily the most crazy and exciting helicopter ride I’ve ever had. If you ever make it to Kauai and you want a new thrill in your life, go for an open door flight past the Na Pali coast line, oh and don’t forget to take some photos in amongst all the excitement.
Thanks,
Jamie Paterson
From Where I’d Rather Be
Yes I know it sounds like the Corona ad but its true. I swear I was Hawaiian in a previous life as I really identify with the islands and the Hawaiian way of life. I’ve been there four times and I’m planning yet another trip there again. It was only February that I was there last, but its seems like an eternity.
On my last trip I spent six days in Kauai just shooting away and driving around and listening to heaps of Hawaiian reggae. Paradise!
This shot is from the North East part of the island, in fact the surf you see below me was Andy Irons local beach and on a good day can have surf up to 30ft in height. To get this shot I set my camera to TV mode and used a shutter speed of 800th of second. Oh and of course I was in a helicopter at approx 1500ft.
I hope you guys enjoy it. Hopefully I’ll be able to bring you more photos from Hawaii next February.
Thanks,
Jamie Paterson
Hopes and Dreams
Hi Everyone,
Quite sometime ago I went out on a shoot with True North Mark and Matthew Saul and we headed out to Toodyay. It was a pretty cool afternoon and we spent a few hours driving down back roads.
We happened across this house and to be honest I found it a really depressing place and never really did anything with the photo. However, the past few days I’ve been drawn back to this photo and I thought, why not try and express how this place made me feel?
Well this is my attempt at doing that and I think its captured my feeling really well. I hope you guys feel it as well.
Thanks,
Jamie Paterson
North Cottesloe Awash
Hey Guys,
I quickly ducked down to North Cottesloe tonight to try and grab a few shots. I wasn’t holding my breath as I didn’t think there would be too much colour around but fortunately I was pleasantly surprised. Hope you all like it. 🙂
Just goes to show if you don’t head out, you won’t get the shot. 🙂
Thanks,
Jamie
Murion Islands
From North Cottesloe beach we head back up to Exmouth and surrounds. If only it was that easy to do in real life! I’m sure its a lot warmer up there than it is down here at the moment. I haven’t even ventured outside at all today. Now this isn’t actually the Murion Islands as we didn’t track over them, but it was right next to them and I don’t know the name of this island unfortunately.
We were flying along at around 1500ft and we were moving extremely quickly so I had to use a very fast shutter speed to make sure that everything was nice and sharp. Again I used:
TV setting – 1/2000
ISO 400
I just love the green in the water surrounding the island its just so captivating. I hope you guys like it as well.
Thanks,
Jamie Paterson
Ningaloo Reef Aerial Photography
Hi Guys,
Just a short video from the GoPro HD camera that was stuck on my head while in the helicopter. If you want to jump straight to the Ningaloo Reef footage its at 5:15.
Check out how shiny and brand new the helicopter is! The boats you see on the reef are Whale Shark boats, unfortunately we didn’t see any from the air.
Thanks,
Jamie Paterson
North West Mangroves
As most of you guys know now I managed to spend some time above Ningaloo Reef in a helicopter. Well once we finished on the reef it was time to track up to Karratha to prepare the helicopter for the corporate photography gig the next day. We passed over numerous small islands and then hit the coast where we flew over a number of cool little mangroves. This being one of them.
I love these mangroves as they are like veins running out along our body with amazing deep blue or green water running through them. I’ve got heaps more of these sorts of shots so stayed tuned!
Thanks,
Jamie Paterson
Whirlwind Tour
Hi Everyone,
I just got back from doing an awesome corporate photography gig. It started off with being flown up to Exmouth in the very early hours of the morning to jump onto a brand new $6000 an hour Agusta Westland AW139 medium lift helicopter.
This helicopter had almost no hours on it, it was so new and the windows were absolutely huge. We took off from Exmouth on the Thursday and headed up to Karratha so that we would be ready to meet the VIPs on the Friday. On the way up we decided to head on over to Ningaloo Reef for about 20mins and I got about 400 photos of the reef in that short period of time. Ningaloo Reef was going off with awesome surf which apparently rarely happens. The winds were offshore so these waves looked just perfect.
We then spent the next 1 1/2hrs en route to Karratha which wasn’t the most exciting trip, until we reached the shore. From there I was able to get some shots of mini mangroves and of course the fantastic Dampier Salt, salt farm.
On Friday the corporate Gulfstream landed on the tarmac and after getting some shots of the VIPs coming off the jet we were escorted over to the helicopter to fly offshore and visit some facilities. We spent another couple of hours in the air, flying around to the clients facilities. After a full on day it was time to head back to Karratha.
We landed in the helicopter and all made our way back to the airport terminal. Imagine my delight when I was invited to fly back to Perth in the clients corporate Gulfstream, it was probably the only time I would ever get to fly in a private jet so I jumped at it! Not only was it an awesome experience, it was also 30mins faster than a commercial jet.
So after an hour and a half of enjoying an amazing experience it was time to land and the illusion ended.
It was amazing fun and I had a ball. Its times like this that I love being a photographer!
Cable Beach Surf
Hi Everyone,
From the very first moment I stepped foot on Cable Beach I was fascinated with the perfectly breaking waves on the beach. They certainly weren’t big, though people were surfing them with large surfboards, but they broke perfectly, and made great subjects.
I’ve taken a couple hundred shots of the waves up there but I really liked this one because there was just so much drama in the clouds. Also the overcast conditions really enhanced the beautiful colour of the water.
I genuinely really miss Cable Beach. There was nothing more relaxing than just wondering up and down the beach and capturing it in its many different moods. Someday we’ll catch up again.
Thanks,
Jamie Paterson
Window To The World
Tonight I went to a not so secret location with Markie Mark we all know where it is but I’m not going to admit I was there. 🙂 It was absolutely amazing and there is just so much to photograph.
I just loved these windows and the graffiti and building were a real contrast to Mother Natures beauty just outside the window. There really is so much to explore here and it can’t be done in one trip.
Thanks
Jamie Paterson
Injidup Beach Rocks
Finally! I made it back to my beloved Injidup Beach, my first trip I think in almost five months. I must admit I really didn’t use the camera too much, I just strolled up and down the beach and soaked up the atmosphere, and as always it was totally relaxing.
The great thing about Inji is that its always changing. This time because its the end of summer and because it was a full moon the tide was right out and there was lots of sand covering the normally really big rocks. Usually these rocks that I’m standing on are being smashed by really big waves and you’d never get a chance to stand on them without being swamped or being swept away. I love this look but personally I can’t wait until the sand is swept away and we get the big seas thumping against the rocks again.
Did Perth get any clouds this weekend at all?
Thanks,
Jamie Paterson
Ultimate Daddy And Son Day Out
Hi Everyone,
The other day Xavier and I had the ultimate daddy and son day out. Xavier is absolutely obsessed by helicopters (not sure where he gets that from. Me?) and planes, so the other day we headed over to the RAAF Aviation Museum in Bullcreek. Its been there ever since I was a kid and I had never gone to check it out. He and I were blown away, the museum not only has a very large display of planes but it also has some extremely important planes as well. Its well worth visit if you haven’t been. The best part of the museum for Xavier though, was a little Robinson R22 helicopter that was on display. He was even more excited when he realised he was allowed to climb inside and push the buttons, which then turned lights on and off as well as turning the rotor blades. He played on it………. sorry did his flight training on it for at least 10mins and when we left we didn’t think our day could get any better.
We decided to head over to Jandakot Airport to see the planes taking off and landing and it turned out the best vantage point on the day was near the Rescue 1 helicopter hangar. Imagine our surprise and delight when the pilot came over and asked if Xavier would like to come into the hangar and ‘have a go’ on Rescue 1! Not sure who was more excited, me or Xavier.
A big thank you to Lincoln who allowed Xavier to get some command time in the pilot seat and push any button that he wanted, it made his day and two days later he is still saying “Xavier push the buttons’ whenever Rescue 1 flies over our house. Its so cool that people still take the time to do things like that.
So Saturday was then declared the ‘Ultimate Daddy and Son Day Out’. Can’t wait for the next one.
Jamie
Jamie Paterson Photography - Australian Landscapes Seascapes Wave and Surf Photos 